Thanks again, Paul! Looking forward to future images. J
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 3:44:55 PM Subject: Re: DFA 150-450, first impression The ferns were about 100 feet distant, and the crop is about 80 percent of frame. Took just a little off the top and the right edge. Paul via phone > On Dec 14, 2015, at 5:30 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the quick check results, Paul. > Can you estimate how far away the dead ferns were and the percent of crop? > No hurry. > > Thanks! > > J > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 1:03:01 PM > Subject: DFA 150-450, first impression > > The 150-450 zoom arrived today. It’s dark and gloomy in Michigan and raining > intermittently, so I resisted the urge to go looking for birds and instead > set the fine focus adjustment, then took a couple of sample pics. My tests > showed the lens was back focusing a bit, and a +4 setting brought it right in > throughout the range. It’s built like a tank, there’s no wobble or looseness, > and the zoom is as tight as any lens i’ve ever owned. (One reviewer mentioned > zoom creep. If that ever was a problem, it’s definitely been resolved. You > have to expend a fair amount of effort to change the focal length.) I shot > some dead ferns off a tripod at 450mm, ISO 3200, f5.6, 1/60th. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18141845&size=lg > > Here’s a 100% crop of the area where I placed the focal point > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18141846&size=lg > > Very pleased thus far. Can’t wait to try it out on some birdies. > > Paul > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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. -- 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.
