On Dec 26, 2013, at 12:00 PM, Bill wrote: > On 25/12/2013 3:26 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >> Quoting Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com>: > >>> Happy Christmas >> >> >> And to you, in spite of my envy!. >> >> >> > Thanks Brian, I hadn't thought of it that way. > Sorry. > > Attila, it is, unfortunately, the middle of winter here, so test pictures > will be few and far between, I'm afraid. Both the Peso of my great niece and > the wind chime were done with the zoom. > > Miserere, the zoom ring is REALLY easy to grab, but it is big. I think a > person with small hands might find this lens bigger than is comfortable. > If anyone thinks the 20-40 follows the tradition of petite lenses, let that > thought go. This is a substantial piece of equipment, something the specs > don't tell. > The specs say the 20-40 is slightly bigger around than the 31, but look at > the shape of a 31. The 20-40 is bigger through the middle than the 31 is at > the front and is longer as well. That's a pretty big lens. > The IQ seems excellent. Very sharp and what looks to me to be very smooth out > of focus rendering. > Bob, I needed the extra depth of the grip to balance the composition. > Dan, in retrospect, I should have wiped the thing down before taking pictures > of it. > > Thanks all who looked > > bill >
A couple other observation on this lens - I got mine a few days ago, and every time I pick it up I am surprised at how light it is. So yes, it is large, but not uncomfortable to carry. The lens hood is a fairly small screw-on that doesn't add much to the bulk, the supplied slip-on lens cap fits over the end of hood. And no, I haven't done enough with it to be able to comment in detail on image quality. I did some shots of red berries coated with ice from the ice storm. Handheld, plus the wind was blowing the branch, and the pictures are pretty poor. But not a fault of the lens. stan -- 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.
