Re: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
A very fine gallery, Pete. On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Peter McIntosh wrote: > I've lusted after this lens for a while, and have been keeping an eye > on eBay for a decent version. I missed one by 5 bucks last weekend > (went for AU$425), which seemed to be about 60% of the new price down > here (AU$695 or so). > > I wanted to verify the new price of this lens though, so ended up in > Pentax Australia's online web store where, to my utter amazement, it > was being offered for AU$448 new! Needless to say I ordered one > immediately and it arrived 2 days later. > > Its arrival was quite timely too, as I'm between work assignments, so > I took myself off into Melbourne city on a photowalk yesterday - > well, more of a photo wander... > > Here are some sample from the day. > > https://picasaweb.google.com/118019465978120155275/1stShotsWithPentaxDA21mmf32Lens?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-z29vBvfLyRw# > > All shot raw with the K5, converted in PWP 6.0 with minor contrast and > sharpening. > > I like this lens alot. > > Ciao, > > Pete Mac in Melbourne > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
It s one of my favourite lenses, I like the compact size - it makes it easy to carry. The lens prices on the Pentax Australai web site do seem very good. Their price on the DA*16-50 mm looks very tempting. Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 25/04/13 8:57 AM, Peter McIntosh wrote: I've lusted after this lens for a while, and have been keeping an eye on eBay for a decent version. I missed one by 5 bucks last weekend (went for AU$425), which seemed to be about 60% of the new price down here (AU$695 or so). I wanted to verify the new price of this lens though, so ended up in Pentax Australia's online web store where, to my utter amazement, it was being offered for AU$448 new! Needless to say I ordered one immediately and it arrived 2 days later. Its arrival was quite timely too, as I'm between work assignments, so I took myself off into Melbourne city on a photowalk yesterday - well, more of a photo wander... Here are some sample from the day. https://picasaweb.google.com/118019465978120155275/1stShotsWithPentaxDA21mmf32Lens?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-z29vBvfLyRw# All shot raw with the K5, converted in PWP 6.0 with minor contrast and sharpening. I like this lens alot. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- 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: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
I visited that Conservatory when in Australia with my oldest daughter in 2002. Seeing it again brought back some nice memories. Enjoy your new lens! On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Philip Northeast wrote: > It s one of my favourite lenses, I like the compact size - it makes it easy > to carry. > > The lens prices on the Pentax Australai web site do seem very good. > > Their price on the DA*16-50 mm looks very tempting. > > Philip Northeast > > www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au > > > On 25/04/13 8:57 AM, Peter McIntosh wrote: >> >> I've lusted after this lens for a while, and have been keeping an eye >> on eBay for a decent version. I missed one by 5 bucks last weekend >> (went for AU$425), which seemed to be about 60% of the new price down >> here (AU$695 or so). >> >> I wanted to verify the new price of this lens though, so ended up in >> Pentax Australia's online web store where, to my utter amazement, it >> was being offered for AU$448 new! Needless to say I ordered one >> immediately and it arrived 2 days later. >> >> Its arrival was quite timely too, as I'm between work assignments, so >> I took myself off into Melbourne city on a photowalk yesterday - >> well, more of a photo wander... >> >> Here are some sample from the day. >> >> >> https://picasaweb.google.com/118019465978120155275/1stShotsWithPentaxDA21mmf32Lens?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-z29vBvfLyRw# >> >> All shot raw with the K5, converted in PWP 6.0 with minor contrast and >> sharpening. >> >> I like this lens alot. >> >> Ciao, >> >> Pete Mac in Melbourne >> > > -- > 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 is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- 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: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
Yeah, I can see why you like it. Very nice detail. I love the way it handled the water shots in particular. Congratulations! -- Walt On 4/24/2013 5:57 PM, Peter McIntosh wrote: I've lusted after this lens for a while, and have been keeping an eye on eBay for a decent version. I missed one by 5 bucks last weekend (went for AU$425), which seemed to be about 60% of the new price down here (AU$695 or so). I wanted to verify the new price of this lens though, so ended up in Pentax Australia's online web store where, to my utter amazement, it was being offered for AU$448 new! Needless to say I ordered one immediately and it arrived 2 days later. Its arrival was quite timely too, as I'm between work assignments, so I took myself off into Melbourne city on a photowalk yesterday - well, more of a photo wander... Here are some sample from the day. https://picasaweb.google.com/118019465978120155275/1stShotsWithPentaxDA21mmf32Lens?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-z29vBvfLyRw# All shot raw with the K5, converted in PWP 6.0 with minor contrast and sharpening. I like this lens alot. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- 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: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
A nice collection taken with the oft maligned 21mm. I like the lens and use it when needed. In the collection were photos I might have taken and some I would not have seen. Unfortunately for me the one I liked best were the ones I might not have taken. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 9 Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:57:32 +1000 From: Peter McIntosh To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I've lusted after this lens for a while, and have been keeping an eye on eBay for a decent version. I missed one by 5 bucks last weekend (went for AU$425), which seemed to be about 60% of the new price down here (AU$695 or so). I wanted to verify the new price of this lens though, so ended up in Pentax Australia's online web store where, to my utter amazement, it was being offered for AU$448 new! Needless to say I ordered one immediately and it arrived 2 days later. Its arrival was quite timely too, as I'm between work assignments, so I took myself off into Melbourne city on a photowalk yesterday - well, more of a photo wander... Here are some sample from the day. https://picasaweb.google.com/118019465978120155275/1stShotsWithPentaxDA21mmf32Lens?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-z29vBvfLyRw# All shot raw with the K5, converted in PWP 6.0 with minor contrast and sharpening. I like this lens alot. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- 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: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
