DA 18-135 WR, Show us what it can do

GeneV · 02-08-2017, 05:44 AM - **3 Likes**

From last summer. Love the quick focus on this lens.

Last edited by GeneV; 02-08-2017 at 05:52 AM.

**mattb123** · 02-08-2017, 10:29 PM - **4 Likes**

Big meltdown in the last couple of days. I crashed my bike into a puddle like this on my way to work this morning. I was ok but soaked and cold so I had to go home to change and took a different route back to the office.
The K-3 & 18-135 got a little wet but not as wet as I got.

normhead · 02-09-2017, 08:13 AM - **1 Like**

We'll start calling you "Tough guy Matt."

Nieziemiec · 02-09-2017, 10:18 AM - **6 Likes**

Czerwone Wierchy (Tatra Mountains)

**bobbotron** · 02-09-2017, 10:24 AM - **5 Likes**

Quick shot with a walk with the dogger near our cabin.

**mattb123** · 02-09-2017, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by normhead

We'll start calling you "Tough guy Matt."

LOL, I think you will be in the minority! Somehow cyclists don't get much tough guy cred in the US. I think it's the public's aversion to spandex and maybe some reluctance to share the roads with a mode of transportation that doesn't feed the fossil fuel industry.

But oh yeah I'm tough. Tough like a 150 Lb piece of grisly, bony, free-range chicken.

Weldon Berger · 02-10-2017, 03:23 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by mattb123

LOL, I think you will be in the minority! Somehow cyclists don't get much tough guy cred in the US. I think it's the public's aversion to spandex and maybe some reluctance to share the roads with a mode of transportation that doesn't feed the fossil fuel industry.

But oh yeah I'm tough. Tough like a 150 Lb piece of grisly, bony, free-range chicken.

I'm with Norm--definitely tough. A friend of mine in Utah was an all-weather bicycle commuter when he worked, and now he's an all-weather road-and-trail biker in retirement. Same basic physical description. He posts selfies with icicles hanging off his beard.

---------- Post added 02-10-17 at 12:51 AM ----------

There's a massive new parking structure at our biggest shopping center--used to be three floors of parking, now it's nine. They just opened the rooftop parking so I went up there yesterday to see what I could see. I also brought along my Sigma 10-20 f/4 - 5.6 for some ultrawide stuff, but there's nothing like having the wide to telephoto capability of the 18-135 when something catches your eye. The last pic is from about a week ago when I went to catch a sunset from the ocean side of the shopping center but got there too late and took a long dusk exposure instead at the nearby boat harbor.

18mm

31mm

78mm

18mm 10 sec

**bobbotron** · 02-10-2017, 07:49 AM - **3 Likes**

Quarry near the cabin.

---------- Post added 02-10-17 at 09:52 AM ----------

Originally posted by mattb123

Big meltdown in the last couple of days. I crashed my bike into a puddle like this on my way to work this morning. I was ok but soaked and cold so I had to go home to change and took a different route back to the office.
The K-3 & 18-135 got a little wet but not as wet as I got.

Nice photo Matt! No fun, falling in ice water. At my old job, I commuted year round for a number of years. I remember once falling on ice and slipping with my bike for 10 feet.

Weldon Berger · 02-10-2017, 11:21 AM

I've done this a few times now: I comment on someone's photo or respond to someone's comment, later make a separate post with some pictures and wind up with the pictures appended to the earlier post. Happened again last night. I don't know how/why this happens and why it only happens sometimes, or why the pictures posts look fine when I preview them. Any ideas?

royd63uk · 02-10-2017, 12:04 PM - **2 Likes**

Welsh Assembly Wales UK 18mm

**pepperberry farm** · 02-11-2017, 09:19 PM - **1 Like**

**mattb123** · 02-11-2017, 10:26 PM

K-3 & 18-135

**Scorpio71GR** · 02-12-2017, 05:19 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Weldon Berger

I've done this a few times now: I comment on someone's photo or respond to someone's comment, later make a separate post with some pictures and wind up with the pictures appended to the earlier post. Happened again last night. I don't know how/why this happens and why it only happens sometimes, or why the pictures posts look fine when I preview them. Any ideas?

Goto your User control pannel. On the left side scroll down to Settings And Options and select Edit Options. Scroll down to the column Thread Display Options. Go down to Auto Merge Double Posts and select no.

Weldon Berger · 02-12-2017, 02:59 PM

Originally posted by Scorpio71GR

Goto your User control pannel. On the left side scroll down to Settings And Options and select Edit Options. Scroll down to the column Thread Display Options. Go down to Auto Merge Double Posts and select no.

Thank you so much. It was making me feel both rude and stupid.

normhead · 02-12-2017, 03:07 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by Weldon Berger

Thank you so much. It was making me feel both rude and stupid.

I'm totally used to feeling like that.

