Hello from the sunny south! (USA)

junkbench · 07-02-2022, 07:59 PM - **3 Likes**

Hi everyone,

Long time reader, just decided to register. I'm a tinkerer in general and own an assortment of different cameras which I enjoy shooting older manual lenses with. Most recently on the advice of this forum I got a D200 to try out it's CCD sensor and I'm happy with the results so far and eyeing a K10D next.

Attached are a few test shots I did today with my new toy.

Last edited by junkbench; 08-09-2022 at 07:57 PM.

**Kerrowdown** · 07-03-2022, 01:34 AM

Welcome from the Highlands of Scotland

MarkJerling · 07-03-2022, 01:37 AM

Welcome from New Zealand!

jcdoss · 07-03-2022, 02:59 AM

Welcome to Pentax Forums from Germany! What part of the South do you come from?

junkbench · 07-03-2022, 05:45 AM

Hi there and thank you for your warm welcome!. I'm from Florida, USA, specifically the horse capital of the continent (if not world) Ocala.

**microlight** · 07-03-2022, 05:48 AM

Greetings from the south of England!

Unregistered User 8 · 07-03-2022, 05:51 AM

Originally posted by junkbench

Attached are a few test shots I did today with my new toy.

Very good ones, too................welcome from Australia.

junkbench · 07-03-2022, 09:05 AM

Originally posted by pjv

Very good ones, too................welcome from Australia.

Oh thank you, here's a couple more I took this morning, missed critical focus by a hair on the bees head, all freehand using an extension tube on a pre-ais 55mm F3.5 micro nikkor.

Not too bad for a 60 year old lens on a 17 year old camera if I do say so myself.

What do you guys think of that default output on the D200? I believe I had the standard VI image "customization" (D200 verbiage for picture manager) in place for the bee.

wadge22 · 07-05-2022, 12:10 PM

Welcome to the forums!
Very nice shots, especially the cats.

junkbench · 07-05-2022, 12:14 PM

Thank you, the first one is my cat of eight years, the other one is my neighbors, he showed up when we moved here and decided he liked us better after discovering he could extort us for food and comfort, since then he's been a resident in and around my workshop and makes for a convenient test subject of photography

07-02-2022, 07:59 PM - 3 Likes	#1
junkbench Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 115	Hello from the sunny south! (USA) Hi everyone, Long time reader, just decided to register. I'm a tinkerer in general and own an assortment of different cameras which I enjoy shooting older manual lenses with. Most recently on the advice of this forum I got a D200 to try out it's CCD sensor and I'm happy with the results so far and eyeing a K10D next. Attached are a few test shots I did today with my new toy. Last edited by junkbench; 08-09-2022 at 07:57 PM.

07-03-2022, 09:05 AM	#8
junkbench Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 115 Original Poster	Originally posted by pjv Very good ones, too................welcome from Australia. Oh thank you, here's a couple more I took this morning, missed critical focus by a hair on the bees head, all freehand using an extension tube on a pre-ais 55mm F3.5 micro nikkor. Not too bad for a 60 year old lens on a 17 year old camera if I do say so myself. What do you guys think of that default output on the D200? I believe I had the standard VI image "customization" (D200 verbiage for picture manager) in place for the bee. Last edited by junkbench; 08-09-2022 at 07:57 PM.

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junkbench Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 115 Original Poster	Hi there and thank you for your warm welcome!. I'm from Florida, USA, specifically the horse capital of the continent (if not world) Ocala.

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Unregistered User 8 Closed Account Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,694	Originally posted by junkbench Attached are a few test shots I did today with my new toy. Very good ones, too................welcome from Australia.

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junkbench Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 115 Original Poster	Thank you, the first one is my cat of eight years, the other one is my neighbors, he showed up when we moved here and decided he liked us better after discovering he could extort us for food and comfort, since then he's been a resident in and around my workshop and makes for a convenient test subject of photography