Re: Everything Old is New Again
check re what Paul said, but as to the sharpness but all the guys looking at ths photo on a little smart phone screen or small Ipad probably think it is razor sharp... The blossoms don't look sharp to me on my large screen desktop, but it doesn't matter... I'm thinkin j that "the answer friend , are [blossoms] blowin in the wind" ann On 4/19/2017 12:34 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: We’re looking at a low-res image here folks. It’s not really possible to determine sharpness based on such feeble evidence. On Apr 19, 2017, at 12:17 PM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: The twigs on the tree & the shrubs are all look sharp. Alan C -Original Message- From: P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 6:07 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Everything Old is New Again It could be the lens or it could be a phenomenon I and others have noticed, and that has been commented on in other places, that sometimes a digital image will have no zone of absolute sharpness, you did everything right but there isn't anything in the photo that is actually in sharp focus. Shutter speed is high enough lens is stopped down if not it's optimum at least not to the point where diffraction begins to really effect the image, but still noting is sharp. I don't know of any theory that explains this, but it's been noted. I probably saved a bookmark to the discussion, but that was a few years ago, and I've since upgraded everything twice so a lot of things that didn't seem to be important got lost. On 4/19/2017 10:25 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Jay, When I looked at the photo, "wow!", I was impressed with the colors and the composition. But then I realized that something was bothering my eyes. At first I thought that the photo was oversharpened. But when I looked closely, I realized that the tree flowers are not sharp. Actually, I am having hard time finding where the focus is. Either it is back-focused, or you have a motion blur... (or something is out of whack with the lens). There is also a possibility that it is overcompressed with JPEG processing. Igor On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylor wrote: A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical camera collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. JayT https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg -- 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. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- 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.
Re: Everything Old is New Again
On 4/19/2017 00:27, Jay Taylor wrote: A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical camera collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. JayT https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad I like it! -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- 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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Do you mean hand tinted postcards? They weren't meant to be false color. On 4/19/2017 15:39, Gonz wrote: It looks like one of those false colored post cards from days of yore. Weird look to it, like its not in focus or something else... Good composition. On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Christine Aguilawrote: Wow! very pretty, Jay! Looks like the lens will work out just fine, no? Cheers, Christine On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylor wrote: A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical camera collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. JayT https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad -- 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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It looks like one of those false colored post cards from days of yore. Weird look to it, like its not in focus or something else... Good composition. On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Christine Aguilawrote: > Wow! very pretty, Jay! Looks like the lens will work out just fine, no? > Cheers, Christine > > >> On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylor wrote: >> >> A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical >> camera collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC >> 28/3.5. I wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an >> M 28/2.8 and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II >> and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's >> one of the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. >> JayT >> https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad >> >> -- >> 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. -- -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange -- 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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blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } Igor,Thanks, now that you mention it I thought the focus point was on the trunk, but it's not looking all that sharp to me. I'll have to run the lens through some tests to check it, but I did pick it up for a song so expectations aren't that high. JayT Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 7:25 AM, Igor PDML-StRwrote: Jay, When I looked at the photo, "wow!", I was impressed with the colors and the composition. But then I realized that something was bothering my eyes. At first I thought that the photo was oversharpened. But when I looked closely, I realized that the tree flowers are not sharp. Actually, I am having hard time finding where the focus is. Either it is back-focused, or you have a motion blur... (or something is out of whack with the lens). There is also a possibility that it is overcompressed with JPEG processing. Igor On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylor wrote: > > A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical camera > collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I > wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 > and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was > pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of > the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. > JayT > https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg > > -- 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.
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We’re looking at a low-res image here folks. It’s not really possible to determine sharpness based on such feeble evidence. > On Apr 19, 2017, at 12:17 PM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > > The twigs on the tree & the shrubs are all look sharp. > > Alan C > > -Original Message- From: P. J. Alling > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 6:07 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Everything Old is New Again > > It could be the lens or it could be a phenomenon I and others have > noticed, and that has been commented on in other places, that sometimes > a digital image will have no zone of absolute sharpness, you did > everything right but there isn't anything in the photo that is actually > in sharp focus. Shutter speed is high enough lens is stopped down if > not it's optimum at least not to the point where diffraction begins to > really effect the image, but still noting is sharp. > > I don't know of any theory that explains this, but it's been noted. I > probably saved a bookmark to the discussion, but that was a few years > ago, and I've since upgraded everything twice so a lot of things that > didn't seem to be important got lost. > > > On 4/19/2017 10:25 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> >> Jay, >> When I looked at the photo, "wow!", I was impressed with the colors and the >> composition. >> >> But then I realized that something was bothering my eyes. >> At first I thought that the photo was oversharpened. But when I looked >> closely, I realized that the tree flowers are not sharp. >> Actually, I am having hard time finding where the focus is. Either it is >> back-focused, or you have a motion blur... (or something is out of whack >> with the lens). >> There is also a possibility that it is overcompressed with JPEG processing. >> >> Igor >> >> On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylor wrote: >>> >>> A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical camera >>> collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I >>> wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 >>> and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was >>> pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of >>> the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. >>> JayT >>> >> https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg >>> >>> >> > > > -- > 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. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > 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.
