As someone pointed out to me, there's a halo on the right front tire. That's generally the result of oversharpening, although I see nothing else here to support that. In any case, it's not important. The lens performed well, as did the photographer. Paul On Mar 6, 2007, at 6:48 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
> Regarding the contrast, I already noted the > SCENE exceeeded the dynamic range of the camera, > there is nothing that can be done to "fix" that > other than to buy a better DSLR camera, if one even > exists in that regard. > > Regarding the sharpness, I am not seeing > any artifacts of oversharpening here, I was > careful not to overdo it. I am sure it would > have looked better if shot RAW like you > suggest, because the camera sucks for its > jpeg conversion.... > > You always have the option of blurring the > image if if the sharpness is too much for > your tastes I guess... > > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Peter Lacus > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 4:38 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: beauty shot: Pentax K10D- 17mm lenses are out there > > > John, > >> I may have oversharpened the first web sized attempt on >> this but I didnt alter the levels on this shot >> from the capture, it was already pegged from >> full black to full white on the histogram as >> captured (most likely due to the blazing highlights >> in the chrome struts) and the limited dynamic >> range of the camera. I dont prefer soft or >> prefer contrasty, I prefer accurate reproduction >> of whatever the lens was aimed at. Actually, based >> on my experience, It is ususally indicative of >> a good exposure and good lens whenever the histogram >> reaches a full spread like that. > > that's your choice and I did not criticized it in any way. Whether the > image accurate reproduces the scene in front of the lens I don't care > too much, whether it captures one's attention or evokes one's emotions > I > > do care. > >> Anyway, heres another attempt at this one (larger still) , hopefully >> it better shows this RMC tokina 17mm F3.5 lens to actually be pretty >> good in my opinion. >> >> http://www.jchriso.com/temp/17MMRMCTOKINASAMPLE1L.jpg > > full size version looks indeed even better than the intermediate one > yet > > it's still too sharp/contrasty for my taste. ;-) > > But when considered it was shot to JPEG it's actually pretty good. > > Cheers, > > Peter > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
