On 2 February 2013 16:38, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > Ray Wylie Hubbard has a song called "Mother Blues" that they play on KPIG. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HurzgLcaf0 > > There is a line in it that is very topical to conversations about the Samyang > 8/3.5 > > And the days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations > Well, I have really good days
Thanks Larry :) > My expectations of a $300 fisheye lens were on the line of what I might have > buying a "toy lens" for a Q. I didn't buy this lens to be a stunning optical > performer. I bought it to learn how to shoot with a fisheye, and to have fun > with. And I'll tell you, I'm having a lot of fun with this lens, and I'm not > worrying too much about perfect image clarity. Maybe I'm having so much fun > because I'm not worrying too much about getting the photos perfectly sharp. > That being said, I've been rather surprised at just how clear and sharp the > pictures that I've been getting with it are. > > At first I was thinking that one of these days I might actually pick up one > of those expensive high quality superwide lenses to replace it. Lately, I've > been seeing less need to. I was considering one to add some drama to some of the band shoots that I do, I have ultra-wides but I would like the full frame fish-eye effect too, I miss it, my A16/2.8 just hasn't been the same since APS-c came along :( In those situations I'm often shooting into heavy back lighting and whilst I can but flare to use I don't need it in every shot :) Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
