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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-23-2014, 07:02 AM
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Looks like a fruitful trip after the morning landscape shoot. :)
Do add these to the CS outing thread if you don't mind. :)
TIA
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-23-2013, 07:48 AM
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I would think its an option behind the Sigma 500 which is cheaper and faster.
I did try out the DA560 in Japan.
It was a nice lens.
Even in the store, there was no hunting with the K5ii and images looked sharp at wide open.
There was nothing to compare it to so its only a quick handling impression
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-23-2013, 05:42 AM
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This one is a winner!
I often see negative ppl here complain about the lack of a long lens, and you are a perfect example of "don't complain! just buy the Sigma 500 and go take photos" :D
BTW, I spotted an eagle catching fish along Seletar Dam at about 6.15pm last week.
You may want to check it out.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-22-2013, 03:59 AM
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Ha..ha..
I am always with my kids so its not that bad.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-21-2013, 08:18 PM
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Enna Tele-ennalydt 400/4.5
I like its rendering, but carrying a club around to take the children shots in the neighborhood really a bit odd... :D
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-19-2013, 08:27 PM
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Enna Munchen Tele Ennalyt 400mm f4.5
I seldom use this lens, since its constructed like a tank and weighs like one.
M42 mount.
It always seem too long on APS-C, but on FF, I think the working distance is more acceptable.
The Enna Tele-Ennalydt 400/4.5 has an old style 14 aperture blade aperture to give circular bokeh when stopped down.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-23-2012, 10:36 PM
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I've never explored PPG actually.....
But now, I just registered.
I doubt many people look there though.
Personal thoughts from responses in the local non-Pentax forum (and even here) is that when people see 'Pentax' or 'Q' for a thread tile, the immediate response is "Nah!..."Pentax", 'Q", "1 year only camera", not going to bother looking" :(
This is the last frontier that I am apprehensive of, I don't have the time to engage in the long hours needed to do it nor the field craft (though I do have Army experience if that helps :D )
Manual focus, limited ISO capability (probably want to stick to ISO125-400 for detail retention) and 1/15 max flash sync speed with 3rd party adapter would be the camera limitations that I can foresee giving problems for birding.
There are some folks who've done birding with the Q though in the Q sub-section.
Its pretty cheap now in Oz. :)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-23-2012, 07:56 AM
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My submission for today :
Pentax Q + F*300/4.5 + 1.7xteleconverter.
Equivalent to 2805mm
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-23-2012, 07:55 AM
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Bossa, nice shots.
You make magic with that Sigma500/4.5. :)
Shot after shot of very nice bird shots.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-23-2012, 07:53 AM
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Ha..ha... Ken, thanks.
The Douc Langur is probably the most beautiful monkey there, but they are always hard to get a shot of since they are either high up, far or within the canopy.
I was pretty lucky they were out in the Sun. (but they were still far if not for the Q) :)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-22-2012, 08:40 PM
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Another great shot Ken. :)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-22-2012, 08:39 PM
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Thanks guys, the Q is surprising me too with the very long reach with very reasonable IQ
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-21-2012, 07:51 AM
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Managed to go through some more of the pile today.
The Lady
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The Gent
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-20-2012, 08:15 AM
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Thanks, guys.
These guys are pretty smart, and they usually don't want photographs taken. (They will turn their butts to you) :D
This fella turned his head rather suddenly, and I grabbed the chance to snap a few shots.
I'm pretty happy it turned out well.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-20-2012, 08:12 AM
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Wow! This is serious Firepower! :)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-18-2012, 08:16 PM
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Pentax Q + FA*200 (1100mm equivalent)
largely uncropped; only slightly cropped for 8x10 aspect ratio
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-05-2012, 06:30 PM
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Do these count? :)
1100mm equivalent.
Pentax Q + FA*80-200.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-29-2012, 10:35 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-26-2011, 07:21 PM
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2 more from the zoo last weekend.
Still can't believe that I forgot the tripod 2 times in a row. (Fri and Sat) :o
Had to use the lens hand held which is quite an exercise. :sweat:
Enna Munchen Tele-ennalydt 400/4.5
Another Chimp shot
White Tiger taking the morning bath
The other tiger (there are three) actually pooed into the water just as this guy finished his bath.
Did not find any artistic merit in tiger poo, so did not take any shots. The fish had a good meal though.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-23-2011, 12:26 AM
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Ha..ha.. indeed. Too bad my wife was in a rush and I could not stop by for tea. :)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-22-2011, 03:26 AM
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Profile of a distant relative
9 aperture blade rounded aperture of the Enna Munchen Tele-Ennalydt 400mm f4.5 at f5.6
Chimps just have that intelligent look to them that I always find fascinating peering into their expressions and eyes.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-25-2011, 04:53 AM
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Its real heavy. Probably 5kg or more. Round aperture blades and good build. It lacks contrast as with most of such old lenses, though its not that big a deal since it can be added in PP. Sharpness is acceptable but nothing to shout about though it sometimes surprises me with the results, so I am always unsure if my focus is out for most shots. I don't have a good tripod to hold it down, so I've never done a proper test.
Usage w/o a tripod can be a bit of a pain. The aperture ring is right up front after the focusing ring, if no on a tripod, it can be rather hard to keep focus when turning the aperture ring.
Maybe when I do ever get a good tripod it will serve me better.:)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-23-2011, 10:50 PM
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Thanks.
It was dawn, so the sky was actually brighter and of a lighter blue. Tweaked contrasts with levels and played with the curves to get more contrast from the old lens. The darkening with levels and curves also got rid of quite a bit of the light flaring off the tip of the Moon. Sharpen after resize.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-23-2011, 02:34 AM
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Finally got another attempt to take a shot of the Moon.
I've waited quite a while for a non-full Moon that I can see from my place. When the phase is full, the craters and details are not so obvious, when they are, I'm either away, the Moon is not visible due to clouds/haze/etc or I can't see it from my place.
I woke up early today as I had spied clear skies and a partial Moon yesterday. But when I dragged my sleepy self to the window, DOH! the sky was cloudy :(. Luckily for me, I spent the next 20mins doing the best thing in the morning (surfing the local photo forum and making coffee ;) ). The sky cleared up miraculously within that time, and I grabbed my camera to take the shots.
Taken with the KX at ISO 800, as I don't have a tripod to hold down the beast I am using and have to hand hold.
Enna Munchen Tele-Ennalyt 400/4.5 at f8.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-13-2010, 12:10 AM
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F*300 with AF1.7x teleconverter.
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