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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-14-2017, 05:48 AM
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I upgraded from the K5 to the K1. The K1 is in another dimension. The 28-105 is an amazing lens considering its price and size. What you lose in the lens you gain in the sensor size. In other words, all things being equal, a photo viewed at the same size a K1 gives better resolution as you have more pixels and you are magnifying less. So the same lens will perform better on the K1 for the same size finished photo.
I have no regrets.
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Forum: General Photography
11-11-2017, 09:36 AM
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Asking an international forum about “this dull weather” is a bit insular. Where I am, driving 20km gives me totally different weather. 15000km away, well you are in winter and I am in summer. I have not had dull weather in months.
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Forum: Pentax KP
01-29-2017, 09:32 AM
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It has wifi; you can use the app on your phone for selfies. Same as K1 which has similar screen flexibility.
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Forum: General Photography
02-04-2015, 01:00 PM
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Lady Macbeth after she received one of the first K5's.
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Forum: Pentax K-70 & KF
08-31-2016, 10:16 AM
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I know you are talking about K70, but my experience with the app on K-S2 and K1 is similar. I found that for iOS you need to connect to wifi, then start the app. For android, it's the other way round. Once connected, you can use the app to change SSID and password.
On android it failed to connect using the default SSID and password. I would then use my iPad to connect, change the SSID and password, disconnect, then connect to my android phone.
But selfies are different! Had bystanders apologising when they walked into the scene before they realised what I was doing.
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
07-29-2016, 10:16 AM
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Thanks, Northcoastgreg, you're correctly encapsulated what I was trying to express. My apologies for being a bit vague.
It has been an interesting thread. I now realise the expectation of wide angle has moved.
While UWA (8-15mm on APC) is a niche, it is one I enjoy. While I have a FA*24f2 and my Sigma 10-20 (which I can use in crop mode) I would love a FF 14mm. For UWA, manual focus is probably best..
(LBA, you cruel mistress...)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-23-2016, 12:13 PM
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I've upgraded from a K5. The K1 is not as big and heavy as I anticipated. I have to look carefully to see which camera I'm taking out the bag. As mentioned by others, I invariably switch on live view to review my photos.
With the K5's poor focus, I used the back focus button. I find my thumb cannot easily operate the back focus while my finger is on the shutter, so I have given up back focus. The auto-focus of the K1 is much better.
The shutter sound is magical.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
06-08-2016, 10:59 AM
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It's normal. If you focus on something less than 10m away, it's no better than a 135mm lens. It's due to internal focusing. However, when you focus at infinity, it is a 250mm.
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Forum: General Talk
01-13-2016, 04:29 AM
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In a social event I was chatting to an Australian diplomat. I asked him what was required for immigration to Australia. He mentioned I needed a police clearance, to which i replied "I didn't know you still needed to have a criminal record to enter Australia". He was not amused...
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
05-05-2015, 03:43 AM
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The one that comes with the 1.4x converter has an indent where the locking pin goes... although to purchase the 1.4x converter just for the body cap is expensive. But then you get a free 1.4x converter as well!!!
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Forum: General Photography
03-01-2015, 05:40 AM
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The complexity of the equivalence argument is that there are at least 6 variables in a photo: shutter speed, aperture, sensitivity, focal length, sensor size and sensor technology . There are also at least 4 effects: exposure, motion blur, depth of field and noise. Adjusting any one of the variables has an effect on the result. They are all interrelated, so to try and compare them means that one will be chasing ones tail.
What exactly is equal or equivalent? Perhaps instead of trying to get the same from each system, rather exploit the advantages.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
06-09-2014, 04:11 AM
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I have recently bought the 60-250 DA* lens and have realised that there are some aspects that just do not stand out when looking at the pure specifications.
