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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 09-18-2023, 09:48 AM  
The best lens i have ever owned
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 76
Views: 6,961
MHSP Sir, that is a very impressive list of lenses - certainly exciting and useful to own especially if you have plenty of money. As an Advanced Amateur I think your Lens Collection is an OVERKILL. My Photography Genres are Street, Travel, Family Outings, Landscape and Cityscapes. So I need Lenses from 10 mm to 300 mm. For that Extra Reach beyond 300 mm - rarely used - I have 1.7x and 1.4x TCs. So I buy Zoom Lenses - simply the Best ones. I will go on buying and trying Zooms till I find the Sharpest one. My Collection Sigma 10 - 20 f3.5, Tamron 17 - 50 f2.8, Pentax 55 - 300 f3.5 to 5.6. If I carry these Three (3) light weight Zooms I am covered for any and all Photography situations. Now for heavy downpours and bad weather I also carry a Pentax 18 - 135 f3.5 to 5.6 Zoom. I also have some fast 50 mm and 28mm lenses plus a 100 mm Macro. Believe me I make some stunning and memorable photographs with this bare minimum gear.
Forum: Pentax DSLR and Camera Articles 03-05-2023, 04:44 PM  
DIY Android Phone as Auxiliary DSLR Monitor
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 6
Views: 1,412
I think JCC Sir is using a Mirror attached with a contraption to the Tripod Socket of the Camera.
NOTE: many of us do not have tiltable LCD Screens so that Ground Level shots or our own photos with the DSLR mounted on a Tripod, or the Camera held high over our head as in a crowd or a Parade cannot be used.
The WiFi method is NOT very good because of latency and signal drops. Also Legacy Pentax DSLRs like the Pentax K-5 IIs does not have WiFi.
Low level shots are possible with a Right Angle Finder, but its use is limited besides they are expensive and difficult to procure.
Any more ideas please except for going for a K-3 or a K-1 - an expensive proposition.
Forum: General Photography 01-04-2023, 01:23 PM  
Small, Phone size HDMI monitor?
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 19
Views: 1,488
Dear Yuri, I am glad you got your Phone working as an auxiliary Screen for your DSLR. I have an a) older K-5 IIs so no Wireless, b) Android Phones - Samsung Galaxy S7 / S10e / A20 + two nos generic 4G Android Phones, c) original Data Cable that came with the camera, d) original HDMI Cable that came with the camera, d) HDMI Capture Card, e) OTG Cable and + Samsung OTG Adapter, f) APPs some 5 nos downloaded from the Google Play Store.

I have tried 1) OTG + Data Cable method, 2) HDMI Capture Card + HDMI Cable method + with and without the OTG Adapter, 3) the APPs in both methods. None seem to work.
Further reading up on the Internet I find these APPs are for Nikon, Canon, Sony or Fuji Cameras. I cannot find one specifically meant for Pentax DSLRs.

I will be grateful if you can provide the full details: p) photo of your Setup, q) Camera and Phone used, r) Setup using OTG Cable/Adapter or HDMI Capture Card or any other, and most importantly s) the APP you downloaded and use with your setup. t) Also What do you mean by an HDMI Grabber? Is this the same as the HDMI Capture Card I bought on Amazon? A photo of your HDMI Grabber may help.
Thanking you in advance Sir.
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 01-02-2023, 11:02 PM  
Android Phone as Auxiliary Monitor
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 4
Views: 967
Thanks Bob for your very helpful reply. Bought all the items (hardware) from WISH or AliExpress at 1/3rd the prices compared to Amazon. Also bought the Phone Swivel Mount Hot Shoe Adapter very cheap from China - allows the phone in vertical or horizontal axis. No success yet as most of the APPS are for Canon, Nikon or Sony.
Pentax already supplies the HDMI Cable with the K-5 IIs DSLR.
Forum: Pentax DSLR and Camera Articles 01-02-2023, 10:42 PM  
DIY Android Phone as Auxiliary DSLR Monitor
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 6
Views: 1,412
Most Pentax DSLR do not have swivel monotors. Can we use an Android Smart Phone as an Auxiliary Monitor using a) OTG Cable and an App or b) HDMI Video Capture Card using the HDMI Port on Pentax Cameras and an App. What Free App can be used and what are the Hardware Setups in both the cases.
The smart phone is normally mounted on the Camera using a Hot Shoe adapter allowing the Phone to swivel in the Horizontal or Vertical Plane.
