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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II 10-10-2013, 09:58 AM  
why I won't buy a k3 (Warning: Satire Thread)
Posted By Franky2step
Replies: 102,940
Views: 4,797,577
OMG, I cannot believe that anyone would care that much about a bloody name. Somebody call the WAAAHHHMBULANCE.... IT'S NOT PENTAX ANYMORE......GET OVER IT, oh, and OMG...it's slightly larger, I don't know if I like that, and the grip isn't the same, what am I going to do about that...what?! no Wi-Fi built in...we're screwed, Canon is killing us...after 2 years of reading all the bitching on this forum about Pentax the name itself is synonymous with WHINERS...I preordered the K-3 btw

PS I could go on and on about this but I am sure the blanks will be filled in soon enough....
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 03-06-2012, 12:12 PM  
Should I upgrade my 28-70 EX DG Sigma?
Posted By George Lama
Replies: 9
Views: 1,925
Have you calibrated your lens to your camera?

I own the newest versions of the non-OS 24-70 EX HSM and 70-200 EX HSM II and wasn't too thrilled with them out of the box. I attempted in-camera calibration as I did with my DA*16-50, but there wasn't enough calibration available that would work for the two Sigma lenses.

So I sent both lenses to Sigma (along with one of my Pentax bodies) for calibration. What a difference did that make!

Calibration might be worth looking into before dropping money on a replacement lens. Instead, you can then buy a prime lens or a wide-zoom and add to your arsenal.
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 03-06-2012, 02:37 PM  
Should I upgrade my 28-70 EX DG Sigma?
Posted By JinDesu
Replies: 9
Views: 1,925
What conditions are you shooting with? Are you shooting in studio, F8? Or wide open?

The Tamron 28-75 will do MUCH better than the Sigma 28-70 at 28mm wide open. Stopped down, they both perform similarly with the Tamron doing better at all focal lengths and aperture. The Sigma (and Tamron) 17-50 will do better than the Tamron 28-75 at 50mm or so, but at 28 they are equal.

So, with all that in mind, if you are shooting F8, none of them should be THAT much better than your current Sigma. And none of them really compare that well vs a good 50mm prime at the same aperture.

So if you shoot wider, the Tamron is better than your Sigma. If you shoot at 50mm, the 17-50s are better than your Sigma.
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 03-06-2012, 03:47 PM  
Should I upgrade my 28-70 EX DG Sigma?
Posted By Franky2step
Replies: 9
Views: 1,925
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 03-06-2012, 11:13 AM  
Should I upgrade my 28-70 EX DG Sigma?
Posted By Ubuntu_user
Replies: 9
Views: 1,925
You might want to take a look at the Tamron 28-75mm and 17-50mm lenses. They can both be picked up fairly cheap off the marketplace here and they both have reputations for being quite sharp in IQ!

Also, you might take a look at the Sigma 24-70mm EX HSM lens. I hear it's better than the one you say you have.

Or what I might suggest if you're willing to pay around $900, is to get the Tamron 17-50mm and the Pentax DA* 50-135mm. You'd have a nice range covered then and fantastic IQ at that!

Just some thoughts...
Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II 01-08-2011, 10:54 AM  
K-5 sales volume
Posted By krebsy75
Replies: 56
Views: 14,347
Terrific post and dead on.
Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II 01-07-2011, 09:20 PM  
K-5 sales volume
Posted By imtheguy
Replies: 56
Views: 14,347
Can you provide a link that explains the parameters around those stats? Without knowing more, the picture you are painting is meaningless. It is an interesting topic for those that need the reinforcement of mass sales to provide confidence in their decision.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 10-11-2010, 01:08 PM  
Landscape The scape via Pentax (1st post here)
Posted By tthana50
Replies: 3
Views: 1,848
Hi everyone,

I've been here for almost a year and rarely post anything. So I think I better contribution something to the forum afterall :D

Any comments on these photos are welcome !

Notes : All these photos are shot in JPG ... So excuse the imperfection of it :hmm::hmm:



Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio 09-28-2010, 05:33 PM  
K-x owner sooo overwhelmed re: buying a flash
Posted By GeneV
Replies: 27
Views: 5,910
I highly recommend getting a flash such as the Metz 48 or Pentax 360 or 540 which can operate as wireless slaves. Using a bounced flash off camera along with your built-in flash will make a huge improvement on your flash work over using either flash in direct mode, alone. In addition, I've wondered about how the Kx plastic body will do with heavy shoe-mounted flashes over time.
Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio 05-11-2010, 11:16 AM  
Strobist question (wireless flash and umbrella)
Posted By enoeske
Replies: 21
Views: 9,433
your question is a valid one and pretty easy to answer.

