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Forum: Pentax K-01
11-01-2022, 11:29 AM
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I have used my K-01 since it had its first price drop.
Recently, following Mike Johnston's Online Photographer, I did a comparison to the Sigma fp series.
It may be "fish and fowl" but a full frame Pentax would surely look competitive.
Sure, I could adapt my K-mount lenses to the cavernous L-mount, but I like auto focus.
Now there is little (absolutely no) hope of Pentax again trying mirrorless, but I wistfully wish they would
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
01-15-2024, 10:00 AM
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Pinhole equivalent to ~35mm....
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-30-2023, 02:15 PM
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Meade 1250mm ETX90, A half mile away...
A quarter of the full frame, cropped, curved, masked, etc.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
11-03-2023, 01:55 PM
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Heavily edited, curved, spotted, filled and composited with a second image to fill=out the lunar disk.
Fun with fun camera!
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
10-06-2023, 07:06 AM
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From the garden, late afternoon
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
08-07-2023, 07:52 AM
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with the trusty 18-135...
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
09-21-2023, 02:20 PM
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And it looks so much RICHER if you follow the link to the source. Who needs a KiiiMono?
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Forum: Pentax K-01
09-09-2023, 07:36 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-01
02-03-2023, 02:18 PM
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Another from the Virginia shore...
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Forum: Pentax K-01
02-03-2023, 01:58 PM
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Assateague Island Virginia and Saxis, on the Chesapeake Bay...
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Forum: Pentax K-01
12-14-2022, 09:34 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-01
02-07-2019, 09:44 AM
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-13-2018, 12:52 PM
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Progress! I think I must have gotten some sticky liquid on it—like coffee with cream. Standby...
hmm, it does smell like coffee!
More water on the inverted camera...
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Forum: Pentax K-01
06-17-2018, 11:19 AM
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
05-02-2018, 04:10 AM
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From Spaceweather.com:
The rocking motions are called libration; because of libration we can observe not just 50% but rather 59% of the Moon's surface.
Spaceweather Glossary: Lunar Libration |
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
05-01-2018, 03:06 PM
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The pics were a month apart in time and nearly opposite sides of the earth, It's a wonder you couldn't see the back side of the moon!
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
02-10-2018, 01:31 PM
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First I saw that was a DC-8 Stretch. It looked like hills and valleys at 30,000 feet.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
12-14-2017, 06:04 PM
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watch out for pelicans and canada geese!
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-10-2017, 01:43 PM
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Just took my 500mm f4.5 K mount and removed the whole front cell. The set screws are only for the sighting pip and need not be touched. Front element is all in front of the sighting ring.
The threading is very fine and takes a dozen or more turns to remove the cell. When I opened mine, I could see the baffle you're talking about it appears to be plastic and is shaped with several pointed bits around the edge. I did not reach in, since mine hasn't moved. I leave for you to try it.
Please post your results...
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-10-2017, 11:45 AM
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This may not be very helpful... BUT this is very close to a telescope, in that there is nothing between the front elements and the rear element, except for the baffles you describe.
The entire front element is threaded onto the body—no set screws. It may be possible to screw off the front lens assembly and reach down the tube to secure the baffle that worries you. It is at least worth a look to remove the front lens assembly, marking its original position, of course.
Good Luck
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-10-2017, 08:35 AM
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Joe farted? Pentax is doomed!
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-21-2017, 12:33 PM
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Or a Howard Johnson's with 31 flavors?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
12-07-2016, 06:56 PM
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Ciao Nunzio,
I have never heard a consistent complaint about Pentax overexposing highlights. It seems they do EVERYTHING to avoid extremes in their jpgs. So much so that "flat" "washed out" and "dull" are the adjectives I associate with them.
Personally, I shoot my jpgs with reverse film simulation on to punch 'em up. Then I can email them to my hearts content.
But for any prints (ANY prints) it's RAW exclusively.
(rant follows. Please stop reading if this is off topic.)
For the life of me, i can't imagine spending money on a tool and expecting it to read both my mind and the scene before it and come out with a "perfect" result.
Don't tell me "I used to shoot 25 speed Kodachrome and got perfect exposures every time." I don't want to hear about Portra or Tri-X or any of 'em.
No photos exist in RAW or jpg or tiff or DNG or any of them. The result is entirely dependent on the viewing condition whether the viewing is a RAW interpreter, a video card or a printer. Mastery of each of the succeeding steps in photography is necessary. A "perfectly exposed" slide viewed against a candle is going to look somewhat different from the same slide viewed against the sun.
My conclusion is to work to get the best RAW file for my intent, then PP it with my viewing circumstance in mind. In all my dozen or so digital cameras, I have not yet had one that gave me universally satisfying jpgs. OK jpgs, Not Bad jpgs. even Pretty good! jpgs. But for my photographs RAW gives me the best chance to capture (or stretch) the range to my taste.
Good luck getting 15 EV steps from your jpgs.
And thanks for your patience.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
11-20-2016, 10:05 PM
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-15-2016, 02:40 PM
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You will be in DC during the early days of the Cherry Blossom festival and the Smithsonian Orchid show. A good landscape lens (DA 15) and a good arms-length macro will be good. I don't know how close the DFA 100 working distance is, but you will have a great opportunity to use it.
And the FA 50 1.4 could be very helpful inside museums.
But I agree that the 60-250 won't be of much use. Washington DC is a close-up city!
ROn
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