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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-18-2013, 12:09 PM
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
07-25-2011, 05:33 AM
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This picture has been cropped, but I think it demonstrates the combination of thin depth of field with pin sharpness you can get from this lens. Unfortunately I'm not 100% sure what aperture this was, I think it may have been wide open, but certainly not above f2.8.
kickbottle by Jez Aitkens, on Flickr
Taken on film with a Pentax K1000 camera.
Spiderfence by Jez Aitkens, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-29-2011, 06:03 AM
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Akimbo by Jez Aitkens, on Flickr
Pentax K1000 and Sigma 24mm 2.8 Super-Wide II.
An old fat guy with a FF Canon was shooting this really young model on the pier... It was quite disturbing...
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-03-2014, 12:23 PM
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Been a while since I posted here...
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-03-2014, 12:20 PM
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Super-A with HP5+ at 250 ISO developed in Perceptol. Combination of SMC-A 50mm f1.7, and Sigma 24mm 2.8 Super-Wide.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-24-2014, 05:32 AM
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A very detailed and helpful reply from Ilford:
I probably did not give it enough time to defrost. Almost certainly in fact.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-03-2014, 12:20 PM
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-16-2012, 12:56 PM
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Interesting.... One day when I have realised my ambition to own all the good A lenses I'll have to try this.
For some reason I feel the need to add an evil laugh...
"One day when I have realised my ambition to own all the good A lenses... Mwahahahahaha!!!"
:confused:
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-14-2012, 12:46 PM
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Quizzical Christmas Reindeer by Jeztastic, on Flickr
Hi, I enjoyed taking this pic - thought I would share my technique. I just received my Cactus v5 flash triggers in the post, so wanted to take some pics for Xmas cards. I had the idea for an ornament in the foreground, and bokeh candles in the background. I like the reindeer's expression, so I wanted to find something for him to look at. After a lot of experimenting, I got the setup I wanted.
The strobist part was actually trickier than I thought. I wanted a constant exposure between the candles and the reindeer, however I also wanted a blacked out background, and a wide open aperture to get bokeh balls. To stop the flash overpowering the candle light I had to go down to 1/128 power on my Yongnuo YN560II, and used more candles as fill. The umbrella was camera right, and candles left. I only have one flash that will go down this low, so it took a lot of experimenting to get the light soft enough and not too dispersed so as to light the background. Not easy, especially as in the end I went down to 1/30 second. Although this allowed the candle light and flash to mix magically, it did mean I had to brush out some background areas in lightroom and rig up a black blanket in the background. Focusing was tricky, so I used live view and zoomed in, although this in turn made holding the camera steady at 1/30th tricky. Pentax SR really saved the day.
The final problem was white balance - the candle light was much warmer than the flash, even with a full CTO gel. In the end I put a second 1/2 CTO gell on top which made everything match nicely.
Lots of fun had though, happy Christmas all, hope you get lots of camera gear in your stockings!
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-06-2012, 05:04 PM
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
03-17-2012, 02:17 AM
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On a side note, it pains me that this thread is becoming popular, and yet is horrendously misspelled. Can we do anything about this?
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-12-2012, 09:53 AM
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Feel a bit better now! Was telling my other half about it, I realised it's just like telling stories about the fish that got away - it's always bigger than the others...
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
05-18-2012, 11:45 AM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
05-18-2012, 08:51 AM
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The K-01 is very well built, I tried one. The rubber grip feels grippy, not rubbery, all the painted parts are metal, and the engineering of the pop-up flash is delicious. It looks and feels like a brick.
Going on this, and the style nods towards the WG-02, I suspect the K30 will be very well built and robust. Although I think it looks ugly, if I hadn't bought my K5 a couple of months ago I would probably think very hard about getting this instead. Seems Pentax meant it about competing with Canikon but not replicating them - building niche products. I think they are doing this exceedingly well. I predict we will be seeing K-01s and K30s in places other cameras don't reach - ski-slopes, skate parks, trails, beaches... There's that hipster/action/surfer crossover thing and it's a BIG market. I have a friend runs a bike and snowboard shop, and the amounts people are willing to spend are astronomical. Biketart And these kind of shoppers can be very style conscious.
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Forum: Photo Critique
05-17-2012, 03:36 AM
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Rick drummer by Jeztastic, on Flickr
This is best looked at on black background with flickr.
Taken with one gridded speedlight camera left. I was shooting in a dark room, so the shot is slightly OOF. :-( Some tips on getting the camera to focus whilst maintaining a low key look would be appreciated.
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
05-17-2012, 06:12 AM
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Rick drummer by Jeztastic, on Flickr
Working on the strobist... And hoping to do more musician portraits...
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Forum: General Talk
05-04-2012, 12:14 PM
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Ahhhh, but is it full frame?
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Can't believe no one else has done that yet...
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-12-2012, 10:20 AM
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Clever. Simple clever!
I came up with a really convoluted way of doing this which involved... Well, scratching the negatives basically... I'll try this when I have the time.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-04-2012, 04:55 PM
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Unfortunately, the distance between the lens and film/sensor is shorter on FD mount than K mount. This means you need an adapter with glass in it to correct the difference - most people think it's not worth the image quality loss. You could mount them on something with an even shorter focal distance, for example, micro four thirds or Leica M mount.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-21-2011, 03:36 PM
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bridgedesat by Jeztastic, on Flickr
Cropped and de-saturated. 15 secs at f8, 400 ISO. I was actually metering for a film camera, hence the high ISO, but liked the shot anyway.
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Forum: Pentax K-r
12-03-2011, 05:31 AM
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I hope that they have discontinued it. They have admitted that there is a problem with the Kr they can't fix (tungsten front focus). Discontinuing the camera would display a bit more integrity and respect for customers then perhaps Pentax has in the recent past.
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
10-01-2011, 01:15 AM
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Part of a series I am doing at carboot fairs near where I live. This was cropped a bit, and b&w of course.
crossstare by Jeztastic, on Flickr
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