Re: PESO first captures with my new K5

2011-07-11 Thread Steven Desjardins
Those are wonderful shots. The birds are great (I like the second one best) but those star and moonlight shots are very pleasing. On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Toine wrote: > Thanks everyone, frank: the birds were chained to a sitting pole. I > only had to sit on the ground, wait and shoot.

Re: PESO first captures with my new K5

2011-07-11 Thread Toine
Thanks everyone, frank: the birds were chained to a sitting pole. I only had to sit on the ground, wait and shoot. The 55-300 isn,t perfect the corners are not the best at any aperture and you really need to set the camera to MTF program line. Wide open the 55-300 is nothing special at the mtf aper

Re: PESO first captures with my new K5

2011-07-11 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 10, 2011, at 14:54, Toine wrote: > I finally got myself a K5. The first one had some serious dust inside > the sensor (one black spot, different from the dust chain seen in > first batches). My local pusher promply swapped the cam and made me > happy. What a beast the K5. A few captures fro

Re: PESO first captures with my new K5

2011-07-11 Thread Sam L
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:04 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> DA55-300 ISO800. > > Thats it, i'm getting the 55-300 > > Dave >> Toine, nice shots! And Dave, I actually find the 55-300 to be a very sharp lens ... my sharpest. I have the DA40 and all reviewers praise how sharp it is. But so far, fo

Re: PESO first captures with my new K5

2011-07-11 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Toine wrote: > I finally got myself a K5. The first one had some serious dust inside > the sensor (one black spot, different from the dust chain seen in > first batches). My local pusher promply swapped the cam and made me > happy. What a beast the K5. A few captur

Re: PESO first captures with my new K5

2011-07-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Toine wrote: > I finally got myself a K5. The first one had some serious dust inside > the sensor (one black spot, different from the dust chain seen in > first batches). My local pusher promply swapped the cam and made me > happy. What a beast the K5. A few captur

RE: PESO first captures with my new K5

2011-07-10 Thread Jeffery Johnson
- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Toine Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 2:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO first captures with my new K5 I finally got myself a K5. The first one had some serious dust inside the sensor (one black spot, different

Re: PESO first captures with my new K5

2011-07-10 Thread Christine Aguila
Big congrats, Toine. That Owl eye is wonderful! The other two are great as well. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Toine" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 2:54 PM Subject: PESO first captures with my new K5 I finally

RE: PESO first captures with my new K5

2011-07-10 Thread Bob W
I really like those shots of the birds. B > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Toine > Sent: 10 July 2011 20:54 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO first captures with my new K5 > > I fina

Re: PESO first captures with my new K5

2011-07-10 Thread Toine
Oh forgot to mention: Warning it's flash based. If you move your mouse over the image to wake flash you can click on the image to see a custom scaled fulscreen image. On 10 July 2011 21:54, Toine wrote: > I finally got myself a K5. The first one had some serious dust inside > the sensor (one blac

PESO first captures with my new K5

2011-07-10 Thread Toine
I finally got myself a K5. The first one had some serious dust inside the sensor (one black spot, different from the dust chain seen in first batches). My local pusher promply swapped the cam and made me happy. What a beast the K5. A few captures from last week: Stars: http://www.repiuk.nl/index.p