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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-03-2016, 05:52 PM
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After 10 long weeks Ricoh/Sun Camera have finally managed to return my camera with a functioning mode dial!
In celebration I picked up a shiny new HD D-FA 24-70 f/2.8 WR, no more slumming it up with Sigma 24-60. ;)
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Forum: Pentax Q
05-18-2012, 08:45 AM
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Birding with P. Angenieux 12-120 f/2.2.
Cheapy ebay c-mount 25mm f/1.4 with extension tubes, not quite 1:1, but close.
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
04-30-2016, 11:58 AM
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Faster than K-5 for sure, I never felt it was a problem so far. I'm most happy with how accurate it is - it required lots of correction on my K-5, but on the K-1 it is perfect.
I did the shot of the old man drinking coffee in live-view with the articulated screen, I barely took any time for framing - let alone confirming focus, and the AF picked him out perfectly. A less sophisticated system would have focused on the table in the foreground.
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
04-30-2016, 10:37 AM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-11-2021, 03:29 PM
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Woohoo, looking forward to the 4th amigo!
The 31 is simply not wide enough.
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
01-09-2014, 03:15 PM
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Black-bellied Whistling Ducks by Kurayba, on Flickr
Great Egret Reflected by Kurayba, on Flickr
Fueling Station by Kurayba, on Flickr
Pink Dragonfly by Kurayba, on Flickr
Skokan rapotavý by Kurayba, on Flickr
Wanted: Wee Goldeneye by Kurayba, on Flickr
Cinder Block Sniper by Kurayba, on Flickr
Adventures in the Tide by Kurayba, on Flickr
Sparrow Sprinkler by Kurayba, on Flickr
Small lizard by Kurayba, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax Price Watch
01-08-2020, 07:18 PM
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Wow, FedEx got the thing here in 18 hours, I'm impressed!
Happy to report the lens has PASSED the cat test...
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Wide open at the MFD.
It's still on sale, so go buy it!
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Forum: Pentax Price Watch
01-06-2020, 08:01 PM
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Order placed! Thanks for sharing.
Sigma 12-24 hasn't been playing nice with my K-1, AF and auto-aperture issues. Shouldn't be a problem with this Irix :)
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Forum: Pentax Q
01-16-2012, 10:46 AM
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Thanks for this topic Jim, I've built one for myself too. It is nearly the same focal length of the lens, just a tad wider. Not bad for parallax either, just need to remember to aim higher for a closeup subject. :)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-10-2017, 10:58 AM
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Discovered that my DA* 50-135 + Kenko 1.4x MC4 combination produces amazing flare patterns with faraway point light sources. Check them out, particularly the last two :)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-24-2017, 07:41 PM
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LBA Day! Three new lenses (five actually), but these three are the main event. One portrait from each, a 135, a 150, and a 200. All wide open IIRC.
Meyer Optik Gorlitz Orestogor 135mm F2.8 Preset
K 150mm f/4
M 200mm f/4
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-26-2017, 11:15 PM
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Excellent shots from you too! I wish we had some old steel cruising around like that. :)
I have the regular EX DG variety of the Sigma 12-24, f/4.5-5.6. No HSM.
Here's a few more I did today with it:
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-23-2017, 12:59 PM
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Having a bit of a staycation for this week, visited some national parks.
A couple from Sigma 400mm f/5.6:
D-FA 24-70, smoke from forest fires in BC.
Looking good at f/22!
F 17-28 Fisheye:
A 28 f/2.0:
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-27-2017, 05:03 PM
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Nope, it's a full frame lens.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-25-2017, 09:58 PM
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Got lucky by checking ebay while a Sigma 12-24 was available! Some initial shots...all at 12mm except the last, which is at 14mm.
12mm, wide open:
f/10
f/11
f/8
f/11
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-10-2017, 10:40 PM
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Bit of lightning from DA 50-135 + Kenko 1.4x TC
Another portrait from DA 70
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-17-2017, 05:19 PM
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The Fish-eye Takumar 18mm f/11 doesn't get any love. I'm trying my best to work with it's "peculiar" qualities. If you treat it like a 1963 Fisheye Lensbaby, then you'll have some fun with it.
F/11 is awfully unsharp, but if you place your subject carefully it can really pop.
Since it is a focus free optic, it's very nice for quick street shots. The hyperfocal distance is 26cm. This shot was defished and cropped, shot at f/22 probably.
I think these flowers have have even been a little closer than 26cm, but shooting at f/32 brought them into the focus plane.
Was being kinda lazy and just set the camera for Av mode so I didn't have to meter things manually. Downside is that the shutter speed sticks to 1/100s.
Another dreamy rendition, f/22 IIRC
Is the tree really blurry, or is it just really windy? ;)
Obligatory camera fashion shoot, this K-1 is sporting a svelte optic from the Takumar collection.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-19-2017, 07:51 PM
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On the subject of long exposures...
