In a message dated 10/7/2007 12:35:41 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yet another test with the Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f2.8~4.0.
http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20makeitpop.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f2.8~4.0 VMC Macro Focusing Zoom Note: So far the *ist-Ds has loved this lens. It handles well, hits the exposure almost dead on just about every time producing very easy to manipulate raw files. I've been playing with this lens using flash and I've come to a couple of surprising conclusions which I will probably write up eventually. Disclaimer: This is primarily a test of the lens, I haven't been trying to make high art, just get good exposures and reasonable focus with a variety of subjects. I'd like to know if I succeed but my standards for these are relatively low. On the other hand some thought that the last flower shot lacked punch, so this one I've punched up quite a bit. (I didn't revise "Blue" because I liked it the way it was). =============== Blue was fine the way it was. I think I thought the background was a shade pink and I wasn't sure I liked it that way. And it was good enough to show standalone and not in a group of three. :-) I think this one is a little too soft. While some shallow DOF would be fine, all of it looks a little too soft to me. HTH, Marnie Not sure this is as nifty a lens as you think it is. :-) But I am not a lens testing type of gal, and really know very little about it, so take with a big grain of salt. --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
