Hey peeps!

I'm just back from a wonderful night of mingling with fellow Pentaxians at the official 100th birthday bash event. I wanted to create a single thread where we could all add our images and share some footage from the meet up as well share our experiences and what we thought about it all. I haven't processed any images myself yet, but please feel free to add some images and comments to this thread here.

I just wanted to say I thoroughly enjoyed myself and loved talking to new and familiar faces


Cheers!

BB (Eddy Summers)

[BruceBanner]

Obviously a woman of good taste.

Did you not read the part where I explained how fickle she is and if a subsequently supremely attractive male specimen is adorning such trend then all is forgiven...

[PJ1]

Can yer man nae afford socks?

Maybe that's what he''s getting for Christmas.

[BruceBanner]

Hehe...

[Kerrowdown]

Did you not read the part where I explained how fickle she is and if a subsequently supremely attractive male specimen is adorning such trend then all is forgiven...

Aye but that's called selective "Eye Candy"... it's a bit like we men have developed "Selective Hearing", when it come to chores or going shopping.

[Kerrowdown]

Maybe that's what he''s getting for Christmas.

But being as he's Mr Clem Kennedy of C.R. Kennedy & Company Pty Ltd, Australia's foremost importer and distributor of Surveying Photographic Medical CCTV and Outdoor/Hunting products... one would have that he'd have a plentiful supply of such things.

[RobG]

Another shot of Clem with the ladies.


Clem Kennedy at the Pentax 100 Event in Sydney by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

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The Pentax Spotmatic


Pentax Spotmatic by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

The Pentax ME Super


Pentax ME Super by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

The MZ5 (my first Pentax was an MZ5, preceded by a Pentax mount Chinon CE4s)


Pentax MZ5 by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

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What do photographers do at a party? Take photos of course! Lissy was there to help.


Crowded House by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

[hal55]

I have proper confirmation that he is 'Kazunobu Saiki, Chairman President, Ricoh China (Shanghai)'.

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My wife also is not a fan of the no socks look. It's a fashion trend so she tells me but its not winning her over on this occasion. But she is full of it... if for example Michael Fassbender did this look she would be perfectly ok with it...

Thank you, much appreciated!

[hal55]

Will have a group of photos up in another day or two, I very rarely shoot under lights, I'm usually out in the open at Cosplay events, so it was a great experience for me to do some night photography.

[OzzRod]

A few more for your your viewing entertainment and further confirmation that it was a hugely enjoyable event. Thank you C. R. Kennedy.

All images made with K1 + Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 55/1.8


OzzRod taken by Bruce Banner (Eddy) practising with OzzRod's K1/TAKUMAR combo.




Beachgardener, also snapped by Eddy with my K1/TAK combo.




Alan contemplates politely ...



Kazunobu Saiki, Chairman President, Ricoh China, Shanghai enjoys the occasion




Kazunobu Saiki, Chairman President, Ricoh China, Shanghai



Bruce (Eddy), Kazunobu Saiki, Alan, OzzRod



Kevin, Kosh and Alan



Kazunobu Saiki, Chairman President, Ricoh China, Shanghai opens formalities




Raffle draw

[OzzRod]

And some more ... all K1 + Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 55/1.8

Guarding the prototype of the new APS-C flagship :-)



Some bar bokeh from my TAK55



Party's humming ...



Sydney Opera House bokeh



Circular Quay bokeh




In case you'd forgotten what this event was all about ...



Gift memorabilia: K body cap and camera strap. I think they look good on my K1000.

[hal55]

And some more ... all K1 + Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 55/1.8

Guarding the prototype of the new APS-C flagship :-)



Some bar bokeh from my TAK55



Party's humming ...



Sydney Opera House bokeh



Circular Quay bokeh




In case you'd forgotten what this event was all about ...



Gift memorabilia: K body cap and camera strap. I think they look good on my K1000.

Did you get a strap as a gift! I only got the lens cap, and it was the strap I was really after.

[hal55]

The Pentax Chairman/CEO really knew how to have good time,

[OzzRod]

Did you get a strap as a gift! I only got the lens cap, and it was the strap I was really after.

The body caps were a generous gift on arrival; I scored a strap for unexpectedly participating in a very short video interview .

[RobG]

Did you get a strap as a gift! I only got the lens cap, and it was the strap I was really after.

I got a strap for posting a photo of the event on Facebook. I really needed a new strap for the K3!

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And some more ... all K1 + Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 55/1.8

Great shots, Rod!

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My stash from the event.


100 years of Pentax by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

[OzzRod]

I got a strap for posting a photo of the event on Facebook. I really needed a new strap for the K3!

Way to go!

Great shots, Rod!

Thanks.