[pepperberry farm]

speaking of the Porst:

[ChristianRock]

The first time I read that I thought you said "film emulsions"

Which software are you using?

Rawtherapee, film emulations by HaldClut.

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speaking of the Porst:

Beautiful!

[pepperberry farm]

Beautiful!

thank you...

[pepperberry farm]

meanwhile, in the garden

[ivanvernon]

A small dose of CCD goodness from a favorite medium format prime.

NOTE: Pentax Forum continues turning my verticals on their sides, so you may need to tilt either your monitor or your head to view two of these shots. This is quite vexing for me.

[pepperberry farm]

NOTE: Pentax Forum continues turning my verticals on their sides, so you may need to tilt either your monitor or your head to view two of these shots. This is quite vexing for me.

that was one of the reasons I stopped hosting/uploading photos here...

[paulh]

that was one of the reasons I stopped hosting/uploading photos here...

I don't have that many photos uploaded here at PF, but I've never had an issue with vertical orientations. Nice shots, guys!

[butangmucat]

Using the Ka mount adapter. I noticed that the rear LCD is showing the body-set aperture in M mode, but the HUD in the viewfinder is not (showing F--). Any ideas?

Also noticed that the built-in meter tends to overexpose by 1.5 - 2 stops.

[pepperberry farm]

I've had to re-seat the lens in the mount, then the mount on the camera occasionally, plus ensure that you've cleaned all the contacts, on the mount and the camera body...


I've also had to wriggle the lens on the body a smidge to get all the contacts lined up properly... there is quite a bit of info in the Adaptall lens club thread, as well....




I also seem to remember that most of my Adaptall lenses seem to overexpose a bit on both my K-3 and K-50....

[butangmucat]

I've had to re-seat the lens in the mount, then the mount on the camera occasionally, plus ensure that you've cleaned all the contacts, on the mount and the camera body...


I've also had to wriggle the lens on the body a smidge to get all the contacts lined up properly... there is quite a bit of info in the Adaptall lens club thread, as well....




I also seem to remember that most of my Adaptall lenses seem to overexpose a bit on both my K-3 and K-50....

I currently have two adaptall lenses with me in China, and they both behave the same: TAv, Tv, and P functions correctly, the lens is stopped down correctly, and the body-set F stop is shown on the rear LCD. However the viewfinder HUD only shows F--. Open-aperture metering tends to overexpse the image.

通过我的 Nexus 6P 上的 Tapatalk发言

[ChristianRock]

So for a walkaround, how does my most expensive lens compare to my cheapest lens? I guess at f8 all lenses are good...

First is my most expensive lens. Not expensive for most of you, but I had to sell a bass guitar to buy my Sigma 30mm f/1.4 Art. It wasn't an expensive bass so I thought I would only be able to afford the older version. In the end I found an Art used for 309 dollars and jumped at the opportunity - I liked the IQ better from my comparisons, and the much improved MFD compared to the older version had me lusting for it.



After that I found a Tokina 24mm f/2.8 MC (with A contacts)* for 19 dollars shipped and also jumped at the opportunity. Let's see how it fares.



Not too bad eh? Both have linear polarizers on - a Hoya on the Tokina and a Nikon on the Sigma (which is also supposedly made by Hoya). I applied basically the same PP to both.

Of course the Tokina is worth a bit more than 19 dollars, and it's not the cheapest lens I bought - just the cheapest I have kept... still, I don't regret buying the Sigma at all - it goes down to f/1.4 which is very sharp, and helps a lot when I love to use my K10D as much as possible, and the wide aperture helps to keep the ISO low. The Sigma is also quite a bit more flare resistant and renders in a very unique way. But as you see, the Tokina is no slouch... I'm keeping both especially considering how naturally easy to use the 24mm focal length is on APS-C. A true delight to use not just because the lens is quite good, but because of the FL as well.



*Upon receipt I saw that this Tokina is absolutely identical to the Cosina 24mm f/2.8 that I had gotten just a few months earlier - down to the color of the coatings. Still, one now stays in the K-S1 bag for family outings that is at home, the other stays in my K10D bag that stays at work or in my car (during evenings)... for 19 dollars I don't feel bad having two

---------- Post added 07-27-17 at 01:36 PM ----------

More with the Sigma 30 1.4 Art...









More with the Tokina MC 24 2.8...

[aslyfox]

I really like the combination of the K 3 + SMC Pentax-DA 40mm F2.8 XS

and the ability to crop its photos

1 no pp no crop

2 pp and cropped

[pepperberry farm]

[ivanvernon]

Daughter Mary in flower garden.

KIT: Pentax K-1 with Pentax-FA 85mm f 1.4.

[pepperberry farm]