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  1. 3rd November 2012, 11:45 AM #1
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    New lens

    On the Overlander forum they have a rule about new cameras and new lenses:

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Red
    new camera = duck pic
    new lens = first pic with it no matter how bad
    So here's my first pic with my new Sigma 30mm f1.4 EX DC on a Pentax K-7.

    I forgot to switch the camera to JPEG and the DNG file is quite large so here it is via Picasa.

    We are currently caring for this 4-month old guide dog pup, Errol. He goes to a new puppy raising family next week. The last family returned him after he killed some of their chickens.

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  2. 3rd November 2012, 10:29 PM #2
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    nice!

    Seems a little soft, at the focal point... But it all depends at what stop you were at...

    As for the duck picks? see POTN.
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    From the exif
    f:4 1/1000sec ISO400

    and then there would be any compression induced softness via picasa/google.

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  4. 4th November 2012, 07:23 AM #4
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    As I said first pic - literally. I'd forgotten to change camera settings. Looks like 1/1000th at f4, ISO 400. Focus point was his right eye.

    It was a mistake to choose a 4-month old puppy as a subject then trying to take a pic whilst laying on the ground with a crook shoulder!

    I'll try a few more shots today.
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  5. 4th November 2012, 07:45 AM #5
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    What's a good site for photo hosting that will allow one to post pics without too much degradation? I feel sure Picasa does degrade.
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    I guess Flickr offers a high resolution upload.

    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    What's a good site for photo hosting that will allow one to post pics without too much degradation? I feel sure Picasa does degrade.
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    I've been using photobucket for around 6 years, now subscribed to the pro version.
    Ron, do you do any post processing ? even a quick sharpen makes a world of difference.


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  8. 4th November 2012, 05:18 PM #8
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    No, I don't Martyn. About all I usually do is a contrast adjustment if needed. Nothing was done to that, that's straight from the camera as DNG and uploaded to Picasa Web Albums which I assume converted it to JPEG.

    Perhaps I should try a sharpen and post of the result.

    I had a free Imageshack account but it seems to have deleted all my pix.
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    Quote Originally Posted by s7000 View Post
    nice!

    Seems a little soft, at the focal point... But it all depends at what stop you were at...

    As for the duck picks? see POTN.
    Filling the frame nicely with the young pup using a focal length of 30m and f4 was always going to result in the extremities of the head being a little soft.

    Having said that, I like it. Sure 1/500 @ f8 would have given more sharpness in the head, but the background wouldnt have been quite so soft and therefore more distracting.

    I like it.
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    The lens is known to be a bit soft in the corners.

    I'm going to have a photographic foray into Darling Harbour tomorrow evening.

    Here's one taken the day after the first puppy pic - f8, ISO 200, 1/320th.

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