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Forum: Post Your Photos!
12-10-2022, 04:12 PM
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At the end of a photo trip to the Black Forest, when driving home, I suddenly saw the sun coming down on that hill...
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
09-27-2022, 08:27 AM
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I think, before we hold it in our hands, there will be two years of announcements.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
12-29-2021, 12:19 PM
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I've joined the competition. The 21 Ltd would well match the 31mm, 43mm and 77mm.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
12-29-2021, 12:15 PM
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So far, I use the spot AF and target the eye. Mostly, it works. Of course, re-composing after focussing bears the risk of losing focus. Also, through the viewfinder, you do not really see whether the camera focusses on the eye ore the eyebrow. You can only verify it after the shot. When my model wore glasses, the AF grabbed the frame as perfect target, it was not possible to focus on the eye. For portraits, there is a clear advantage of mirrorless cameras with eye-AF. They can also handle moving targets, with focus following the eye, while Pentax can handle only static portraits.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-29-2021, 11:58 AM
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K-1 with 5.6/400mm, f11, 1/500s
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-29-2021, 11:47 AM
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Of course some people would like to have a 2.8/400mm or 4.0/600mm, and some remember the times when Pentax really offered them. But since then, Pentax has become a very small manufacturer. The stop for the 560mm lens showed, that there are not enough customers, and a 4/600mm would be much more expensive. Most customers for such lenses are professionals, and Pentax is not in that segment. Nikon and Canon are, and Sony wants to enter it. I guess, Pentax came to the conclusion, that the 150-450mm lens, together with the K3M3 as an Extender, covers practically all of the amateur market.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-29-2021, 11:00 AM
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I am wondering whether I should buy the 21mm Ltd or the 15-30mm. I see very impressive photographs taken with 15mm, and the 21mm would be just the middle of the zoom range. On Black Friday sales, the 15-30mm came down to the 21mm, but I was undecisive yet. What could be the advantage, beside weight, of choosing the 21mm Ltd?
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Forum: General Photography
12-29-2021, 05:42 AM
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Nothing big this year, I had to recover from last year, almost bought the 21mm on Black Friday sales. OK, something small: Some film rolls. I inherited (so no purchase) a 6x9 camera which I have to try out now.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
12-26-2021, 06:13 AM
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The KP may be a good camera, but if you already have the K1, you should think on system level. It is certainly an advantage to have the same batteries for all your stuff. Adding an APS body to an FF equipment, is not a bad idea, I myself consider it for me, too. First, you have a back-up camera, second, a better tele-converter.
KP: D-Li109
K3: D-Li90
K1: D-Li90
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
12-25-2021, 02:02 PM
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Nobody knows the strategy of Pentax. For the APS line, they have just done something. A new K1M3 could be a FF version of the K3M3, hopefully keeping the flexible display and the GPS receiver. What will they do with the 645Z? A new model with the same sensor is impossible, currently it is just equal to the small Fuji model GFX50s. An upgrade should be about 100MP then, but do they have the lenses for that? As Fuji started its MF line only a few years ago, all of their lenses are new designs.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-27-2021, 01:53 AM
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Currently I am using the K-1 as my only digital camera, and I am very happy with it in general. Only sometimes I wish more focal length, for which an APS camera could work. In the telephoto area, it could help to pick the special detail out of the scene, like the tiles in the shown photo. In the macrophoto area, it would help to keep distance by changing my 100mm lens to effectively 150mm. For macrophotos, the K-70 would be even better than the new K-3 because it has the turnable display.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
08-10-2021, 09:20 AM
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That is exactly the target group that does not go with a tripod - my opinion.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
07-18-2021, 12:50 PM
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working on Sundays is forbidden, but....
BR Nuftur
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-18-2021, 12:44 PM
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We must consider, that Pentax has become a very small company. They can do only one step after the next, and they still have three fields: APS, FF, and MF. FF got the very good 50mm and 85mm star lenses, APS now got the K3M3 and the appropriate 16-50mm star lens in the same year. I am pleased, as this shows that Pentax is still investing. Only the MF seems to be neglected. Perhaps they were fully occupied with the mentioned parts in APC and MF.
BR, Nuftur
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-18-2021, 12:20 PM
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Is this a serious question? In all situations, where you do not want to reduce reflections, it only takes almost two stops, either in time or in aperture.
BR Nuftur
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
07-18-2021, 12:05 PM
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And - how well did the eye tracking work?
BR Nuftur
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
07-18-2021, 05:40 AM
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Welcome!
I have been using an MZ5 for many years, and after playing with my new K-1 only after I bought it, I now start again with film, at least sometimes. Its a different feeling. You have prepare more thoroughly, you cannot simply shoot and see the result and apply corrections immediately, and meanwhile exposure bracketing is also expensive.
Have fun!
Nuftur
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-18-2021, 05:26 AM
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I always use a hood. Not only against the sun, it also seems that less dust falls on the lens, if you have a big hood.
BR Nuftur
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-18-2021, 05:20 AM
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I would say macro lenses must be good, because if you do any repro with them, distortion, lack of flatness etc would become visible. And moderate apertures help to achieve that.
BR Nuftur
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
07-18-2021, 05:07 AM
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I am happy that this lens appears, although I will not buy it (because I use FF) as it shows, that Pentax is still investing.
BR Nuftur
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
02-11-2021, 05:53 AM
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Got it fixed!
The trick is, to apply the same procedure, using the same cables, just on another computer, running on the same O/S.
I'm sorry that I cannot explain it,
BR Nuftur
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
02-10-2021, 01:12 PM
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My computer runs with W10 and has all updates.
I have changed various cables and connectors.
I have also uninstalled the Metz SW and re-installed it, and restarted the computer.
Nothing works.
BR Nuftur
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
02-10-2021, 12:11 PM
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Hallo,
I would like to update the firmware of my Metz flashes M400 and 64 AF-1.
I have downloaded and installed the updater sw from Metz.
Unfortunately the process stops already by that the computer does not see the flashes as a USB device.
I have tried several cables already, on different ports, but nothing helps. And as long as the computer does not see the USB device, the updater also says "no compatible device found", of course.
What is the trick?
Many thanks,
Nuftur
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-25-2020, 05:41 AM
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Hallo,
so far I thought, IPA would be a good means for cleaning lens surfaces. In the instructions for my latest lens (85mm), Pentax write to "never use any organic solvent such as thinner, alcohol, or benzine, etc. to remove dust on the lens". Is this said only to avoid that people use by mistake one of the aggressive ones, or ist IPA indeed also not usable? I believed, IPA is the ideal solvent - removing fat, not aggressive, not water, not leaving traces. I hope, I did not damage coatings in the past.
Many thanks for your opinion,
Nuftur
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
12-14-2020, 01:23 PM
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