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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
09-21-2020, 09:40 AM
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One from this morning. Fall foliage is just getting going here.
645D & FA 80-160
 IMGP7492-Edit by Matt Burt, on Flickr
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
07-27-2020, 02:55 AM
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First test shot with the original lens that came with my Crown Graphic. It had a sticky shutter when I got it so I wasn't using it. But I finally sent the lens in for a CLA. Here Mr. Steller's Jay posed for peanuts.
Crown Graphic, Schneider Xenar 135/4.7, FP4+, D-23
Steller's Jay by tuco, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
07-14-2020, 05:17 PM
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Found this little tree frog on the hose reel. By the time I got back with camera, he crawled up the side, and was partially resting on the 5/8 inch garden hose.
The throat, nose area, and tympanic membrane are soft/blurry as they vibrated rapidly as part of the respiratory process, and the exposure time is 1/6 second.
This is a downsized 13.3 MP crop from a focus stack.
After the stack I tried to get the frog to crawl up on a leaf for a better image. And that was the end of the shoot!
Xposted to frogs.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
07-13-2020, 03:37 PM
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Old Cook stove waffle iron.
DFA 100/2.8 WR, K5iis
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-21-2020, 04:41 AM
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For my $0.02 what I see is someone addressing a relatively small market sector, with no hope of survival.
The thought of producing film cameras, which except for a very limited group of fine art shooters, Who wants a medium format Film camera, what is Left out there from film is highly serviceable and will satisfy that market for the rest of time.
35mm film is the same, and can still use modern lenses, just get a PZ1 for example. But I don’t get the feel that the writer is pushing 35mm
If you want to stay in business you need a price vs volume point that makes sense.
Today one of the issues is that the digital camera market is super saturated, just like film was in the early 1980’s with manual bodies, then again in the mid 1990’s with AF
Technology has slowed down a little and I will bet there are a ton of DSLRs just sitting now. The fad is over. Mirrorless is just a marketing hype on smaller quieter but are they really better? People are looking to differentiate one product from another to ride a wave of techno geeks that will buy the latest just because it is the latest. But long term that does not sustain a product. The model is broken already
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
07-11-2020, 07:48 AM
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I've finally escaped my local area:
Canon S95
I haven't made it far, its the view from one of the hills I'd normally go to after a day at the office but it was nice to get such a long view.
Thanks for looking,
Ralph
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Forum: Lens Clubs
06-23-2020, 08:37 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
06-05-2020, 08:35 AM
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I needed a 60s exposure for this months Formatt Hitech competition, looking through pics I hadn't used yet I found this one from a trip to Ceredigion, taken on K1 with 30/2.8:
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-16-2010, 02:35 AM
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This is about the Nikon/Canon/Pentax jumping ship at the sight of a body people.
Dear fellow Pentaxians.
I am a working professional photographer that lives in a country called Bulgaria. I have my own strobe studio that I use for portraiture, I shoot weddings, parties and other events. I am waiting for my big break into serious work (yes I do not consider weddings to be what I want to be doing). Above all these things I became a professional photographer because I really love doing it for myself.
I have a self taught background and really loved processing my own B&W work. It was a real pleasure!!!!!
Now I earn the equivalent of $250 dollars per wedding......and I am expensive here!!!!
Despite all the limitations of my equipment, I am able to pull of good results... better than those with full frame Nikons and Canons around me. They pride themselves on equipment and often sneer at mine.
I am under no illusion that If I were to use a more professional tool than my K20D and K10D combo I would get better results! But I can not afford two systems. You see, I am besotted with the Joy of photography. I love to take pictures!!!! Not so much process them. I know I get that from my Pentax K20D.
Its really sad that a lot of people are so struck by the specs and price of the D7000. The K-7 is described by all of its owners with words more akin to a friend than a tool.
I recently saw the DPREVIEW description of the K-7 against the D7000.
"The Pentax K7, which has slipped into the D7000's class by virtue of its current asking price, combines handling qualities of both the D7000 and the two Canons, and is arguably one of the most pleasant DSLRs of its type to hold and use."
