Post your K-1 pictures!

pinholecam · 03-22-2020, 06:06 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by WPRESTO

We obsess so over the IQ of the last pixel in the farthest corner of our own images, but how often do we take the slightest notice of softness at the edges of an image posted by someone else? Our natural vision is small zone of center sharpness with rapidly fading resolution toward the periphery, so images that have that characteristic look totally natural and "right."

And more specifically, never for the most fleeting instant did the image you posted look anything other than tack sharp to me.

Indeed....
I think there is too much emphasis on the technical qualities of a lens nowadays since its so easy to "prove one is better" as a photographer because one has the sharper lens.

In the end in real use, portability, plays a very important part of whether a photo gets shot (at least for me)

Franc · 03-22-2020, 08:09 AM - **19 Likes**

1. cross post with squirrels

tim60 · 03-22-2020, 12:03 PM

If your photography is technical, such as of test range experiments, sharp all over really matters but if it is for art, enjoyment and aesthetics sharp all over is probably not good.

**fs999** · 03-22-2020, 12:07 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by repaap

Great looking camera right there!

Thank you ! A little bit heavy : 5 Kg 350

FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax FA* 24mm F2 IF AL

FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax FA 35mm F2 AL

**WPRESTO** · 03-22-2020, 12:20 PM

Originally posted by pinholecam

Indeed....
I think there is too much emphasis on the technical qualities of a lens nowadays since its so easy to "prove one is better" as a photographer because one has the sharper lens.

In the end in real use, portability, plays a very important part of whether a photo gets shot (at least for me)

Amen. If only the sharpest lenses will serve, why it there a market for soft-focus lenses, lensbaby, and Trioplan?

**volley** · 03-22-2020, 12:43 PM - **8 Likes**

I spend an hour on my bicycle riding through a local forest.
What an unreal, peaceful scene in these terrible times ... stay safe, forum friends!

K1 and SMC K 2.5/135mm

**wtlwdwgn** · 03-22-2020, 01:22 PM - **2 Likes**

Clearing skies after a showery morning. With the D FA 28-105.

**jva59** · 03-22-2020, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by tim60

Is that Folly Bridge from near The Head of the River pub, now closed by order of the government? I walk across it most Sunday mornings with crowds of people. But not tomorrow because of the events which made it quiet in your picture.

Yes that's it.

**jva59** · 03-22-2020, 01:32 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by tim60

Is that Folly Bridge from near The Head of the River pub, now closed by order of the government? I walk across it most Sunday mornings with crowds of people. But not tomorrow because of the events which made it quiet in your picture.

Yes, that's it. No crowds today and miraculously no traffic.

tim60 · 03-22-2020, 02:02 PM - **1 Like**

Much less traffic than a normal Sunday morning looking up St Aldates past the court and the cop shop to Tom Tower at Christchurch College, opposite Pembroke College and St Aldates church. You are down on the low part subject to about 1% annual probability of flooding. There are places nearby in the 3% annual probability contour, with houses on them on both sides of the river.

Tolkien worked at Pembroke College for a while before publishing Lord of the Rings.

**eaglem** · 03-22-2020, 04:14 PM - **6 Likes**

Beastly

pinholecam · 03-22-2020, 07:57 PM - **12 Likes**

K1+M20/4

repaap · 03-23-2020, 04:11 AM - **5 Likes**

DFA 5072.8 macro

**Rondec** · 03-23-2020, 07:46 AM - **8 Likes**

Pile of Wood (FA 31mm/pixel shift)

Franc · 03-23-2020, 08:06 AM - **17 Likes**

1. i stick with squirrels

03-22-2020, 02:02 PM - 1 Like	#28240
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,743	Much less traffic than a normal Sunday morning looking up St Aldates past the court and the cop shop to Tom Tower at Christchurch College, opposite Pembroke College and St Aldates church. You are down on the low part subject to about 1% annual probability of flooding. There are places nearby in the 3% annual probability contour, with houses on them on both sides of the river. Tolkien worked at Pembroke College for a while before publishing Lord of the Rings. Last edited by tim60; 03-22-2020 at 02:11 PM.

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03-22-2020, 06:06 AM - 2 Likes	#28231
pinholecam Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: North Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,706	Originally posted by WPRESTO We obsess so over the IQ of the last pixel in the farthest corner of our own images, but how often do we take the slightest notice of softness at the edges of an image posted by someone else? Our natural vision is small zone of center sharpness with rapidly fading resolution toward the periphery, so images that have that characteristic look totally natural and "right." And more specifically, never for the most fleeting instant did the image you posted look anything other than tack sharp to me. Indeed.... I think there is too much emphasis on the technical qualities of a lens nowadays since its so easy to "prove one is better" as a photographer because one has the sharper lens. In the end in real use, portability, plays a very important part of whether a photo gets shot (at least for me)

03-22-2020, 08:09 AM - 19 Likes	#28232
Franc Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hoevelaken Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,212	1. cross post with squirrels

03-22-2020, 12:03 PM	#28233
tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,743	If your photography is technical, such as of test range experiments, sharp all over really matters but if it is for art, enjoyment and aesthetics sharp all over is probably not good.

03-22-2020, 12:07 PM - 2 Likes	#28234
fs999 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Luxembourg Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,636	Originally posted by repaap Great looking camera right there! Thank you ! A little bit heavy : 5 Kg 350 FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax FA* 24mm F2 IF AL FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax FA 35mm F2 AL

03-22-2020, 12:20 PM	#28235
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Originally posted by pinholecam Indeed.... I think there is too much emphasis on the technical qualities of a lens nowadays since its so easy to "prove one is better" as a photographer because one has the sharper lens. In the end in real use, portability, plays a very important part of whether a photo gets shot (at least for me) Amen. If only the sharpest lenses will serve, why it there a market for soft-focus lenses, lensbaby, and Trioplan?

03-22-2020, 12:43 PM - 8 Likes	#28236
volley Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Springe Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,693	I spend an hour on my bicycle riding through a local forest. What an unreal, peaceful scene in these terrible times ... stay safe, forum friends! K1 and SMC K 2.5/135mm

03-22-2020, 01:22 PM - 2 Likes	#28237
wtlwdwgn Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Billings, MT Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,838	Clearing skies after a showery morning. With the D FA 28-105.

03-22-2020, 01:29 PM	#28238
jva59 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,409	Originally posted by tim60 Is that Folly Bridge from near The Head of the River pub, now closed by order of the government? I walk across it most Sunday mornings with crowds of people. But not tomorrow because of the events which made it quiet in your picture. Yes that's it.

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pinholecam Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: North Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,706	K1+M20/4

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03-23-2020, 08:06 AM - 17 Likes	#28245
Franc Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hoevelaken Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,212	1. i stick with squirrels