This is one lens which spend most of its time in the dry box. Never quite like the photos it produced with the K10D & K-7. I find them soft and lacking impact. Focusing also relatively slow and not accurate. especially in low light.
Well, all this changed after spending an afternoon shooting the cosplayers at this weekend's Anime Festival.. Quite a few Pentaxians were there too - Frank, Charlie, Brian, Farhan, Richard plus a few others. Charlie & Brian set up a mini studio and they were doing a roaring trade ! You will no doubt see many great photos from them very soon. Brian was also using the DA*16-50 for most of his studio portraits.
Anyway, back to topic. the 16-50mm is a different beast when coupled to the K-5. The pics have suddenly come alive. Nice and sharp now, nice contrast - no doubt due to the high megapixel count and DR. Focusing is fast and accurate. The cam/lens now behave like a point & shoot - literally. With the K-5, all my lenses "suddenly" performs so well. Make it so hard now to decide which lens to take out.
Ok. Here are some photos from yesterday. Many of them are heavily cropped but still retained the excellent sharpness.
Rest of the photos are here:
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=796910
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Well, all this changed after spending an afternoon shooting the cosplayers at this weekend's Anime Festival.. Quite a few Pentaxians were there too - Frank, Charlie, Brian, Farhan, Richard plus a few others. Charlie & Brian set up a mini studio and they were doing a roaring trade ! You will no doubt see many great photos from them very soon. Brian was also using the DA*16-50 for most of his studio portraits.
Anyway, back to topic. the 16-50mm is a different beast when coupled to the K-5. The pics have suddenly come alive. Nice and sharp now, nice contrast - no doubt due to the high megapixel count and DR. Focusing is fast and accurate. The cam/lens now behave like a point & shoot - literally. With the K-5, all my lenses "suddenly" performs so well. Make it so hard now to decide which lens to take out.
Ok. Here are some photos from yesterday. Many of them are heavily cropped but still retained the excellent sharpness.
Rest of the photos are here:
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=796910
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