Hi Boris with such a lovely daughter you could use any lens :-) very nice photo and a special pose too. greetings Markus
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 6:39 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 16-50 f2.8 Great shot Boris! Paul On Dec 3, 2006, at 12:30 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > >> I begin to wonder a bit: >> with the transition to digital most of you seem to like Zooms now >> where in >> the analog world most of you used primes for best results. >> What happened here? >> >> just wondering >> Markus, who still uses film for a few weeks :-) > > Markus, let me try to give you my answer to this question. > > There is common sense in buying latest equipment from the > manufacturer. > You do so in hope that your lenses will be designed taking into > account > your cameras. Before introduction of DFA and DA primes, especially DA > Limited lenses Pentax was introducing mostly zoom lenses. > > In fact, it seems to me most manufactures, perhaps except Pentax, > produce significantly more new zoom lenses than prime ones. > > Before I had Tamron 28-75/2.8 zoom lens I used primes, notably FA > Limited lenses. Now for everyday walk around I use this zoom lens > as it > gives totally satisfactory, very solid and rather excellent results. > > Here is an example: > http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=1795173&ref=author > > Shot at wide open at ISO 800 with my *istD. I had to perform Smart > Sharpen (my favorite sharpening filter) on the picture after I > resized. > Otherwise, I should say I quite like the picture from technical > standpoint. > > Each horse has its course so to say. I am not selling my FA > Limiteds. I > am using them, but for less casual shooting. > > Hope it gives you a different angle (also focal length ;-) ) to > consider > the problem from. > > Boris > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
