[Carguy]

Here is my humble entry:
DAL 18-55 F7.1 55mm

[Oddity96]

A few i shot today
let me know what you think. i need to improve so input is very important

f/7.1 / 1/800sec / iso 200 / 42mm

f/8 / 1/400sec / iso 200 / 50mm

f/5.6 / 1/6000sec / iso 400 / 48mm

f/7.1 / 1/6 sec / iso 200 / 55mm

[tokyoso]

bump...n cherry blossoms....

[Pablom]

[techmulla]

i have looked at all the photos. Most of them are landscapes. It makes me wonder if the kit lens, 18-55, is good at wide angles but not at macro?

the focus/blurry effect which you can achieve at higher focal lengths is not possible with this one?

//yousuf

[Full_Stop]

So far, I'm not quite comfortable using the 18-55 for some reason. Hopefully that will change as I use it more.

ISO 200 37.5mm f/7.1 1/1250sec

ISO 200 35mm f/5.6 1/640sec

[Marc Sabatella]

i have looked at all the photos. Most of them are landscapes. It makes me wonder if the kit lens, 18-55, is good at wide angles but not at macro?

Well, it's not a macro lens, but it does focus about as closes as any other non-macro lens you muight compare it to. See the two posts directly above yours.

the focus/blurry effect which you can achieve at higher focal lengths is not possible with this one?

It only goes to 55mm, just like the name says. So sure, it doesn't do the sort of effects only possible at 100mm or 200mm. Nor does it do f/2.8 or better. But again, the two posts right above yours do show the sort of shallow DOF effects that are nonetheless possible.

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Last edited by Marc Sabatella; 04-08-2010 at 07:16 PM.

[GingerBeer]

I posted these in the Photo Critique a while back to get some advice with the PP but they are two of my favourite shots with the kit lens (so I thought I'd post the finished product here too):

[Ben Hunt]

Does the WR count?

I had a friends 18-55WR for a day, just trying it out, in the kitchen sink.

Shot on a K20D in .DNG

@125ISO 55mm F10 1/160th Sec.



100% crop

[Pentaxie]

Some kit lens version I pictures :

[jct us101]

The DA 18-55mm I

[techmulla]

Well, it's not a macro lens, but it does focus about as closes as any other non-macro lens you muight compare it to. See the two posts directly above yours.



It on;ly goes to 55mm, just like the name says. So sure, it doesn't do the sort of effects only possible at 100mm or 200mm. Nor does it do f/2.8 or better. But again, the two posts right above yours do show the sort of shallow DOF effects that are nonethless possible.

Thanks Marc for the clarification. I recently bought a k-x with 18-55 (due to my dad's pentax gear, mostly manual lenses with a 1975 35mm SLR (dont know the model number) and an auto 110 aswell :P). I have basic understanding of photography knowledge, but not very much. Thanks for the patience.

//yousuf

[phzy2003]

i am using the kit lens too. it is a pretty good lens .

[kutekidzzz]

K-x with kit lens

[LensScribe]

K200D; 18-55 II ; 1 x 500W Strobe