Forum: General Talk
08-26-2021, 11:02 AM
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It feels very similar to my IBM Model F AT keyboard (which happens to be a somewhat rarer version of a somewhat rare series of keyboards). Also similar to the original Model F boards, it is very spendy. I actually paid for this keyboard in January of 2016, and it's taken this long to get manufacturing to the same level of over-engineering as in the 1980s.
Unlike the much more common IBM Model M keyboards, the Model F boards use capacitive switches, rather than a membrane for the key matrix. This difference makes the feel of the Model F more crisp than the Model M, and I think the Model F has a slightly lighter actuation force (amount of pressure to press the key).
This is a fairly noisy, heavy (the case is two solid pieces of some zinc alloy), and very high quality keyboard. On the downsides, the layout is nonstandard, with the function keys requiring pressing a separate key and the number keys, for example.
In short, I like it, and I'm glad I payed for it long enough ago that I don't remember spending the money.
In general, computer keyboards (and mechanical keyboards) are quite a deep subject, and It's very difficult to describe how a keyboard feels to someone else.
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Forum: General Talk
08-26-2021, 08:07 AM
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A new Model F keyboard.
Basically the end of 5 years of waiting for a recreation of an expensive, overbuilt computer keyboard from the 80s.
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Forum: Pentax K-S1 & K-S2
04-27-2021, 11:31 AM
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A few photos from a business trip to San Francisco in July 2017 (And yes the sensor spots...):
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Forum: General Talk
09-09-2020, 06:18 AM
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Wait, you can reuse the retail canisters?
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-08-2020, 06:55 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
06-25-2020, 07:13 AM
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- Nikon Nikkormat FT2
- Micro-Nikkor 55/3.5
- Kodak Ektachrome 100
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-25-2020, 07:11 AM
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- Nikon Nikkormat FT2
- Micro-Nikkor 55/3.5
- Kodak Ektachrome 100
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Forum: General Talk
11-11-2019, 08:23 AM
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Why give away your color film? I would think that even it it "expires" before you use it, it will work predictably.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-28-2019, 08:58 AM
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It was in reference to the K-S1, which I agree is a great camera for its price and market segment, but would normally just be stuck with it's kit lens :p
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-28-2019, 08:29 AM
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It's almost weird to use such an expensive lens on such a cheap camera...
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Forum: Pentax K-S1 & K-S2
10-21-2019, 11:23 AM
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Yeah, M42 lenses are actually nicer to work with than K/M lenses.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-17-2019, 06:49 AM
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I really like the depth you captured.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-17-2019, 06:46 AM
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-15-2019, 01:04 PM
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I'm really fond of Fuji C200. It's cheap, it has nice color, and it's pretty easy to get.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-15-2019, 07:40 AM
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The SF10 is a great outdoors body, but yeah, the autofocus and adjustments are lacking.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-15-2019, 07:36 AM
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That last balloon is hilarious!
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Forum: General Talk
10-14-2019, 08:03 AM
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I have the same thought about the camera...it's probably worth more to the original owner than they will ever get for it...
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-14-2019, 07:58 AM
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That sounds like good advice.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-14-2019, 07:57 AM
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And one of them that killed manual focus SLRs in general...
If the manual focus one is just as unreliable, why not get the auto-focus one? :p
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
10-14-2019, 07:56 AM
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-08-2019, 10:32 AM
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The structure of unearthed ancient cities almost makes that plausible...
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-08-2019, 07:48 AM
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Until you have to move all said cameras, and still haven't unpacked all of them...
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-07-2019, 12:41 PM
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Focus on a mirror is always somewhat tricky, though.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
10-07-2019, 11:54 AM
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Somehow I doubt blue hair and lipstick is historically accurate....
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