Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-08-2021, 06:12 AM
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As photography is now a real work for me, i had to add :
- Sigma 35/1.4 (if Pentax did make one, i'd would have bought a Pentax one. And no, the 31 is no remplacement).
- Pentax FA*85/1.4. (And no, the DFA*85 wasn't available at the time, and is way too heavy at 1.2kg compared to the 550gr of the FA*).
When you have to climb 35m on a static rope to take a shot, then yes, weight become a crucial mater.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 III
04-04-2021, 12:16 AM
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On the conclusion of this one, DPR is not negative really. It's quite promising in fact. let's see what they will say when they really test the camera.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-09-2021, 02:26 PM
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The button layout in itself is different and the AF layout also seem different. That is enough to make a K1iii :lol:
Jokes aside, in the sensor departement, Sony seems to focus a lot on the read-out of sensor lately. Bigger buffer and faster clearance would be a pleasant surprise.
Better AF with the joystick alone would be enough for me to get a K1iii.
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Forum: General Talk
12-16-2020, 09:27 AM
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A DGB6 Grip for the K1. When shooting from a static rope, i really miss the extra grip for vertical !
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-20-2020, 02:46 PM
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Agreed ! I'm pretty confident the lens will be really good. So far the level of the DFA lenses are way higher than what Pentax did before Ricoh.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-21-2020, 07:36 AM
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Customers are more suceptible to pay for goods wich price remain constant over time. Otherwise, we all wait for price to lower before buying, and even then we think "it's old, something new might come up" and we end up never buying it new.
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
01-13-2020, 02:01 AM
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Make sure you "push" it enough into the flash hotshoe. Otherwise it's making false contact and doesn't work.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-30-2019, 04:53 AM
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Gear is going to be more expensive in the near future. On the other hand, when you see how small is the gain is with every generation, you are going to hold onto your body and lenses much longer.
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Forum: Pentax Lens Articles
08-10-2012, 03:58 PM
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After pixel peeping around 60 frames done with the DA*55 i can say :
- it's damn sharp all across the frame from f2.
- it's quite sharp from f1.4 to f2.
- Color saturation / contraste are pretty accurate all across the frame. When stop to f5.6 or f8 color are super vivid. The only limitation seem the film itself when it come to the blue of the sky.
- Skin tones are almost perfect.
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Forum: Pentax Lens Articles
08-09-2012, 12:14 AM
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Indeed that's'pretty sexy.
Just remember that due to its KAF3 mount, it's'only manual focus on film body.
And i really and strongly suggest you to have a microprism or stygmo or any precision matt focusing screen, because F1.4 on film is unforgiveable when it comes to focusing.
On MZ-5n, with standard matt focusing scrEen, i missed around 50% of my shots.
On SuperA with stygmo and microprism i missed around 20 %.
But the result is really astonishing with B&W film.
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Forum: Pentax Lens Articles
08-08-2012, 11:30 AM
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i've done 3 rolls of films with the DA*55.
From f2 to f22 : no vignetting at all.
From f1.4 to f2 with hood : subtle vigneting with a value around 0.3 - 0.7 EV that is very soft and progressive in the extreme corner (around 5-7% of the width of the frame.)
See below : DA*55 @f1.4, 1/60, MZ-5n, Ilford HP5+ push 2 stops @1600 iso. light bulb of 100watts at 2m above Florent.
At f1.4 without hood : very subtle vigneting of 0.3 EV (less than on the picture above.)
DA*55 @1.4, 1/125, MZ-5n, Ilford HP5+ push 2 stops @1600 iso. Sunset light only.
To conclude :
I think we can say DA*55 without hood : +++, and DA*55 with hood ++.
Definitely a keeper :lol: it completely remplace my A50/1.7 now.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-10-2018, 01:57 PM
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seems pretty unlikely to see it in DSLR considering how it works.
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Forum: General Talk
05-18-2019, 12:00 PM
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Unfair ... lucky unfair guy ! :lol:
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
03-07-2019, 02:34 AM
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Considering how much chip founderies have progressed in the last 5 years, and how power efficient or powerfull chips can be now, i'm pretty much with you about Pentax renewing it's architecture to adapt if for the future.
When i see the HD coating being spread through various model of lens, i think they also are rationalizing their product line, in order to get more parts in common trhough various lens, or body.
People just bought a new body and already hope for a new one to come out. Same for lenses. They never gets satisfied :p
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Forum: General Talk
02-13-2019, 03:57 AM
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better that than it taking dust on a drawer :)
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-01-2019, 04:01 AM
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The album certainly sows it as the great lens. Rendering is pretty much in line of the other Pentax lenses :
- wide open : sharp in the middle, slight vignetting wide open, sharpness reduce very gently as you go to the edge.
- stop down : sharp in the 3/4 of the frame, no more vignetting, colors pops.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-29-2019, 02:26 PM
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and would be very profitable. I could buy this 20mm in a heartbeat.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
11-09-2018, 02:08 AM
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Unless you do "ultra-prints" (huge prints @600dpi), you'll never see big difference. Well, some people might (@Digitalis maybe ? ) with trained eyes. But the good news is most people who buy prints won't ever notice.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-16-2019, 03:25 PM
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numbers clearly shows that each unit sold was tendentiously more expensive than in the previous year.
Ricoh choice to go after upper value lenses and body was a decent strategy.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-08-2019, 12:10 PM
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Using the DA*55 almost every time i use my camera, next to the FA*85, both are very similar in covering the sensor and vignetting.
for the corner to corner sharpness, it's more about field curvature of the focus zone, than really sharpness. because f1.4 is very good, and from f1.6 it's very sharp. I don't really care of f5.6, because almost any lens is shar at that value.
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Forum: General Talk
01-05-2019, 01:09 PM
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answer : a good deal ? :rolleyes:
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-07-2016, 09:36 AM
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A very basic 67 would make me happy, with a splitprism / microprism, no AF, good metering. And that's it :D
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Forum: General Talk
12-07-2018, 08:00 AM
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You know the moto : if it's too good to be true, it probably isn't.
Well ... the moto is right ! The lens is full of fungus ! :eek: I will try to CLA it, but i never really done it so ...
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
12-05-2018, 02:30 PM
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indeed, but you take less pictures too.
Instant photos are like an object : the picture in itself isn't fully all it's about. You like the physical object as a reminder of moments.
With digital picture, you can snap a lot, and you look at it more about aestheticism, than the object (if you ever print it, btw).
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Forum: General Talk
12-04-2018, 01:43 AM
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Geez ! Nice catch !!! Lucky you ! Have fun ! ---------- Post added 4th Dec 2018 at 09:44 AM ----------
What a shopping spree ! Lots of good thing to try !!
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