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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 01-21-2021, 09:45 PM

Post your K-1 pictures!
Posted By Skewed

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with D-FA 15-30

Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 11-06-2020, 05:19 PM

Autumn Gold
Posted By Skewed

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Views: 174

Aspens in the High Sierra

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 05-17-2020, 08:47 PM

New APS-C is
Posted By Skewed

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If I had your arsenal and subject preferences, I wouldn't have switched to the D500. But my activity has changed from (almost) exclusively landscapes to moving critters, some of them quite small. I can hand-hold the D500 with Tamron 100-400 f/4.5-6.3 VC quite effectively and nail the focus most of time, but admittedly not in dim light. Still, this rig only cost $2,300. Here's a shot taken in good light.

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 05-17-2020, 09:14 AM

New APS-C is
Posted By Skewed

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Views: 86,155

I bought a D500 five months ago to replace my K3 and I'm wondering why I waited so long. But I've kept my K-1 for landscape.

Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals 03-21-2020, 08:41 PM

THAT is the future
Posted By Skewed

Replies: 37
Views: 2,940

Very true. I still have a little sports car (Triumph Spitfire) but that's a toy that sits in the garage most of the time. My wife and I both own and drive SUVs, because we often drive in snow and on rough gravel roads. I'm a volunteer photographer/docent for a land trust in the High Sierra, and I set up car pools for people who drive sedans to the meeting place.

My hiking rig is a K-1 with D-FA 28-105, but for planned landscape shoots I use the K-1 with the D-FA 15-30. For wildlife I use my Nikon D500 with Tamron 100-400. Given the vagaries of weather and wildlife behavior, I never know very far in advance when a particular equipment combo will be needed, so renting wouldn't work for me.

Forum: Pentax Full Frame 02-23-2020, 05:32 PM

Wide angle decision
Posted By Skewed

Replies: 54
Views: 6,385

While I haven't used the primes mentioned in this thread, I have used the 20-35 and 12-24 on my K3. The 20-35 is great in good light, as is the 12-24. Backlight challenges both lenses, the 12-24 being a fringe monster.

I also use the 15-30 with my K1, carrying the combo on my chest in a harness for tight quarters and shooting into the sun. Backlit images from the 15-30 just glow, with very little flare or ghosting. This lens also produces great sunstars without a filter.

But would I buy the 15-30 to use with a K3? No. It's too heavy and costly for an effective 24mm field of view.

Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 02-21-2020, 05:52 PM

North Rim - Grand Canyon
Posted By Skewed

Replies: 28
Views: 979

Looking West at the North Rim

Forum: Pentax Full Frame 02-16-2020, 02:38 PM

Poll: Why did you go full frame?
Posted By Skewed

Replies: 323
Views: 24,519

And to make radical crops, if needed.

Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 01-24-2020, 07:48 PM

Third party / original manufacturer branded lens questions
Posted By Skewed

Replies: 38
Views: 3,026

Agree 100% with Northcoastgreg. My DFA 15-30 leads me to seek out backlight. It produces sharp sunstars at f/16-22 with no noticeable diffraction or flare. Color is just gorgeous.

Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 11-01-2019, 05:18 PM

Blue Hour on SF Bay
Posted By Skewed

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Views: 252

Blue Hour on SF Bay

Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 11-01-2019, 03:39 PM

Baltic Sunset
Posted By Skewed

Replies: 8
Views: 308