Joe, What about a bean bag in the car... Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > On Oct 24, 2012, at 14:52 , Bruce Walker wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Brian Walters <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> >> wrote: >>> Quoting Toine <to...@repiuk.nl>: >>> >>>> If I remember correctly the manual claims SR should be switched off for >>>> macro. >>> >>> I don't recall seeing that in the K200D or K-5 manuals - not saying it isn't >>> there, but they are large manuals and I have a short attention span :-) >> >> That's a Mark! right there. >> >> >>> The manuals do say to switch SR off if the cameras are tripod mounted. >> >> I think that covers most macro usage. Detailed macro work is almost >> always going to be on a tripod. > > I ran some tests a year ago that showed me, personally, that my tripod images > were either equal or better with SR on than with SR off. Same with a 2 second > delay and SR. But with a 12 sec delay, off was better. > > I was headed out to the dog park yesterday afternoon (a grey and rainy day) > and noticed a couple of our favorite birds sittin' on the "swim to" platform > in Palmer Lake. Positioned the car to afford me a shot or two, using the half > way up window to steady the camera and 18-250 with. Looking through the > viewfinder at 250mm, I was shocked to see how unsteady my hands have become. > Tried spot & center AF, MF, and not using the window as a brace, plus 250mm > vs 100mm. Think it was between 1/60 and 1/160 of a second with SR on. Nothing > was sharp enough for my tastes. Guess I'll have to start lugging to 60-250 > brick around. A few months ago I got some nice sharp images at the dog park > with the lowly 80-300 FA-J that looked better. than this 18-250. With less CA > too. > > Best at 250mm, and best (cropped) at 100mm plus a crop of a 250mm shot. Mind > you, these were shot at jpeg, 5 stars, 16 mp. > > http://tinyurl.com/8dt4ag5 > > > Joseph McAllister > pentax...@mac.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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.
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