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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 05-02-2023, 09:04 AM  
Sunset and reflections
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 21
Views: 172
A really impressive image.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 05-02-2023, 08:58 AM  
Travel Competition entry April 2023
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 4
Views: 305
It is a gondola in Venice, photographed on a narrow canal which is why the reflections of buildings show at the top of the image.
The equivalent in London would have been a black cab, or a yellow one in New York, and the gondolier (cab driver) was nearby having a cigarette whilst waiting for his next customer.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 04-26-2023, 09:32 AM  
Competition entry April 2023
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 21
Views: 209
Forum: Post Your Photos! 04-26-2023, 09:24 AM  
Travel Competition entry April 2023
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 4
Views: 305
Competition entry April 2023
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 09-14-2022, 02:31 PM  
Wide angle for internal room shots for website
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 19
Views: 935
I would also advise a second hand old-model Sigma 10-20 (I use mine with my K-5, and the adjustable angle of view would be helpful for your shots of interiors). Since you will presumably want maximum depth of field, you will be using F8 or F11 anyway, so the restricted maximum aperture of this lens will not be important.

This will be much better value than buying a new lens.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 09-11-2022, 10:03 AM  
Lecht Cloud
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 54
Views: 359
I would like to nominate this photo
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 09-11-2022, 09:56 AM  
K10D User Seeking Replacement Advice
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 35
Views: 2,372
I upgraded from a K-10 to a K-5 some years ago, and have no plans to upgrade again. Its 16Mp Sony sensor is the K-5 is much better than the 10Mp Samsung sensor in the K-5 - not just for the increased resolution (16Mp) but for the much extended higher ISO performance. Also, the smaller K-5 body has a larger LCD panel and an ISO button on the top panel so that you can adjust the ISO setting without taking your eye from the viewfinder.

Regarding your lenses - the 15-30 is presumably a 'full frame' lens, and a Sigma 10-20 is an ideal replacement for use on an APS-C body like the K-10 and K-5. I have one of the old model ones, and in the UK these can now be found at great prices second hand. If funds permit, it might be worth looking for one of these too if you do a lot of landscape work. But do not buy a polarising filter to use on a 10-20 because at the wider end of the zoom the angle of view is too great for the polarising effect to work correctly. I use a circular ND graduated filter instead, for 99% of my shots.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 08-29-2022, 02:08 PM  
August 2022 competition
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 0
Views: 43


I don't know how this effect happened - part of it is probably contrails from a passenger jets at high altitude, but the rest is a mystery.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 06-02-2022, 01:56 PM  
Serene Moments
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 18
Views: 244
Excellent shot
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 05-15-2022, 12:42 PM  
Poll: Expired Contest Poll VOTE NOW - Photo Contest #188 (Urban Landscape - April 2022)
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 27
Views: 2,891
Number 8. As well as being a very atmospheric shot, it's not a 'pay and display' shot requiring travel to exotic places and spending a lot of money to do so.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 05-15-2022, 12:33 PM  
Footprints on the beach
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 6
Views: 84
A man and his dog had recently walked by, but the shot looks better without them in it. The lens focal length was 10 mm.
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 10-16-2021, 12:58 PM  
Battery Shelf Life
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 20
Views: 1,281
Surely the life expectancy of a rechargeable battery is measured in the number of recharge cycles possible before it stops holding any charge, rather than in years?
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 10-16-2021, 12:53 PM  
Poll: Expired Contest Poll VOTE NOW - Photo Contest #181 Poll (Cars, Trucks, Planes, Trains in Monochrome)
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 50
Views: 4,314
I believe that this is the most creative shot here - if I had taken it I would have a framed print on display.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 09-04-2021, 08:22 AM  
Competition september 2021
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 3
Views: 115
Former Great Western Railway locomotive 6023 King Edward II
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 05-09-2021, 01:54 PM  
Competition April 2021
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 23
Views: 386
Thank you for the nominations.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 05-09-2021, 01:39 PM  
Siena Sienna
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 57
Views: 1,122
Just like I remember it.

The view from the top of the tower in the centre of the city is amazing too.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 04-03-2021, 08:26 AM  
Competition April 2021
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 23
Views: 386
ND graduated filter used, early in the morning with low sun.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 02-02-2021, 10:24 AM  
Best of 2020
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 39
Views: 627
I would like to nominate this photo
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 01-03-2021, 02:12 PM  
Competion january 2021
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 8
Views: 239
Part of the view from my house one evening in December 2020 (it's not been a good year for travelling far).
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 06-09-2020, 01:33 PM  
Under the Daisy
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 43
Views: 880
It's the unusual viewpoint that makes this shot stand out. The lighting is perfect.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 01-12-2020, 01:27 PM  
Baby (contest 160)
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 35
Views: 1,062
Beautiful - and too good to hide away on your hard drive. It should be a large print and on display.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 12-04-2019, 04:18 PM  
Castello Eurialo, Sicily
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 26
Views: 977
I would like to nominate this photo
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 12-04-2019, 04:09 PM  
Contest #160 - December, 2019 (Open Theme)
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 6
Views: 358
Gower, South Wales, UK
Forum: Video Recording and Processing 10-09-2019, 12:37 PM  
Question on usage: K-01 + Sigma 30mm/1.4
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 7
Views: 680
I have a K-5 and a secondhand Sigma 30 mm F 1.4, but only use it for stills.
It is probably the sharpest lens I own (certainly at F 4 - F 5.6), but the focus is critical when used at F 1.4 or F 1.8 because the depth of field for close subjects is very shallow.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 10-09-2019, 12:28 PM  
In dreams
Posted By Chester UK
Replies: 37
Views: 1,285
It's unlike any of the other entries, and captures some of the character of the subject.
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