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Grippy · 11-14-2015, 05:28 AM - **3 Likes**

Just got home from an awesome Saturday night at Speedway City in Adelaide, a whole heap of various racing and finished off with a demo derby. I scored the 10-17mm fisheye on the Bay for a steal and only picked it up from the Post Office this morning.

**pepperberry farm** · 11-14-2015, 05:42 AM

I love the DA10-17mm fish-eye....

Grippy · 11-14-2015, 05:45 AM

Originally posted by pepperberry farm

I love the DA10-17mm fish-eye....

I haven't been able to give it a good run yet but am looking forward to it

kjphilippona · 11-14-2015, 05:58 AM

Originally posted by pepperberry farm

I love the DA10-17mm fish-eye....

+1

**Scorpio71GR** · 11-14-2015, 06:20 AM

Originally posted by kjphilippona

Look like you did a good job. My DA*16-50 is not that sharp, I purchased a Sigma 17-50 to take its place and giving it to my daughter to shoot weddings

Thank you, the 16-50 is a temperamental little beast. It took me awhile to really learn ts quirks. Mine required a +3 focus adjustment on my K3 but none on my K50. I am a big fan 0f quick shift focus. In that shot I made on final minor adjustment before I took the shot. I did not nail it spot on but I was close. At 50mm and f2.8 you depth of field is about an inch or so. Simply moving the camera back on forth can ruin your shot. This shot is 50mm at f2.8. The eye is focus but the beak is not.

---------- Post added 11-14-15 at 08:22 AM ----------

Originally posted by Grippy

Just got home from an awesome Saturday night at Speedway City in Adelaide, a whole heap of various racing and finished off with a demo derby. I scored the 10-17mm fisheye on the Bay for a steal and only picked it up from the Post Office this morning.

The 10-17 is a great lens, super sharp stopped down. I just wrote a review on mine. The only draw back is the aberrations in high contrast situations. It was my DA lens back in 2008. That is a great shot.

kjphilippona · 11-14-2015, 06:49 AM

Originally posted by Scorpio71GR

Thank you, the 16-50 is a temperamental little beast. It took me awhile to really learn ts quirks. Mine required a +3 focus adjustment on my K3 but none on my K50. I am a big fan 0f quick shift focus. In that shot I made on final minor adjustment before I took the shot. I did not nail it spot on but I was close. At 50mm and f2.8 you depth of field is about an inch or so. Simply moving the camera back on forth can ruin your shot. This shot is 50mm at f2.8. The eye is focus but the beak is not.

---------- Post added 11-14-15 at 08:22 AM ----------

The 10-17 is a great lens, super sharp stopped down. I just wrote a review on mine. The only draw back is the aberrations in high contrast situations. It was my DA lens back in 2008. That is a great shot.

I found the same problem, I had to set mine at +6 on my K50 and still not very sharp

I have found that all my Pentax lenses have to be stopped down to get any sharpness or dof. My daughters Nikon and 35mm lens has much more dof at the same f stop, we take the same picture and like you say my grand daughters eye is in focus and her nose or ears are out. With the Nikon her entire head is in focus.

**Scorpio71GR** · 11-14-2015, 09:27 PM

Originally posted by kjphilippona

I found the same problem, I had to set mine at +6 on my K50 and still not very sharp

I have found that all my Pentax lenses have to be stopped down to get any sharpness or dof. My daughters Nikon and 35mm lens has much more dof at the same f stop, we take the same picture and like you say my grand daughters eye is in focus and her nose or ears are out. With the Nikon her entire head is in focus.

Yeah there is a lot of glass packed into those DA* lenses. This is not with my K50 but with my K3, however this is why I like my 16-50 so much.

---------- Post added 11-14-15 at 11:54 PM ----------

To make up for that lost post. K50 plus DA*50-135 at 85mm f6.3 1/125 ISO 100

**pepperberry farm** · 11-14-2015, 10:27 PM

tomatoes still ripening in the garden:

gourds waiting to be harvested:

Grippy · 11-14-2015, 11:42 PM - **1 Like**

Went for a walk through Cobbler Creek park which is about 2 streets away from my house, had to dodge a large Eastern Brown Snake that had been sunning himself and moving quite quickly, the things are everywhere here and extremely territorial and venomous, #2 on the list after our Inland Taipan. It;s so warm and dry already and summer hasn't even kicked off.

And another one from Speedway last night, it was tricky trying to get shots through the fence

The Squirrel Mafia · 11-16-2015, 09:59 PM - **1 Like**

My wife shot me with the 18-55 lens.

Taken at the Lucayan National park in the Grand Bahama Island.

**pepperberry farm** · 11-18-2015, 06:14 PM

Michi Joel · 11-20-2015, 10:45 AM - **2 Likes**

-F 28mm

**pepperberry farm** · 11-20-2015, 10:57 AM - **1 Like**

it's a major award!

