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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-12-2016, 09:22 PM
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From earlier today. All with K-1 and D FA* 70-200/2.8
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
11-23-2022, 11:34 PM
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I've been shooting Pentax since 1976 and think focal lengths in the 35mm format. Still not used to APS-C conversions, but getting there. I purchased a 645Z the other day and now need some new lenses. To help me decide what to get, it would be helpful to know the crop factor for the 645Z. There are various numbers running around, which vary widely from each other. Can someone point me to the accurate conversion number?
(The one number I've been using is 0.62075, but nobody else seems to be using that number. 0.62075 translates the 75mm "normal" to be 46.5 in the 35mm world.)
Thanks for any help. I've gone from 35mm to APS-C to the Q. About time to go experiment the other way and try medium format.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
12-10-2022, 12:16 AM
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Finally received my new 645z today. Nice camera! Easy to figure out since I've had digital Pentax since the *istD. Buttons mostly familiar as is the menu system. After setting up to my liking, only then decided to check the firmware. It shipped with version 1.0. The latest is 1.3, so I downloaded it and started the update. Got the flashing "UPDATING" message, but never the "COMPLETED" notice. The screen just went blank.
Uh oh! Did I brick it on the first day? No response from any button pushes. After a couple more minutes, figuring by this time I had nothing to lose and having visions of sending it back to Ricoh, (purchased directly from them), I powered down - waited a few secs - and powered back up. Whew! Came up normally. Checking the firmware version, it shows 1.3. Reformatted the card and ready to go. Was scared for a moment there.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
12-07-2022, 12:17 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Pentax K-3 III
11-21-2022, 10:29 AM
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Don't know the numbers, and we consumers probably will never get them. But, I got one! Didn't really need it as I am completely satisfied with my K1. Was excited with the high ISO capabilities and that I could put my APS-C lenses to use that have been gathering dust since purchasing the K1. Still getting used to the K3 iii. So far, I like it...a lot!
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Forum: Pentax K-3 III
10-24-2022, 01:29 PM
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Update. Just signed for the delivery and opened the package a bit later. First was the 20-40 Limited. Nice lens. Need to figure out the size of a snap-on cap for the lens hood. I don't use the metal push-on caps for any of my Limited lenses. Replaced them all with traditional clip-on caps. I'm guessing it is 65mm, based on the part number of the push-on cap, (i.e., O-LW65A). I'll try to verify that in the lens part of the forum.
Opened the body and one thing that initially caught my attention is the body cap. Pentax changed the design so that now one needs to press the lens release button to remove the cap. All my other Pentax bodies, back to my MX in 1976, are just twist on and twist off without needing to press the release button. That's fine, as one lens or another will almost always be on the body.
Put my hand strap and neck strap on, inserted a battery from my K1, and now to setup and configure to my liking. I like the location of the AF button. It is convenient to the thumb and isolated from AE-L button.
Oh, the best part. A printed manual IS included in the box! The BH website is incorrect, at least with my body.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-26-2022, 09:41 PM
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Much to my surprise, while walking in a local park near the pavilion where some workers were constructing the winter skating rink, one of the workers spied my K-1 and asked about it, and even if I had upgraded it to a K-1 II. He even knew what lens was on the body, correctly naming the focal range, (i.e., 24-70/2.8). I did not chat with him long because his co-worker started getting impatient. He must have been a "closet Pentaxian".
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-24-2022, 01:46 PM
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Just received delivery of a DA 20-40 f/2.8-4 Limited. On my Limited lenses, I prefer to use a snap-on cap instead of the supplied metal push-on cap with the "felt" inside.
