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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
03-31-2014, 06:15 PM
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Nature is a big fan of diversity, sometimes in the oddest ways. As Oscar Wilde said, "One should always be a little improbable."
Taken with a SMC M 100 f/4 Macro.
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
03-28-2014, 04:57 AM
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I took this in a church, so I think it counts towards the theme. It's title is Ecce Homo, Latin for Behold the Man.
If it looks posterized, could you let me know, I'm having trouble with the color profiles when I output from lightroom. Thanks.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-29-2007, 11:44 PM
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I know this is a rangefinder, and it sold for $2,000-3,000, but this is what the "MXd" should be. It has a mechanical shutter (has to be primed with the lever), only has Av and M mode, no AF, and every important function is displayed in analogue. Shutter speed is on the wheel, and the dials set WB, quality, show how many shots remain on the SD card, and how full the batteries are. The LCD can even swivel out and around so it is protected and out of site (there is a handy dial on the back of it that performs crop factor calculations.)
If Pentax could make this (possibly without the analogue dials as they supposedly added $500 to the cost) at a reasonable price, and give it full compatibility with pre-A lenses, they could sell them to schools, clubs, and hundreds of thousands of photographers that still have old k-mount glass sitting in a box in their closets.
If I had the money, I would buy this rangefinder in a heartbeat. I can just imagine it, with a 50mm f/1.0 as a walkaround kit.
~Thursday
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
08-26-2007, 03:33 PM
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Hello all.
I have a Pentax ME Super that was working properly yesterday when I put it on ebay. Today I was fiddling with it because it was next to my computer, and it doesn't work properly anymore. Now, it will only cock the shutter every other time I advance the lever. It advances the frame number, and I assume the film, but every other time, the shutter won't fire. I think the top screw is a bit loose, because if I hold the lever down when I cock the shutter, it works. I've tried to tighten the top screw, but it doesn't help.
Does anyone know a quick fix for this? Do I have a camera listing I have to take down?
Thanks for any and all help!
~Thursday
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
08-23-2007, 03:14 PM
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Hello all,
Just stopping in to say hello here. It seems a nice friendly place. I hope to spend more time here than at a certain other forum.
~Thursday
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-23-2007, 03:06 PM
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I have wanted Pentax to make a "DX" or and "MXd" for a long time. If Leica can make the M8, why can't Pentax make a camera based of a classic SLR design?
These are the specs I would like:
Based on MX body
6-8MP APS-c sensor
ISO 100-3200
1/4000th to 10 seconds and Bulb
Has no scene selections, just Av, Tv, and M.
Mirror lock up
DoF preview (lever right were it is on the MX)
RAW only
Duel SD card slots
Uncrippled KAF2 (with SDM) mount so it can meter with K and M lenses. (I would love MF only, but I realize that's not likely)
A viewfinder with very close to 100% coverage (I think the MX was only 95 or 97%) and a Split prism w/ microprism collar focus indicator.
A wheel for ISO selection where the film rewind wheel was (a real wheel with numbers on it, not an e-wheel)
A wheel for shutter speed selection (again, a real wheel)
If you set a lens Aperture to A, your in Tv. If you set it to anything else, your in Av, if you move the shutter speed and have the aperture set on a number, your in manual (with a little switch next to the shutter to put it back to Av)
All in all, this isn't a "Pro" body, it's a student body. If it could be priced at around $300-400, I think a lot of schools would go over to this for teaching.
I created a new account just to post this, but I think I'll stick around, everyone seems a lot more friendly here than at another forum that shall remain nameless. . .
~Thursday
P.S.
One last function, the ability to turn off color capturing on the sensor, it would only capture luminosity. Making it a B&W camera.
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