---------- Post added 02-12-17 at 05:14 PM ----------

Originally posted by mattb123

K-3 & 18-135

Did you see my posts in the "Your Pet a Day" thread? I think we have the same weather.

Your Pet A Day.... (post up!) - Page 518 - PentaxForums.com

02-10-2017, 11:21 AM	#1839
Weldon Berger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 199	Help ... I've done this a few times now: I comment on someone's photo or respond to someone's comment, later make a separate post with some pictures and wind up with the pictures appended to the earlier post. Happened again last night. I don't know how/why this happens and why it only happens sometimes, or why the pictures posts look fine when I preview them. Any ideas?

02-11-2017, 09:19 PM - 1 Like	#1841
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,678	K-3 with DA 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 ED AL (IF) DC WR

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mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,872	Big meltdown in the last couple of days. I crashed my bike into a puddle like this on my way to work this morning. I was ok but soaked and cold so I had to go home to change and took a different route back to the office. The K-3 & 18-135 got a little wet but not as wet as I got.

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normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	We'll start calling you "Tough guy Matt."

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bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349	Quick shot with a walk with the dogger near our cabin.

02-09-2017, 10:59 AM	#1836
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,872	Originally posted by normhead We'll start calling you "Tough guy Matt." LOL, I think you will be in the minority! Somehow cyclists don't get much tough guy cred in the US. I think it's the public's aversion to spandex and maybe some reluctance to share the roads with a mode of transportation that doesn't feed the fossil fuel industry. But oh yeah I'm tough. Tough like a 150 Lb piece of grisly, bony, free-range chicken.

02-10-2017, 03:23 AM - 3 Likes	#1837
Weldon Berger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 199	Originally posted by mattb123 LOL, I think you will be in the minority! Somehow cyclists don't get much tough guy cred in the US. I think it's the public's aversion to spandex and maybe some reluctance to share the roads with a mode of transportation that doesn't feed the fossil fuel industry. But oh yeah I'm tough. Tough like a 150 Lb piece of grisly, bony, free-range chicken. I'm with Norm--definitely tough. A friend of mine in Utah was an all-weather bicycle commuter when he worked, and now he's an all-weather road-and-trail biker in retirement. Same basic physical description. He posts selfies with icicles hanging off his beard. ---------- Post added 02-10-17 at 12:51 AM ---------- There's a massive new parking structure at our biggest shopping center--used to be three floors of parking, now it's nine. They just opened the rooftop parking so I went up there yesterday to see what I could see. I also brought along my Sigma 10-20 f/4 - 5.6 for some ultrawide stuff, but there's nothing like having the wide to telephoto capability of the 18-135 when something catches your eye. The last pic is from about a week ago when I went to catch a sunset from the ocean side of the shopping center but got there too late and took a long dusk exposure instead at the nearby boat harbor. 18mm 31mm 78mm 18mm 10 sec

02-10-2017, 07:49 AM - 3 Likes	#1838
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349	Quarry near the cabin. ---------- Post added 02-10-17 at 09:52 AM ---------- Originally posted by mattb123 Big meltdown in the last couple of days. I crashed my bike into a puddle like this on my way to work this morning. I was ok but soaked and cold so I had to go home to change and took a different route back to the office. The K-3 & 18-135 got a little wet but not as wet as I got. Nice photo Matt! No fun, falling in ice water. At my old job, I commuted year round for a number of years. I remember once falling on ice and slipping with my bike for 10 feet.

02-11-2017, 10:26 PM	#1842
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,872	K-3 & 18-135

02-12-2017, 05:19 AM - 1 Like	#1843
Scorpio71GR Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,005	Originally posted by Weldon Berger I've done this a few times now: I comment on someone's photo or respond to someone's comment, later make a separate post with some pictures and wind up with the pictures appended to the earlier post. Happened again last night. I don't know how/why this happens and why it only happens sometimes, or why the pictures posts look fine when I preview them. Any ideas? Goto your User control pannel. On the left side scroll down to Settings And Options and select Edit Options. Scroll down to the column Thread Display Options. Go down to Auto Merge Double Posts and select no.

02-12-2017, 02:59 PM	#1844
Weldon Berger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 199	Originally posted by Scorpio71GR Goto your User control pannel. On the left side scroll down to Settings And Options and select Edit Options. Scroll down to the column Thread Display Options. Go down to Auto Merge Double Posts and select no. Thank you so much. It was making me feel both rude and stupid.

02-12-2017, 03:07 PM - 2 Likes	#1845
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Originally posted by Weldon Berger Thank you so much. It was making me feel both rude and stupid. I'm totally used to feeling like that. ---------- Post added 02-12-17 at 05:14 PM ---------- Originally posted by mattb123 K-3 & 18-135 Did you see my posts in the "Your Pet a Day" thread? I think we have the same weather. Your Pet A Day.... (post up!) - Page 518 - PentaxForums.com