Well, when I can shoot some pics I will post them. Still socked in with gray skies and lots of work.
Paul via phone > On Dec 15, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, but in this this case, > listers will > be hoping to make a realistic judgment of the lens' practical performance. > > J > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 15, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I’ve found that K3 images in general require very little sharpening, >> depending on the lens of course. This seemed particularly true in comparison >> to K5 images. However, I always do some sharpening when working on a photo >> for presentation. I work for a best subjective look, but do it at 100% on my >> 2560 x 1440 monitor. But for testing purposes, I don’t sharpen. That’s >> particularly important when shooting for fine focus adjustment. Being able >> to clearly differentiate the difference in sharpness is helpful. Here, I >> wanted to see exactly what the lens and sensor could accomplish on their >> own. That being said there’s some default sharpening in a photoshop RAW >> conversion. Mine is set at Adobe’s default value, whatever that may be. >>> On Dec 15, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Paul, >>> I recall your mentioning not having done any sharpening to the 150-450 >>> examples you posted. >>> I think that some moderate sharpening certainly and even a tad of ERC >>> "clarify" would be >>> reasonable and more realistic. >>> I believe it's intended that digital images be sharpened. >>> >>> 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. -- 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.