Experience.

I have 2 flashes that cannot be adjusted. They are just full power discharges. From experience, i can tell you that one of them is almost always perfectly exposed when i am at ISO 100 and f/5.6. The other is a little over f/4.

So, when I start my shoot. I set the camera to its sync speed (1/180th), ISO 100 and f/5.6. Then I look at my shot. Do i want more ambient? Slow the shutter down. Is the flash blowing anything out? Smaller aperture. Adjust as necessary.

I usually use the f/5.6 flash as my main, since I can't adjust it and use the ones I can adjust for other things. Plus, the other flashes have a slave mode so they don't need radio receivers on them.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 09-25-2010, 05:46 AM  
Pentax at Photokina coverage by Falk Lumo!
Posted By Uluru
Replies: 549
Views: 137,092
No. It's more difficult than that.
Since this forum is full of marketing gurus, I'm surprised no one has chewed his up correctly yet.
Any company can do a better job in PR, and that's why Pentax has gotten an all new PR partner, as announced few days before Photokina. And they didn't invite any expert from you here, luckily.

The reasons for confusion re K-5 are few: very tight lips of Hoya, keeping cards close to chest till the very last moment, and unexpected happening just before Photokina -- Nikon's D7000.

Nikon has dropped a bomb no one expected. It left Canon bezerked with their 60D, and it left Pentax in a limbo. They weren't sure how to advertise the product because of the D7000. They have surely had a plan how to proceed, but D7000 changed the approach. They needed to respond, and still not to kill the sales or even the good impression about the brand new product.

First the price: almost all of you and DPR folks started whinging about alleged price of $1599. K-5 is a D300s class camera, and D300s successor will undoubtedly cost more. But little rats demand that K-5 which looks similar to D7000 must match that price.

Then there are specs. Because both cameras share same sensor, people pre-assume image quality must be 'same', thus forgetting all the other details. Today that all what matters: ISO noise, sensor and price. All else is irrelevant for this new breed of modern digital 'photographers'. Some details of the Nikon system work in favour of D7000, some in favour of K-5, but in any case, K-5 does cost more to produce because it does have a better constructed / expensive body, IS.

Communicating back and forth within teams and deciding about prices is not an easy thing, esp. very last moment. That's why K-5 got an ISO bump in the last minute, from planned ISO 12800 to ISO 51200 (perhaps technically possible, and to calibrated before production begins), to beat D7000 at least in some visible specs (D7000 specs and prices were announced publicly, thus set in stone).

Competition is not easy and some players are playing this game in an unpredictable way. Nikon wants to smudge borders between certain camera models / ranges and forcing direct competitors to drop into the lower band by forcing a lower price on a similar set of some specs. It is all a matter of perception, and Nikon is playing well in the field of perception because they lead the game of 'digital shooters' taste -- low noise, HiISO. They can skim a lot by carefully engineering a camera with lower value that appears to be of higher spec in areas digital shooters expect. As said above, same sensor and similar construction (albeit weaker, but never explicitly told by the press) works in favour of Nikon, but not in favour of Pentax.

If Nikon gets K-5 eliminated by competing with D7000, and Canon out of game by eliminating its 60D with the same camera, then they can place D400 'above' and charge even more for it because they'd add something that 'sounds' like an improvement and advertise just that and let all of you work for them. You're Nikon's PR team -- they don't need hire no one else. You force Pentax to work hard for a dime, and allow Nikon to work less for more $, by mudding the waters and avoiding real innovations where others excel.

This all happens silently, and with an approval and applause from the blind audience. They don't care what they get exactly, as long as it 'sounds' similar. But whole of life is in details; that's why, sadly, today's photography has more bangs than life. Cameras are instantly shot dead before even announced and you did that with K-5.

Blind little whingers expect that, to pay less and less for more and more, and because some manufacturers have no enough camera models for the competition, they are forced to comply to the price war in the category their competitors are creating for them -- not true market needs or real abilities of the system + camera equation.

If consumers understood what is the total value of the camera plus system uniqueness, all this would be a non-issue and would never happen.
But they understand just nothing.
Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio 09-23-2010, 12:00 PM  
What flash??
Posted By SOldBear
Replies: 20
Views: 5,272
I know my post here is off-topic. But since you mentioned "inexpensive option," I thought I'd offer some pointers:

- Sunpak 433d flash for Pentax?

- How other old flashes compared to Nikon SB24?

- Kx and Sunpak Auto 422D

- Cheap flash

- K100D + AF280T: What can it do?

- AF280T
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