Thanks Jack, much appreciated. Best regards,
John ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 June 2008 22:00 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: PESO: Coots (Pentax DA* 300mm f/4) John, when I first looked at this shot I felt the image showed a bit of movement blur, but considering the unique and image drastic crop, felt it was certainly well worth posting. I have absolutely no doubt that the lens is capable of producing stunningly sharp, contrasty images and simply took this particular shot for what it gave, allowing that you were aware of its minor technical shortcomings. Jack --- On Fri, 6/27/08, John Wittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: John Wittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: PESO: Coots (Pentax DA* 300mm f/4) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 12:08 PM > Hi Godfrey > > Yes I thought as much myself, it was early morning (7am) > here in the UK, it's been raining the past couple of > days and overcast so the light was not good. Exposure time > was down to 1/200 sec @ f5.6 ISO400, I didn't want to > increase ISO with the K10D, I prefer to keep below 400. I > quite often stop at this place on my way to work, gather my > thought for 15 minutes, sometimes taking a few shots. > There's a boat house (now a cafe) in an area that gives > any ultrawide lens a thorough test, it's the first thing > I shoot with wide lenses. I'll post a PESO some day and > all will become obvious. > > Regards, > > John > ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 27 June 2008 19:05 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO: Coots (Pentax DA* 300mm f/4) > > I thought so. It didn't seem quite as sharp as what > I'd expect from > an exposure with a sturdy tripod ... thought I saw a small > amount of > camera motion blur. > What was the exposure time? > > Godfrey > "My sharpest lens is a sturdy tripod." ]'-) > > On Jun 27, 2008, at 9:20 AM, John Wittingham wrote: > > > Thanks, yes, hand held. Can you tell? > > > >> > >> Very nice, John. Is this taken hand-held? > >> > >> On Jun 27, 2008, at 7:25 AM, John Wittingham > wrote: > >> > >>> Shot this morning with the K10D using the DA* > 300 f/4, 100% crop > >>> from the center @ f/5.6, ISO400 > >>> > >>> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7458880&size=lg > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
