Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-26 Thread Mark Cassino
From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Joe - Question for Mark Cassino: Re: "My conclusion was that a low resolving lens with low CA and high edge sharpness - which is what my tests showed the ATX 400 to be - will create an image with clean edges and a high degree of _apparent_ detail." M

Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-26 Thread Joseph Tainter
Question for Mark Cassino: Re: "My conclusion was that a low resolving lens with low CA and high edge sharpness - which is what my tests showed the ATX 400 to be - will create an image with clean edges and a high degree of _apparent_ detail." Mark, I have this lens and am interested in your obse

RE: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
ig meddelelse- > Fra: Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 23. februar 2005 19:47 > Til: Godfrey DiGiorgi > Emne: Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas) > > > > That lens has done an *excellent* job of capturing the > breast > > feathers' structu

RE: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-23 Thread Jens Bladt
Very informative, Fred! Bravo! Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 23. februar 2005 19:47 Til: Godfrey DiGiorgi Emne: Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas) > That lens has done

Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-23 Thread Mark Cassino
s there! - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:47 PM Subject: Re: O

Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-23 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Mark, Here's a robin I shot a few weeks ago. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3095297&size=lg It's not as sharp as your pic. It's handheld with the a 400/5.6 and the A2X-S converter at 5.6, 1/500. But you can get some idea of the feather texture. The branch he's perched on provides

Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-23 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Interesting theory, Mark. Please report any further findings on this. Lasse From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:02 PM Subject: Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas) > I posted this before (over a year ago), but I think

Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-23 Thread Fred
> That lens has done an *excellent* job of capturing the breast > feathers' structure. I used to keep birds (parrots mostly) and > that's what their breast feathers look like when seen close up. > Robins are much the same. Well, I'm not so sure... http://trc.ucdavis.edu/mjguinan/apc100/modules/In

RE: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-23 Thread J. C. O'Connell
: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:28 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas) Mark, That lens has done an *excellent* job of capturing the breast feathers' structure. I used to keep birds (parrots mostly

Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-23 Thread Fred
> I think that the primary ribs of the feathers have been exaggerated and > the connecting fibers have been all but lost in this shot. > Psychologically, one looks at that and thinks "Wow - what detail!" but I > really question that. I would tend to agree. The "fuzziness" of those "hairs" has be

Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Mark, That lens has done an *excellent* job of capturing the breast feathers' structure. I used to keep birds (parrots mostly) and that's what their breast feathers look like when seen close up. Robins are much the same. Godfrey --- Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.markcas

Re: Opinions about Tokinas (Was Sigmas)

2005-02-23 Thread Mark Cassino
I posted this before (over a year ago), but I think it's an interesting illustration of what is being discussed in terms of how lenses differ between film and digital: http://www.markcassino.com/temp/robin/ This shot was taken with the Tokina 400mm ATX, handheld. In the actual pixel shot, the d