Pardon the pun... Last weekend I also tried out the K-1 with an APS-C crop lens, the bargain basement DA-L 55-300 f/4-5.8. In crop mode you get ~15 megapixel images. So how did it work? Here's a shot at 300mm, 1/1000 @ f/6.7 (which is only stopped down about half a stop from wide open at that focal length), so depth of field is very thin. But where the feathers of this bird (not the same Gray Jay as my previous shot) are within DOF the sharpness is astonishing for a plastic-fantastic kit lens that can be had for $179.00 brand new (from dealers who split up kit items).
Full image (resized): http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e005323small.jpg 100% crop: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e005323crop.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.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.
