Why I still love Pentax

**bkpix** · 01-20-2012, 07:21 PM

Just a short post. As anyone living in the Pacific Northwest knows, we've been slammed by one storm after another this week and it's still raining/sleeting/snowing/blowing. But this morning I felt the urge to get out and shoot photos in the woods outside the house.

An hour later I came in, soaked, with my K-5 and 16-50/2.8 and a card full of pictures. The camera and lens were dripping wet, too.

And then it hit me: For all the frustration with autofocus, and all the wondering whether I would really, truly be ever so much happier with a D700 or 5D Mark II, I would never have taken either one of those cameras out in that downpour, not for even 10 minutes. But I never thought about it with the K-5. Didn't even wipe it off. Just set it down on the kitchen counter, when I came back in, to dry.

Last edited by bkpix; 01-20-2012 at 07:21 PM. Reason: typo

JinDesu · 01-20-2012, 07:31 PM

I'd like to join in with a little more humorous reason:

Why I still love Pentax:
My white k-x is the loveliest looking camera I have ever seen.

Btw, I really want a k-5 after reading your reason!

**luftfluss** · 01-20-2012, 07:33 PM - **1 Like**

Quiet, you. You'll spoil the "sky is falling" mentality around here.

bobmaxja · 01-20-2012, 07:37 PM

Great post, this is what is all about . Going out and take picture. Many here are just looking at the next machine but they will never be happy because is not what they want. In the meantime you took picture and took time to get the best of it.

Ecaterin · 01-20-2012, 07:57 PM

Yup, been doing the same this week! I don't have a WR lens, but it's easy enough to protect the lens - and not worry about water/sleet/snow flakes hitting the buttons, LCD, e-dials.....love it

Now that we're dealing with the post-snow-flooding, the photography has gotten a lot less interesting though

sterretje · 01-21-2012, 02:37 AM

Originally posted by luftfluss

Quiet, you. You'll spoil the "sky is falling" mentality around here.

causey · 01-21-2012, 05:14 AM

Originally posted by luftfluss

Quiet, you. You'll spoil the "sky is falling" mentality around here.

Yes, no FF, no new APS-C, but there is a rumor about a new APS-C MILC, but that's not the FF we were waiting for, nor the APS-C camera we wanted, because... (insert reasons X, Y, Z). There are not enough lenses, this or that thing is not good... Pentax resembles Babu in a Seinfeld episode:

You Tube

cali92rs · 01-22-2012, 12:46 AM

Well....lets see some of those soggy pics

Clavius · 01-22-2012, 01:07 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by luftfluss

Quiet, you. You'll spoil the "sky is falling" mentality around here.

No worries, I'm still running around and flapping my arms in utter panic.

**bkpix** · 01-22-2012, 11:22 AM

Doe browsing blowdown after the storm.

vrrattko · 01-24-2012, 09:56 AM

Nice, you got pretty close considering that you had 16-50mm lens....or is this a crop, then? But what about that vignetting - did you add that in PP?

cali92rs · 01-24-2012, 10:39 AM

Which 16-50 did you have?

**luftfluss** · 01-24-2012, 10:48 AM

Originally posted by Clavius

No worries, I'm still running around and flapping my arms in utter panic.

Good cardio exercise... I approve!

canajuneh · 01-24-2012, 11:38 AM

I love my K5 because it works - the only failures have been my own. I've left the WB on tungsten, I've forgotten to change aperture or shutter speed, I've forgotten to change from single shot to multiple and vice versa. I've left a filter on when I didn't want a filter and neglected to add one when it would have been helpful. I have taken it out in bad weather without it failing. I just don't understand why so many people complain about these cameras.

**bkpix** · 01-24-2012, 10:46 PM

Yes, I added the vignetting in PP. Kind of a self indulgence, I guess, but I like the look.

The photo isn't cropped.

The deer here are pretty calm, but especially so -- as wild animals often are -- in bad weather. It takes too much energy to run away unless they're sure you constitute a threat. So I just hung out in the rain for a while and watched her eat until I apparently blended into the forest.

It's the DA* 16-50/2.8.

