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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-29-2022, 08:24 AM
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I bought this lens and am very impressed with its sharpness. It is the sharpest wide angle macro I have used across various brands.
The problem I am experiencing is the Chromatic Abberation. This lens has a huge problem dealing with White/Black contrast, on things like package barcodes, for example. I do alot of product photography and many of my product shots have green or purple fringing in the high contrast areas where the colors white/black or dark brown/white meet.
I have turned the CA adjustment on in my K70 camera body, but it doesn't control the CA.
Any advice?
And by comparison, is the 50mm f2.8 macro lens better at dealing with CA as compared to the 35mm f2.8 macro that I have?
Thank you for any help you can provide.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
09-25-2020, 01:51 PM
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Amazon Canada carries the KP, the K70, the K1 and even the ricoh street shooter (cant remember the name of that one), and they also carry most of the lenses etc. When I say carry, I am referring to IN STOCK items that Amazon Canada will ship out the door next day.
No way that lineup would be stocked and ready to go if it only comprised less than 1% of the total photography market.
Btw, did you folks know that Canon's entry level camera, the T100, has a fixed diopter OVF? Yes, it does. You cant adjust the OVF viewer if you have eyesight that doesnt correspond to what Canon thinks is acceptable.
And secondly, did you folks know that Canon's new mid range cameras have been crippled by having the flash pins removed in order to force Canon owners to buy flash lights from Canon itself. Canon actually removed the pin so 3rd party flash strobes wont work. And if you end up buying a Canon flash unit, in Canada at least, the cost is north of $250. If you want a Canon Macro flash strobe setup, you are looking at close to $1,000 in extra costs.
I bough a T100 on sale but returned it when I realized I couldnt see through the OVF and I couldnt adjust it either.
For the Canon fanboys out there, or fangirls, it amazes me that you shooters put up with that. If Pentax did the same, the company would be ridiculed left and right.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
08-21-2020, 07:26 PM
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Another point I wanted to make, that I might not have made well enough or completely enough, is that the review number on the Pentax 50mm F1.8 lens on Amazon totals 786 reviews by customers who have purchased that Pentax lens. By comparison, the Canon 50mm F1.8 review total is 4,972.
So, as a ratio, Canon gets 6.3 reviews for every 1 Pentax review.
Now, if Canon owns 45 percent of the market, that would mean Pentax probably owns 6.3 times less marketshare, going by the 50mm F1.8 demand between the two companies So, that would put Pentax's market share at just over 7%.
I realize my analysis isnt complete, nor scientific, but looking at the review and demand numbers on Amazon is a decent barometer to go by, imho. Especially since we are reviewing the demand for the most popular lens - 50mm F1.8.
And dont forget that Pentax gets more money from their 50mm than does Canon, in that the Pentax is usually priced at 10% higher than the same offering from Canon. A higher price will cut demand all things being equal, but Pentax still holds 7% even with the higher listed pricing. That's impressive.
If Pentax went Toe to Toe with Canon on pricing for camera bodies, lenses and camera packages, I think Pentax could capture more market share and hit closer to 10%.
On Amazon, a KS2 is going for $807 Canadian, but the Canon equivalent SL2 is going for $128 less at $679. If Pentax put the KS2 at $679, sales would increase dramatically. Even the SL3 is listed at $40 cheaper than the Pentax KS2. Pentax gets a Premium on their gear from buyers because the quality and performance is superior to Canon, imho. That's worth something.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
08-19-2020, 02:04 PM
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I watch Amazon.ca inventory of Pentax on a daily basis. And every day, the inventory gets adjusted down for virtually all the Pentax cameras listed. People, even in Canada, are buying Pentax and the inventory can go from 6 or 7 units down to Out of Stock in less than 1 week. Then you think about the fact that Canada doesnt even represent 1 percent of the worlds population, and Canadians arent even heavy photography users. Yet despite all this, almost every camera store and dept store (online) business sells Pentax.
It just doesnt make sense to talk about Pentax as being a blip. No company could survive by just being a blip.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
08-19-2020, 05:34 AM
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I dont believe those numbers are accurate because Olympus isnt even listed and Panasonic is much more popular than that list suggests, imho.
This poll is probably no more accurate than the group of 2016 Presidential polls that had Hillary winning in a landslide.
And if Pentax really had such low marketshare, Amazon, Best Buy, B&H, Adorama and others wouldnt even offer the camera for sale, at all. But of course, they do because more than a blip of camera shooters buy it.
Just look at the used market for Pentax gear. In Canada, where I live, Pentax cameras are popular in the Legto, Kijiji online classified sites.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-09-2019, 03:39 PM
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Today, I picked up a group of camera items I won from an online auction. Amongst the items,I discovered there was a point and shoot camera. I love point and shoot cameras because many of them can take great macro shots, especially product photography shots, for next to nothing in terms of dollar cost. Alot cheaper than buying a Macro lense of course.
So, I saw the point and shoot camera in the lot I won, and it happens to be a Pentax Optio E40 - 8 MP camera. I didnt think it was going to be so great because the camera is more than 10 years old and only is capable of 8 MP. Now, I know MP doesnt = great photos, but I stil thought it wasn't going to be great being that it is quite old and 'primative' as far as point and shoot cameras go.
I just got home about 1 hour ago, starting taking some photos with it and was BLOWN AWAY at the quality of pictures this little camera produces!!!
I was thinking to myself: 'If a 10+ year old Pentax point and shoot can take pictures this good, imagine what an APS-C Pentax produced in the past couple of years is able to do.
So, I searched google for Pentax forums, found this forum and have now joined.
Regards
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