Nice pics. But I think your concerns about CA on digital are valid. The A 400/5.6 has problems.
Paul via phone On Jul 17, 2013, at 10:07 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/17/2013 8:43 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: >> oooooh....just looked at the sample pictures.....maybe he has a dog or >> can't focus. that doesn't look too hot. :/ >> >> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: >>> http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographic-equipment-sale/231660-sale-super-multi-coated-pentax-500mm-f-4-5-k-mount.html >>> >>> $750. Includes the original box even! If I had some cash laying around >>> this would be mine! > I used to have a screw mount 500 f4.5 SMC Takumar that a previous owner had > modified by gluing a K-mount. It was great and inexpensive tool - the lens > made colors pop so much that you could see the difference just looking > through the finder. The lens had incredible resolution but bad chromatic > aberration. I always wondered what it would be like on a DSLR. > > Just for laughs - here are a few shots I took with that lens and my trusty > Pz-1p - all on film, of course: > > http://www.markcassino.com/newsite/portfolios/birds/pages/0204b35.htm > http://www.markcassino.com/newsite/portfolios/birds/pages/0204b36.htm > http://www.markcassino.com/newsite/portfolios/birds/pages/0204b45.htm > http://www.markcassino.com/newsite/portfolios/birds/pages/0204b50.htm > http://www.markcassino.com/newsite/portfolios/birds/pages/0204b52.htm > http://www.markcassino.com/newsite/portfolios/birds/pages/0204b11.htm > http://www.markcassino.com/newsite/portfolios/birds/pages/0204b01.htm > http://www.markcassino.com/newsite/portfolios/lighthouses/pages/0204l35.htm > > It was a nice lens - the manual aperture and stop down metering presented > some challenges and, as I said, I assume CA would be a major problem on a > dslr. It was quite respectable on film, though. > > Mark > > -- > 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. -- 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.
