Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-25-2018, 08:52 AM
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Okay, guys and gals, I finally took my K-1 out to shoot for real and decided to share. I took four lenses with me and am glad I did because I found a use for each of them. Below there's one photo taken with each lens.
Please be gentle...but honest. I am always looking to improve my photography so do appreciate critiques.
Dunnottar Castle - Irix 15mm f16 1/50 ISO100
Isle of Iona D FA 28-105 @ 63mm f16 1/250 ISO100
Tobermory, Isle of Mull DA* 55 f11 1/100 ISO100
Curious Puffin on Lunga in the Treshnish Isles DA* 300 f10 1/125 ISO200 |
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
02-10-2018, 10:30 AM
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GSiGuy - Thank you for your insight. I plan to have multiple types of itineraries on this trip. There will be days spent in cities and towns and days spent just taking in the natural sights. I am going to take everything except the 100 Macro to Scotland and then each day take whichever lens suits the day's activities. The 28-105 will be in the bag on every day.
As for my traveling companions (wife and closest cousin - not the same person) - this is my 50th birthday trip. They are going with me but they understand that I have specific requirements. One of those is to be able to take the time to stop and either smell the heather or photograph it (or both). My wife bought me the K-1 for my birthday with the express intent of me using it to capture wall-worthy photographs. My cousin is just the most gentle and laid back woman I know and she wouldn't get on my case if I want to take time to setup a nice shot. She'd just find a way to enjoy the moment herself :-) zahnski - Thank you. You're right. The 28-105 will be good for a rainy Scotland. I have purposely bought WR lenses in the other focal lengths too (hence the reason I bought the Irix 15mm Blackstone instead of Firefly). My gear and I will be ready for the weather no matter what it throws at us :-)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
02-07-2018, 03:44 PM
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I finally got my DA*300 so I've been playing. Here are two I got with the new lens that didn't suck as bad as the others. First Esme, the master of all she surveys and then Winston Douglas (son o' Hamish Douglas d'Squirrel).
FF Mode f4 @ 1/40 ISO 3200
FF Mode f4.5 @ 1/50 ISO 1600
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
02-01-2018, 10:03 AM
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Hi y'all,
Aside from my introduction thread, this is my first post because I've been busy reading the myriad threads on the site relating to just about everything. The net is I now have things less figured out than I did before I started reading :lol:
I did learn that this site is absolutely the worst possible place to hang out if you don't want to spend money on camera gear. I was going to try to live with my 28-105 for awhile but my love of spending money took over and I ended up grabbing an Irix 15mm Blackstone, D FA 100 WR Macro and D* 300 f4 (I spread it out over a week so it didn't look too excessive :confused:). And now I see that the AF540GZ II flash is on sale at B&H for $469.95 so it looks like I'm going to have to spend even more money :o
Part of my travels on this site (the overlapping lens thread) have me questioning whether or not I should take just my primes with me on my trip to Scotland in May and leave the 28-105 home to save space in the camera bag. I will be taking a trip to Staffa and Lunga to see birds and other sea life (with luck) and then I'll be photographing landscapes, villages and ancient sites in the Highlands and Islands as well. I honestly believe I won't need my 28-105 but part of me is thinking, "But what if you want that shot at 28mm or 50mm instead of 15mm. What do y'all think?
The other question I've been researching here is grad ND filters. I've got a mass of filters but this forum has helped me realize that if I'm going to go for a grad ND, I should really look at something like a 100x150mm Lee system (to cover my Irix 15mm). I was ready to purchase a set and then I read a couple of comments (I'll paraphrase), "The grad ND isn't really necessary now that I have my K-1," and "I can do this in my camera so I don't really need to carry the grad ND now."
So...I get the reason behind using the filters but I am not yet so familiar with my K-1 that I understand how it can help me overcome the inevitable bright sky dark foreground situation. Can anyone enlighten me? I shoot RAW and am not ascared of fixing things in post (I have Photoshop Elements but will likely be getting Lightroom).
Sorry for the rambling. I've been reading a lot and not talking a lot so it's all coming out at once :fedup:
Cheers,
John
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-18-2018, 07:46 PM
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Thank you. I already love it :-) ---------- Post added 01-18-18 at 08:47 PM ----------
Thank you.
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