Here is a video of Isis (bay) and her sister Asiirah (chestnut) when they were yearlings. Hard to believe Isis will be 17 this year. Funny how her blaze took up her entire face as a youngster and how she grew into it.
My boss just purchased a K100D Super, the same Pentax DSLR model that I have. We have been chatting about lenses and RAW editors. Here is a list of my lenses:
SMC Pentax-DA 1:3.5-5.6 18-55mm AL (autofocus, kit lens)
Takumar 1:2.5 135mm Asahi Optical serial #5571462
Super-Takumar 1:4/150mm Asahi Optical (M42 screw mount) serial #4089969
SMC Pentax-A 1:2 50mm serial #3759657
Kalimar MC Auto Zoom 1:4.0 80-200mm serial #K9564679
Tamron 70-210m 1:4-5.6 158A134937
Kalimar MC 50mm 1:1.7 coated serial #1053122
Tamron 70-300 f4-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 (autofocus)
I found basic reviews of most of my lenses at Photozone’s lens survey. Amazing how many variations there are on some lenses. There are several entries for the Tamron 70-300. The quality of the lens varies depending up the letters after the lens. The DI Ld that I have seems to be a little better than others.
Dealing with RAW files
Even though I have Adobe Photoshop CS4, I’ve been using a great little photo editor called Lighzone, by Light Crafts. It will do some batch processing, cropping, and image retouching where you can get as nitty gritty or as “Wizard-like” as you want. The software costs about $99 and runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Good stuff.
Other RAW image editors that read Pentax’s PEF RAW file format include: