[fikkser]

50mm f1,4 with 8 elements.

[jva59]

NEX 6 + SMC Takumar 50mm 1.5

Nice shot! Are you holding the baby or the camera?

[wayne james]

OK yesterday I took one of my smc takumar 50mm 1:1.4 out for a walk in the woods on one of my K5's. here's a few pictures

[wayne james]

a few more

[wayne james]

and the last shot is DOF shot. now note to myself "start using my Takumars"

[pigmy]

Takumar Bokeh Flower

If you love flower, It's Hoya parasitica.
If you love bokeh, It's S-M-C Takumar macro 4/50.

K10D + S-M-C Takumar 4/50

[k0og]

A surprise to me, I was just told by a friend that a photograph of mine was published! This is nothing fancy, but just very utilitarian - a photograph I took during a ham-radio examination session we administered in December, 2010. I routinely take photographs of the sessions, particularly of the examinees who pass the FCC exams, for the interest of our radio club. Last year the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) asked me for some photographs that they may want to use in publications, and I provided several large TIFF files to them, but never heard back, and was surprised to learn of this publication.

Here are a couple of scans of the page out of a study guide published by the ARRL, with accrediation to me. Way to go S-T 35mm f2.0 and trusty old K100DS! Shot at ISO400, 1/30 second, probably stopped down a stop or two.





...and the original photograph...


It's not much, but I'm pleased that someone thought one of my photographs of enough value to use in a formal publication.

-Joe-

[Pepe Guitarra]

A surprise to me, I was just told by a friend that a photograph of mine was published! This is nothing fancy, but just very utilitarian - a photograph I took during a ham-radio examination session we administered in December, 2010. I routinely take photographs of the sessions, particularly of the examinees who pass the FCC exams, for the interest of our radio club. Last year the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) asked me for some photographs that they may want to use in publications, and I provided several large TIFF files to them, but never heard back, and was surprised to learn of this publication.

Here are a couple of scans of the page out of a study guide published by the ARRL, with accrediation to me. Way to go S-T 35mm f2.0 and trusty old K100DS! Shot at ISO400, 1/30 second, probably stopped down a stop or two.





...and the original photograph...


It's not much, but I'm pleased that someone thought one of my photographs of enough value to use in a formal publication.

-Joe-

Congrats, great photo. The publication did not gave enough credit to the photo, maybe because it was B&W, BTW, I thought ham radio was over. I still have my license, but have not touched a radio in the last 30 years.

[jva59]

Congrats, great photo. The publication did not gave enough credit to the photo, maybe because it was B&W, BTW, I thought ham radio was over. I still have my license, but have not touched a radio in the last 30 years.

I too was interested to hear that ham lives.

[tim60]

Nice to see. It is fun to use photography in these other associations we join into.

[StevePrime]

Took my Super-Tak to a Mothers' Day get-together. My niece appreciates MF lenses -- she bought herself a K1000 for school, though she uses a Nikon for digital -- and this was a good opportunity to show the lens and the k-30s focus peaking.

[manntax]

Took my Super-Tak to a Mothers' Day get-together. My niece appreciates MF lenses -- she bought herself a K1000 for school, though she uses a Nikon for digital -- and this was a good opportunity to show the lens and the k-30s focus peaking.

Lovely ! You've nailed this focus - wish my K10D had it too.
And the look of these eyes. oh boy !

[k0og]

Congrats, great photo. The publication did not gave enough credit to the photo, maybe because it was B&W, BTW, I thought ham radio was over. I still have my license, but have not touched a radio in the last 30 years.

I too was interested to hear that ham lives.

Oh yeah - ham radio lives VERY well - there are more ham-radio operators in the U.S. now than ever before, and we still provide an important service in major events such as 9/11/2001, Katrina, etc., where the modern infrastructure collapses or is inadequate. Of course, the FUN is still there, and there is more Morse Code activity than ever before on the air. The yearly Field Day activity will take place this coming 22 and 23 June, so look for a local ham-radio club who will hold a Field Day event, and you can go see for yourself.

I have taken a lot of photos with my Takumars and other Pentax gear for my ham-radio club. Take a look at some of the photos I have taken of our activities at http://www.rrars.org - nothing spectacular, but my trusty K100D Super serves as an excellent utility. Shooting raw has saved many a photo!

Sorry for the short thread hijack, but the question was raised, and it is somewhat related to my Takumars...

Here is a photograph taken at our radio club's 2011 Field Day event, showing a crew raising an Army surplus field tower for one of our antennas (for those technically interested, I put a 6-meter J-pole on the top, and we made many contacts on 6 meters - 50.125 MHz).

Raising the Tower

Pentax K100D Super, Super-Takumar 35mm f2, ISO400, 1/1000, probably f16
More pictures from this series at: http://rrars.org

-Joe-

[pdophoto]

Here is a photograph taken at our radio club's 2011 Field Day event, showing a crew raising an Army surplus field tower for one of our antennas (for those technically interested, I put a 6-meter J-pole on the top, and we made many contacts on 6 meters - 50.125 MHz).

Lovely field tower from VE2EFE, I would have liked it very much in my Radio Ham days.

X-Posted from the 135mm Lens Club.
I won this lens in October, it is the first time I have a chance to use it.
Looks wonderful but it has some CA that I will have to learn about.

Super Takumar 135/3.5
Sugar Maple shot at f/8.0 and PPed to approximately get the f/3.5 blur.

[wayne james]

nothing great from me but this is the 1st time i'm using this lens on my k5 - 200mm f1:4 screw mount