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Forum: Lens Clubs 09-08-2010, 08:53 PM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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now that you mentioned it, :lol:.
Forum: Lens Clubs 05-04-2010, 01:07 PM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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you can read my findings here >>> Pentax Lens Review and Specification Database - SMC Pentax-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR

oh, and I'm going to sell my copy pretty soon. :cool:
Forum: Lens Clubs 04-15-2010, 02:31 PM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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Yes you are correct. I don't mind the use of extended dynamic range either inorder to show shadow details and salvaging images. since it doesn't really eliminate the natural look of the image but rather render it in a more detailed manner. the second one is subjective and thereby could work in the favor of the image and there are times that it doesn't work pretty well. in fairness, there are are few shots that I like with the second HDR, most have something to do with water. not too colorful but smooth.
Forum: Lens Clubs 04-14-2010, 03:26 PM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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Nope. not really. I'm just pointing voicing out my love-hate relationship with regards to HDR. there are times that I like the images and there are times that I see and feel that it is overdone or overused where creativity has been left exclusively at the hands of HDR effect. although it is a personal preference by the individual to solely rely on such effect for the images, I do however have my criticism on such use. most probably I just don't prefer on seeing a lot or too much candy art on simple images which can be easily reproduced. I would say I like to preserve and see the natural look of things, or atleast retain a certain degree of natural look. :cool:
Forum: Lens Clubs 04-13-2010, 09:33 PM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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HDR is very nice or excellent at some extent or when the need for it arises. but sometimes overdoing it makes it less appealing.
Forum: Lens Clubs 04-12-2010, 12:03 PM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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there are only a few pixels alright, but I don't think reducing the pixels would make the image sharper but rather cleaner. the image would also have less resolution when it's cropped bigger. so maintaining the image size and cropped as is, is recommended. it could be in-camera image settings though. but I'm not dismissing off-camera as well. there are programs that are capable of such removal or reduction of artifacts.
Forum: Lens Clubs 04-12-2010, 10:54 AM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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why the discussion about 50-55mm?

the 50-55mm image taken by tokyoso generated some interest or some curiosity. it doesn't mean to undermine the lens itself but rather to verify or evaluate how the lens appears to be quite sharp at such focal length, especially when it was stated that it was even cropped? unfortunately, there is no exif data that can be used as reference. some attributed such nailing sharpness to shooting skill and knowledge or being shot in a good day, which I don't think makes the lens that sharper unless some tweaking is done to an extent [ be it in-camera (custom image or filters) or off-camera post-processing ]. your cropped sample gave a more accurate or let's say a more consistent assessment of how the 18-55 image would appear when cropped (same from my 18-55 images at 24mm). quite far-fetched from the one by tokyoso, not to mention it was shot at the weakest focal length of the zoom which is at 55mm. who wouldn't be happy to have such sharpness at 55mm? I'm sure everyone would, including myself. this is merely an enigma. that's why I post a question if it's because he had a unique copy or merely tweaked. I'd be happy if he'll be able to get a consistent sharp output like that at that focal length, same thing if I'll be able to produce such output as well. but the fact that I haven't, raises some question. no hate here. :cool:
Forum: Lens Clubs 04-12-2010, 07:54 AM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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I had seen much better results with better glass.

the exif data shows that you shot this at 23mm at f8, which is not a weak spot for the kitlens. although it still shows quite some bit of weakness in sharpness and obviously weak contrast rendering. I'm not saying that it is not sharp, but I'm rather stating that it is not at par or render as good as the better glasses out there. better glass means better resolution. it is an acceptable result to those whose needs aren't that high or for those that don't consider this a problem and such lens is enough.
anyway, it would had helped if you do or had some shots at 55mm for basis of comparison. I had some 55mm shots of it before and wondered how come they appear soft. that's were I did some tests and that's where I found out that it's softy at 55mm or at it's long end. there was also a thread here were a photo sample showed that softy rendering.

as far as the need for post-processing is concerned, it depends really on the situation. there are situations that call for such need or demand such as lowlight and areas where the lens struggles. or if your images aren't that good. it's also the same why people have or own better glass. if the kitlens is really that good or good enough, then I believe that most people will be buying or using the kitlens more on a regular basis. I'm sure that aperture speed is not the only reason why people use better glasses.
Forum: Lens Clubs 04-11-2010, 11:56 AM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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I guess that makes me more skilled using my 55-300 than my 18-55. :D
Forum: Lens Clubs 04-11-2010, 09:36 AM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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really? well that's nice that you got such results which is uncharacteristic of the 18-55mm especially at 50-55mm because under the circumstances that you've mentioned, even on a great sunny day and metered perfect, I hadn't produced such results at 50-55mm, much more so if I heavily cropped it. such nice results could either be a product of slight post-process work or one of those rare 1 in a thousand chances of getting a unique nice copy of the lens.

edit: on a side note, my 55-300 at 55mm produces much better results than my 18-55 at 55. it is slightly better than what your images show and shows more contrast and poppy colors.
Forum: Lens Clubs 04-10-2010, 06:02 PM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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true. I'm just saying that it's soft at the longer end of the zoom. for someone who's on a limited budget and only have the kitlens to use, it is enough as long as the situation permits it and able to fix it during pp. other factors of course would be instrumental or are considered in using the lens.
Forum: Lens Clubs 04-10-2010, 09:46 AM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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I highly suspect that you increased the sharpness or contrast level on these photos. I had never seen my images had such sharpness at such focal length unless I post-process afterwards. anyway, good job for the insect shots.
Forum: Lens Clubs 02-15-2010, 05:28 PM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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not as sharp as a real macro, but nice enough.
Forum: Lens Clubs 12-09-2009, 10:07 PM  
The Kit Lens Club!
Posted By Pentaxor
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18-55 WR kit lens. one of the only ways I could ever love this lens.
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