Re[2]: Pentax lenses vs. the world?

2002-06-18 Thread Bruce Dayton

Doug,

I think you're gonna love that FA* 200/2.8!  It is one of my
favorites.  It is even very nice to focus manually.


Bruce



Tuesday, June 18, 2002, 9:45:08 PM, you wrote:

DF On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 23:34:07 -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote:

 [...] when I was shooting motorsports for car magazines. But my most
 used lens was a Vivitar 200/3.5, [...]

DF That's good to hear since I shoot motorsports and I just took delivery
DF of my first FA* lens today (FA* 200/2.8 from KEH). :-)  Now for the FA
DF 20/2.8 and FA 100/2.8 ...

DF TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
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Re[2]: Pentax lenses vs. the world?

2002-06-15 Thread Bob Walkden

Hi,

it's not just noticeable to art directors etc. I've posted on this
matter several times over the last couple of years. When I was
shooting exclusively Pentax gear my lenses were all Pentax, but from
different series: K, M, A and A*, and looking at my slides on the
lightbox, as well as projected, it was very clear on side-by-side
comparisons that they had different colour balances and characteristics.
It became even more evident when I got all the Carl Zeiss MM lenses -
the consistent look and characteristics across the range was very noticeable
indeed.

This may not matter very much from day to day or in the grand scheme
of things, but if you are shooting a photo essay it is very discordant
to be looking at pictures with a common theme, but a different look -
particularly if it's just slightly different. One the other hand,
having a consistent look is one way of tying the whole thing together
and making your presentations look professional.

Similar considerations apply to differences in film stock.

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 Bob  

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Saturday, June 15, 2002, 6:10:32 AM, you wrote:

 Guys: Face the facts. How many of us shoot for top notch magazines that use 
 art directors that would notice the difference. Maybe there's a little bit of 
 splitting hairs here. I know the art directors where I work would never 
 notice such a minute difference in the look of pictures, and by the time it 
 came out in print, any minute difference would not be noticed anyway..
 Vic 
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