Originally posted by Serge Amazing captures! Thanks for sharing. Looks like the lens performs very well. I have read a dpreview article about that lens - they point out a weakness (resolution falloff) at 135mm setting at full aperture. Have you noticed that softness? As far as I can see from your photograps in the beginning of the thread, closeups are quite sharp... What about longer focusing distances?
Thanks. I have tested it wide-open at 135mm, and I haven't seen the problems
they've seen - if you look in the first batch of shots in this thread, one shot &
it's crop is labeled at 135mm f/2.8.
I just went outside this afternoon & took a series of test shots at 135mm f/2.8,
which I'll post at the bottom.
Regarding longer focal distances - infinity is very sharp, but it's often hard
to lock on to something at about 50-100 meters - I've noticed this with every
200mm zoom I've ever shot, however - it will often back focus if something
behind the target has more contrast. I occasionally need to shoot 2 or 3 times
to get the lens/camera to 'see' the target I'm actually aiming at, and then
it's right on. Closer subjects have 'larger' higher contrast areas that the
lens/camera can lock on to easier, so there's no BF and I nail focus closer to
95% of the time then (at under 50 meters.)
Originally posted by cardinal43 Great pics. Looks like the weather is getting a bit nippy in MN. I always enjoy the pics of your son (Igillian also has some winners of his daughters). Love the curly hair. I think your son must be one of the most, if not the most, photographed son in the world.
Thanks. Yes, it's mitten weather this week at least. And yes, you can say
he's photographed - and keep in mind you guys are seeing only about 5%
of the shots I take of him.
Originally posted by heliphoto He might be, he's a bit older than my son by the look of things (my boy's 9 months next week), but I'm working on breaking the record for redundant photography of a child
. I've got 1413 shots tagged with his name right now, and there'll be more soon I'm sure.
The pics of jsherman jr. on this thread and elsewhere are great. I'll have to start posting more of my son
...
Yeah, he turned 1 last month. You should by all means post some shots
of your little guy here, I for one love seeing kids in this forum!
Originally posted by LaRee It is natural to take lots of photos of our children. Or at least I think it is.
I've got 2,014 tagged of my youngest 8 yr old son (I'm sure there are some that are not tagged) just from the past 5 months. It would be an interesting (although daunting) exercise to research exactly how many photos I've taken of him over his 8 years. The great thing is all his photos fit in a small box of discs. His older brothers have prints and negatives that fill up a couple huge boxes and lots of albums.
When we were threatened with a major fire a couple years ago I packed all the photos and put them by the door for a fast get away. That is when the contrast hit me between film and digital archiving.
I also have 1000's. The reason I was able to talk my wife into a DSLR in the first
place was that I would be able to take really good shots of our 1st baby - after
she saw the results from the K100D + FA 50 1.4, she was sold, and I was able
to get approval for the kit I have now. My extended family gets abusive if I
don't put new shots of the little guy up on picasaweb every couple days - overall,
a very fun and rewarding hobby, centered on him, but expanded now into
every area of photography.
Originally posted by krs Pictures are very impressive.
A few questions that I have not seen answered:
1. How fast is the autofocus? Does it lag more than other lenses on the camera?
2. How quiet is the lens? I recall the DA* lenses are very quiet on the K10D and newer cameras (K200 and K20)?
3. Showing my ignorance, what is the implications (good and bad) of it being a screw drive?
Thanks. The AF is faster than my Tamron 70-300 was, but slower than my DA
40ltd was. Overall, it's pretty fast & quiet (more quiet than say my Sigma 70,)
but not nearly as silent as SDM. Overall, acceptable AF performance, especially
for the price.
Here are some 135mm f/2.8 shots:
cropped:
crop of next shot:
Not quite a Super Tak 135, but pretty good for a long zoom, excellent even,
especially for f/2.8.
.