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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
07-14-2016, 12:38 PM
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Your camera is a very rare variant of the original 645, factory modified to have 1/2 stop E/V compensation via the changed C/S dial. This variant I believe was made for chrome shooters and only gives up 1½ frames a second in continuous shooting to gain this.
I have two of these cameras and you are the only other person I now know of with another.
Glenn
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Forum: General Talk
11-04-2019, 01:06 AM
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Nah, it's our magnetic personalities.
Glenn
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-11-2019, 02:03 AM
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I thought this was appropriate for Armistice day. A statue commemorating Australian soldiers ignoring British High Command's orders not to rescue wounded fellow soldiers in the aftermath of the battle of Fromelles in WW1.
One of my great uncles was here, of the 887 men in his Battalion who went into battle here, he was one of the 106 who answered roll call the next day.
Glenn
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Forum: General Talk
11-11-2019, 01:11 AM
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Aw come on, I've seen plenty of maps of Tassie over the years.
Glenn
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-18-2019, 09:10 PM
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I own both and here is the take I have on my copies of these lenses. The Sigma is MUCH larger than the diminutive 77ltd see the attached pictures (the 1st without hoods, the 2nd with the 77ltd's inbuilt hood extended and the Sigma with the FF hood, last with the Sigma's APSC hood). With my copies the Sigma is much sharper, not that the 77ltd is by any means a slouch,but the Sigma is seriously sharp and renders 3D like photos that are extremely pleasing with the right background. The 77ltd on the other hand while not quite as sharp or 3D like, always provides awesome bokeh no matter what the background is.
When I have to travel the 77 is my go to lens but when I have a controlled environment the Sigma can't be beaten.
Glenn
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-20-2019, 05:08 AM
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As I posted earlier, I have both lenses, but I may not have elaborated enough on the strengths and weaknesses of each.
First the Sigma. It's much bigger lens as can be seen by the pictures I included in my last post. It's a sharper lens in the centre ,corners and edges especially wide open. It doesn't fringe like the 77ltd and is more flare resistant. It renders very 3D like. It has a very pleasant bokeh when the background is not too busy but when there is a complex background it renders it in a confusing manner that is not very pleasing.
Next the 77ltd. It has the edge in size and portability by a long long way. Yes it is not as sharp especially in the corners wide open but this is not a problem for portraiture. Sharpness isn't everything, just take someones portrait and show all their wrinkles,pimples,pores and blackheads,soft lenses were used in movies for a reason! Yes it can flare, this is easily fixed by re-positioning the subject or camera, it can purple fringe but it has a beautiful creamy bokeh that it always achieves no matter the background.
I always use the Sigma in studio or where I CAN control the background and carrying it is not a problem but for distant locations or where unknown backgrounds may occur I always use the 77ltd for its beautiful creamy backgrounds. All the worry about 85mm v 77mm and f1.4 v f1.8 and DOF is in my opinion inconsequential (who wants to see a subjects eyes in focus and their nose and ears out of focus) as both lenses will produce stunning portraits.
Glenn
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-08-2016, 08:52 AM
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In all the ways as Steve has said the AF500FTZ works as a very nice dedicated manual flash on all my Pentax DSLRs including the K1 and are brilliant manual slaves. I have 4 of them as my go to slaves.Yes the multiple burst and sync modes work on all of them as well. As for working on the K1 inTTL and exposing correctly, they will fire in TTL,the camera settings such as ISO,Fstop etc and lense Zoom will alter the settings on the flash correctly but the flash will only fire at full power and therefore will only expose correctly at the maximum range calculated by the flash. The flash range perameters are calculated and displayed at the bottom of the flash screen as I have outlined on the phone picture of my K1 and one of my AF500FTZs.
Glenn
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-26-2016, 12:34 AM
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The 3 Rulers of my household, Ally the silver spotted British Shorthair, Bailey the Cream British Shorthair and Josie our massive Maine Coon and undisputed Queen of the house.
