Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-10-2021, 05:23 PM
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The K3iii definitely sounds like it has a ton of promise, I'll definitely have to give one a try when it finally comes out.
In the meantime, I'll try to hunt down a K-5 to fill my craving, haha. Thanks everyone!
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
02-10-2021, 04:30 PM
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Here's some stuff from my a7r2. Glass used was Canon 85L, 35L and Sony 50/1.8
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-10-2021, 03:55 PM
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Thanks for the suggestions! Let me make it clear what my priorities are: I do not care for image quality, performance, full-frame, etc. as I get plenty of that from my 'work' cameras -- my number 1 goal is a camera that brings me joy to use. I loved the k-5 back when I had it so that's my sort of baseline for where to set expectations. I loved the way it fit in my hand, I enjoyed its overall responsiveness and I absolutely abused it's go-anywhere build.
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Forum: General Photography
02-10-2021, 03:31 PM
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The sony a7ii is a moderately capable body that's absolutely devoid of joy when in use. IQ is exactly what you'd expect out of an older entry-level FF camera - it's pretty good, but nothing mind-blowing. The focus is only good when using first-party glass, adapted glass was pretty hit-or-miss for me. The sony 28-70 was very much a kit lens in both performance and IQ - it works but is nothing special, much like the body. The 1st-gen a7s felt more special to me IQ-wise, the 3rd gen and onwards a7 bodies are a significant improvement in focusing and usability.
IMO, you should save your cash and wait to get a K-1 or invest in some glass if you absolutely need to fill that GAS itch right away. Have a try at some fast glass or Limiteds if you want to add a little something special to your images.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-10-2021, 02:58 PM
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Hey guys! Recently been getting the GAS itch and I've been craving a Pentax body.
Been shooting professionally with Sony and Canon the last few years, currently dialing back on the photography aspect of my career and thinking of picking up Pentax again as I move towards taking photos for fun again.
Any recommendations or suggestions on what bodies are the new hotness around these parts? I haven't been keeping up with y'all since my K-5 days.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-19-2016, 11:30 PM
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Only vivitar rebadges have different focus ring material. Can't say if it's better, but it's different.
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Forum: Sold Items
09-16-2015, 09:46 PM
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Definitely one of my favorite old school tele zooms from back when I still shot with a K-5. I might be tempted to nab it for my a7s if it's still around once my paycheck rolls in ;)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
08-17-2015, 05:18 PM
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Petal hoods are usually optimized for a certain focal length so as to get maximum coverage without vignetting. Take the shortest edge of the petal hood and slice off the rest and you get the optimal circle hood for said focal length.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-21-2015, 09:05 AM
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I'm a current a7s owner and former GR shooter. I definitely think that you can fit the sensor into a GR type body if you disable video mode, given how compact the a7s is even with the extra bits for an evf and video functions. Knowing how compact they made the GR lens back in the film era, the only issue I see in regards to doing this would be the heat dissipation factor. Since ricohtax have taken quite a liking to using magnesium alloy for all their high end models, it might even be possible to design it so that the whole camera can act as a heat sink. Sorry if I'm rambling, I just really love the idea of an a7s/GR hybrid
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-23-2015, 02:32 PM
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IMO, 50mp cameras exist for the select few professionals who need it for billboards and whatnot, and is then sold to everyone else who thinks they need it to fund more research for important things like clean high ISOs and dynamic range.
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Forum: Sold Items
03-03-2015, 04:52 AM
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Forum: Sold Items
02-19-2015, 11:44 PM
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Forum: Sold Items
12-13-2014, 03:51 AM
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Samyang sold, price drop on the sigma
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
12-02-2014, 03:00 PM
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I have no idea what you're trying to ask for here, so I'll just cover the points that I can parse through from your post. I'm currently a Sony shooter using the a6000 with plans of adding an a7s once my Xmas bonus comes in.
1. Video quality is damn good, although rendering video can be a pain since it does take quite a bit of computing power to process the codec. I'm running an overclocked i5 with 32gb of ram and using hardware acceleration with a GTX970 and a 12-minute video across 2 cameras with effects/colorgrading/noise reduction/sharpening/etc took a good 6 hours to render and export. Haven't had a chance to work with much XAVC-S/S-LOG2 yet, but from what I can tell, its fantastic if you know what you're doing. If you're new to cinematic color grading and come from shooting video from non-cinema grade cameras (such as the d600, 5d3, ENG style camcorders, etc), its entirely overkill. If not, you might find issue in the slight loss quality in the color gradations vs working from native prores footage (since it is only 8-bit 422@50mbps), but its perfectly usable with some work.
2. Image quality is pretty damn good on the sensor level. All the dynamic range and detail you've come to expect is there, the question of megapixels doesn't concern me too much since I don't need to crop tiny portions of my frame. I came from shooting a K-x, so 12 megapixels seems entirely adequate for most situations. The 24mp on the a6000 is nice to have and the sensor performs well, but I was just as happy with the performance from the 16mp on the K-5 I used to shoot.
