[rayallen]

I had three of my Freedom March photos used in the 'Brentwood Gazette' newspaper today for which I should get £ 35-00 fee !

Congratulations. And well deserved. The lighting was just right.

[rayallen]

I spent yesterday afternoon aboard the Tall Ship "Loren Larsen" in perfect weather on Sydney Harbour. I took my trusty K10D with me along with my DA 15mm Limited and Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.0 DC Macro HSM. I know that I am preaching to the converted but these images are a testament to what the K10D can do. These images are JPGs SOOC with no editing and only resizing for the web.













More images here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rayallen/albums/72157675031522966

[paulh]

Wow - great set of shots Ray. Even more impressive that these were shot in jpeg. I like

[rayallen]

Wow - great set of shots Ray. Even more impressive that these were shot in jpeg. I like

Thanks, Paul. Of course, I shot RAW + JPG as I usually do but I had so many images to go through and the JPGs looked so good that I thought well, it it ain't broke, don't fix it! Long live the K10D.

[ChristianRock]

Thanks, Paul. Of course, I shot RAW + JPG as I usually do but I had so many images to go through and the JPGs looked so good that I thought well, it it ain't broke, don't fix it! Long live the K10D.

You just made me decide to start shooting RAW+ with my K10D. I always thought the Jpeg engine wasn't all that great.

[rayallen]

You just made me decide to start shooting RAW+ with my K10D. I always thought the Jpeg engine wasn't all that great.

Once a month I go out with three mates for photography adventures. Two shoot Canons and the other Nikon. I am the lone Pentax shooter but from that day on the harbour I can tell you that the JPGs from my 9 year old K10D are much richer in colour than those that I have seen from them.

[Grzldvt]

Been awhile since I posted. Awhile back I got some great advice about what to do.. ie new lens DA 16-45, and Aperture as the priority, then experiment with different settings. I picked up the DA 16-45 and off I went experimenting.
Did a 5 day backpacking trip in the northeast corner of Yosemite. Pretty happy with most of the pictures I did get some sun reflection in several pictures. I need to figure out how to carry a hood for the lens on the next trip.

A couple of examples




It was very hazy in Matterhorn Canyon


The Sawtooth Ridge


The Slide - This slide is huge at least 1/3 of a mile wide and easily 1/4 mile across the canyon - Shows the sun reflections


Slide Canyon

I really like the colors n this one.... it did a great job with the color of the water


Google Photos stitched this one together - This is the view down Slide Canyon

[Dartmoor Dave]

Been awhile since I posted. Awhile back I got some great advice about what to do.. ie new lens DA 16-45, and Aperture as the priority, then experiment with different settings. I picked up the DA 16-45 and off I went experimenting.Did a 5 day backpacking trip in the northeast corner of Yosemite. Pretty happy with most of the pictures I did get some sun reflection in several pictures. I need to figure out how to carry a hood for the lens on the next trip.

Great to see photos of some parts of Yosemite that I didn't even know existed. I've seen so many assembly line versions of the identical shot of Half Dome that everyone always takes that I'd almost started to think that was all there was. I particularly like the second one with the light playing over the rock crags. And now I know that I really, really have to get to Yosemite some day.

As for a hood for the 16-45mm: I really hate the big clumsy plastic petal hoods that you have to reverse every time you put the camera back in the bag, so on my 16-45mm I use a 67mm wide angle metal hood. It probably doesn't give quite as much flare protection as a petal hood, but I can leave it on the lens permanently with no need to reverse it, and an 82mm lens cap fits the hood perfectly. Suits my own needs much better than a petal hood.


Edit: It's actually an 86mm lens cap for the metal hood on the 16-45mm.

[Mahaku]

Hi All
I new member this page. I would like to participate or not.
Because I love the CCD (Model K10D & K-M)...

"If I make mistakes, apologize for."

[ChristianRock]

Been awhile since I posted. Awhile back I got some great advice about what to do.. ie new lens DA 16-45, and Aperture as the priority, then experiment with different settings. I picked up the DA 16-45 and off I went experimenting.
Did a 5 day backpacking trip in the northeast corner of Yosemite. Pretty happy with most of the pictures I did get some sun reflection in several pictures. I need to figure out how to carry a hood for the lens on the next trip.

A couple of examples




It was very hazy in Matterhorn Canyon


The Sawtooth Ridge


The Slide - This slide is huge at least 1/3 of a mile wide and easily 1/4 mile across the canyon - Shows the sun reflections


Slide Canyon

I really like the colors n this one.... it did a great job with the color of the water


Google Photos stitched this one together - This is the view down Slide Canyon

Great pictures! The K10D/16-45 is a great combination... though in my case, the 16-45 is now wedded to the family/wife K-S1.

Mine (the 16-45) also came without a hood, so I got the generic el-cheapo Vivitar 67mm petal hood: https://www.amazon.com/Vivitar-67mm-Digital-Tulip-Hard/dp/B016WUGGF4/ref=sr_...itar+67mm+hood

The Vivitar hood works great, no vignetting at all! Best of all, the clip on lens cap clips right on the lens hood! I wasn't expecting that! I wish all my lens hoods did that. I'm very happy with it, highly recommended.


And here's some straight-out-of-camera K10D goodness (inspired by Ray Allen, I set my camera on RAW+!)



I need to experiment with the JPEG settings but I added just a bit of contrast and sharpness in the camera setup (as I said, I didn't touch the generated JPEG). No added saturation needed - leave those CCD colors alone!

I'm going to experiment with that "color curve" setting the K10D has, I'm intrigued by it... but it seems like it would be useless to me. We'll see...

[Sam Dennis]

Just recently bought the 50mm 1.7 - least expensive Pentax lens. Took a walk yesterday morning to try it out. Here is a sample.

[paulh]

Some very nice photos lately - nice work everyone!

K10D + DA18-55:

[Skodadriver]

Just recently bought the 50mm 1.7 - least expensive Pentax lens. Took a walk yesterday morning to try it out. Here is a sample.

I'm confused, exif shows DA 50mm F1.8.
I think that I have read somewhere before that the camera sometimes indicates the wrong lens.

[Sam Dennis]

I'm confused, exif shows DA 50mm F1.8.
I think that I have read somewhere before that the camera sometimes indicates the wrong lens.

Whoops, my bad. f1.8 is correct.

[rayallen]

And here's some straight-out-of-camera K10D goodness (inspired by Ray Allen, I set my camera on RAW+!)



I need to experiment with the JPEG settings but I added just a bit of contrast and sharpness in the camera setup (as I said, I didn't touch the generated JPEG). No added saturation needed - leave those CCD colors alone!

I'm going to experiment with that "color curve" setting the K10D has, I'm intrigued by it... but it seems like it would be useless to me. We'll see...

I am glad that I finally inspired someone! That hibiscus is fabulous and another great example of what the K10D JPG engine and the CCD sensor can produce. Keep up the good work.

Please tell me more about this "Colour Curve". It's news to me.