Pentax K-50 photos

Aaron28 · 06-14-2020, 01:24 PM - **1 Like**

scouting out a location to shoot at......K-50...rikenon 50/f1.7 with fungus and a small sticker on the rear glass.....3 frames

ChristianRock · 06-15-2020, 07:41 AM

Originally posted by Aaron28

scouting out a location to shoot at......K-50...rikenon 50/f1.7 with fungus and a small sticker on the rear glass.....3 frames

Who would put a sticker on the rear glass?? lol... and why haven't you taken it off already? I think some lens cleaner should take care of that.

Welshbhoy · 06-15-2020, 10:07 AM - **3 Likes**

A few years back my daughter wanted to learn some photography, so being the dutiful dad that I am I did some research on 2nd hand cameras that were good but cheapish and I bought her a second hand K-50 and the 50 mm 1.8, She wanted to learn how to do long exposures, we had great fun doing these, like all kids she soon lost interest and now uses her phone for all picture taking, the K-50 was the first time I had used a Pentax and I was hugely impressed with it and the files it produced, I was using Micro 4/3 at the time and I loved the gear I had so when the K-70 was released I really wanted to see what it could do so I sold all my Olympus stuff and bought a K-70 and a few lenses, haven't looked back since, absolutely love it.

Anyhoo, some pictures we took together, basically me telling her what settings to use etc, so they are a joint effort from myself and Kate.

Light painting with a torch with an orange attachment.

A55 road through our town from a footbridge.

Conwy castle and harbour

This should have been framed better, but when i saw the web at the top of the window at full size it went a long way to convince me to move to Pentax.

Aaron28 · 06-15-2020, 08:16 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by ChristianRock

Who would put a sticker on the rear glass?? lol... and why haven't you taken it off already? I think some lens cleaner should take care of that.

hahaha! yeh....not too worried about as it needs through clean to get the fungus out....so in the mean time foolin around...actually read abut the sticker somewhere here on PF for some weird effects.....in some cases the shape of the sticker shows up inside the bokeh bubble

ChristianRock · 06-15-2020, 08:18 PM

Those Rikenon 50 1.7 lenses are actually really good - I had one branded as Sears. On par with the Pentax-M 50 1.7 with an even more interesting rendering - but also a bit less flare control. But the flare is actually really good!
Now I want one again

Aaron28 · 06-15-2020, 08:23 PM

Originally posted by ChristianRock

Those Rikenon 50 1.7 lenses are actually really good - I had one branded as Sears.

it shoots quite well for the condition it is in for sure! I have sears 50/f1.7 mc which may very well be the same as the rikenon in great condition although its been a minute since I have used it....btw no sticker placed on its glass!

ChristianRock · 06-15-2020, 08:27 PM

Originally posted by Aaron28

it shoots quite well for the condition it is in for sure! I have sears 50/f1.7 mc which may very well be the same as the rikenon in great condition although its been a minute since I have used it....btw no sticker placed on its glass!

There was an older, larger Sears 50 1.7 that was made by Chinon. Then there's the rebranded Rikenon - which you know it's a Rikenon, because it looks exactly like the Rikenon

and it's a great performer. Some here in the forums have said the older rebranded Chinon was even better but I haven't used one...

Aaron28 · 06-15-2020, 08:34 PM

Originally posted by ChristianRock

Then there's the rebranded Rikenon - which you know it's a Rikenon, because it looks exactly like the Rikenon

from what I can remember they are very similar....chances are!! doubtful it's the older chinon I don't have luck like that!

Aaron28 · 06-17-2020, 06:35 PM - **2 Likes**

smc'm' 35/f2.8...K-50...color extract...3 frames

ChristianRock · 06-23-2020, 01:43 PM - **3 Likes**

With DA 35 Limited

The Squirrel Mafia · 06-23-2020, 01:55 PM

^ Quite lovely!

ChristianRock · 06-23-2020, 08:14 PM

Originally posted by The Squirrel Mafia

^ Quite lovely!

