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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
10-11-2022, 08:45 AM
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Sorry folks, I often use my own personal abbreviations for cameras. It's an A7 mark 2, A7ii - or for me an alpha/seven/beta :eek:
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
10-08-2022, 10:42 AM
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I swapped an e-m1 and a few little-used lenses for an a7b, should be fun with my K' 28/50/85/135, 17-28 fisheye and their 28-70 kit. Thanks for showing off your photon grabs here!
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-20-2022, 08:57 PM
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Stormtrooper in a coal mine? Didn't we have an all-black one in recent flicks? Hm maybe that's the kiwi rugby team camera.. man I've confused myself now :eek:
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
09-03-2022, 02:05 PM
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I did the exact same thing. Sadly the hired help could not show me how to make my M40/2.8 work with the camera - so I spent a year and some amazing 2009 scenery on a "sony" A200 before rejoining the K-team.
But by then I'd traded the M40 for Alpha gear :(
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
08-28-2022, 09:18 PM
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My brother has hiked in the Sawtooth area a few times. I'm more of a Wind River / Sierra guy. I really should learn to hike closer to home. :eek:
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
08-20-2022, 03:06 PM
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Think technical vs. artistic and you're in the ballpark. Art is more subjective and technicalities can be measured.
Excellence really is subjective with Pentax :)
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Forum: General Talk
06-22-2022, 06:33 PM
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Picked up a Pentax strap with clips
for my K-s2. Once upon a time I had matching clips attached to my backpack frame, it worked nicely.. sure hope I can find them!
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Forum: Pentax K-01
05-02-2022, 12:56 PM
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Wonder what firmware his body has. AF definitely improved with firmware, but reviewers seldom did a follow-up to improve the tarnished reputation.
No doubt the K-02 with a stacked 26Mpx sensor would be amazing, with vertical EVF in place of flash a la TLR design, and on-sensor PDAF and/or Z9 shutterless design with a mess of internal memory for speedy sensor readout. Sorry Robin, to use K-mount lenses it has to be ~dSLR size; also check out the G9 and GH5+ if you think the K-01 is "too big".
Makes me think of seeking a panda again - dam u RW! :o
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Forum: General Talk
03-23-2022, 02:23 PM
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Got an EX k-5iiS body. Feels nice to have a familiar 5-series in hand again!
Also a zs100 for pocket carrying, and an xt-100 for future-proofing. Nothing released until recently in Fuji has wr+ibis, and none available used <$1k - but this will do. Bayer array, 2x tilt touchscreen, dslr not trendy "retro" ergnomics. That's my style :)
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
03-23-2022, 02:02 PM
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I'm future-proofing my kit with an xT100 (again) and TtArtisan 17+35 plus smc 50/ 85/ 135/ 200. Not much apsc mirrorless out there, and sadly fX not PK is attracting 3rd party interest now that the fX mount is 'open source'.
Maybe in a year or so I'll expand it, but this is a decent foot in the door until the k-01ii magically appears 😉
The 17/1.4 is in the new titanium shade which might match the dark-silver t100 (x-tC in roman) while the 35/1.4 is bright silver.. that's one way to tell 'em apart!
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Forum: General Talk
02-05-2022, 12:15 AM
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-27-2022, 10:37 PM
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Given my motley lineup with many 3rd party curiosities, I shan't torment folks with it. Well, not this week..
😄
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
01-22-2022, 10:01 AM
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The focus-limiter concept is a big selling point for eM1 markii/iii, where it is incorporated into the AF system. Any AF lens can play that way!
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
01-21-2022, 06:01 PM
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I'm still a big fan of the TTArtisan 17/1.4. Focuses faster than the 20.. :p
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-21-2022, 01:02 PM
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Thanks for the demo.
I've owned several copies of the 3.5 and appreciated them. Great tiny tele on Micro43 bodies. My most recent copy is quite good wide open so perhaps I'm finally done letting them go!
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Forum: Pentax KP
01-19-2022, 05:46 PM
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This is why I am not a side-flip-screen fan. Flip-twist rather than simple tilt.. does not sound like much, but I really prefer the screen behind not beside the camera.
Now a screen hinged on top? I'd be OK with that, with subsequent twist or not, as the screen is still centered on the body for ideal TLR mimicry.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-18-2022, 09:54 PM
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Greetings from southwest Washington state, USA! My dad was a Meath man, my mom's dad from county Cavan.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-15-2022, 04:18 PM
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Every brand has this. Micro43 has been out 10 years, but good luck counting the number of 42.5+45mm offerings.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-14-2022, 11:43 PM
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FYI.. I put the 18-50re on my k-1 and shot in square mode. Image width is equivalent to 28mm or slightly wider, with no vignette. WR and silent focus are nice, but full sensor shots vignette to ~30mm.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-14-2022, 10:49 AM
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The A20 is out there also, at f/2.8. I'd prefer the 20mm in some form but for now the F17-28 fisheye is holding down that spot. It's quite decent, and when shot with horizon centered it can do nice landscapes.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
01-04-2022, 10:51 PM
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One reason I've sought out TTArtisan lenses in the past is that they give excellent results on μ43/fuji with no corrections applied. That's also why I returned to Pentax - to use lenses in a system where such corrections are optional.
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Forum: Homepage & Official Pentax News
12-31-2021, 08:50 PM
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Thanks team! Right back at ya, and all here :)
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-31-2021, 08:00 PM
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We'll see if I can keep up. Hm, K-1 + da35 Limited macro sounds worth exploring!
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
12-31-2021, 06:11 PM
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I've gone with the most expensive of both worlds: bought a ks2 (dead), a k100d donor, then a k-1. Somewhere behind the pile I hear a k-7 whining.. :^˘
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
12-31-2021, 04:09 PM
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DSLR is as dead as a Monty Python skit actor.
Think I'll go for a walk. With my camera!
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