Does anyone know what size cap will fit the lens hood? Based on the part number of the lens cap for the hood in the manual, (i.e., O-LW65A), I suspect it might be 65mm. The lens itself takes 55mm filters.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-24-2022, 03:13 PM
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55 is the filter size, and would be the cap size if the hood is NOT used. The hood is larger.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-09-2016, 06:41 PM
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Just received my body today, and after my obligatory 'first shot' using my original M50/1.7, (my very first Pentax lens that came with my MX back in 1976), I tried a few other lenses. I was especially interested in my Sigma twins. I have the original versions, both the 70-200/2.8 and the 100-300/4; as well as the matching EX 1.4x and EX 2.0x converters. I tried all combinations, and am happy to report that they all work well. At first, I thought the 70-200/2.8 didn't work, but then discovered that I need both the lens and the body to be in AF mode, (I had just shot a couple exposures using my A400/5.6 which is MF only, and forgot to flip the switch back to AF).
Note: Sigma says that the 100-300/4 with the 2x converter does not auto-focus, however I never had any problems with my multiple Pentax bodies over the years.
To recap:
Sigma 70-200mm 1:2.8 APO EX
Sigma 100-300mm 1:4 APO EX
Sigma APO Tele Converter 1.4x EX
Sigma APO Tele Converter 2x EX
(all first generations of these lenses)
All combinations auto-focus on my K-1 just fine. The 70-200 is really quick, the 100-300 auto-focuses like on the bodies of old.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-21-2017, 11:36 PM
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Finally took Jayna to Roma.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-26-2016, 02:59 PM
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Always on the lookout for weather phenomenon because I teach it part-time at the local community college. This is the fire plume from the Sand Fire currently burning in Los Angeles county. At the top of the smoke pillar is what is called a pyrocumulus cloud. Acquired Friday afternoon/evening through the very dirty bathroom window. Other shot is my own personal "cyclist coming toward me focus tracking test". Very impromptu. Tracking worked well enough. Last shot is just a landscape on the top of Mount Piņos, where I went Sunday to get out of the desert heat and fire smoke filled air. Pyrocumulus and cyclists shot with a D FA 28-105/3.5-5.6, landscape with a Tokina AT-X Pro 280 28-80/2.8. Nothing too impressive about the Tokina shot. Just wanted to see how it performed on the K-1. JPEGs straight out of the camera, just resized in GIMP for web posting.
NOTE: the "View Pictuer EXIF" attached to the landscape image incorrectly says that the lens used to acquire the image is a Sigma 17-70. That is incorrect. Not possible as I don't own, nor ever have owned that lens. It was the Tokina 'cause I lugged that heavy beast all over the mountain Sunday afternoon and my arm was pretty worn out by the time I got back to the car.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
04-11-2017, 08:16 PM
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Asahi Kogaku Goshi Kaisha in 1919 . . .
Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. in 1938 , , ,
Honeywell Corporation, (U.S. importer in 50's, 60's and 70's) . . .
Samsung in 2005 . . .
Hoya Corporation in 2008 . . .
RIcoh Imaging Company in 2011 . . .
. . . and still my choice in SLR/DSLR K-mount cameras survive. I fully expect it to continue to do so.
Looking forward in two and a half more years to the 100th anniversary of Pentax.
(Still . . . I may pick up a second K-1 body for a future backup, just in case. Lenses endure. I'm still using some M series glass from my first MX purchased in the mid 70's.)
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Forum: Pentax Price Watch
11-24-2016, 11:32 AM
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That's what I'm watching and hoping for. Want to complete the D-FA collection.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-13-2016, 07:04 AM
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Bedazzled. Few can measure up to Elizabeth Hurley. Your model comes close. Excellent job with her hair.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-15-2016, 11:27 AM
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What the blazes??? Either that image is very heavily photoshopped, you are one incredible photographer, or there is an abundance of magic where you live. I suspect the second. Well done!
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-27-2016, 08:22 PM
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I've really enjoyed this thread. It really feeds my inferiority complex, at least to my photographic talents. Anyway, it's about time I contributed something to this thread. These three shots were taken last Wednesday with the SMCP-A 24-50/4. I'm loving this lens more and more. (All full-frame images, sized down for web posting, very minor levels tweak in PS.)
The Avista Cabinet Gorge Dam on the Clark Fork River very near the border of Idaho and Montana.
The Clark Fork River about halfway between Lake Pend Orielle and the Montana border.
Very near some shale quarries on the Pend Orielle Scenic Byway, (Idaho State Highway 200).
