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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
04-10-2024, 04:42 PM
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Disclaimer: I have had NO professional training!!
I was able to put together a few pictures I got of the eclipse into a video editor.
I'm a rookie at using this Pentax K-50, especially on an eclipse-first time. And I'm a rookie at video editing!!
Take with a grain of salt, here's my finished "rough" draft of my handy work, Enjoy:
Youtu.be
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Steve in Central Vermont
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Forum: Travel, Events, and Groups
03-24-2024, 01:39 PM
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Despite the exchange rate advantage for the USD, I'd recommend tipping in Canadian currency. It would save the recipient the hassle of going to a bank, and they'd be able to use Canadian cash immediately.
- Craig
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Forum: Sold Items
12-06-2023, 04:09 PM
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You will be happy getting your equipment from Mike!
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Forum: General Photography
11-22-2023, 08:29 AM
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I received a boxed pentaprism from Pentax after purchasing a K-3iii. Could it be that?
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-01-2021, 06:05 PM
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Which one of my lenses do you suggest ?
Only the K30 or K01 require a change to Tv shift as the youtube video explains.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
09-10-2021, 12:30 PM
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Nope, they are not dangerous. When i was working in an electronic workshop, just for the fun of it, we sometimes charged that kind of capacitors and trow them at our colleges. As a reflex they would catch them and in the process discharge them :D (i often had to run :D :D )
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Forum: Sold Items
07-09-2021, 08:17 AM
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I haven't bought anything from you yet, but when I see what I want I won't hesitate to do so - your descriptions seen quite detailed and honest compared to most that I run across.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 III
06-18-2021, 01:58 AM
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But this doesn't make sense. I can understand that certain shutter speeds potentially might cause problems, but vibrations should be independent on ISO value.
For what it is worth; I've tried the K-3 III on a reasonable sturdy tripod and even without engaging mirror lock or remote release, the camera yields sharp images (except for when horizon correction is in use).....
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Forum: Sold Items
11-25-2018, 02:42 AM
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It's an awesome idea to recycle these old camera bodies to add flavor and timeliness to any home!
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-14-2018, 03:29 PM
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That depends entirely on your expectations of the glass.
There are many lenses that show their limitations when coupled with even a lowly 10MP K10D, if the images are viewed and appraised at 100% reproduction... but when reproduced at realistic sizes, and viewed at typical distances, the images look absolutely wonderful.
A seemingly-growing problem with digital photographers is to judge the quality of a lens on its ability to produce pin-sharp results with complete lack of visible aberrations when viewed at 100% reproduction. This may have some justification for a few very specific applications, but I'd argue that it's utterly unimportant for most photographers. At the very least, it's far less important than overall rendering.
But, you need to decide what's important for you - is it test chart and 100% reproduction perfection, or enjoyable rendering for normal reproduction and viewing conditions? If the latter is important to you, it really doesn't matter what camera you choose. The K-1 will give you 35mm film field-of-view, and the lenses will perform (more-or-less) as they always did, assuming you reproduce the images at the same size.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-14-2018, 02:41 AM
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I think you might have played too much rugby league. Although too many headers in soccer/ Association football could produce the same inability to appreciate the poetry of AFL.
:)
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Forum: Pentax Forums Giveaways
06-29-2018, 10:48 AM
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This thread will open at 11am UTC on June 30th. The first 50 people to post a reply (1 entry per household) will receive one raffle entry toward the K-1. The winner will be selected at the end of the day, based on the 100 entries from this thread and the other one.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-26-2018, 01:04 AM
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I just found this thread. Great and interesting test Mike, thank you for your time and effort!
As a photographer who mostly uses AF-C I can say I totally agree with your findings. Pentax AF-C is quite capable although shooting side by side with many friends using Canonikons (I don't know anyone with Sony yet) we all know that it's not as efficient as the AF-C systems of recent action cameras from these brands. The photographer is the most important factor when we are talking about photography, but when we talk about action or sports photography where the time window for getting the shot is too short, then the man behind the camera becomes a crucial factor! :D
All these years I have found many ways to work around the AF-C restrictions of my Pentax cameras. I don't know how things (exactly) are in other brands and I don't care to be honest, as I'm pleased with my equipment! I have tested/shot cameras like the D500, D850, D750, 7DI, 7DII and 5DIV in various airshows and I have seen their advantages in some aspects. To put it simple here, a novice photographer with a D500 and a 200-500/5.6 will get three times more keepers than me with my K-1 and the DFA 150-450 and far better % of keepers as well. Does that say something? To me not really! :lol:
As time goes by everyone set his priorities, develops his style and adjusts to his equipment specifics, whether he understands that or not. I'm mainly an aviation photographer but I have long left behind the spray and pray technique. I shot small bursts of 2-3 or 3-4 pics on the special parts of a demo and save buffer and constantly reframe waiting for the next special moment (to my eyes). Next to me I hear shutters sound like machine guns and I can almost feel the heat from the XQD cards overheaitng :lol::lol:
So someone has to ask, when we all get the pictures we want what is all this fuzz about? We are talking about the most appropriate tools and the most appropriate features to make a job, in other words the tools that make it easier for the photographers to take the shot. I used to shoot with MF mirror lenses on my film cameras and later on my K-5 for so long that I have some experience that helps me get better images now with the AF equipment. If for some reason suddently all AF systems fail in an airport, I'm sure I will still get some excellent pictures on MF, even on M mode too. This is a tacit knowledge that can't be gained with the most advanced equipment and shouldn't be overlooked, especially from young photographers who think that they will get a D850 put in front of it a 500/4 and will get pictures like those they admire on the web or magazines. If you don't learn photography first and you don't practise much, you will have some random success mainly by luck.
