Pentax M 35-70 f2.8 forced photos
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:37 pmThe usual thing around here is to take a pic with the best equipment you have at your disposal and hope that everyone likes it enough to get some good comments but yesterday i decided to do something a little different.
I grabbed a lens that i don't think i have even used yet and put it on the camera [ Pentax DS] before heading off to work and promised my self i would post up at least 4 pics after getting the best i could out of them.
This forced me into taking pics with a focal length that i may not have normally used and also forced me to explore photoshop CS2 to try and fix up the pics.
The Lens: smc PENTAX-M zoom 1:2.8 35mm~1:3.5 70mm.
manual only lens from the early 80's.
The Feel: The focus ring moves through about 220 degrees and comes into focus slowly so it is easy to use and feels nice and smooth, the zoom is a push/pull zoom using the wide focus ring.
The lens feels a little soft over distance as if there is a lot of haze around but seems fairly sharp up close.
colour feels a little muted.
Please feel free to comment on the pics, make suggestions on how to make them better or even have a play with the pics your self.
With a bit of luck i should learn something and some others may pick up some tips as well.
Hitting the beach ...
Optical illusion ...
Dragon ...
Breakwater ...
I grabbed a lens that i don't think i have even used yet and put it on the camera [ Pentax DS] before heading off to work and promised my self i would post up at least 4 pics after getting the best i could out of them.
This forced me into taking pics with a focal length that i may not have normally used and also forced me to explore photoshop CS2 to try and fix up the pics.
The Lens: smc PENTAX-M zoom 1:2.8 35mm~1:3.5 70mm.
manual only lens from the early 80's.
The Feel: The focus ring moves through about 220 degrees and comes into focus slowly so it is easy to use and feels nice and smooth, the zoom is a push/pull zoom using the wide focus ring.
The lens feels a little soft over distance as if there is a lot of haze around but seems fairly sharp up close.
colour feels a little muted.
Please feel free to comment on the pics, make suggestions on how to make them better or even have a play with the pics your self.
With a bit of luck i should learn something and some others may pick up some tips as well.
Hitting the beach ...
Optical illusion ...
Dragon ...
Breakwater ...