Don, I agree that this is a nice set of images, but you say the lens is "oft maligned"? I don't recall seeing any derogatory comments about this lens. For me, it is pretty much my standard walking-around lens when in a new city. stan On Apr 25, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: > A nice collection taken with the oft maligned 21mm... > > pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: >> Message: 9 >> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:57:32 +1000 >> From: Peter McIntosh >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2 >> . . . >> Here are some sample from the day. >> >> https://picasaweb.google.com/118019465978120155275/1stShotsWithPentaxDA21mmf32Lens?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-z29vBvfLyRw# >> >> All shot raw with the K5, converted in PWP 6.0 with minor contrast and >> sharpening. >> >> I like this lens alot. >> >> Ciao, >> >> Pete Mac in Melbourne > -- 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: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
On 25/04/2013 11:24 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: Don, I agree that this is a nice set of images, but you say the lens is "oft maligned"? I don't recall seeing any derogatory comments about this lens. For me, it is pretty much my standard walking-around lens when in a new city. stan I've done some good work with the 21. It isn't my favourite lens by any means. Mostly I find it it either too wide or not wide enough, and it is very slow (but also very small). It makes nice pictures when it is the right lens. bill -- 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: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
Nice set. I'm fond of the DA21 too. Superb lens. Was everyone in Melbourne off at the footy? On 25/04/2013 8:57 AM, Peter McIntosh wrote: I've lusted after this lens for a while, and have been keeping an eye on eBay for a decent version. I missed one by 5 bucks last weekend (went for AU$425), which seemed to be about 60% of the new price down here (AU$695 or so). I wanted to verify the new price of this lens though, so ended up in Pentax Australia's online web store where, to my utter amazement, it was being offered for AU$448 new! Needless to say I ordered one immediately and it arrived 2 days later. Its arrival was quite timely too, as I'm between work assignments, so I took myself off into Melbourne city on a photowalk yesterday - well, more of a photo wander... Here are some sample from the day. https://picasaweb.google.com/118019465978120155275/1stShotsWithPentaxDA21mmf32Lens?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-z29vBvfLyRw# All shot raw with the K5, converted in PWP 6.0 with minor contrast and sharpening. I like this lens alot. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- 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: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
Thanks Bruce, Philip, Darren, Walt, Don, Stan, Bill and Derby for your input - appreciated. No, Derby - just your typical Wednesday morning down that end of the city... :-) Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne - hoping to get in there again 1 day this week. On 26 April 2013 21:53, Derby Chang wrote: > > Nice set. I'm fond of the DA21 too. Superb lens. > > Was everyone in Melbourne off at the footy? > > > > > On 25/04/2013 8:57 AM, Peter McIntosh wrote: >> >> I've lusted after this lens for a while, and have been keeping an eye >> on eBay for a decent version. I missed one by 5 bucks last weekend >> (went for AU$425), which seemed to be about 60% of the new price down >> here (AU$695 or so). >> >> I wanted to verify the new price of this lens though, so ended up in >> Pentax Australia's online web store where, to my utter amazement, it >> was being offered for AU$448 new! Needless to say I ordered one >> immediately and it arrived 2 days later. >> >> Its arrival was quite timely too, as I'm between work assignments, so >> I took myself off into Melbourne city on a photowalk yesterday - >> well, more of a photo wander... >> >> Here are some sample from the day. >> >> >> https://picasaweb.google.com/118019465978120155275/1stShotsWithPentaxDA21mmf32Lens?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-z29vBvfLyRw# >> >> All shot raw with the K5, converted in PWP 6.0 with minor contrast and >> sharpening. >> >> I like this lens alot. >> >> Ciao, >> >> Pete Mac in Melbourne >> > > > -- > 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: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
On 25 April 2013 08:57, Peter McIntosh wrote: > Here are some sample from the day. > > https://picasaweb.google.com/118019465978120155275/1stShotsWithPentaxDA21mmf32Lens?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-z29vBvfLyRw# > > All shot raw with the K5, converted in PWP 6.0 with minor contrast and > sharpening. > > I like this lens alot. It looks pretty good, the shot of the Vic Railways doorway displays very little geometric distortion, do you have lens correction on? Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
Ummm... distortion on that (and the other door) corrected in post in PWP. Originals were as you'd expect... :-) Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne On 29 April 2013 09:06, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 25 April 2013 08:57, Peter McIntosh wrote: > >> Here are some sample from the day. >> >> https://picasaweb.google.com/118019465978120155275/1stShotsWithPentaxDA21mmf32Lens?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-z29vBvfLyRw# >> >> All shot raw with the K5, converted in PWP 6.0 with minor contrast and >> sharpening. >> >> I like this lens alot. > > It looks pretty good, the shot of the Vic Railways doorway displays > very little geometric distortion, do you have lens correction on? > > Cheers, > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > 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: Enablement: Pentax DA 21mm f/3.2
On 29 April 2013 09:11, Peter McIntosh wrote: > Ummm... distortion on that (and the other door) corrected in post in > PWP. Originals were as you'd expect... :-) 'Splains it thanks :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
