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K1ii & M100/4:

[Kerrowdown]

Lichen Bokeh.

[Thagomizer]

DA 55-300 bokeh

[taks]

K3 with DFA100

[Scout]

Poppies (cross post)

Pentax K70 Pentax-m 28 mm F3.5

[Thagomizer]

K3 with DFA100

Great colours and softness. That first one is really lovely.

[grey goat]

I walked to the post office today to mail some Magic: the Gathering cards to Seattle for my son, and I had my K-3ii with me . . . and an old non-Ai Nikkor 24mm f/2.8, attached with maybe 1/16th of a turn. I'd shot with it before when I first got it, but not much, and not outside: mostly close subjects inside.

On the way home I discovered something odd: when mounted on the K-3ii, the Nikkor 24 doesn't focus to infinity, or anywhere close. And while the close focus distance is marked at right around 1 ft (0.3 m), I managed to focus at around 0.75 ft, or 9". At least that's the best I reconstructed things when I got home.

Even stopped down, the DoF wasn't that great, perhaps since I was focusing closer than the lens was made for.

I managed to get this image of a serviceberry leaf--nothing very good, mind you, but the bokeh is interesting. I made this at iso 400, 1/160 sec., either at f/2.8 or f/4. I left it at full-frame so show how the lens rendered it.

Now I want to mount it on a Nikon and see how it behaves--if the focus is really messed up, or if it acts that way only on Pentax bodies. . . .

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[taks]

Great colours and softness. That first one is really lovely.

Thank you And very nice series from you with the 55-300. I love the contrasting back ground in #1 and 4. Which version of the lens were these from?

[Thagomizer]

Thank you And very nice series from you with the 55-300. I love the contrasting back ground in #1 and 4. Which version of the lens were these from?

Thanks! The version I have is the DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED. The WR version would have been nice to get, but this came up at a good price, so I got it. I use Quick Shift enough to know that the DAL version would not have been for me. Sometimes I hanker for the 55-300PLM, but I still very much like what this lens does for me when I don't screw up!

[taks]

Thanks! The version I have is the DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED. The WR version would have been nice to get, but this came up at a good price, so I got it. I use Quick Shift enough to know that the DAL version would not have been for me. Sometimes I hanker for the 55-300PLM, but I still very much like what this lens does for me when I don't screw up!

Thank you. You are certainly getting a great use from the lens Great separation and wonderful colors!

[zzeitg]

The K 35/2 is such a sweet lens. . . . Nice.

As you say - sweet lens. Not the only sweet lens in the K family, right?

The second is of Damien Jurado (out of Seattle, WA), also made with the K 85. The close shot of Damien's left hand fretting was made with the M 120/2.8, wide open or very close to it. The image with the audience, Damien, and the lights in bokeh was made with the K 24/2.8, and the last image, with the focus on the hat in the foreground, was made with the M 120/2.8; both of the last two were likely made wide-open.

Nice shots. And a good singer-songwriter, too. I saw him in Prague in a small club about 5 years ago.

[Thagomizer]

Thank you. You are certainly getting a great use from the lens Great separation and wonderful colors!

Thanks!

[D1N0]

The Vivitar series 1 200mm 1:3

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The Vivitar series 1 200mm 1:3

Nice!

I used to have the Series 1 135 f2.3, but I sold it on before I really used it very much. It wasn't as convenient to use when I was shooting Canon. Sometimes I regret having let it go, but not enough to go looking for another one...

[taks]

DFA100 wide open