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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
03-03-2024, 06:06 AM
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Thank you - done. Several intriguingly detailed questions on that survey ....
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-12-2024, 07:56 AM
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Looks like your workstation and mine are twins.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-22-2024, 07:01 AM
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Minus 31 C, eh? Proof that the K3iii is indeed well-winterized. Your image of pine needles is remarkable: Looks like a b&w picture with a full-color sky ghosted in.
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
01-01-2024, 06:31 AM
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Re comparisons to wet printing, do not overlook the effect of the enlarger's lens. There's a significant difference in resolution between a $20 Spiratone and a Componar or Nikkor, which presents an additional variable to consider when making straight-up comparisons between wet and digital prints.
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Forum: General Photography
12-09-2023, 02:32 PM
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Just received the print copy today. Well well worth the price: Top quality reproduction, quality coated paper, sharp and smooth halftones. My thanks to Stephen for editing and shepherding this project, and also (of course) to the many contributors for their remarkable work.
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
12-07-2023, 02:03 PM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-13-2023, 06:15 AM
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The best line in that upbeat report is the positive effect of a "workshop approach" to camera design and manufacture. There is the proof that serving niche markets well can be profitable even during a mild recession.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-01-2023, 10:43 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
10-09-2023, 08:52 AM
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Forum: General Photography
09-25-2023, 05:56 AM
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My situation is similar ... but I suggest you and I confirm BigMackCam's comments. Pentax has become the marque of folks who are happily in stasis, disinterested in the latest whizbangs and quite content with the top quality optics and sensors of years past. Has Ricoh achieved this wittingly or accidentally? Who knows.
If one's gear suits one's photographic needs, what difference do design age and length of features list make? IMO, none.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
08-02-2023, 05:45 AM
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
05-08-2023, 10:30 AM
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
10-08-2022, 05:37 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
10-08-2022, 05:36 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
07-15-2022, 11:24 AM
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#2 looks like an M.C. Escher drawing: Very cool.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
06-07-2022, 02:37 PM
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
06-08-2022, 07:29 AM
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Easiest way to get attractive bokeh that I know of: Bag your high-dollar modern glass and invest some small money in vintage triplet lenses. There are some fine 50mm and plentiful 135mm examples out there. Most are preset or fully manual aperture designs. Most also have 10- to 14-blade diaphragms, which render out-of-focus point light sources as smooth-edged circles. The swirly effect is a bonus in several of these vintage lenses - and it can be modulated by stopping down from wide open to f8 or thereabouts.
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Correction: Set the largest f-stop. Wide open = more out of focus background and hence more opportunity for bokeh. The quality of that bokeh is a function of the lens design you're shooting with. Please see my reply to "Photogem", below.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
06-07-2022, 02:38 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-08-2022, 01:25 PM
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
05-10-2022, 10:04 AM
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Why not list your 645Z right here in our marketplace? You'll surely reach a well-educated market segment.
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
05-08-2022, 01:23 PM
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
05-03-2022, 04:28 PM
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Many thanks to all who have posted on this thread: There's more truly useful information here than on the next dozen photography blogs.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
04-08-2022, 05:39 AM
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Forum: General Photography
03-22-2022, 08:50 AM
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Thwyllo, we are exiting a golden age as regards ANYthing and EVERYthing once deemed proper. Welcome to Dystopia, brother.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
03-15-2022, 10:05 AM
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Now watch the used-market price increase on this fine lens!
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