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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
10-25-2016, 11:40 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
10-24-2016, 08:49 PM
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I managed to be out at the right moment after a day trapped inside.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
10-03-2016, 08:48 AM
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Moody landscape from China - 4-5 shot panorama with SMC 50 1.8
Maintenance at the yellow wine winery, China - SMC 50 1.8
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-20-2016, 06:14 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-20-2016, 04:31 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-15-2016, 08:10 AM
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Normally I wouldn't get involved in this, but I am very sympathetic to his point. Based on the fact that he's bringing a backup, he's very aware that gear fails. When the same gear (K-1) has demonstrated to him that it fails repeatedly, why would he continue to go with that gear? If I were him and that were my experience (and I had the money), I would immediately look to try another system. In fact, if I was a pro, I simply would not adopt a brand new model from any manufacturer as my primary shooting camera, being a gearhead I would love to try it out in low risk situations. But many, if not most, new models have teething issue (Nikon D600?) and I wouldn't want to risk my business and reputation on unproven gear.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-15-2016, 08:50 AM
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He would continue to keep that gear because he is fully aware of the fact that he is dealing with a defect of a K-1 copy, not an issue of the K-1 design.
Is it great that he had to go through three bodies and hasn't found one that was free of defects?
No, absolutely not.
This shouldn't happen and I agree that it is good to post about such issues (without blowing them out of proportion, of course).
Does it make sense to keep a separate line of equipment (camera + backup camera + lenses + accessories) just because it would have taken a fourth attempt to get a K-1 copy that is fine?
AFAIC, that does not make much sense either.
Now tomO2013 has his own level of patience and may just have lost confidence in Ricoh. That's fine and I respect his decision. Personally, though, it does not strike me as a very rational decision. To me, it would seem to be feasible to keep the alternative (Canon) gear until a good K-1 copy has been obtained. From that point onwards a significant amount of money invested in the alternative gear could be made available as investment capital or profit.
It would have been a different story if the K-1's AF hadn't been up to par, or the frame rate too slow, etc. Nothing one can do about it, except hope that the successor model may fix the shortcomings. But repairable defects of a copy should not be a reason to change one's plans about simplifying one's gear line up.
Perhaps there was never any intention to get rid of the Canon gear. In this case I apologise. I don't mean to attack tomO2013 's process/decisions, I'm merely stating that I don't quite understand them.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-05-2016, 02:30 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-05-2016, 10:39 PM
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True Love.......................No bones about it!
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Forum: Lens Clubs
07-19-2016, 11:55 PM
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Took this picture while traveling through Georgia some weeks ago. Close to the border of Azerbaijan.
 Georgian Grannies , auf Flickr
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-25-2016, 08:10 AM
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It is odd how much Fishers has changed since the last time I drove there. It almost looks tropical... :)
Great image.
This is a photo of my niece, Eden with the DFA 24-70.
 Eden by Vincent1825, on Flickr
Cabin at Dusk with the DFA 15-30.
 Cabin in the Woods by Vincent1825, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-25-2016, 10:28 AM
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Not to contradict Rupert, but FF mode is fun too ! :lol:
1. FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax DA* 200mm F2.8 ED SDM • Kenko Pz-AF UniPlus Tube 25
2. FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax DA* 200mm F2.8 ED SDM • Kenko Pz-AF UniPlus Tube 25
3. Crop Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax DA* 200mm F2.8 ED SDM
4. FF Mode • 100 ISO • Sigma Art 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
07-09-2016, 03:46 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-10-2016, 10:33 PM
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Hard light workshop with Lisa. K-1, Tamron 70-200mm f2.8
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-03-2016, 06:35 PM
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Bit of a dramatic storm yesterday, but the forecasters overestimated its effect.
Here's the trailing end of it with F 17-28 Fisheye @ 28mm.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-03-2016, 10:35 PM
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went out with the DA35 on FF mode... Some night shooting at 2500 and 3200 iso handheld it was after 8pm.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-03-2016, 08:56 AM
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Okay it´s time again for some of my shots :)
Last weekend I finally had the chance to try the K1 at a larger festival - Rockavaria in Munich. Here are some of my shots with the K1 + DA* 60-250 from Powerwolf and Nightwish. Did pp on all of them in Lightroom.
I have to admit, I´m ing impressed with the 36MP of the K1, I really have to get used to it and its crop possibilities. Focus with the 60-250 was not super fast, yet way more reliable then on my K5 when less light was avaiable! I really like the combo, but still the shiny new 70-200 is kinda flirting with me :o Well maybe santa will carry one for me with him :confused:
PS: I was shocked non of the other ~70 photographers used Pentax :eek:
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-31-2016, 11:21 PM
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I officially started paternity leave this week so there will be lots of pictures of the one attached to my hip :)
SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7 @ unknown f-stop.
FA 77 @ f2.8 cropped a bit
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-28-2016, 07:18 PM
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k1 + dfa 24 - 70 ( @50)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-13-2016, 10:23 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-12-2016, 01:35 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-09-2016, 07:38 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-14-2016, 03:52 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-08-2016, 12:04 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-22-2016, 02:50 AM
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You are right. But do you know how often I shoot high dynamic range landscape images in great light? Not very often. If I am shooting at high noon, odds are that I don't really care about dynamic range. I just haven't seen situations where you need to pump up the dynamic range on a portrait shot in decent light. It just doesn't make sense to me.
I think the biggest thing that the extra low iso would help (other than tripod work) is essentially boosting flash sync speed.
As to the whole "extra dynamic range" argument, I don't really buy that it is even visible. The D800e and the D810 have both been measured by DXO Mark and at iso 100, both have a dynamic range of 14.3 EV. At iso 64 the D810 has 14.7 EV. The total scores for the D800e and D810 are 96 and 97 respectively (differences of less than 5 are unlikely to show up in real world situations). I can't remember the last situation where having an extra .4 EV of dynamic range would have put my photo over the top.
My guess is that the K-1 will have similar performance to the D800e and that's probably good enough for me -- both in low and high iso situations.
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