Hi Bruce and Thibouille I will try again with the Tokina M42 400mm RMC (again, that's what I have) in hope of a much better background rendering. But then winter starts again tomorrow here, poor breeding birds! The Tamron mirror lens seems to be unusable for this kind of photos. But I made some good Zurich city architecture shots with it. greetings Markus
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thibouille Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 7:01 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO:Starling - with the K10D & Tamron SP 500 F8 mirror lens Yeah same comments from me: the forst one looks quite odd but usual from a mirror lens. The second one is quite nice :) I should take my own Tamron 500 and experiment a bit more but weather is not exactly good for birds & co now. 2007/3/16, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- 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
