On Apr 4, 2005, at 9:15 AM, Don Sanderson wrote:
Thanks Paul, that restores my faith in the DA in general. I think perhaps this lens lends itself more to the real, rather than scientific, tests. Which is, of course, what counts. Or maybe it's because your paperwright was $100.00 more my paperweight? ;-)
I have a hunch that the subject matter makes an unusually large difference in results. I have some closeups taken with the DA that look very good. I'll have to take it for a "real world" spin later today.
Don
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 7:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Shooting with a $500 Paperweight
After yesterday's brief trip to the nature center, I did a short
walkaround in downtown Birmingham with the *istD and the now infamous
DA 16-45. (That's the lens many of us loved last week.) I don't
normally do tests, but I happened to have these saps that lend
themselves well to a 100% crop. I was using autofocus with a selected
sensor. My blip was appearing on the top left portion of the clock,
right near the number 10. Below you'll find the entire pic first, sized
for the web. It's followed by two 100% crops of the image just as the
RAW Converter processed it at actual size The first crop is at f4.5.
1/1500. The second is at f8, 1/350. No, it's not scientific, but I'm
still in love with this lens.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3252196 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3252208 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3252212
