Just a couple more posts about this lens. This was taken when the band was having a break so I had plenty of time to concentrate on this set of drums. I just liked the lighting at the time so I took a couple of shots to ensure I got a sharp one. I never take just one shot of anything (except when the camera is on a tripod and the light is fading fast).

Towards evening I got stuck with this band. Moving was not on the cards and I got a seat quite close to the band. I found out why as they started the next song. I had the main loudspeaker right in front of me and, believe me, it was loud. Nothing I could do about it though, it was the only free space in the house. Again, good music.

There's quite a few bandstands around the river Main during the weekend, but they're so spread out that they don't interfere with each other. I spent around an hour with each band before moving to the next and I continued to do this all afternoon. When evening comes though, doing this is an impossibility because of the crowds. An estimated 3 million people attended during the weekend and moving around is a real problem.

Not only did I have fun taking a boat load of images, the music was pretty good too.

I really enjoyed myself during these bands playing. It gave me time to refine my focusing technique as well as testing how much DOF I get with each stop. As you can imagine they don't move a lot during these performances and it does give you time to test a few thing out.

The following images show what this lens is capable of. I like the rendition it gives and dare I say I can see some "Leica-ish" quality to the images. This is where you can take your time focusing on what you require and just leave it at that. Stop down a couple of stops and as long as the light doesn't change just snap away when you see something interesting.