DA35 f2.4 - the Plastic Fantastic club

snake · 10-20-2012, 04:06 PM

Is anyone willing to post pics from this lens with and without a hood in varying lighting?

I want to see how much a hood is needed here.

I also am interested in a comparison with the FA35. I know PF will be better controlled with the DA35, but I'm interested also in the sharpness.

**ramseybuckeye** · 10-20-2012, 04:25 PM

This one was wide open from the drivers window of a running car, I was sitting at a stop light:

**paulh** · 10-20-2012, 04:30 PM

Here's a couple wide-open shots from a dog walk on an overcast day last week. (the hood was on!) I didn't mean to shoot the longer shot wide-open, but this lens is very sharp indeed.

yiptwo · 10-21-2012, 09:48 PM

K-5 + DA 35 2.4

**paulh** · 10-22-2012, 06:36 AM

another wide-open shot using an *istD:

Pheo · 10-28-2012, 04:51 AM

I'm really liking this lens - simple, optically great, good colours, fast AF:

**paulh** · 10-29-2012, 10:30 AM

Last edited by paulh; 10-29-2012 at 04:49 PM.

infovision55 · 11-12-2012, 06:39 PM

DA 35mm f/2.4 AL

csmoore · 11-28-2012, 06:16 PM

here are some of my best shots :P

normhead · 11-28-2012, 07:02 PM - **1 Like**

Good to see this thread got started. The thing about being bought fairly late in my lens aquisitions is it has a lot of good glass to compete with. That being said it's slowly developing a portfolio. There are many shoots where the best images come from this lens, regardless of what else we used.

And another nine images here.

normhead · 11-28-2012, 07:18 PM

And a few more.

NickLarsson · 11-30-2012, 09:28 AM

A lot of great shots on this page!

NickLarsson · 12-02-2012, 11:59 AM

csmoore · 12-02-2012, 12:21 PM

Here's a few more I took during the first snow.

Norm, I really like the photo with the red leaf. Do you have any other crops? I think it would look really cool if you cut the green plants on the top, but that's just my opinion. The red/white contrast is really cool but the green is a bit distracting, again just my personal opinion!

normhead · 12-02-2012, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Norm, I really like the photo with the red leaf. Do you have any other crops? I think it would look really cool if you cut the green plants on the top, but that's just my opinion. The red/white contrast is really cool but the green is a bit distracting, again just my personal opinion!

You start messing around, try some new cropping, new colour values, then your wife comes and looks over your shoulder and you end up with a whole new picture.

11-12-2012, 06:39 PM	#68
infovision55 New Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 8	DA 35mm f/2.4 AL Last edited by infovision55; 11-12-2012 at 07:38 PM.

11-28-2012, 06:16 PM	#69
csmoore Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Upstate NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 117	here are some of my best shots :P Attached Images

12-02-2012, 12:21 PM	#74
csmoore Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Upstate NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 117	Here's a few more I took during the first snow. Norm, I really like the photo with the red leaf. Do you have any other crops? I think it would look really cool if you cut the green plants on the top, but that's just my opinion. The red/white contrast is really cool but the green is a bit distracting, again just my personal opinion! Attached Images

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10-20-2012, 04:06 PM	#61
snake Banned Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: NY/Germany Posts: 1,183	Is anyone willing to post pics from this lens with and without a hood in varying lighting? I want to see how much a hood is needed here. I also am interested in a comparison with the FA35. I know PF will be better controlled with the DA35, but I'm interested also in the sharpness.

10-20-2012, 04:25 PM	#62
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,292	This one was wide open from the drivers window of a running car, I was sitting at a stop light:

10-20-2012, 04:30 PM	#63
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,273	Here's a couple wide-open shots from a dog walk on an overcast day last week. (the hood was on!) I didn't mean to shoot the longer shot wide-open, but this lens is very sharp indeed.

10-21-2012, 09:48 PM	#64
yiptwo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 242	K-5 + DA 35 2.4

10-22-2012, 06:36 AM	#65
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,273	another wide-open shot using an *istD:

10-28-2012, 04:51 AM	#66
Pheo Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brighton, United Kingdom Photos: Gallery Posts: 311	I'm really liking this lens - simple, optically great, good colours, fast AF:

10-29-2012, 10:30 AM	#67
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,273	Last edited by paulh; 10-29-2012 at 04:49 PM.

11-28-2012, 07:02 PM - 1 Like	#70
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Good to see this thread got started. The thing about being bought fairly late in my lens aquisitions is it has a lot of good glass to compete with. That being said it's slowly developing a portfolio. There are many shoots where the best images come from this lens, regardless of what else we used. And another nine images here.

11-28-2012, 07:18 PM	#71
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	And a few more.

11-30-2012, 09:28 AM	#72
NickLarsson Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Paris, France Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,390	A lot of great shots on this page!

12-02-2012, 11:59 AM	#73
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12-02-2012, 01:29 PM	#75
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Quote: Norm, I really like the photo with the red leaf. Do you have any other crops? I think it would look really cool if you cut the green plants on the top, but that's just my opinion. The red/white contrast is really cool but the green is a bit distracting, again just my personal opinion! You start messing around, try some new cropping, new colour values, then your wife comes and looks over your shoulder and you end up with a whole new picture.