The key word is also the last one. "USE"
I read a couple of comment that Nikon has won this round, or has beaten Pentax.
Nonsense. If you think that then you are really need to look again.
Technically they are like twins.
I see nothing to sway anyone one way or the other....
"but what about AF" I hear some scream.
You mean the dumbed down D300 array with 9 cross points, all of which smaller and clustered towards the middle. I think many need to check what the comments were when Nikon abandoned its very similar to Pentax array in the D2x.
AF was near identical with a better performance in some situations for the new D300 and some for the D2x.
http://www.luminescentphoto.com/articles/CAM2000/CAM2000-Sensor-Placement.gif
We have a rather untested Safox IX+ that people are already dismissing. Its already second gen after the 645D and is said to be much faster by the few sources we have...... So lets wait and see.
Forgive me for straying but I thought I would answer that question before it was asked.
Now, the Joy of shooting. As I said before , I cling to my Pentax equipment because it gives me joy, I have shot a few other cameras that simply did not feel so right in the hand, and certainly did not give me pleasure (including a Nikon D700 and D80, Canon rebels and 40D). I have also used Pentax cameras that do the same..... the PZ-1p being a performance revaluation when I got it back in the day, but it did not feel great to use.
What strikes me is that I am willing to wait for something that I know I will like to use, and a big bunch of you are just ready to jump.
Go ahead, you are clearly just tech junkies, and for something that is likley to be a very marginal difference and a few more dollars at launch.
Go ahead and buy the Nikon primes you want. The 35mm 1.4 is nice. So is the 24 1.4 and 85 1.4.
I sit hear dreaming that I got the FA Limiteds trio before the price hike, but they are still cheaper than the Nikons.
What I am saying is that a lot of you clearly do not value the actual use of your equipment. You are very willing to give up on something that very few companies actually offer, and thats user satisfaction. I know the K-7 was not up to scratch at High ISO, and the focus was still slow at low light, I also know that the flash system needs development, as do some the lenses. Now that the camera aspect seems to have been addressed, what?.... the feeling of the way Pentax do things is gone? The K-7 which was designed like a glove is comparable to the D90 with a few more buttons? Save some money, buy your high performance Nikon and good riddance to you (although technically I think Pentax is actually a step above in some aspects)
I value the joy of photographing something. You value what???? IQ, speed, accuracy, focus point, VR, branding. If you find the D7000 gives you joy, go.....run....... thats good. If you value the Pentax way of taking pictures, really, is a few dollars at launch so much.. Take this into account..... the D90 launched at a street price of 999 US, its now 899, two years later.
The K-7 is now at a lower starting price than the D90, and it came out at 1150 just around a year ago.
By the time you go to upgrade, I think the K-5 will be at the same price as the Nikon.
So, take your pick.
Superior user experience or....... technically about the same but slightly cheaper at launch.
Oh and the K-r might be right up your ally anyway if you want something less for less.
In essence I am saying that you should not put so much worth in specs alone. The camera you use does not make you a better photographer, but it can be the difference between you being a happy/satisfied one to one that is not. I know you are not all professional photographers, and would advise you to follow your feeling and not so much spec sheets and prices. You do not need incrementally better performance, you need happiness and satisfaction.
As I said before, if you find that with the Nikon, GO!!!, but its much more likely you will actually prefer the K-5 if the reason you came to Pentax has not changed in the past few months.
Edit: Clarification. The title, My way or the Highway.... I am not saying you do things My way, more so looking from your personal perspective, or from the perspective of Pentax and how they intertwine. Each person has his own way, path. Each company tries to cater for that. Canon and Nikon cater for a larger performance market which Pentax has never really been part of the top tier.....excluding MF. Even with the LX, you can see trademark things like compactness and durability. I bought my PZ-1p on specs alone and regret not going for the MZ-S. Which is a very refined and crafted camera, in the vein of the K-7.
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