RE: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)

2012-09-01 Thread J.C. O'Connell
- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 9:57 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions) The M and A series were quite fine as well. The F's were horri

Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)

2012-09-01 Thread Steven Desjardins
>> >> -Original Message- >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Mark >> C >> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 7:27 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: GESO - First Macro Shots with

Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)

2012-09-01 Thread Mark C
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 7:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions) My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full

Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)

2012-09-01 Thread Mark C
The M and A series were quite fine as well. The F's were horrible and the FA / DA / D-FA's are a mixed bag, generally better than the F's but leaving a lot to be desired. I do not have any FA* or DA* lenses, so maybe they are up to snuff On 9/1/2012 9:41 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: Pentax d

RE: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)

2012-09-01 Thread J.C. O'Connell
012 7:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions) My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full day sooner than expected. I had planned to leave first thing that morning for a business trip, but was delayed by a few hours and luckily was

Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)

2012-09-01 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Paul. I just printed the first and third image on SUper-A3 paper. The first image is 12 inches wide x 11 high at 240 dpi (I cropped it a bit.) The third image is 16.7 W x 12.5 H at 240 dpi. Technically, they are fine. In terms of composition, only the first is competent. I would consid

RE: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)

2012-09-01 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Pentax did build solid K mount lenses, they're called the K series from 1975. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nice

Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)

2012-09-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice. Great color and detail in the web image. How do they hold up at high resolution. Enough there for a 12 x 18? Best, Paul On Sep 1, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Mark C wrote: > My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full day sooner than expected. I had > planned to leave first thing that morning f

Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)

2012-09-01 Thread Steven Desjardins
BTW, great spider shots. I'm hoping for a few more q lenses. Maybe PR has realized that under $400 is a good price to lure folks in and make a cheaper version of the Q. On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > This one will hold just the Q, maybe another lens, some batteries.

Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)

2012-09-01 Thread Steven Desjardins
This one will hold just the Q, maybe another lens, some batteries. It's really small though and well made. http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-NG-A1212-Vertical/dp/B003WE9MCI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1346542526&sr=8-3&keywords=national+geographic+bag There are some other NG bags there as well

GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)

2012-09-01 Thread Mark C
My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full day sooner than expected. I had planned to leave first thing that morning for a business trip, but was delayed by a few hours and luckily was able to scoop up the camera and lenses and take the kit with me as I headed out. I had a chance to test drive it