Once again, even at 210mm, I believe I am impressed with the results. I do detect a marginal loss of resolution, color rendition and exposure however, it turned out to be
much better than I expected. Not ideal, but I would say within the realm of acceptability, which I understand is subjective.
Alright, my conclusion, for what it is worth:
If we could do a side by side comparison with the very first image I uploaded on this thread, (The Peruvian Lily) we could see a different subject, different colors, different
shooting lengths and most importantly, very different lenses. All things considered, the main difference is the lens used for the image of the Peruvian Lily. As others have
indicated, I should have gone with a higher shutter speed and higher number for my lens setting, however I do not see how that would correct the problem of having focus and
out of focus areas all over the image. DoF might assist in this case, but I do not believe it would be a panacea for all ills. The best thing for me to do at this point is to take
the same gear used on a Peruvian Lily at different exposure lengths and judge the results. Well, I do hope this project has been helpful to some as I do believe it has been
for me at least to the degree that there is nothing wrong with the K-7. In fact I failed to mention that all these images were taken handheld.
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Tonytee.