Hey Cocoa Tom.......

[RM]

Is your BIGMA internal focusing?
Also, when you zoom the lens out does the actual barrel of the lens move in and out as well. Some zooms are internal zoom as well. Just wondering as I am looking at a larger lens. I want to start shooting wildlife and particular Bald Eagles. The Potomac River here in Washington,DC has become a popular breeding ground for Bald Eagles.


RM

 

[Tom/Cocoa]

Here are the specks of this lens. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=380686&is=USA&addedTroughType=search



So far I love the lens because it's sharp for the money. If I had it to do over I would also consider the Sigma 80-400 OS.. I'ts 100mm less but from what I've read it's a nice lens.
One strange thing is since I installed PSCS2 I have not been as pleased with my photos. Last night I reinstalled my Elements 3 and like the results much better. I know that Elements won't do as much but most of my processing will be done with elements now. These are pictures I would not post when I used PSCS2 but with Elements the colors and sharpness seem to come out much better... These were taken this past week .

 

[Gord SW Ont]

... why you'd have trouble in PSCS2 vs Elements???

You can do much the same with many of the image processing programs once you're familiar with them. Do you mean that you get the desired results with less effort? Did you start with Elements and/or have used it more?

Either way it's the final results that count ... always a pleasure to look at your bird pics.

 

[Tom/Cocoa]

Thank's.... It could be that I used Elements about a year before getting CS2 but I notice at the beginning that I got better results with Elements. I like CS for the xtra things I can do but for simple processing like color correction or sharpening I like Elements best. When I finish with elements and put it on desktop it looks the same but with PSCS2 the pictures are always darker and not the way it shows in the processing. Could be some setting I need to correct but it seems simple works best for me.

 

[Varmint]

CMYK vs several versions of RGB, ad infinitum (or so it would seem).

So if it's a gamma or color issue only, and not the ease of use with a "programmed tool" (action) then you should be able to configure CS@ to do EXACTLY what elements is doing for you, only with access to MORE.

For that matter, creating your own CS2 actions is a pretty simple task, for example if you find an elements "shortcut" feature that adjusts color/contrast in a pleasing manner, you can create a CS2 action that aside from a bit of up front trial and error (getting ti to "exactly" mimick the elements feature, it will forevermore do the action you select.

Not so much arguing that CS2 is the only way to fly, quite obviously elements is getting you where you need to be. But I'd hate to know you paid the BIG bucks for CS2 and it might sit idle. Not a good thing, since that's a lens or two!

Best of luck, but suffice it to say if elements can do it, so too can CS2.

DAS