[BostonUKshooter]

Christmas Eve from across the Hudson
I sincerely wish that all of you Pentaxians have the most wonderful & generally magical New Year
Hopefully Ricoh will deem us worthy & beget us a 645z Mark 2 in 2019
(Or maybe just a new zoom lens?)

Good stuff - Happy Xmas & NY, Rgds, Ian

[zantaphia]

[itshimitis]

One from approach to Innsbruck and one on the ground

Pentax 645Z DA 28 - 45

[kevinjp]

Pentax 645. f5.6, 1/2s, 45mm. Kodak Ektar 100.

[ivanvernon]

Pentax 645. f5.6, 1/2s, 45mm. Kodak Ektar 100.

Don't hear a lot of praise for the 45, but this photo is sure razor sharp. Nice work.

[kevinjp]

Don't hear a lot of praise for the 45, but this photo is sure razor sharp. Nice work.

Thanks, appreciate it. This was actually from my first day shooting with the 645 and I found (still do) focusing to be a challenge. I'm used to zooming in 10x in live view to focus.

[itshimitis]

Twilight fro Finkenberg, Austria

Z and 28 - 45

[sculptormic]

Valencia de Alcántara, Spain
Pentax 645Z 28-45

Roman bridge build 192 and restored around 1860. Still fully functional.
In the back one sees a weir.

[Bonner04]

Crozier, Arizona

FujiFilm GW690II
Fujinon 90mm f/3.5 EBC w/Yellow Filter
Kodak TMAX 100
T-Max Developer 1:4 8 Minutes
Epson Perfection V550 Photo Scanner

[ivanvernon]

What pipeline welders be doing on New Years Day--checking out the rig. They're changing the oil, checking all the fluids, eyeballing the brake pads, and more stuff like that while waiting for that telephone call that will put them back on the road to a pipeline construction site for another season.

KIT: K-1 with Pentax-A 645 35mm f 3.5. I have the FA version of this lens too, but on the K-1, where I am manual focussing anyway, cannot resist the feel of this solidly built lens with its well-dampered focus ring.

[rjm007]

One of my first shots with this. Think I need to get some b&w filters for this.

[Ed Hurst]

Despite its being a family (i.e. non-photography orientated) trip, I was able to take a few images during a visit to Switzerland.

645Z with 6x7 75mm f2.8 AL lens

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645Z with 150mm f2.8 FA lens and Little Stopper

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[ivanvernon]

Despite its being a family (i.e. non-photography orientated) trip, I was able to take a few images during a trip to Switzerland.

645Z with 6x7 75mm f2.8 AL lens

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645Z with 150mm f2.8 FA lens and Little Stopper

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You dun good, real good. That 67 75/2.8 is sure giving some sharp results. I have the 67 75mm, but mine is the f 4.5 version, which is also quite sharp. The 2.8 seems to sell for quite a bit more than the 4.5, just wondering how different the two lenses are in terms of actual results. Congratulations on being over where there is some scenery,not much to tax the imagination here in flat northern Ohio at this time of year. Hope you get some more chances while you are there. Of course, you can always do some buildings and street photography.

[Ed Hurst]

You dun good, real good. That 67 75/2.8 is sure giving some sharp results. I have the 67 75mm, but mine is the f 4.5 version, which is also quite sharp. The 2.8 seems to sell for quite a bit more than the 4.5, just wondering how different the two lenses are in terms of actual results. Congratulations on being over where there is some scenery,not much to tax the imagination here in flat northern Ohio at this time of year. Hope you get some more chances while you are there. Of course, you can always do some buildings and street photography.

Thank you, sir. Glad you like 'em.

I used to own the 67 75mm f4.5 (before getting the f2.8 AL around 2004) and both are very good. I would say that the f2.8 is a little sharper and MUCH easier to focus precisely; the brighter viewfinder it provides is worth a lot. If you zoom in on digi, you can see the difference in resolution. There is perhaps a little more geometric distortion on the f2.8 version, but it's not huge - or obvious with my type of subject matter. The digital rendering is rather film-like - and there is a little purple fringing in specular highlights (which cleans up nicely). IMO both are superior to the 645 75mm options...

As for more chances, I am back home in London and back at work - so I got what I got (some more uploads will follow soon).

[itshimitis]

From Zillertal in Austria. I had already packed all my camera gear away ready for the flight back to the UK when I saw this out of the apartment window. Had to shoot this...

Z and FA 45 - 85