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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-12-2024, 10:32 PM
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Just acquired a tiny (pancake-style) zoom lens for my E-M5.iii - the minuscule 14-42mm Zuiko EZ - which has a mixed reputation. But I've seen enough fantastic pictures produced by some Olympians (is that the right word for those who use Olympuses?) that I'm willing to take the chance. Plus, it seems just the right (small) size to go with this little camera.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-22-2023, 10:51 AM
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My K-S1 in front of my grandmother's radio.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
12-03-2023, 01:37 AM
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This little camera is so small, it reminds me of the lyrics to the Beatles' song:
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-29-2023, 01:15 PM
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Sometimes, 7.1 megapixels is all a photographer needs.
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Forum: Pentax Q
04-15-2023, 03:24 PM
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Taken with the Prime (01) lens on my Q7, lightly processed in Nik's Analog Efex.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
12-14-2023, 05:00 PM
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For anyone who likes cats - and Japanese ramen - this stick-on automobile decal looks like what your car truly needs ;)
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-30-2023, 11:57 AM
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Taken with my K-S1 + DA40 XS - at the sunglasses rack in a local drugstore.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-22-2023, 10:18 PM
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High contrast with the newly reanimated K-S1
f/2.8 - 1/8 sec - ISO 400
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Forum: Pentax K-S1 & K-S2
10-03-2023, 10:39 PM
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I've temporarily put my search for another ultra-thin lens on hold, because of another small older lens which I just acquired - a Vivitar 28mm which has an interesting Macro focusing capability. It's by no means a pancake-size lens, but it's nonetheless relatively compact. This is what it looks like on my K-S1--
And this is one of the first photos I took with it, a relatively close shot of the hardware on my ancient kitchen stove--
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Forum: Pentax K-S1 & K-S2
11-18-2023, 01:32 AM
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Taken with my close-focusing and relatively new (to me) Vivitar 24mm lens. I'm a fan of close-focusing (aka semi-'macro') lenses, which let me get much closer so some subjects. This little guy looks like he's going fast even when he's standing still ;)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-18-2023, 01:22 AM
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This Tyrannosaurus biker has his machine all revved-up...but no place to go.
I spied him in a touristy boutique in Ashland, Oregon, and being a fan of all anthropomorphic dinosaurs, couldn't resist snapping a quick dino-portrait.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-01-2023, 11:31 PM
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My K-S1 with my old (but new to me) Vivitar 24mm... a match made in Pentax Heaven.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-01-2023, 11:47 PM
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In Mexico, Día de Muertos - aka Día de los Muertos - aka the Day of the Dead - is celebrated for two days, starting on November 1, finishing on November 2 - so I'm posting this at close to midnight on November 1, the ideal time to honor the Muertos - those who have passed on, and are no longer with us - but who, according to Mexican superstitions, can return to visit their living relatives and families on this day. My little Calavera couple are recently married Newlyweds but since they are 'muertos', I think that makes them Newlydeads :)
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Forum: Pentax K-S1 & K-S2
10-20-2023, 03:27 PM
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I found a slightly wider angle Vivitar lens - 24mm - to replace the 28mm which wasn't quite w-i-d-e enough for me. This one isn't quite pancake-sized but it's not tooo large - and it also does Macro/close focusing as well, a bonus. I've actually gotten some decent close-up shots with it - as well as normal ones.
This is what it looks like mounted on my K-S1--
And here are two photos taken with it. The first, relatively close to my subject (an automotive dinosaur, aka an ancient no-longer-operation truck)--
And then using the lens' close-focusing capabilities, a macro shot of a praying mantis that was visiting my garden--
The next time I get a winning lottery ticket, I'm still dreaming about acquiring the one rather w-i-d-e lens I've always had a yen for, a DA15, but until then, I think this relatively smallish Vivitar may be just what my K-S1 needs :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
10-26-2023, 04:37 PM
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Avast, and Ahoy, me Mateys! Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!
Captain Skull be keepin' watch oer' yer quarters and if any miscreants show up on All Hallows Eve, they shall walk the plank!
Taken using the Reversal Film jpeg setting on my K-S1, with the DA40xs
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-19-2023, 08:48 PM
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2005 was the year this camera came out. It had a 7.1 megapixel CCD sensor, and cost $699 new.
The times, as Bob Dylan once said, are a' changin'... but it still knows how to take decent photographs.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-18-2023, 10:22 PM
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Why is it that all the cameras I truly love - and use frequently - have been discontinued?
Like my Fujifilm X30... it takes good pictures.
And it looks good, too.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-03-2023, 10:21 PM
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My new (to me) Vivitar 28mm lens, on the K-S1.
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Forum: Pentax K-S1 & K-S2
10-24-2023, 09:26 AM
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All three are very nice shots, but the third one - the feline portrait - is priceless!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
10-21-2023, 12:06 PM
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These Calavera (skeleton) sweethearts are patiently awaiting the arrival of Día de los Muertos (aka Day of the Dead), on November 1 & 2, when, according to tradition, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead open up, allowing those who have departed to return to visit family or friends, or revisit old haunts.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
10-19-2023, 08:42 PM
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This visiting praying mantis preferred to stay hidden underneath - or behind - or among the large leaves of the cucumber plant. My guess is they provided more hiding places - and places from which to ambush unsuspecting prey.
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Forum: Pentax K-S1 & K-S2
10-19-2023, 05:30 PM
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This garden visitor was obligingly slow-moving, allowing me to frame and focus and press the shutter.
K-S1 / Vivitar 24mm f/2.8 / 1/80 sec / f/8 / ISO 200
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Forum: Pentax K-S1 & K-S2
10-12-2023, 06:40 PM
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WOOF!
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Forum: Pentax K-S1 & K-S2
10-11-2023, 03:02 PM
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Old tools that are ready to be resurrected.
Taken with the DA40 XS.
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