[Jonathan Mac]

K 50mm f/1.4 on the S5


Up the garden by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr

[Mbaez]

Midtown Skyline

Sony A7R3a + Pentax F17 Fisheye

f11 1/160 ISO100



MET

Sony A7R3a + Pentax K20
f8 1/30 ISO5000



MET

Sony A7R3a + Pentax K20
f8 1/200 ISO100

[womble]

[This is a repost of my summary for the "Single in June" challenge.]

This is the sixth month of using one of my K lenses. As I spent many years shooting slides with just a 28mm and a 50mm lens, I thought that using the 20mm on APS would feel familiar in terms of focal length. I guess 15 years of shooting a mixture of formats has hard-wired by brain into seeing 20mm as wiiiiide on APS-C. I ended-up with a few "panoramas by cropping" due to this I rather liked this lens once I got used to it. It does suffer from barrel distortion which wasn't too bad on APS-C but would probably be more noticeable on 35mm. A slight tweak in Lightroom usually helped, as did turning on the "remove chromatic aberration" feature. It does focus quite close which was helpful for late night safeties (no extension tubes this month) and the large depth of field at f/8 helped with quick focusing. The lens is much bigger than my M-series 20mm lens which is quite compact. Here are some of the images from the month.


June 2 shadow stairs par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity


June 4: abandoned par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity


June 11: Corvette par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity


June 13: abstract par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity


June 20: Oxbrugh Hall par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity


June 21: Necton seflie par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity


June 23: lion par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

[HoutHans]

I particularly like the shadow stairs. Wonderfully abstract yet recognisable.

[womble]

I particularly like the shadow stairs. Wonderfully abstract yet recognisable.

Thank you.

Due to the railings around this mausoleum, I had to take three shots using the shift lens and then stitch them together. (I could have used a wider lens in this circumstance but I didn't have anything with me wide enough.) BTW, the mausoleum has sloping sides!


The Lytton mausoleum, Knebworth par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

K-3iii / 28mm shift.

[jcdoss]

Pentax K-1 mII and K35f3.5 at f8

[jcdoss]

Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and K17f4 Fisheye at f11

I shot this scene several days ago with a 20mm lens. The Fisheye is a lot wider.

[jcdoss]

Pentax K-1 mII and K105f2.8 at f8
We encountered some sheep that allowed me to get fairly close. Or at least the shepherd allowed me.

[womble]

[This is a cross-posting of my Single in July challenge round-up. This is the seventh month of using my K-series primes.]

I've been especially uninspired this month, which is a shame as the weather has been bright and sunny and the K85 is a lovely lens. It suffers a bit from green fringing on occasion, but usually Lightroom deals with that. I've had terrible trouble getting my purples purple but I think that is me not the lens! I've also used the extension tubes quite a bit. For portraits (after all, that is what the lens is designed for), the minimum focal length is fine, but for flower and object safety shots (far too many this month), it is a bit long. Here are the best of a dull bunch.


July 02: ES par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity


July 03: Dear Goblin par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity


July 8: Rochester par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity


July 15: verbena bonariensis par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity


July 16: panda par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity


July 26: Fluffy par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

The whole album for the month is here: ipernity: Single in July 2022 K85 f/1.8 by Kris Lockyear

[Mbaez]

Shoal/School,
from my morning walk.I felt so happy watching so many fish swimming together,

Sony a7r3a + Pentax K50f1.4 @ f2

[Mbaez]

Contemplating

Sony a7r3a + Pentax K50f1.4 @f8

[jcdoss]

Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and K200f2.5 at f2.5

[jcdoss]

Pentax K-1 mII and K24f2.8 at f8.0

[Jonathan Mac]

K 30mm f/2.8


Crocuses?? by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr


Look up by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr

[wkraus]

K 30mm f/2.8


Crocuses?? by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr


Look up by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr

The flowers are apparently what we call Herbstzeitlosen in German. Wikipedia tells me the unexpectedly interesting English names: “Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron, or naked ladies…”