Richard B.

From Lantern Asia in Virginia Beach last year. For anyone interested the gallery is at https://www.rbpics.com/Arts-and-Performance/Lantern-Asia/

When you scale an image, both sides need to be scaled by the same amount, otherwise the image would be stretched one way or the other. If you started with and image size of, say, 6016x4016 and ...

Well captured, a very nice set! I particularly liked the fox with the children. Night time illuminations are always great fun. I had the opportunity to see the Lantern Asia display in Virginia ...

Total shots for 2018 (1) DSLR: 3,535 (2) Mobile phone: 236. Count includes accidental shots of the ceiling, my foot and knee.

Greta set of low light shots, very nice atmosphere.

Great shot, I really like the composition and colors. The DA 40 is one of my favorite lenses.

Thanks, I got lucky with the light. It looked like it was going to be a clear sky that morning, but some cloud blew up at the last minute as the sun reached the horizon.

Thanks, I did think about that. I might get there eventually, but for the time being I am sticking with the workaround of focusing deeper in the shot when I shoot at the long end. I really didn't ...

I have been intrigued by this lens since it came out. I was initially disappointed by the PF review that criticized poor edge performance at the 40mm end of the zoom range. It seemed a puzzle to ...

Congratulations on the new lens! I also found the recent sales prices too hard to resist and bought a copy of the DA 20-40 on Black Friday. Very happy with the results so far!

Jim, my apologies for the slow response, but I was traveling the last week and had very limited access to the internet. Thanks for posting the information on your comparison between the A135/2.8 ...

Yes, I was pleased with the 135 overall. The softness wide open isn't an issue for me as I am usually shooting landscape in the f8-f16 range. At those f-stops the 135 is nicely sharp across the ...

I had fun shooting with the lens and it is small enough and light enough that it doesn't add any noticeable weight to the camera bag.

I would be curious to hear how the Zeiss 135/2.8 works out. I have always had a high regard for Zeiss optics, they have to my eyes, always produced very nice contrast/tonality.

Jim, Thanks for looking. The boathouse by the river is one of may favorite spots. I was lucky there was some fairly nice light that afternoon and I think the 135mm did it justice.

In the absence of a 135mm DA Ltd prime, I have been looking at other options. I picked up a copy of the SMC Pentax-A f2.8 135mm prime a few months back, but hadn’t played with it much until ...

I have shot with the DA Ltds extensively for the last 6 years. I have some SMC and some HD. From a flare perspective I have not seen any difference between the HD and SMC versions at all. None of ...

The 20-40mm really caught the light at Bryce very nicely.

Great capture of the bee, very nice combination of colors also.

Fantastic set, some beautiful landscapes!