On 2/14/06, Igor Roshchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just last week, I received an SMC F 70-210/4-5.6 that I purchased > on eBay. > > First, I shot a few test shots at home using > my *ist DS and this lens, comparing it to my Tamron AF 70-300/4-5.6. > I was surprised that at the same settings (70 and 210 /4, /8) > the resolution was very comparable. > > On the weekend we went on a whale watching tour, so I thought > it would be a good test for this lens to see how it behaves with > different lighting conditions. > (I thought SMC can show its advantage in the case of a "complicated" > light.) > > Here are a few shots: > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/WhaleWatch/ > > IMGP2888 ISO 800, 1/1500, f/6.7, 210 (70-210) > IMGP2943 ISO 200, 1/750, f/11, 85 > IMGP2945 ISO 200, 1/750, f/16, 210 (70-210) > IMGP2966 ISO 200, 1/750, f/6.7 210 (70-210) > (minimum manipulations in Photoshop: exposure correction, removal of a > dust speckle from the sky by the "clone stamp" tool in photoshop, > PEF->jpg, resizing).
I've been whale-watching many times, and other than one spectacular occasion, when we came upon a pod of humpbacks, I've seen about as many whales as you seem to have. <LOL> I like your pix, BTW. As between the 2nd and 3rd shots, I prefer the darker one - better mood, IMHO. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