Glenn
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
11-13-2018, 08:22 AM
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I have only used the pegs off an old tent that was well past its "use by date" and they have served me very well.
Glenn
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-11-2018, 01:39 AM
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My current fully working flock with serial numbers,
Pentax LX 5255617
Pentax MZ-S 5015355
Pentax 645 1042533
Pentax 645 1057792
Pentax AP 137217
Pentax K 160021
Pentax K 163194
Pentax SV 609561
Pentax SV 936182
Pentax SV 952394
Pentax SV (black) 544917
Pentax H2 277341
Pentax H2 251129
Pentax S1a 703800
Pentax Spotmatic 2874154
Pentax Spotmatic II (Black) 5413407
Pentax Spotmatic (Black) 4296111
Pentax Spotmatic F 4828703
Pentax Spotmatic F 6181652
Pentax SL 3076927
Pentax K1000 7504962
Pentax KM 8296156
Pentax KX 8383860
Pentax KX (Black) 8355557
Pentax K2 (Black) 7109478
Pentax MX 9497111
Pentax ME-F (Black) 3616208
Pentax ME Super 3338478
Pentax Program A 1443996
Pentax Super A 1132302
Minolta XE-1 1060122
Minolta XD5 4003218
Minolta XD7 2132446
Minolta SRT Super 1134172
Minolta SRT 303b 3388237
Minolta X-700 2810329
Bronica GS-1 3119584
Yashica 635 ST 2021117
Glenn
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
11-06-2018, 07:56 AM
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For these types of locations a few steel tent pegs work for me. They are very light and when they are driven in and hooked over your light stand legs nothing moves it.
Glenn
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
11-06-2018, 03:47 AM
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The short of it is Godox v860II's of any camera brand flavour ( Canon, Nikon, Sony etc ) will work off camera with Xpro-P (also called R2 Pro-P) triggers in HSS and TTL but not directly on the cameras hot shoe where they become manual flashes only.
V860II's will need the latest firmware update to do this. There is already a thread about this. Xpro-P TTL Wireless Flash Trigger for Pentax
Glenn
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
11-01-2018, 06:36 AM
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Even more astounding news, I'm able to get TTL and HSS with the Xpro-p on my MZ-S. I don't know of any other film camera that is doing this. I have now been able to confirm reliable operation with the Xpro-p and the K7, K5, K5IIs, K3 and now the MZ-S as well as Godox's listed supported cameras K3II , K1 and K1 II.
Glenn
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-31-2018, 08:16 AM
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Any Pentax camera from The K5II/IIs onward will auto-focus dramatically better in low light than your K5, so there are plenty of budget options. The K1 on the other hand while not the budget option has the brilliant combination of fast reliable auto-focus in low light and a wonderful large bright viewfinder.
Glenn
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
10-31-2018, 07:40 AM
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Firstly are you running firmware version 2.2 on your AD200. This can be checked by holding in the mode button while turning on the AD200. If you are not running v2.2, Inkista gave a detailed description earlier in this thread on updating Godox firmware.
If you are running v2.2 on your AD200 you should be ready to go. Once you have the Xpro on your camera and everything is switched on make sure that flash is enabled on your K5 and not wireless or red-eye reduction etc. (checked by the bottom button of the 4-way controller). The Xpro and your light should be set to the same channel if they are you should be able to select the flash's group with one of the Xpro's 5 side buttons. When you have your flash's group highlighted you can then change its settings,if you push the mode button your Xpro should change from M to TTL etc. with each push, the control wheel can then be used for exposure compensation for TTL or to adjust manual settings. Each time you change one of these settings on the Xpro you should see a corresponding change on your AD200's screen. So TTL will be enabled when you select the flash's channel and group and you use the mode button to select TTL while the group is highlighted and this will be confirmed on the AD200's screen.
I hope this helps,
Glenn
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
10-25-2018, 01:38 AM
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I can also confirm that K7, K5 and K5IIs also all work with HSS, TTL and of course manual with Xpro-p and ad200 with new firmware.
