Thank you; I might replace the 60-250 with this lens so I'm quite interested in user feedback. Most of the sharpness was lost by using ISO3200, but I won't be nitpicking about some quick, first samples. I'm looking forward to hear more impressions about this lens.
Alex On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:03 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > The 150-450 zoom arrived today. It’s dark and gloomy in Michigan and raining > intermittently, so I resisted the urge to go looking for birds and instead > set the fine focus adjustment, then took a couple of sample pics. My tests > showed the lens was back focusing a bit, and a +4 setting brought it right in > throughout the range. It’s built like a tank, there’s no wobble or looseness, > and the zoom is as tight as any lens i’ve ever owned. (One reviewer mentioned > zoom creep. If that ever was a problem, it’s definitely been resolved. You > have to expend a fair amount of effort to change the focal length.) I shot > some dead ferns off a tripod at 450mm, ISO 3200, f5.6, 1/60th. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18141845&size=lg > > Here’s a 100% crop of the area where I placed the focal point > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18141846&size=lg > > Very pleased thus far. Can’t wait to try it out on some birdies. > > Paul > -- > 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.