My long lens history: first I had a cheap Sigma 70-300 lens bought in my film days when I was a student with no money. I was quite happy with it, but it was soft all round. I then got the 55-300 DA lens and, while I have taken some stunning shots with it, did not feel that it was significantly better than the Sigma, even though it was about 3 times the price. However, the 60-250 DA* on its first major outing for me has shown that it is in a different league. (and I should hope so, at its price)
Normally with all my photos, in Lightroom I increase the contrast, increase the clarity and increase the vibrance just to make the photo "pop" a bit more. With the 60-250, all I could do was crop the photo. Anything else made the photo look artificial. The photos had all the pop required. It dawned on me what people say about a lens' micro-contrast quality and all the other non-measurable qualities.
What I have realised is that good quality glass starts you off on a higher level than trying to compensate for the lack of detail. I think I have understood what people say about Pentax Pixie dust. Don't spend too much time comparing the lens specifications and ability to photograph brick walls and resolution charts - use it to take photos!
Damn this LBA!!
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
02-26-2014, 03:50 AM
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K200D with 18-135 at 135mm, f/11, 1/60sec, ISO-200. A tame squirrel in the Company Gardens in Cape Town. Visitors feed them with nuts, so they are used to getting close to people. I'm impressed with how sharp it is, given that it was hand held.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
08-31-2013, 05:07 AM
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A novice can produce a photo worthy to be called a "work of art" by fluke. An artist will consistantly produce works of art because he knows what to do to achieve it. That's the difference.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-23-2013, 04:31 AM
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Marketing since WWII has blurred the line between needs and wants. Nobody needs a better camera. What marketing and technology development has done is make the unobtainable affordable. I don't need 24MP, but chances are when my camera dies or I grow tired of my present camera and I have too much money, my next camera is likely to be 24MP or higher. At the moment 16MP suits me just fine.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-20-2012, 04:00 AM
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Whenever the camera has F--, it means that it has no communication with the lens. Either the lens is not properly mounted all the way or else the contacts are dirty. It will be pointless to select a focal length as the camera needs to read the lens to work as it is a DC lens with the focus motor onboard. Manually putting in focal length is only for manual focul lenses, AFAIK.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-23-2012, 04:00 AM
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I do not think one can outgrow a camera. You can always take amazing shots from an old camera (if it still works). There is always a higher specification camera that one can aspire to. Indeed, the change in technology means that the envelope is moving. I believe one "outgrows" a camera when a "better" model becomes affordable - either because one has more money or else the camera becomes cheaper.
Thus saying, I have "outgrown" my K200D and bought a K5 because
1. I was getting frustrated by the low light noise (high iso limit)
2. I wanted 2 wheels
3. I had the money
4. The K5 is now affordable
5. The wife allowed me to (possibly the most crucial reason...) (she now has the K200!)
As a hobby, I do not see myself "outgrowing" the K5 any time soon. I am amazed at its performance! I will probably throw a lot of money into glass before I get a new body.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-03-2012, 12:16 AM
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nostalgia is not what it used to be....
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
05-01-2012, 09:41 AM
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I think this radioactive issue is over hyped. You do realise that flying exposes you to cosmic rays; here in SA we have one nuclear reactor which has safety limits lower than the normal radiation from the granite rock of the local nudist beach.
Back to the question: The radiation is likely to affect people rather than make the camera radioactive. Even exposed to "high" levels of radioactivity (ie as part of the accident and not irradiated inside the reactor), the camera is unlikely to become radioactive. Similarly putting your chicken in the microwave does not make the food radiate microwaves when your take it out of the oven. Put another way: the level of radiation required to change the physical components of the camera to become radioactive is so high that no workers will be allowed anywhere near the factory. Or to get the camera sufficiently radioactive it will need to be stored very close to the reactor.
An analogy is the medical isotopes produced have extremely short half lives. These have been irradiated with very high levels of radioactivity to induce them to become radioactive.
Most likely the production of the cameras will be slowed down rather than the cameras will be radioactive.
Perhaps you will see clearly if your camera was radioactive - all the shots will be cloudy! To ensure it is not radioactive, take a long exposure with the lens cap on. If the photo is white, the camera is radioactive!! (sorry, I jest here)
Personally my belief is that the chances of the camera being radioactive is virtually zero. You have a higher risk of dying in a car or of Aids than of radioactive cameras...
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