On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 10:17:50AM -0400, Christine Nielsen wrote: > I would have never considered that, but now you guys have me thinking... > > :) > -c > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:56 AM, Dario Bonazza <dario.bona...@virgilio.it> > wrote: > > I also advice you to go for the 8mm fisheye. Lot of fun.
I recently bought that fisheye on a whim, the intent was to use it for "fun pictures" rather than "serious photography". When I got it, I was immdiately impressed with the build quality. The more I used it, the more often I realized that it was actually the right lens for the job for "serious photos". One important thing that it lacks is a depth of field scale. I used a depth of field calculator and made my own, and almost exclusively use that for setting the focus. A lot of the suggestions have made me realize how many of my equipment purchases lately have been for lights and light modifiers. When it comes down to it, in ideal light, almost any lens can deliver superb results, and so much of the cost of good lenses is paying for the ability to make up for imperfect light. So, if you can improve your light, you can make almost any of your lenses be sharp enough that they are no longer the limiting factor in the sharpnes of your photos. > > Dario > > > > -----Messaggio originale----- From: Christine Nielsen > > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 10:46 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: How to spend $200? (was: price breaks on k-5ll) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 2, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Matthew Hunt <m...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Thanks to the recent price break on the camera that I bought 2 weeks > >> ago, yours truly now has a store credit to the tune of $200.... woot! > >> > >> So, I'll put it out for discussion... what if you had some found money > >> (in the form of a store credit at the camera store, not cash)? What > >> would you buy? Hmmm...? > > > > > > Rokinon 8mm fisheye or 85mm f/1.4? ($249 each at B&H) > > > > Interesting! Wouldn't have thought of those... hmm... > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > ----- > > Nessun virus nel messaggio. > > Controllato da AVG - www.avg.com > > Versione: 2013.0.3392 / Database dei virus: 3222/6631 - Data di rilascio: > > 02/09/2013 > > > > -- > > 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
