I guess it takes a special kind of nerd to look at FA*85/1.4 and turn it into either 26,600 or 67E8, but I digress. I recently picked up a used 85/1.4 and played with it a bit at the local milonga (tango dance) last night. It's a small gallery, I spent more time dancing than shooting. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720314421636 My favorite is probably the first one. -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com. sent from Mirkwood

A great gallery, Larry. The lens is clearly ideal for that sort of work. Takes me back - Ann & I did a lot of that in Rhodesia when we were young  - Sat. night Dinner/Dances. Nothing like that around here any more. Alan C On 29-Jan-24 10:45 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > I guess it takes a special kind of nerd to look at FA*85/1.4 and turn it into either 26,600 or 67E8, but I digress. > > I recently picked up a used 85/1.4 and played with it a bit at the local milonga (tango dance) last night. It's a small gallery, I spent more time dancing than shooting. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720314421636 > > My favorite is probably the first one. > > -- > Larry Colen > lrc@red4est.com. sent from Mirkwood > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

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> On Jan 29, 2024, at 4:59 AM, Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: > > A great gallery, Larry. The lens is clearly ideal for that sort of work. Takes me back - Ann & I did a lot of that in Rhodesia when we were young - Sat. night Dinner/Dances. Nothing like that around here any more. Thanks Alan. There aren't a lot of places for both dinner and dancing, they're done consecutively these days. I'm very happy with the lens. I got it more for photographing musicians, where I always want a bit more reach and a bit more speed. For these I could have used my 77, especially since I had the 85 stopped down to 2.2, but it was fun to play with it. Most of my shooting lately has been with the K-3II. It's a lot easier to carry on bike rides, and it works well with the 18-270. It was interesting to compare things like focus speed, buffer speed, and focusing with the joystick vs the toggles. Larry -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com. sent from Mirkwood