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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-08-2010, 02:51 AM
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Seeing a K85/2.2 Soft on the marketplace has prompted me to post some of my first pics of the copy I picked up a couple of months back.
This is a truly wonderful lens - and unusually compact for a K.
I found shooting with TTL flash to work perfectly with this lens, where you're always changing the aperture to get the desired degree of softness.
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
01-09-2012, 03:41 AM
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Looks like we both escaped Summernats, Wolfie.
Last week, my "will work for food" attitude to photography yielded roast chicken followed by apple and rhubarb crumble for me, and this shot for the proud parents.
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Forum: Pentax Q
06-23-2011, 03:46 AM
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Face it, most people toting DSLRs would be much better off with a digicam. They "want to get into photography a bit more", but don't graduate past the kit lens and auto mode. No reading manuals; No understanding of metering modes, exposure compensation, shutters or apertures; No lurking on photography forums. They instinctively hold a camera at arms length. They're not particularly price sensitive and they value form over function.
This is a camera aimed at them.
If you're all about IQ and shallow depth of field, move on to another part of the forum, or indulge in the pointless flagellation fest until the K-mount shooter is announced in August.
There are, however, a few "serious" photographers for whom this camera will be of interest.- Strobists (sync to 1/2000)
- Macro-photographers (small format= big depth of field)
- Birders/digi-scopers (great crop zoom and the possibility of mounting directly to a spotting scope with little addition to the weight of your kit)
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Forum: Site Suggestions and Help
07-18-2010, 02:42 AM
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I've noticed that Pentax Sport Optics gear (binoculars and scopes) releases get reported in the Official News section of the site, but there doesn't appear to be a dedicated section for discussions about them - even with respect to imaging applications like digiscoping.
Any chance of a Sport Optics section?
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-28-2010, 02:30 AM
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I'd always want the normal range covered, so would want something around 35mm. You might like to look at the 35 Limited macro. It's just a touch slower, but macro offers another raft of shooting possibilities.
Depending on your style, however, you might also look a little wider still - 21mm 3.2 Limited.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-19-2010, 12:26 AM
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Not sure if a waterfall would be too cliche for this month's "water" contest.
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