With that outfit you can saddle up near Nikon shooters and blend in.:-) Dave
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@mac.com> wrote: > Yes, it is indeed a very fun camera to work with. I'm only beginning to see > how I can exploit its capabilities to best effect, and it is proving to be > very competent as I'd hoped. > > The test shot I made with that rig, of a palm tree about 400 yards away: > > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/G1_w_ZD50-200-test.jpg > > Processed from RAW in Lightroom 2.2, all default settings. The full frame, > upper portion of the composite was treated with my standard output > sharpening for down-rezzed web images at this size, the lower detail clip > was not sharpened at all. > > It's a dull, boring picture. I was just curious to see how much more detail > in the G1's 12 Mpixel image would be visible compared to the L1 (7.5 Mpixel) > and E-1 (5 Mpixel) bodies with this lens. As expected, substantial gains > over the E-1 are immediately visible (Kodak sensor, stronger anti-aliasing > filter), where the detail gains are smaller compared to the L1 (Panasonic > sensor, weaker anti-aliasing filter). But given a very long lens and > distance through the atmosphere, even the E-1 does very well with a long > lens like this. > > A similar test will be with the 11-22mm lens at 11mm focal length. There I > suspect the resolution gain will be much more significant ... the 11-22 is a > very sharp lens and definitely outperforms the both the E-1 and L1 sensors. > > Unfortunately, the Olympus EC14 teleconverter isn't supported on the G1 or > I'd have tested with that too, netting a 280mm f/4.9 lens. With the 50-200 > and other FourThirds SLR lenses, it doesn't pass power and control through > to the lens, so the lens just sits inert (servo controlled aperture and > focusing). However, I can use it with adapted lenses like the Pentax M50/1.4 > where I have manual focus/iris control ... makes a very nice 70mm f/2 lens. > > Godfrey > > >> >> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramar...@mac.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Thought this was kinda fun ... >>> >>> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/G1_w_ZD50-200.jpg >>> > > -- > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