Two sample photos attached from other DSLRs
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 11-17-2022, 09:09 PM  
Android Phone as Auxiliary Monitor
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 4
Views: 967
Request Download Link for the Software to use with my Pentax K-5 IIs so that my Android Phone can be used as a Monitor.
I am stuck with the fixed LCD Screen on my DSLR and can use the Phone mounted Horizontal on the Hot Shoe.
Thanks in Advance.
Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories 01-09-2020, 09:55 AM  
UV filters degrade image quality
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 76
Views: 8,827
OH MY GAD! Rogerstg Sir, sorry for un-necessarily prolonging this "useless" Filter controversy. Are we PROS?? Do we need to start worrying about that 3 to 5% deterioration in picture Quality if any by using a filter???
I am a decent Photog - Not a Pro - and I have Pixel Peeped at my photos using a good quality Clear Pro 1 Hoya MC Filter on my Lenses.
I HAVE HARDLY NOTICED ANY APPRECIABLE DETERIORATION IN PICTURE QUALITY with and without a Filter - blown the photo up 200%.
Why worry Rgerstg Sir??
Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories 01-09-2020, 09:02 AM  
UV filters degrade image quality
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 76
Views: 8,827
Jim, you write very sensibly on Filters or plain protective glass filters. And TONNES have been written on Filters.
a) You need not use UV or Skylight Filters on your lenses for your costly Lens protection unless you want other Light Modifying qualities like cutting distant haze in Mountain Landscapes or the blue cast. I use Hoya Pro1 Clear Multi Coated Filters to protect my Lenses. These Filters are pretty expensive. I can buy still expensive ones like Cokin or B+W as Hoya gives me the best bang for my money.
b) I have done many experiments using my Lenses Filter-less. I always, repeat always use a Lenshood. After a weeks shooting on my Travels I find plenty of dust, stuck on spots that just not can be blown off, and other gunk. Now how do these land on my Lenses????
c) Here I was shooting at a Pier in San Francisco with a 55-300 mm HD SP WR Lens. A Gull sweeps over me dropping POO which hit my lens + the Lenshood. I run to a tap - 5 minutes away - and try to wash it away. My Lens and Camera is Weather Proof. I said to myself I will give it a good cleaning when I get back Home.
I notice a discoloration on my Lens. I try cleaning it away thoroughly with a Lens Cleaning Solution. Nothing. The Lens SP + HD Coating is Permanently Damaged. The Acidic Poo has eaten the Coating away.
d) There are very many stories where a Filter has saved the Lens as in a drop or heavy bang.
Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories 01-08-2020, 11:47 AM  
UV filters degrade image quality
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 76
Views: 8,827
Lev, you do not mention the make of your Hoya Filter. The Philippines ones are NOT too reliable too. Also a fake filter can be spotted from the many giveaways like - the printing, the knurling, the blackening, the metal used, threading difficulty on to the Lens, rough threading with chatter marks on the thread and the glass (coating color, discolored spots/blotches, coating evenness, waviness of the glass, etc)
Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories 01-08-2020, 11:03 AM  
UV filters degrade image quality
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 76
Views: 8,827
Hi Lev, there are quite a few people out there who have been cheated with cheap copies of the Hoya UV HMC Filters - fakes. Even Amazon has NOT been spared and Evil Bay is notorious. I have the Japanese made versions of Hoya Pro 1 filters and they are top notch. I have tried many comparative shots with and without filters and you can "hardly" make out any difference.
I even have the Japanese version of the HMC Hoya Filters and they still hold good.
Forum: General Photography 10-28-2019, 11:44 AM  
DIY shutter/focus cable from a computer mouse
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 17
Views: 1,443
Hi BigMacCam and SlartibatFart01 here is the DIY circuit from an old Smart Phone headphone with mic. It will auto focus, fire the shutter and also do a "B" shutter for the amount of time you choose.
I made a better one using my Film Film Camera Wired Remote F with an additional female pin to fire my electronic Film Pentaxes. So its originality is maintained when ever needed.
