[tromboads]

Yep.. Byebye minolta.

[aslyfox]

my new lens arrived yesterday. took it out to the Topeka Zoological Garden (Topeka KS) for a trial run

these shots were all cropped from the results, the original photos are also listed for you to compare

[BigMackCam]

^^^ The detail and bokeh in the uncropped squirrel shot are lovely. Congratulations on the lens

[WPRESTO]

^^^ The detail and bokeh in the uncropped squirrel shot are lovely. Congratulations on the lens

Agreed. I've found the 16~85mm to be the best modest-range wide-to-long zoom I've ever used.

[Canada_Rockies]

my new lens arrived yesterday. took it out to the Topeka Zoological Garden (Topeka KS) for a trial run

these shots were all cropped from the results, the original photos are also listed for you to compare

That seems to be a superb lens - in your hands, of course.

[Simen1]

I just bought a Pentax-F 1,7x AF adapter and received it today. Finally I can AF with my big tele. A Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 300mm f/2,8. AF even works quite fine with the 1,4x Adaptall-2 TC stacked. With the 2x TC stacked It struggles, but finds focus after a few tries. With both its no surprise it doesn't focus.

I also tried to use the AF adapter with a few other lenses:
Tokina 70-210 f/4-5,6: Focuses at 70mm, but not at 210mm
Takumar 80-200 f/4,5: Focuses, but a little unreliable
Tamron Adapall 300mm f/5,6: Focuses fine
Pentax DA 50mm f/1,8: Focuses fine

[aslyfox]

well, I was once again out at the Topeka Zoological Garden (Topeka KS) trying out my K 3 and various lenses. Today I broke out the smc Pentax-DA 1:1.8 50 mm that I received from another member of the forum recently;

here are some of the results, all straight out of the camera without any editing. (the photos are through the glass window of the Sumtra Tiger enclosure and are two of three cubs. The cubs were born May 4 2015. Reportedly there are less than 400 left in the wild)[COLOR="Silver"]

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That seems to be a superb lens - in your hands, of course.

thanks for the compliment but to be honest:

in my case the credit for a bad photograph is operator error. the credit for a good photograph is good equipment plus luck (most of the time)

my personal rules of photography:

1 if you don't try to take the picture, you won't get the photograph

2 the more times you try to take the photo, the better chances you have to get a good one.

3 advice is a win/win situation: it makes the person you ask feel good and you don't have to follow the advice if you don't want to

4 educate yourself and practice, practice, practice, with ditigal photography, it doesn't cost any where near as much to see your pictures as opposed to the old days of film.

a good quote about "credit"

“My grandfather [that would be Mahatma Ghandi presumably] once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who do the work, and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition there.”
― Indira Gandhi

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[virusn3t]

Just taken from the dealer (Sorry for potatophone quality picture and messy warehouse)

VW Polo, small fun little car.

[Jonathan Mac]

Yesterday I was given Paintshop Pro X8 Ultimate for my birthday, an upgrade from the X4 I've been using for the last few years. Does anyone know if it will still be possible to use the plug-in that came with X4 with the new version? It's Nik Color Efex Pro 3 and, while most of the effects are rubbish, I find a few of them very useful indeed.

[BigMackCam]

Yesterday I was given Paintshop Pro X8 Ultimate for my birthday, an upgrade from the X4 I've been using for the last few years. Does anyone know if it will still be possible to use the plug-in that came with X4 with the new version? It's Nik Color Efex Pro 3 and, while most of the effects are rubbish, I find a few of them very useful indeed.

Happy Birthday!

So long as X8 allows you to export TIFF or JPEG to other software (and there's no reason why it shouldn't), any of the Nik plug-ins will still work.

Incidentally, Color Efex Pro 4 is available as part of the free Google Nik Collection, so you might want to download and upgrade to that version

[Ratcheteer]

Another treasonous purchase just arrived

or a good investment, alot of canon fdn lens got the ssc coating and mirrorless camera's has made them popular again

[Boris_Akunin]

or a good investment, alot of canon fdn lens got the ssc coating and mirrorless camera's has made them popular again

Just to prove that I have some loyalty left, I picked up this a couple of weeks ago:

[wtlwdwgn]

Autumn approaching. K-1 and D FA 28-105.

[Schraubstock]

My recent trip to Japan; A decent kitchen knife made by a traditional sword maker. Cost a bomb but is sharp as blazes.
This type is called a "Deba"

[Boris_Akunin]

Aaand... I'm back to treason:


Canon nFD 35mm f/2