Like a gun? On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > One of the nicest things about the 500 f4.5 was that it had a notch and peg > style sight on it which made it very easy to frame up subjects. > > > On 7/17/2013 11:55 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: >> >> Oh those are quite lovely. I find that CA can be pretty fixable. At >> least purple fringing. Bad cyan fringing is hard to deal with though. >> I thought it was a given that pretty much any old long telephoto is >> going to exhibit fringing and that stopping down generally helps. Good >> to know about the A400 5.6. I may have heard that already somewhere... >> >> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Paul Stenquist >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 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. > > > > -- > 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.
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