Please see the DIY Photos on my Dropbox A/c - Login - Dropbox
Forum: Lens Clubs 10-28-2019, 10:11 AM  
Soviet lenses club
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 4,207
Views: 1,073,488
BigMacCam Sir, we are all things Russian lover including Russian Girls at the Tech camp in the Heavy Industries Divn Ranchi, India. My country is the largest importer of Russian Stuff since the Cold War and Kruschev days. We have close ties with Russia and I was a Technical Advisor for CIS countries in one of the largest conglomerates in the world. Russia like Israel always comes to our aid in our wars against Pakistan and China + other Terrorist attacks.
I have owned many Russian Cameras, Lenses, Binoculars and accessories since my University days - both 35mm and large format. None of them ever performed better than my Rolleiflex f2.8 TLR, or the Leica SLR or believe me the film Pentax K-1000 SE (Japan version) back in the '70s. Even my Spotmatic with Takumar Lenses were much sharper and colorful.
I also had a Nikon film SLR and the Kiev -19 that took Nikon Bayonet Lenses. The best Russian Lenses had terrible Flare on the Kiev. Their sharpness and color suspect - lens coating perhaps?
I do believe some Russian Lenses were good like the Mirror ones, but they never could out do German or Japanese technology. Russian Lenses were well built - like a Tank, period.
Come to think of it as an Engineer, all things Russian were over designed, huge and heavy including the Russian Rocket Engines we used for our Moon Mission.
Have fun with your photography. May Peace be with you - Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu. Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi.
Forum: Pentax Forums Giveaways 10-27-2019, 08:32 PM  
PentaxForums 100 Year Giveaway - October - General Raffle Entry Thread
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 458
Views: 19,388
Thanks in advance.
Forum: General Photography 10-27-2019, 08:30 PM  
Things I was taking for granted
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 20
Views: 1,615
The Menu system on all Sony Cameras are foolish and stupid.
Forum: General Photography 10-27-2019, 08:28 PM  
With so many great offerings from Canon, Nikon, Sony, etc., why do you choose Pentax?
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 107
Views: 4,781
Pentax is a cult feeling for most. For some their first camera and served them well. For others a great bang for the buck with so many features and technology built in.
Forum: General Photography 10-27-2019, 08:26 PM  
Foggy weather alert
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 20
Views: 1,484
There is a Google App. Just Google it.
Forum: General Photography 10-27-2019, 08:24 PM  
DIY inexpensive sling strap
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 26
Views: 2,790
A good basic idea. But where is the quick sling action across the strap, normally achieved by a turnstile DIY Carabiner affixed to a Key Chain Ring.
Hey why bother when Evil Bay has a Pro Shoulder Sling Strap for US $ 5 yo 8.
Forum: General Photography 10-27-2019, 08:20 PM  
Ten Moments in History That Changed Cameras and Photography
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 32
Views: 1,943
Nah! This list is biased. I would show the Classic Pentax K-1000 SE Made in Japan version.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 10-27-2019, 08:18 PM  
Abstract Stained Glass
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 9
Views: 835
Beautiful pep and pop to the photo but the composition is too tight. Show some more of the pattern with a matching LH & RH side.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 10-27-2019, 08:16 PM  
Streets The walk
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 13
Views: 862
A prize winner this one. As if the world has stopped for this petite lady.
Forum: Photo Critique 10-27-2019, 08:14 PM  
Abstract Moravia - Czech Rebublic
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 39
Views: 3,304
A masterpiece by itself. Try it in B&W.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 10-27-2019, 08:10 PM  
Landscape Sunlight on the Chapel
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 14
Views: 440
Awesome light and shade effect. Try B&W for the Filmi old world charm.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 10-27-2019, 08:08 PM  
Abstract Follow the Signs to the Haunted House
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 6
Views: 468
The first photo has a very unique composition, but I wish it was sharper. Good colors & pop too.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 10-27-2019, 08:04 PM  
Modifying an M42 to K adapter
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 17
Views: 1,111
I think he just wants the retaining spring lock to be removed for easy removal from the lens without having to use a tool or a screw driver to remove the Adapter from the Camera Body.
Just unscrew the tiny screw holding the spring to the Adapter Body.
In case you want a firm grip of the Adaptor on the lens just use some rubber glue on the threads. This way the Adaptor will not stay in the camera Body. And if required you can screw out the Adapter again from the Lens albeit with a little force or by using a softening liquid like WD-40.
Forum: General Photography 10-27-2019, 07:57 PM  
DIY shutter/focus cable from a computer mouse
Posted By nanhi
Replies: 17
Views: 1,443
Why bother when Evil Bay can get you one for US $ 2 to 4 with Free shipping.
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