Originally posted by karlito @
JinDesu
which lens did you use to take that picture... i have tried the camera with the settings you recomended, but still, the quality is the same... many thanks for all your help bro, really appreciate it!!! thank you so much!!!
The lens I used for that specific shot is a Tamron 70-200 F2.8, which is a very amazing but relatively expensive lens. But to show that you can get a good picture from any lens....
Shot what with my M-50mm F1.7 (similar to your SMC 50 1.7).
Shot again with the 50mm F1.7
Shot with a cheap zoom (Pentax FA 28-105mm F4-5.6)
Shot with the kit lens 18-55mm (it lacks contrast when you shoot certain subjects, but it's very very nice when you shoot in normal daylight away from the sun).
Shot with the Pentax FA 100-300mm F4.7-5.8 (similar quality to your manual 80-210 or something).
These were all shot by me when I just picked up photography and was learning photo editing. I almost always edit my photos (in RAW) after I shoot for my own reasons. If you want to shoot JPEG out of the camera, try setting the JPEG mode to "Vibrant" (if someone can help me out and explain the button presses needed to get to that menu, I don't have my camera with me) it can make your pictures look a lot more colorful. For manual glasses, learn to use the manual focus as it takes a lot of practice. For every 8 shots I took with my 50mm when I was learning, I usually had 1 keeper and 7 throwaways. But nowadays I can get it within a shot or two.
For your autofocus lenses (like the kit lens) try to point at the most contrasty part of your subject. For example, if you are taking a picture of a person in a bright red shirt, aim for the neckline where the shirt and skin meets and the camera will easily autofocus and you should get the eyes in focus as well. People are usually easy to autofocus on, but animals can be more difficult so you need to learn where to aim. If you consistently get out of focus shots, your k-r's autofocus mechanism might be fritzy and you have it looked at.