Thank you! (the processing was done with RawTherapee, I thought you'd like to know

)

The Squirrel Mafia · 06-24-2020, 06:54 AM

^ Pretty good! Did you use the Bright.dcp or Vibrant.dcp file or something else? The colors are very nice.

oversea · 06-25-2020, 12:17 AM

I agree with you, very nice processing

ChristianRock · 06-26-2020, 06:39 AM

Originally posted by The Squirrel Mafia

^ Pretty good! Did you use the Bright.dcp or Vibrant.dcp file or something else? The colors are very nice.

If I must give up my secrets...

I actually start off with the RawTherapee "Pop", mostly because I like its base curve, take off some of that extreme vignetting and adjust the exposure back to normal levels - then I add the Kodachrome 64 Generic film emulation from HaldClut. The result is too contrasty (DA Limited+Polarizer contribute to that) so I back off the contrast a LOT and adjust the saturation as well as needed.

But the stars here I think are the DA 35 Limited, and this old Hoya Linear Polarizer that I have that has some pretty insane levels of color and contrast... once you tame these in PP I think you get some really nice colors with an extended dynamic range that shows details from the shadows naturally as you reduce contrast.

I started experimenting with these settings now with my K10D and the results are also very promising!

Originally posted by oversea

I agree with you, very nice processing

Thank you

But again, what you perceive as processing is only half because of processing, the other half is the DA 35 Limited and the Linear Polarizer.

I like Linear Polarizers. I have a couple Nikon linear polarizers (big beasts!!!) at 52mm and 62mm that I need to play with my Sigma 30 1.4 Art and my Tokina 24 2.8.

For my DA*16-50 I just bought a used B+W Kaesemann CPL, so no linear polarizer there... I'm mostly going for convenience with the 16-50 and linear polarizers need a bit more attention to make sure you are getting the right exposure. But they're not as bad as people think and 90% of the time the camera gets the exposure correct.

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06-14-2020, 01:24 PM - 1 Like	#1246
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	scouting out a location to shoot at......K-50...rikenon 50/f1.7 with fungus and a small sticker on the rear glass.....3 frames

06-15-2020, 07:41 AM	#1247
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910	Originally posted by Aaron28 scouting out a location to shoot at......K-50...rikenon 50/f1.7 with fungus and a small sticker on the rear glass.....3 frames Who would put a sticker on the rear glass?? lol... and why haven't you taken it off already? I think some lens cleaner should take care of that.

06-15-2020, 10:07 AM - 3 Likes	#1248
Welshbhoy Senior Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: The North of Wales Photos: Albums Posts: 207	A few years back my daughter wanted to learn some photography, so being the dutiful dad that I am I did some research on 2nd hand cameras that were good but cheapish and I bought her a second hand K-50 and the 50 mm 1.8, She wanted to learn how to do long exposures, we had great fun doing these, like all kids she soon lost interest and now uses her phone for all picture taking, the K-50 was the first time I had used a Pentax and I was hugely impressed with it and the files it produced, I was using Micro 4/3 at the time and I loved the gear I had so when the K-70 was released I really wanted to see what it could do so I sold all my Olympus stuff and bought a K-70 and a few lenses, haven't looked back since, absolutely love it. Anyhoo, some pictures we took together, basically me telling her what settings to use etc, so they are a joint effort from myself and Kate. Light painting with a torch with an orange attachment. A55 road through our town from a footbridge. Conwy castle and harbour This should have been framed better, but when i saw the web at the top of the window at full size it went a long way to convince me to move to Pentax.

