Jeff Keller wrote:
>Yet I've been happy with pics I've taken with the Tokina. Unfortunately
>they were mostly taken before I started getting scans or bought a film
>scanner, so I don't yet have scans of most. The ones I do have scans of
>aren't the best for testing resolution, as they were taken on a misty,
>rainy, windy day, but they may give some idea that it is at least a
>pretty good lens <http://moosemystic.net/Gallery/Falling.htm>. The grain
>of the 400 iso film seems as much a limiting factor as the lens.
>
>Moose
>
>Cows in Berkeley?
>
No, this is in the Delta, roughly across from Antioch. And Berkeley
Farms dairy isn't in Berkeley any more, either.
>Someone once claimed photodo put a high emphasis on wide open performance.
>
I wish I remembered the aperture for these shots. It was probably just
below wide open. I thought I took notes that day, but even if I did, the
notebook from that period has been hiding.
>Judging by how small the telephone poles look, to be able to pick out the
>wire on the 500mm image implies the lens is pretty good.
>
That has certainly been my experience. I was kind of surprised when I
saw the photodo number.
>It's interesting
>that the rope hanging from the trestle is easily visible in the 500mm shot
>but can just sort of be seen in the full pixel 150mm image. I would also
>agree, the film is limiting the performance.
>
>The trestles(?) look similar to the those supporting a cat walk which runs
>between the high voltage lines in the nearby baylands. Is the farmland
>former marsh land?
>
It is indeed low lying former marsh, and is very damp and squishy at
that time of year. I don't think the trestle was for power lines, but
for some generally similar purpose.
Moose
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