3 minutes each with D-FA 24-70:
And a bonus shot courtesy of the shaved DA 10-17. Shot at 10mm as a circular fisheye image, defished (still lots of fish) by LR profile, then cropped.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-29-2017, 06:21 PM
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LBA strikes again, I miss my wee 21 Limited, so I grabbed his FF-compatible friend...
DA 70, FF mode.
Sigma 400
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-20-2017, 06:23 PM
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This one is for the birds, first two from D-FA 24-70:
 Gooseland
Then a few more from Sigma 400mm f/5.6 APO Tele-Macro. A lens I actively try to dislike enough to justify a D-FA 150-450, but the images out of it never agree with that line of thought.
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
05-14-2016, 07:04 PM
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Today I strapped together an apparatus that included a tripod, ball head, macro rail, and zip-ties to hold my dremel in the correct position. Then I dressed up my 10-17 in a bunch of masking tape and did the deed...
BEWARE! NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART! SOMEONE TOOK A DREMEL TOOL TO THEIR LENS. PURE INSANITY!!!
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This voids any warranty you have on the lens.
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You must cut within millimetres of the front element.
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I am not responsible for anything if you try to do this and wreck your lens.
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360pano.de is a professional, I am not.
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Okay, I warned you!
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I might paint the rim black at some point, but it looks pretty metal (:cool:) right now. Until I get out to a nice location to do some 360 degree shooting, here is my cat transformed into a weasel at 10mm:
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-27-2016, 07:45 PM
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I bought it on impulse and haven't found any reason to regret it yet. Absolutely worth the money, especially when you look at the cost of the first-party Nikon or Canon 24-70mm f/2.8s.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-24-2016, 05:35 PM
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A few from D-FA 24-70 f/2.8:
2 image pano:
The DA* 50-135 + Kenko 1.4x deliver remarkably consistent results in FF mode, that TC never leaves the lens now. :)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-15-2016, 05:20 PM
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(Sigh)
Not if I'm not changing the aperture between every shot. Take a portrait in full sun at f/1.4, a cloud comes or I move my subject to another spot with different lighting, take another shot. I haven't touched my aperture dial, or any other setting.
I don't use Av mode with a set ISO because I "don't trust the camera", I use it in this way as the most expedient method of achieving a result, as I explained in the previous post.
Nope, the camera will first raise ISO too high instead of bumping flash power, so I'll still have to tweak shutter speed constantly to keep ISO low. I want the shutter speed to move, not the ISO. I use TAv mode for flashless shooting of wildlife, so I have my auto-ISO set 100-51200, which may differ from your setting.
So perhaps in this situation one could go to manual mode, but if it is so dark I've probably already ditched the idea of shooting HSS and busted out a tripod anyways. If I'm going to use flash for a sub-handheld exposure then we're talking about a completely different situation then what I'm describing. The meter warns you of this by flashing the shutter speed, that is your cue to change tact.
I was comparing Av to M. Av is far more automated than M, I'm sure you would agree.
I would listen to Ricoh since they made the camera and have real authority on these matters. You and I do not.
I have listened to you first cry (paraphrasing) "USER ERROR. The manual doesn't say anything about Av mode." and then not concede an ounce of sympathy to the concerns of other Pentax shooters. Ricoh should concern themselves with this issue because it could negatively impact parts of their userbase who have become accustomed to this functionality . Whether you agree it is a viable way of shooting or not is irrelevant.
Sorry, I mentioned it more clearly in another thread but not here. An A lens will not drop slower than 1/180, but modern ones will. This is because the modern lens will report it's focal length, inputted focal length for the SR system with an A lens has no effect on the proceedings. However you may notice on your K-30 that the shutter-speed will range from 1/180s up to 1/6000s, using all the EV steps in between, assuming it works similarly to K-5/K-5II.
As a regular photographer and not necessarily a PFforums armchair expert: If you were personally using this "undocumented-feature" on your K-30 for years, then the K-1 inexplicably dropped it, would you not be concerned? Would you not contact Ricoh to find out what happened?
The manual can never 100% describe every detail about the camera. It merely describes how to use it "for optimum camera performance" by whatever definition Pentax uses. Such a statement does not eliminate or automatically render invalid other possibilities.
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Could be, but then why would the shutter-speed toggle between 1/200 and 1/8000? It does this at the drop of a pin, for example moving ISO from 1000 to 1250, a 1/3 EV increase in exposure and the shutter speed decreases by 5.3EV. This is why I believe the metering system is to blame specifically, so much for "enhanced electronics". :) Sure an A lens doesn't provide much info, but it provides the same info now as it did to a K-5.
I'd be happy if Ricoh fixed this, OR, broke it completely. Right now it's half-broken and it can result in all manner of poor exposures.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
05-31-2016, 05:33 PM
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No kidding, why 35? The 28-70 f/4 AL was decent, give that one a refresh with some better QC than the original.
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