06-15-2020, 08:16 PM - 2 Likes	#1249
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	Originally posted by ChristianRock Who would put a sticker on the rear glass?? lol... and why haven't you taken it off already? I think some lens cleaner should take care of that. hahaha! yeh....not too worried about as it needs through clean to get the fungus out....so in the mean time foolin around...actually read abut the sticker somewhere here on PF for some weird effects.....in some cases the shape of the sticker shows up inside the bokeh bubble

06-15-2020, 08:18 PM	#1250
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910	Those Rikenon 50 1.7 lenses are actually really good - I had one branded as Sears. On par with the Pentax-M 50 1.7 with an even more interesting rendering - but also a bit less flare control. But the flare is actually really good! Now I want one again

06-15-2020, 08:23 PM	#1251
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	Originally posted by ChristianRock Those Rikenon 50 1.7 lenses are actually really good - I had one branded as Sears. it shoots quite well for the condition it is in for sure! I have sears 50/f1.7 mc which may very well be the same as the rikenon in great condition although its been a minute since I have used it....btw no sticker placed on its glass!

06-15-2020, 08:27 PM	#1252
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910	Originally posted by Aaron28 it shoots quite well for the condition it is in for sure! I have sears 50/f1.7 mc which may very well be the same as the rikenon in great condition although its been a minute since I have used it....btw no sticker placed on its glass! There was an older, larger Sears 50 1.7 that was made by Chinon. Then there's the rebranded Rikenon - which you know it's a Rikenon, because it looks exactly like the Rikenon and it's a great performer. Some here in the forums have said the older rebranded Chinon was even better but I haven't used one...

06-15-2020, 08:34 PM	#1253
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	Originally posted by ChristianRock Then there's the rebranded Rikenon - which you know it's a Rikenon, because it looks exactly like the Rikenon from what I can remember they are very similar....chances are!! doubtful it's the older chinon I don't have luck like that!

06-17-2020, 06:35 PM - 2 Likes	#1254
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	smc'm' 35/f2.8...K-50...color extract...3 frames

06-23-2020, 01:43 PM - 3 Likes	#1255
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910	With DA 35 Limited

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06-23-2020, 01:55 PM	#1256
The Squirrel Mafia Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 3,054	^ Quite lovely!

06-23-2020, 08:14 PM	#1257
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910	Originally posted by The Squirrel Mafia ^ Quite lovely! Thank you! (the processing was done with RawTherapee, I thought you'd like to know )

06-24-2020, 06:54 AM	#1258
The Squirrel Mafia Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 3,054	^ Pretty good! Did you use the Bright.dcp or Vibrant.dcp file or something else? The colors are very nice.

06-25-2020, 12:17 AM	#1259
oversea Junior Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Noumea Posts: 36	I agree with you, very nice processing

06-26-2020, 06:39 AM	#1260
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910	Originally posted by The Squirrel Mafia ^ Pretty good! Did you use the Bright.dcp or Vibrant.dcp file or something else? The colors are very nice. If I must give up my secrets... I actually start off with the RawTherapee "Pop", mostly because I like its base curve, take off some of that extreme vignetting and adjust the exposure back to normal levels - then I add the Kodachrome 64 Generic film emulation from HaldClut. The result is too contrasty (DA Limited+Polarizer contribute to that) so I back off the contrast a LOT and adjust the saturation as well as needed. But the stars here I think are the DA 35 Limited, and this old Hoya Linear Polarizer that I have that has some pretty insane levels of color and contrast... once you tame these in PP I think you get some really nice colors with an extended dynamic range that shows details from the shadows naturally as you reduce contrast. I started experimenting with these settings now with my K10D and the results are also very promising! Originally posted by oversea I agree with you, very nice processing Thank you But again, what you perceive as processing is only half because of processing, the other half is the DA 35 Limited and the Linear Polarizer. I like Linear Polarizers. I have a couple Nikon linear polarizers (big beasts!!!) at 52mm and 62mm that I need to play with my Sigma 30 1.4 Art and my Tokina 24 2.8. For my DA*16-50 I just bought a used B+W Kaesemann CPL, so no linear polarizer there... I'm mostly going for convenience with the 16-50 and linear polarizers need a bit more attention to make sure you are getting the right exposure. But they're not as bad as people think and 90% of the time the camera gets the exposure correct.