3. When shooting crop, you've got plenty of good options as far as fast glass goes. There's the lovely zeiss 24mm f/2, the stabilized 35mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.8, and plenty of options for adapting lenses , additionally with autofocus if you go A mount or EF mount. AF on adapted lenses works, but don't expect to shoot sports with them. As for full frame, remember that its a relatively new mount. Like with crop, you have plenty of options when adapting other lenses, but native first party lens offerings are limited to the 16-35, 24-70, and 70-200 f/4 zooms, the zeiss 35mm f/2.8 and zeiss 50mm f/1.8. as well as the upcoming 28-135 f/4 cinema zoom (which I definitely lust over)
4. The small size of the sony ecosystem was actually a happy change for me. I came from dual-wielding gripped 5D's and K-5's with big/fast glass, so the weight savings were quite welcome. I've never found the number of controls lacking in relation to the K-5, and while I do miss the AF joystick from the 5D is missed at times, I've never found it to really slow me down since I'd given up freelance sports shooting years ago. There's enough buttons on the camera for every function I find essential and the quick menu on the interface easily holds the functions I use occasionally. The EVF is actually quite good, so I do not miss my pentaprism at all. That said, nothing compares to a good old medium format viewfinder, so maybe I set myself up to not expect too much ;)
Hope this helps!
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Forum: Sold Items
12-02-2014, 02:42 AM
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Selling off the last of my lenses, since I've switched to Sony
Sigma 28mm f/1.8 EX DG - 320 280 Shipped+Paypal'd
Some signs of use, comes with box, pouch, hood and rear cap, I've lost the front cap somewhere unfortunately. Worked great with my K-5 and worked even better with a speedbooster on my a6000.
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 - 220 Shipped+Paypal'd sold
I've lost count of the times I've owned this lens, kept coming back to it for its gorgeous bokeh. Comes with box, hood and caps, maybe pouch too if I can find it.
Generic PK -> NEX speedbooster adapter - 50 Shipped+Paypal'd sold
Get that full frame look with your aps-c Sony. Some signs of use and comes with caps.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
10-17-2014, 03:28 PM
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In theory, it should be the 67II, but I unfortunately don't have both cameras on me to compare
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
09-29-2014, 11:54 PM
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Things have changed a lot for me in the last year and a half. I've switched to sony (le gasp!) but am still rocking my kmount glass via speedbooster
I'd love to see a pentax take on a sony a7s faux-cinema sort of camera with silent IBIS, as I've gone rather heavily into the motion side of things with my recent work. Its kind of sad to see every other camera maker putting out bodies with at least decent, if not great video capability, while pentax offers the bare minimum in video performance.
As for lenses, that new sony 28-135mm f/4 cine lens is pretty much ideal for what I currently shoot, although in keeping with my daydreaming about a pentax cinema camera, I'd love to see a 16-70mm f/2.8 with power zoom, aperture ring and geared for cine usage. I still love fast lenses, so a DA*55 along with the sigma 18-35mm would handily round out the rest of my dream kit.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
08-05-2014, 02:17 AM
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focal length is focal length, unless you've got some sort of focal reducer or teleconverter built into your adapter
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
06-29-2014, 03:40 AM
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The wonderful and cheap DA35mm f/2.4 would get you by pretty well. Its sharp across the frame, cheap, has decent bokeh when called upon and passably corrected for aberrations and related artifacts
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Forum: Sold Items
06-22-2014, 06:29 AM
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Forum: Sold Items
06-20-2014, 02:58 AM
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Forum: Sold Items
06-16-2014, 12:31 PM
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PentaxForums.com Marketplace Listing Item for Sale
Ricoh GR, Pentax K-5, Sony NEX 5N, FA50/1.4, Tamron 28-75/2.8 Asking Price
900 USD everything
GR - 500
K-5 - 325
FA50 - 200 Item Location
San Diego (United States) Item Description
Making my painful exodus away from shooting stills into the scary world of video, so I'm letting go of most of my current pentax kit :( 900 takes everything!
Ricoh GR - 520500
GR in great condition, comes with original box and cables along with 2 extra aftermarket batteries and charger. A few scratches on the rear LCD and some dust in the hotshoe is all it has to show for its use.
Pentax K-5 - 350325
My trusty main body for the last few years. It's got its battle scars. the button for the popup flash is gone, so there's no way of using the popup flash unless you want to shove a fingernail under the flash each time you want to use it. It's got a good number of dents and scratches, but everything outside of the flash works perfectly. Comes with original box, O-ME53 magnifier, 3rd party grip, two extra aftermarket batteries and charger.
FA 50mm f/1.4 - 220200
Some signs of use and there's a ding in the distance scale window. There are a few marks on the front element coating that don't show up in photos, took some microfiber and wiped it off. Glass is clean otherwise. Comes with rear cap and original box. Sony NEX 5N - 190 SOLD
My video gateway drug, going to be upgrading from this. Works great, shows light signs of use. Only comes with stock battery and charger. Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 - 220 SOLD
Definitely a workhorse, shows it too. The ring that holds the lens hood is cracked but holds the hood securely despite this. There are a few marks on the front element coating that don't show up in photos, took some microfiber and wiped it off. Glass clean otherwise. Comes with rear cap and hood.
As always, feel free to ask me questions and I'll be happy to give discounts if you buy several things together. Photos to come as soon as I can manage. For trades, I'm looking for a sony A6000 or a samyang 14mm.
Edit: The rest of the photos can be found here: selling - hxpham Are you the original owner of the item being sold?
No Are you selling or trading this item?
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Used
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No Returns
Please send me a private message if interested in the item!
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
06-02-2014, 10:41 PM
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thanks so much for the nominations!
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
04-26-2014, 07:57 PM
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-26-2014, 04:25 PM
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I love the MX, its wonderfully well built, incredibly light in stock form and simply a pleasure to shoot with. Best part is that massive viewfinder its got ;)
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