Hello Markus, Second one is pretty good. Too bad about that OOF branch right in front of it. The first just has too much of the odd bokeh you get with a mirror lens. But I know exactly what you mean about shooting with what you have.
-- Bruce Thursday, March 15, 2007, 3:29:52 AM, you wrote: MM> Hi Pentaxians MM> I took the K10D, the Tamron SP 500mm F8 mirror lens, the Monostat monopod MM> and the Pentax AF400-FTZ flash for a ride on the bicycle this early morning MM> to the allotment to take some photos of the breeding starling. MM> It's far away from an ideal setup for birding (but it's what I have ;-) but MM> luckily starling are quite big and I could go as near as 10 meters after MM> some very patient waiting. MM> K10D, Tamron SP 500mm mirror lens ISO 200, F8 1/125, Flash at hi manual on MM> K10D , raw, acr converted, adjusted and cropped to about 60%: MM> http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/stare1.jpg MM> http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/stare2.jpg MM> I will go again for some starling photos for a comparison and use the Tokina MM> 400mm M42 next time...., my Pentax tele/zooms are too short at 200/210mm. MM> greetings MM> Markus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
