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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-06-2022, 03:46 AM
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The TCs have not arrived yet since there are no lenses that really benefit from a TC. Only *70-200 would benefit, *200/*300 could require an update before you fit a TC and 150-450 looks quite dark with any TC. Yes, you can want to combine a 77ltd with 2x TC, but don’t wonder if Pentax does not listen to you.
Just my opinion. The good thing here is that Pentax is likely to upgrade some lenses or present new glass with new TC(s).
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
12-17-2021, 07:01 PM
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Cheaper than a lot of things really. I tell my wife to be happy I'm not into skiing.
I don't mind a slower tele. Always nice to have the ability to go fast of course, but then, I often find that I don't have sufficient depth of field even at 5.6 on a very long lens - a small bird very close up tends to push things a bit. Camera sensors are getting pretty good at high ISO now.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-30-2021, 08:53 AM
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No ... 6
Have Fun Everyone
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-27-2021, 06:14 AM
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Manual focus DSLR. Why not? A manual focus FF camera with superb viewfinder and compact body (no AF assembly in the bottom of the body. No motor for driving AF lenses) would be a superb camera, albeit niche, for landscape photographers or those who just prefer manual focus. I would certainly be tempted....
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
05-13-2021, 02:49 AM
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I get the impression that many people have bad things to say about Pentax cameras until they see them in action, hold them in their hands or see what they can produce.
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
04-14-2020, 12:58 AM
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K1 is the final evolution step of Pentax camera technology. It offers a great wealth of features even 4 years after release. The next cameras require some serious improvements as well as new features under Ricoh management. From what we have seen from K-new, the AF controller isin place, AF module can only be better... Even some lenses are promised. The process is slow, but the longer we are waiting, the sooner it will arrive.
Let’s hope Pentax is ready when covid-19 is fading out and people are coming back to buy new gear. K-new and the DFA 85 would be perfect in summer. K1-new and more glass in 2021 will make an impression.
Let’s hope Ricoh is doing ok these days, sticking to the Pentax (internal) roadmap.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-13-2019, 12:34 PM
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That was the same year I got my first Pentax - an ME SE. Unfortunately, I had to dump it a few years later when it got damp at Niagara and was never the same. It had 'proven itself' by then, so I got the "Super Program" on the left of my signature photo.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-24-2020, 02:27 AM
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In addition, yes. As a replacement, no.
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Forum: Visitors' Center
09-24-2019, 03:34 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
11-24-2019, 10:52 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
11-14-2019, 08:17 PM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-11-2019, 04:55 AM
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I wish they can make a retro cam with that size and looks like that MX you're holding.
My tendinitis hurts. I beginning to need something lighter. :o:o:o
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-09-2019, 10:08 AM
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… And the fabulous "live spectacle" from Pierre-Anthony ALLARD, former Arts Director in Studio Harcourt, Paris
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KP JL + DA 14mm
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-09-2019, 02:47 PM
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This guy reminds me of somebody. :lol:
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-10-2019, 05:27 PM
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-09-2019, 06:29 PM
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We go to the San Antonio Zoo monthly, so at first I thought you were reporting a sighting of me :lol:
If you were, it would have went something like, "I saw some crazy guy juggling three older Pentax bodies and more lenses than a professional wedding kit testing all his gear on an impatient flamingo while his family rolled his eyes and pretended not to know him." :p
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-30-2019, 01:27 PM
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
05-14-2019, 11:25 PM
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I upgraded from K5 to K1ii and use mainly older manual lenses. It's great to be able to use these lenses as they were designed. Most noteworthy difference is in wide open performance. With many lenses on APSC I tried to avoid it. With FF I love it. Large censor squeesh out the best of limited sharpness and boosts the bokeh.
With APSC I mainly shot from stopped down to f8. With most lenses there was no gain in going to f11. With K1ii I have a lot more to choose from and go comfortably from wide open to f16. Due to shallower DOF it's sometimes needed to for smaller apertures than with APSC, but the drop in sharpness is not that visible, so it's no problem.
When I compare my shots with K1ii to ones taken with K5 it's clearly visible that there is more detail and finesse in the shots. Everything looks just a little bit better.
As I don't do wildlife, I like the view angle FF provide. My lens lineup feels more usable with it.
I don't see much use for my old bodies at the moment. They don't provide any more reach than K1ii in crop mode and I rarely need that. There are some occasions where I need more bodies, as there is no time and weather doesn't really allow lens changes, but i wish I had more FF bodies to take with me. I bought K1ii with thought that it would be my camera for a long time, but might end up getting also the next FF model or the one after that depending on censor improvements.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
03-02-2019, 07:13 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-16-2018, 01:49 AM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-16-2018, 01:39 AM
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What a load of... (ahem... be nice, Mr. K!) nonense!
"Like it or not"? Nobody's entitled to decide for the entire market; , "you must have this and only this".
On the contrary, it's the market which decides the DSLR's continuous survival - in other words, "like it or not" is the deciding factor.
And despite the desperate mirrorless propaganda, DSLRs continue to be more popular than MILCs. People like them a lot.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-09-2018, 02:11 PM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-18-2018, 05:07 AM
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What do you mean by "they will require an adapter". All of the F mount lenses from film era I used dating back to 1959 worked just fine (some with a slight modification) on my D300s and to my knowledge still work just fine on D7xxx and higher series cameras (tho havent tested it cause i dont shoot Nikon any more).
Pentax K mount was introduced in 1975 so there were no "K mount lenses from 1950's".
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-03-2018, 12:09 AM
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Mine arrived in the mail today. I need to wash them before I wear them. But they look great.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-26-2018, 10:55 AM
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How can you say that?
What other DSLR delivers both tripod & hand-held pixel shift, astrotracer, composition adjustment, and 5-axis stabilization? Oh and then there's the rugged body, weather resistance, awesome multi-way tilting LCD, body illumination, added control wheels, and night-mode LCD. Finally, there's extremely high sensor performance at a modest price.
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