[K2 to K50]

Beautiful - you really nailed the focus on this one!

[bertwert]

Very nice - the red really jumps out at you

[Rocketvapor]

I can sit at my front door and catch the traffic at the feeders.
DA*50-135@85mm, f/4, 1/320", ISO 1600.
I call this one "Hanging skins out to dry"

[Rocketvapor]

Received a Flash and transmitter from Adorama to fill in shadows in my shady front yard.

Off camera flash is neat


Set to 1/16 power, 8ft away, 3 feet high, about 45 degrees off to the RIGHT
A little too high and cast some shadows on the white fur.

[K2 to K50]

I can sit at my front door and catch the traffic at the feeders.
DA*50-135@85mm, f/4, 1/320", ISO 1600.
I call this one "Hanging skins out to dry"

That hanging squirrel is hilarious! And you nailed it perfectly. Great stuff!

[Rocketvapor]

The last pic before I lost the light.
Had to go to f/2.8, 1/80" and ISO 1000.
Didn't cut the flash down (from the right) and that side came out a little hot.
Depth of field wasn't deep enough @ 2.8 to get the tail in sharp focus.

Little feller does look happy though

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Last edited by Rocketvapor; 05-31-2021 at 12:40 AM.

[Rocketvapor]

Still in 'Learn' mode with this K3ii and various lenses.
This one was shot in manual with a broken P645 150-300mm Zoom on an adapter. Optics appear perfect, just no autofocus.
Got it really cheap and I can't use autofocus with this one anyway.
Set lens to f/8, kicked up the ISO1600 and added a fill flash at about 25% from the left. I need to get another so I can fill from both sides as needed.
Still don't think it's as sharp as my DA*50-135, but I was shooting at 300mm.

Cropped a little. Added some PP fill from the right.

[K2 to K50]

Still in 'Learn' mode with this K3ii and various lenses.
This one was shot in manual with a broken P645 150-300mm Zoom on an adapter. Optics appear perfect, just no autofocus.
Got it really cheap and I can't use autofocus with this one anyway.
Set lens to f/8, kicked up the ISO1600 and added a fill flash at about 25% from the left. I need to get another so I can fill from both sides as needed.
Still don't think it's as sharp as my DA*50-135, but I was shooting at 300mm.

Cropped a little. Added some PP fill from the right.

Looks sharp enough to me. Quite a collection of very nice images you have posted here.

[Rocketvapor]

The squirrels are an easy and predicable target to practice on.
I guess for 300mm it is pretty sharp. Especially for a zoom. I think I got my money's worth, with shipping and tax lens cost over two hundred bucks

Using it on the K-3ii is a pretty tough test.
The K-3ii APS-C sensor only uses the center portion of the image circle (a good thing) but the sensor pixel pitch is less on the K-3ii (3.88um) than the K-1 (4.88um) or the 645Z (5.32um).
That's some small pixels.

So much to learn.
I just learned I could spot and floodlight with Elements 8.
I replaced the image above.

[Rocketvapor]

Moving on from the squirrels for a while
A hard to catch visitor to the front yard feeders.
Shot with the P645 150-300mm on a K-3ii

[Apet-Sure]

That hanging squirrel is hilarious!

If he's trying to do a bat imitation, he needs to fold his arms differently!

Some fabulous shots Rocketvapor.

[Rocketvapor]

We had drizzle and clouds all day. Not good for shooting, especially with a MC7 2X tele on a 50-135. Just had to try it.
Manual focus on my K3ii with the SDM lenses, autofocus with my older lenses.
Took 50 or so shots out the front door at various birds but the squirrels just wouldn't give up.

Off-camera Flash with the Flashpoint radio wireless.

Here is one of the FEW shots I was able to get that came out OK (I think).

K3ii and DA*50-135 @ 90mm wide open
+MC7 2X.
Overcast shade + off camera fill flash.
Cropped to about 2/3 original.
135-2X

[Rocketvapor]

Tried out the 2X on a P645 150-300mm at the same front door location.

At 300mm (600mm), I couldn't get all of this guy in the frame
Not a good pic, just playing around.

I have a second hand 645 2X in the mail.

[Rocketvapor]

A few more birds fron the Front Yard under the bird feeder with the K3ii and DA*50-135.