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Forum: Travel, Events, and Groups
02-28-2012, 05:55 PM
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Okay so due to weather/mother nature the meet is now rescheduled to as posted title Saturday 14th April 2012, 9 AM
We can all meet at Grenadier Restaurant as the line of trees are on two paths from there.
Map of the two walks marked with the "Xs", there is parking at the zoo and others scattered throughout the park if you're driving, Bloor street there are two subway stops Keele and High Park.
Here's the City's pdf map with parking and other details you might find useful
http://www.toronto.ca/parks/featured-parks/high-park/map-highpark.pdf |
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-18-2010, 03:34 PM
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Thanks guys for your feedback.
From the results you can see that DA35macro certainly has the best center and corner sharpness, that's inline w/ my experiences with this wonderful lens. FA35 might have slightly better resolution, but the difference really isn't much especially considering we are viewing at 100% crops on a 16.3mp sensor. You probably won't feel the difference during actual shooting.
DAL35 is very comparable to the other 3 lenses in other aspects too, actually I like the slight softer and smoother bokeh from DAL35 better than the others. The difference is there if I view those bokeh samples on my Dell WFP2408 monitor side by side, but I can't see much difference on my laptop screen where I have to scroll all the samples up and down to compare.
The new lens might have some improved coatings as well, it seems to let more light pass through at the same aperture. Or maybe Pentax should call it DAL 35/2.2? It's just a number, you won't see any difference during actual use though.
Anyway, I guess you won't see much difference between the FA35 and DAL35 during actual shooting, the A35 is probably too old to compare w/ the new lenses, DA35macro is truly one of the best lens in sharpness and resolution test. But when shooting at a subject some distance away, it's not the best lens out there.
I'm glad that Pentax released such a reasonably priced little lens with very good optical quality. Hope we'd see some similar 50/85mm lenses in the future.
Oh btw, big thanks to Clicker for upgrading my photobucket account to a pro one without my knowing it, otherwise we won't be able to see these sample photos but the 'bandwidth exceed' sign.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-18-2010, 05:35 PM
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Guys, I think all of you reading this lens shootout should give Frank his due credit by clicking on the Reputation icon on the bottom left of his avatar. I know Frank personally for a number of years now and he is definitely highly respected for the depth of his knowledge on things relating to Pentax.
Very personable and objective, you'll get no mumbo-jumbo, airy fairy theoretical bullshit from him, and having owned just about every recent Pentax lens I can think off, whatever he says is backed by plenty of experience. It is largely through his efforts that he has steadily grown the Singapore Pentax community through his tireless Pentax monthly outings and his personal interaction to help newbies and experienced shooters alike to discover what makes Pentax unique. I can personally attest to so many who have opted to make Pentax their choice due to him personally.
A BIG kudos to you, Frank for your tireless efforts.
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