01-20-2012, 07:21 PM	#1
bkpix Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Creswell, Oregon Photos: Albums Posts: 568	Why I still love Pentax Just a short post. As anyone living in the Pacific Northwest knows, we've been slammed by one storm after another this week and it's still raining/sleeting/snowing/blowing. But this morning I felt the urge to get out and shoot photos in the woods outside the house. An hour later I came in, soaked, with my K-5 and 16-50/2.8 and a card full of pictures. The camera and lens were dripping wet, too. And then it hit me: For all the frustration with autofocus, and all the wondering whether I would really, truly be ever so much happier with a D700 or 5D Mark II, I would never have taken either one of those cameras out in that downpour, not for even 10 minutes. But I never thought about it with the K-5. Didn't even wipe it off. Just set it down on the kitchen counter, when I came back in, to dry. Last edited by bkpix; 01-20-2012 at 07:21 PM. Reason: typo

01-22-2012, 11:22 AM	#10
bkpix Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Creswell, Oregon Photos: Albums Posts: 568 Original Poster	Soggy photo (if I can figure out how to post...) Doe browsing blowdown after the storm.

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01-20-2012, 07:31 PM	#2
JinDesu Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: New York City Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,638	I'd like to join in with a little more humorous reason: Why I still love Pentax: My white k-x is the loveliest looking camera I have ever seen. Btw, I really want a k-5 after reading your reason!

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luftfluss Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,619	Quiet, you. You'll spoil the "sky is falling" mentality around here.

01-20-2012, 07:37 PM	#4
bobmaxja Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Laval, Quebec Canada Posts: 2,171	Great post, this is what is all about . Going out and take picture. Many here are just looking at the next machine but they will never be happy because is not what they want. In the meantime you took picture and took time to get the best of it.

01-20-2012, 07:57 PM	#5
Ecaterin Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 723	Yup, been doing the same this week! I don't have a WR lens, but it's easy enough to protect the lens - and not worry about water/sleet/snow flakes hitting the buttons, LCD, e-dials.....love it Now that we're dealing with the post-snow-flooding, the photography has gotten a lot less interesting though

01-21-2012, 02:37 AM	#6
sterretje Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Roodepoort, South Africa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,561	Originally posted by luftfluss Quiet, you. You'll spoil the "sky is falling" mentality around here.

01-22-2012, 12:46 AM	#8
cali92rs Veteran Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 3,354	Well....lets see some of those soggy pics

01-22-2012, 01:07 AM - 1 Like	#9
Clavius Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: De Klundert Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,150	Originally posted by luftfluss Quiet, you. You'll spoil the "sky is falling" mentality around here. No worries, I'm still running around and flapping my arms in utter panic.

01-24-2012, 09:56 AM	#11
vrrattko Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Photos: Albums Posts: 753	Nice, you got pretty close considering that you had 16-50mm lens....or is this a crop, then? But what about that vignetting - did you add that in PP?

01-24-2012, 10:39 AM	#12
cali92rs Veteran Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 3,354	Which 16-50 did you have?

01-24-2012, 10:48 AM	#13
luftfluss Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,619	Originally posted by Clavius No worries, I'm still running around and flapping my arms in utter panic. Good cardio exercise... I approve!

01-24-2012, 11:38 AM	#14
canajuneh Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 221	I love my K5 because it works - the only failures have been my own. I've left the WB on tungsten, I've forgotten to change aperture or shutter speed, I've forgotten to change from single shot to multiple and vice versa. I've left a filter on when I didn't want a filter and neglected to add one when it would have been helpful. I have taken it out in bad weather without it failing. I just don't understand why so many people complain about these cameras.

01-24-2012, 10:46 PM	#15
bkpix Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Creswell, Oregon Photos: Albums Posts: 568 Original Poster	Yes, I added the vignetting in PP. Kind of a self indulgence, I guess, but I like the look. The photo isn't cropped. The deer here are pretty calm, but especially so -- as wild animals often are -- in bad weather. It takes too much energy to run away unless they're sure you constitute a threat. So I just hung out in the rain for a while and watched her eat until I apparently blended into the forest. It's the DA* 16-50/2.8.