But people look for the easy ways and tools that make things easier, especially nowadays. Does that make me an eccentric photographer that still tries to get the images he wants with an underdog like Pentax when there are companies out there offering cameras like D5, 1DX, D850, 7DII, A9 etc etc? The simple answer is no, I'm not just a stubborn guy that persists due to some kind of perversion to use Pentax and a slow camera like the K-1 for aviation photography :) I have my reasons and my style and I enjoy photography with my equipment! And most important of all I can get the pictures I always wanted to! Could things be better for me the K-1 user? Yes with a bit deeper buffer and a slightly better FPS (about 30 and 5,5FPS would be great), but I'm sure in the future I will have those features and not in the D850 price levels. Do I pay a price for not using the most advanced action cameras? Yes, more effort to get the same results under demanding conditions. An example is last year in a big airshow under bright sunlight (so ideal lighting conditions, apart from some excessive heat waves) a propeller driven plane made 2 very low passes over the runway flying at about 12-15 feet with a background of trees, so an ideal situation for some panning shots... I focused on the plane as it coming low and threw a long burst as it was passing in front of me. Even with a small aperture like f16 the airplane was OOF when it endered the busy background :eek: I had time to check that (review my pics), prefocus on the runway above which it flew during the first low pass and switch to MF. During the second pass I got a few nice photos, but not all were keepers as the plane was approaching and moving away and the distance was changing... When reviewing the photos with my pal next to me shooting D500, more than 90% of the AF-C low pass were sharp images. He got them effortless :) Why don't you buy a D500 too is the reasonable question! Because I didn't tell you the story of the same evening that we were shooting planes backlit under evening light and then we had to bring up the detail from the dark parts in PP :D Anyway, you got my point. There is NO perfect system/camera/lens! Even the D850 which has been incorporated as the perfect action (and all around) DSLR, isn't so perfect and in most cases I fail to see the IQ advantage over my K-1...
I wrote a lot, sorry I was carried away (probably because it is a rainy morning here today), but hopefully there is a point in my words to some of the fellow PF members. :lol:
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-24-2018, 01:16 PM
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Hi Matroxication,
The general principle is that you use the longest lens, as close to the subject, far way from the background and with the widest aperture as possible.
Group shots are problematic.
You can't step back to fit them in as normal, you will need to pose them with their heads close together (this is how engagement photography works). The head of the third person is best above or below the other two, not beside.
The photo can easily be unsatisfactory, because the ears or noses of the subjects may be out of focus, and indeed the eyes of all but one person, depending on how meticulous the pose is. Dropping the aperture to f4 or even f5.6 would be necessary, and this now defeats the purpose of the exercise.
You just shrug your shoulders and forget trying to blur a nearby background, you rotate everyone to get a background further away that you hope isn't bright and distracting.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-17-2018, 09:54 AM
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Did Mr Steen say micro rems per hour, per day, per year, or what? Micro rems is a measure of accumulated dose over time. not a measure of the rate of radition. Without knowing the time frame of the rate measurement, it's impossible to gauge the relative risk. (Note: other articles about this issue and Mr Steen's 15X comment seem to be consistent with it being microrems per hour)
It's also important to note the distance to the source during measurement and during your exposure to the lenses. Readings (and exposure) from half a foot away will be four times higher than readings from one foot away. And if the 170 micro rems readings on the closed ice chest where done from 1 foot away from the lenses inside, then your exposure while being 10 feet away will be only 1.7 micro rems and staying 20 feet away would reduce exposure to only 0.4 micro rems.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-07-2018, 11:41 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-04-2018, 01:51 AM
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Really appreciate the feedback Mike! Thank you very much for the detailed report.... You perfectly described airshow results that all of us that have photographed airshow know what you're talking about :lol:
I'm thinking of upgrading too, but still haven't decided what to do... I'm expecting some samples too, as I prefer viewing pictures to reading :D
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-03-2018, 12:23 PM
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Really appreciate this. Knowing this isn't your first airshow and seeing how you systematically check your photos for cause and effect gives your report a lot of credibility and is truly useful information.
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Forum: Sold Items
04-25-2018, 08:00 PM
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It's an awesome idea to recycle these old camera bodies to add flavor and timeliness to any home!
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Forum: Sold Items
02-21-2018, 07:31 PM
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Great idea, they look wonderful.
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Forum: Sold Items
11-06-2017, 09:05 PM
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Hi Mike!
Mine arrived today. Here it is on my ME Super.
Ray
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Forum: Sold Items
11-06-2017, 12:53 PM
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Forum: Sold Items
10-30-2017, 02:14 AM
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Nice one MM, keep 'em coming, I'll get one at some stage :)
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Forum: Sold Items
10-29-2017, 08:20 PM
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Those are really cool! They look beautiful!
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Forum: Sold Items
10-29-2017, 01:56 PM
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