Glenn
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
10-17-2018, 02:33 AM
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I have just received my Xpro-p and immediately had to try it on my K1. What a revelation, it plays nicely with all of my studio flashes, my ad200, TT600's and V850II's without any misfires or bugs in more than 800 shots. I have always shot flash in manual so I can balance the background ambient light , so to be able to do this and be able to exceed sync speed on the fly without changing any settings and have my flashes seamlessly change to HSS is amazing.
I'm so impressed that my Cactus gear (V6's,V6II's and flashes) and Pentax AF-540's will be going on the market.
Glenn
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
10-23-2018, 05:13 PM
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More good news, Godox has released new firmware updates for some more strobes, AD600 strobes, AD400 and now AD200 strobes are now compatible with Pentax X TTL.
I had to try out yesterdays firmware release on my AD200 even though I have always shot manual, but this firmware is a revelation, none of the old TTL inconsistencies and then if you're like me just use the TCM function and convert TTL to manual
settings and adjust to your liking from there with the added bonus of no pre-flash. It gives great baseline exposures, my flash meters aren't going to like this.:eek: One more bonus is Godox's Pentax X TTL does work well with manual focus lenses
unlike Cactus triggers.( I've been using Voigtlanders with A contacts, I'll have to test more.)
Glenn
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-12-2017, 09:30 PM
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Try Transcend's RecoverRX, unlike RescuePRO it's not very picky with what it recovers. I had a "dead" SD card that no other program would recognize or recover and RecoverRX recovered not only the current files on the card but also long deleted files.
It was also able to recover everything and long ago deleted files on a fried SSD from my desktop when nothing else could see it.
RecoverRX is a free download from Transcend's Website.
Glenn
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-11-2017, 09:40 PM
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A little bit of steam nostalgia. All 3 engines ran on the same day to the Victorian Goldfields , R711 and R767 both ran together between Melbourne and Bendigo, J549 met up with them at Castlemaine station (seen in the last picture) and ran to Maldon.
Glenn
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
07-26-2017, 11:23 PM
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I asked my brother and he has told me he puts one teaspoon (5gms) of citric acid in his stop bath which he agitates for 2 minutes.
Glenn
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
06-19-2017, 10:21 AM
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Most people seem to like the Pentax 540 II's but when I bought my 540's I decided on the original 1st series. As I'm primarily a user of radio triggers and off camera flash I couldn't see the value in WR especially with the price premium and I have yet to see WR radio triggers. If it's raining I just put my flashes complete with triggers in a plastic bag and use a twist tie to seal it, the radio triggers still work perfectly,with an added bonus that if you use a slightly opaque bag the bag then becomes a light modifier.
I have just finished a shoot of small nocturnal marsupials for a local university and we had 6 shooters all with different brands of cameras and shared flashes with cactus triggers and the flashes all set on manual (no pre-flashes to scare off the animals), we used plastic bags to put our flashes and triggers in. The flashes and triggers sometimes spent hours in the pouring rain even when we ran for cover and not one of them got wet.
Honestly my manual flashes work just as good if not better than my 540's but the 540's are there when I may need HSS.
Glenn
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-17-2017, 02:13 PM
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The simplest, cheapest and probably the strongest method is to to use a Helicoil.Try googling Helicoil and if you don't believe you are capable of DYI'ing this yourself any engineering company or even a motor mechanic would be capable of doing this simple fix.
Glenn
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
04-27-2016, 04:29 AM
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I have always used screen protectors from protectionfilms24.com , they always have LCD protectors for Pentaxes and provide them for both rear and top LCD's. I have already ordered mine for my K1. They have all types of films even hardened glass ones.
Yes they are in Germany but their shipping is very prompt and reasonable even all the way to me in Australia.
Glenn
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
03-03-2017, 01:25 AM
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Viltrox make a tiny all manual flash called a JY610II, it has every feature that you are asking for plus more and very cheap, I paid $28 AUD for mine. The build quality is amazing for such a cheap flash and it's adjustable from full to 128th power in 1/3 stop increments.
Glenn
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