Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
06-02-2021, 12:30 PM
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Salisbury Cathedral exterior shot with K-1 using 12mm Laowa, HDR with 8 second base exposure
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-15-2021, 02:11 PM
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I was thinking of some of the new Sigma primes (14/20/28mm, all way too heavy for multi-day hikes)... I'd be replacing the M20/4 (150g), so everything seems gigantic!
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
03-27-2021, 02:16 PM
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Given that it appears that the D FA 21 Limited might be years away, and that there appears to be no activity on developing a new FF body, I'm back to shopping other brands and have noticed just what you've posted - Sony, Sigma, and Fuji are blowing everyone else away in development and fielding truly exciting new cameras and lenses. Take a look at the Fuji GFX 100s - 100MP body that's not much larger than Pentax K1, great lenses... Same with Sigma fp L camera (with Leica mount)... and of course Sony is blowing everyone else away.
It's looking more and more like I'm going to be placing my Pentax K1 in the curio cabinet with my: Asahi Pentax AP, Asahi Pentax S, Asahi Pentax K, S1, S2, S3, SV, H3, H1a, Spotmatic, Spotmatic II, Spotmatic F, KM, KX, ME, MX,... and a host of wonderful old Takumar lenses (20-30)... at some point you realize that it's time to move on. I'll keep the old cameras in my collection, but I truly feel that Pentax is just becoming too slow and too far behind for it to make sense to continue, sad to say.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
03-28-2021, 10:07 PM
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I think this started as "It's starting to look like the 21mm D FA isn't going to be released any time soon, major disappointment", to "It's looking like Pentax might not deliver several products as promised", to "Maybe I should start looking for another manufacturer that can deliver as promised", to "What are all the options"... Regardless, well off topic. Sorry for my piece of that..
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-15-2021, 12:26 PM
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As a longtime/dedicated Pentax user, I'm a little ashamed to admit that I'm just now finding out about this release - somehow this flew under my radar.
I literally have one of almost every Pentax screwmount camera made (including Pentax S), have most every lens up until the FA plastics... and currently am shooting with K1/K3/K5 iis. I mention this back story because I spent the weekend shopping for Sony a7R iv / a7R iii cameras and lenses- precisely because I don't feel that the available Pentax UWA (specifically 20mm) FF lenses really support the K1 36Mp focal plane. Before shopping for Sony over the weekend, I retested my Pentax 20mm lenses and confirmed that they're very sharp in the center, but very soft in the corners on FF (at f/8 'sweet spot'). I shoot a lot of UWA images, interiors, architecture, and while hiking. Many\most successful UWA shots utilize foreground objects to create interest, sense of scale, etc, so soft corners will ruin a large percentage of otherwise well-composed images. Maybe I have unique needs, but for me, this lens is literally the difference between abandoning Pentax and staying the course (that I've been on for 40 years).
For interiors, I already have an excellent Venus\Laowa 12mm f/2.8, so I would use this 21mm primarily for hiking (where 12-14mm is just too wide). Since I'd be carrying this on my back for many miles, I'd not only welcome, but will be elated, if it is f/4 versus 2.8! The world really doesn't need any more big, heavy UWA f/1.8 primes.
Now, if the Sony 61Mp sensor makes it into the next Pentax FF, I'll be set for the next decade or so!
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