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-06-2016, 07:58 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-06-2016, 09:59 AM
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I'm with you on this. I've had grips since my K20 days, (on a K20, K-7, K-5, and K-3). I carry it in the 'travel' lens bag but very rarely use it. As with you, it is just easier to turn the camera and bend my right wrist up to forehead level. Only real time I shoot portrait orientation is when grabbing frames for a mosaic.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-04-2016, 07:25 AM
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Of course, I cannot tell you what to do, but for me, I absolutely refuse to patronize businesses that play that game. It's perfectly in their right to charge whatever the market will pay. My money goes to places that appreciate their customers, such as B&H and Adorama.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
04-26-2016, 07:46 AM
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Wonderful! You're preserving a small piece of history. I just love stuff like this.
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Forum: Sold Items
04-07-2016, 07:15 PM
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I have no interest in this sale and do not know the seller.
I will say that I have this lens and if ever forced to liquidate my photographic equipment, this will be one of the last lenses that I will sell. It is that good!
Used it extensively several years for shooting high school baseball games for the local newspaper. A lot of shots taken with this lens were published.
The K-1 is coming! This will be a good one for that body.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-02-2016, 01:12 PM
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With the K-1, I have now come 'full circle'. I purchased my first Pentax SLR in 1976, a MX with the auto winder and a bunch of M glass. I still have that 'ol MX and fondled it gently last night when I was making the final decision whether to purchase a K-1 or not. When Pentax went digital, I got a couple of *istDs. Those were followed by a K100D, K10D, K20D, K-7, K-5, and a K-3, (not counting the two Qs or snapshot and waterproof cameras). (Still got all those bodies except for the K100D which I sold to my brother and the K20D which I gave to my lady friend.)
That first MX was purchased when I was just starting out in my career, and the K-1 will be the last before I retire in less than a year and my income will be less than now. The K-1 will see me into the horizon of life. Looking forward to using that old M glass, (along with some A and FA glass too). One of the primary reasons is reduction of low-light noise with the larger sensor. I 'hate' flash, as most people who get flashes going off in their eyes do.
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Forum: Pentax Q
01-24-2013, 01:13 PM
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Looks just like my little 'Pepe' Japanese Chin. He passed on this past summer. I sure do miss him. Love your shot.
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Forum: Pentax Q
12-22-2012, 02:37 PM
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The Pentax Q leather retro case has been discounted at several places, so I picked up one from B&H. It is said that the case will only fit with the 01 prime or the 03 fisheye lens. My fisheye lens has not arrived in the post yet, but I can confirm that the case will NOT fit the 01 if you have a filter attached. Maybe it would if it were a thin filter, but I have no idea if 40.5mm filters are available in thin configuration. It probably would fit with the filter, but not with the cap at the same time, (I have the pinch cap on for the time being, and will replace it with the DA40 style hood/cap when it arrives 'any day now'.)
Secondly, the strap is too wide to fit into the Q slots. It is about a millimeter wider than the OEM strap that came with the body. There are two 'rings' attached to the leather strap, but I was reluctant to use them; as I remember the same system scratching the body of my old K1000. The K7 and K5 have little leather flaps that when attached first, keep the rings from scratching the body. No such leather flaps were included with the Q case, but there was a little leather fob saying 'genuine leather'. At first, I thought that I might cut that in half and punch the appropriate holes to make my own flaps. I gave that up because I don't have leather working tools and the scrap sample piece is probably not large enough to make two flaps.
The strap will not fit, (easily), as is, into the body slots, so this is what I did to get it to go in. I took scissors and cut the end to about a 45 degree angle. Then, pushed the pointy end through as far as it will go and used a pair of needle nose pliers to grab that little triangular piece that showed through the slot and muscle the strap all the way through. Then, I cut off the badly frayed end so ti was again square and ran it under a lit match to fuse the loose threads together. It's a nice end now. Then, wrap and lock the strap as normal.
Hopefully this will help someone else who might purchase the retro case and wonder just how to get the strap attached to the body.
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