JohnnyBoy · 11-20-2015, 03:38 PM

Grippy · 11-20-2015, 04:27 PM - **1 Like**

With my newly acquired DA10-17mm

and with the Sigma 70-300mm

11-14-2015, 10:27 PM	#563
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,766	K-50 with DA 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 ED AL (IF) DC WR tomatoes still ripening in the garden: gourds waiting to be harvested:

11-16-2015, 09:59 PM - 1 Like	#565
The Squirrel Mafia Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 3,058	My wife shot me with the 18-55 lens. Taken at the Lucayan National park in the Grand Bahama Island. Last edited by The Squirrel Mafia; 12-16-2016 at 09:43 AM.

11-18-2015, 06:14 PM	#566
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,766	K-50 with DA 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 ED AL (IF) DC WR

11-20-2015, 10:57 AM - 1 Like	#568
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,766	K-50 with DA 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 FE it's a major award!

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11-14-2015, 05:28 AM - 3 Likes	#556
Grippy Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Adelaide Posts: 816	Just got home from an awesome Saturday night at Speedway City in Adelaide, a whole heap of various racing and finished off with a demo derby. I scored the 10-17mm fisheye on the Bay for a steal and only picked it up from the Post Office this morning.

11-14-2015, 05:42 AM	#557
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,766	I love the DA10-17mm fish-eye....

11-14-2015, 05:45 AM	#558
Grippy Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Adelaide Posts: 816	Originally posted by pepperberry farm I love the DA10-17mm fish-eye.... I haven't been able to give it a good run yet but am looking forward to it

11-14-2015, 05:58 AM	#559
kjphilippona Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Enterprise, Alabama Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,298	Originally posted by pepperberry farm I love the DA10-17mm fish-eye.... +1

11-14-2015, 06:20 AM	#560
Scorpio71GR Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,023	Originally posted by kjphilippona Look like you did a good job. My DA*16-50 is not that sharp, I purchased a Sigma 17-50 to take its place and giving it to my daughter to shoot weddings Thank you, the 16-50 is a temperamental little beast. It took me awhile to really learn ts quirks. Mine required a +3 focus adjustment on my K3 but none on my K50. I am a big fan 0f quick shift focus. In that shot I made on final minor adjustment before I took the shot. I did not nail it spot on but I was close. At 50mm and f2.8 you depth of field is about an inch or so. Simply moving the camera back on forth can ruin your shot. This shot is 50mm at f2.8. The eye is focus but the beak is not. ---------- Post added 11-14-15 at 08:22 AM ---------- Originally posted by Grippy Just got home from an awesome Saturday night at Speedway City in Adelaide, a whole heap of various racing and finished off with a demo derby. I scored the 10-17mm fisheye on the Bay for a steal and only picked it up from the Post Office this morning. The 10-17 is a great lens, super sharp stopped down. I just wrote a review on mine. The only draw back is the aberrations in high contrast situations. It was my DA lens back in 2008. That is a great shot.

11-14-2015, 06:49 AM	#561
kjphilippona Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Enterprise, Alabama Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,298	Originally posted by Scorpio71GR Thank you, the 16-50 is a temperamental little beast. It took me awhile to really learn ts quirks. Mine required a +3 focus adjustment on my K3 but none on my K50. I am a big fan 0f quick shift focus. In that shot I made on final minor adjustment before I took the shot. I did not nail it spot on but I was close. At 50mm and f2.8 you depth of field is about an inch or so. Simply moving the camera back on forth can ruin your shot. This shot is 50mm at f2.8. The eye is focus but the beak is not. ---------- Post added 11-14-15 at 08:22 AM ---------- The 10-17 is a great lens, super sharp stopped down. I just wrote a review on mine. The only draw back is the aberrations in high contrast situations. It was my DA lens back in 2008. That is a great shot. I found the same problem, I had to set mine at +6 on my K50 and still not very sharp I have found that all my Pentax lenses have to be stopped down to get any sharpness or dof. My daughters Nikon and 35mm lens has much more dof at the same f stop, we take the same picture and like you say my grand daughters eye is in focus and her nose or ears are out. With the Nikon her entire head is in focus.

11-14-2015, 09:27 PM	#562
Scorpio71GR Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,023	Originally posted by kjphilippona I found the same problem, I had to set mine at +6 on my K50 and still not very sharp I have found that all my Pentax lenses have to be stopped down to get any sharpness or dof. My daughters Nikon and 35mm lens has much more dof at the same f stop, we take the same picture and like you say my grand daughters eye is in focus and her nose or ears are out. With the Nikon her entire head is in focus. Yeah there is a lot of glass packed into those DA* lenses. This is not with my K50 but with my K3, however this is why I like my 16-50 so much. ---------- Post added 11-14-15 at 11:54 PM ---------- To make up for that lost post. K50 plus DA*50-135 at 85mm f6.3 1/125 ISO 100

11-14-2015, 11:42 PM - 1 Like	#564
Grippy Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Adelaide Posts: 816	Went for a walk through Cobbler Creek park which is about 2 streets away from my house, had to dodge a large Eastern Brown Snake that had been sunning himself and moving quite quickly, the things are everywhere here and extremely territorial and venomous, #2 on the list after our Inland Taipan. It;s so warm and dry already and summer hasn't even kicked off. And another one from Speedway last night, it was tricky trying to get shots through the fence

11-20-2015, 10:45 AM - 2 Likes	#567
Michi Joel Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Catalonia Photos: Albums Posts: 441	-F 28mm

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