Re: Everything Old is New Again
The twigs on the tree & the shrubs are all look sharp. Alan C -Original Message- From: P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 6:07 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Everything Old is New Again It could be the lens or it could be a phenomenon I and others have noticed, and that has been commented on in other places, that sometimes a digital image will have no zone of absolute sharpness, you did everything right but there isn't anything in the photo that is actually in sharp focus. Shutter speed is high enough lens is stopped down if not it's optimum at least not to the point where diffraction begins to really effect the image, but still noting is sharp. I don't know of any theory that explains this, but it's been noted. I probably saved a bookmark to the discussion, but that was a few years ago, and I've since upgraded everything twice so a lot of things that didn't seem to be important got lost. On 4/19/2017 10:25 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Jay, When I looked at the photo, "wow!", I was impressed with the colors and the composition. But then I realized that something was bothering my eyes. At first I thought that the photo was oversharpened. But when I looked closely, I realized that the tree flowers are not sharp. Actually, I am having hard time finding where the focus is. Either it is back-focused, or you have a motion blur... (or something is out of whack with the lens). There is also a possibility that it is overcompressed with JPEG processing. Igor On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylor wrote: A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical camera collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. JayT https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg -- 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. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- 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.
Re: Everything Old is New Again
It could be the lens or it could be a phenomenon I and others have noticed, and that has been commented on in other places, that sometimes a digital image will have no zone of absolute sharpness, you did everything right but there isn't anything in the photo that is actually in sharp focus. Shutter speed is high enough lens is stopped down if not it's optimum at least not to the point where diffraction begins to really effect the image, but still noting is sharp. I don't know of any theory that explains this, but it's been noted. I probably saved a bookmark to the discussion, but that was a few years ago, and I've since upgraded everything twice so a lot of things that didn't seem to be important got lost. On 4/19/2017 10:25 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Jay, When I looked at the photo, "wow!", I was impressed with the colors and the composition. But then I realized that something was bothering my eyes. At first I thought that the photo was oversharpened. But when I looked closely, I realized that the tree flowers are not sharp. Actually, I am having hard time finding where the focus is. Either it is back-focused, or you have a motion blur... (or something is out of whack with the lens). There is also a possibility that it is overcompressed with JPEG processing. Igor On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylor wrote: A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical camera collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. JayT https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg -- 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.
Re: Everything Old is New Again
Jay, When I looked at the photo, "wow!", I was impressed with the colors and the composition. But then I realized that something was bothering my eyes. At first I thought that the photo was oversharpened. But when I looked closely, I realized that the tree flowers are not sharp. Actually, I am having hard time finding where the focus is. Either it is back-focused, or you have a motion blur... (or something is out of whack with the lens). There is also a possibility that it is overcompressed with JPEG processing. Igor On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylor wrote: A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical camera collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. JayT https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg -- 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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It sure is. Very appealing. Alan C -Original Message- From: Jay Taylor Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 6:27 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Everything Old is New Again A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical camera collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. JayT https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad -- 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. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- 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.
Re: Everything Old is New Again
Tack sharp, beautiful scene, Jay! J Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 19, 2017, at 1:42 AM, Christine Aguilawrote: > > Wow! very pretty, Jay! Looks like the lens will work out just fine, no? > Cheers, Christine > > >> On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylor wrote: >> >> A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical >> camera collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC >> 28/3.5. I wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an >> M 28/2.8 and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II >> and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's >> one of the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. >> JayT >> https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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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Very nice indeed! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 4:42 AM, Christine Aguilawrote: > Wow! very pretty, Jay! Looks like the lens will work out just fine, no? > Cheers, Christine > > > > On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylor wrote: > > > > A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical > camera collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC > 28/3.5. I wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an > M 28/2.8 and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony > A7II and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. > Here's one of the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. > > JayT > > https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/ > XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad > > > > -- > > 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. > -- 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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Wow! very pretty, Jay! Looks like the lens will work out just fine, no? Cheers, Christine > On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Jay Taylorwrote: > > A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical camera > collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I > wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 > and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was > pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of > the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. > JayT > https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad > > -- > 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.
Everything Old is New Again
A couple weekends back I made my annual visit to our local historical camera collectors swap meet in hopes of finding a K version of the SMC 28/3.5. I wasn't that lucky (I usually find a gem there), but I did find an M 28/2.8 and a K 50/4 Macro. I shot a few images with the 50 on my Sony A7II and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this 1970's era lens. Here's one of the shots taken at Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. JayT https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-85mHthv/0/XL/IMG_5310-XL.jpg Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad -- 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.