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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 02-24-2013, 05:00 AM  
Hello! Prime with weather-sealing?
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 7
Views: 1,673
Thank you, for both the welcome back and the list :)

Well i hope we can get the message across to pentax about the wide/normal WR prime market, seems there might be an opening there to make a few buck for them!
I dont mind the 50-55 range, but it realy needs a compliment at the lower range! The zooms are ok, the new 18-135 seems like a jewel but still... can it beat a prime in image quality and "photographnes"?:cool:

A DA* or fullframe compatible sealed 24/1.8 would realy be nice! I´d pay 900 with ease for that, even more for a 1.4. Or even a sealed version of the 35/2.4 DA AL....
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 02-24-2013, 04:47 AM  
Anyone using the DA 50-200mm f/4-5.6 ED WR?
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 15
Views: 3,383
I got one. On the plus side it is small and LIGHT. You can realy have it in your bag and not notice it. I find it great for traveling along with the 18-55 kit lens. It makes really a light kit to carry around and you cover almost everything with it.

On the downside, it not very good at taking shots in the range of "infinity". When i zoom in on those pictures it mostly "yeah... no. that wasn´t nice at all, looks like i shot it with a compact camera". On closer range it performs well, i have no complains there. But everything needs a bit of work, or just pressing the magic button in LR :)

If you are looking for a WR companion and dont want to spend as much as the DA*60-250 i´d say it performs as expected. It wont blow you away, and it won´t let you down because it will get that picture you couldn´t get without it, althoe not crispsharp in color/contrast/sharpnes.
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 02-24-2013, 04:21 AM  
Hello! Prime with weather-sealing?
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 7
Views: 1,673
Hello fellow penatxarians!

I recently sold my FF system and bought myself a Pentax k-30 with kitlenses 18-55 WR and 50-200 WR (i had a pentax k-5 a few years ago and just loved it but wanted to go FF, but guessing it wasn´t all that since i´m back ;)

So anyway i was looking at the lens lineup and there are some realy good, and some realy, realy good primes around. I had the 35 macro limited before and it was just great! Got myself a decent-paying job now so i got a bit more money tp play around with so i started looking for one or two primes to accompany me on my travels.

This is where i hit a wall so to say, i was hoping for a 24-50mm sealed prime aswell as one in the range of 50-90mm to put in the bag but i just cant find any WR lenses but the kitzooms and the DA*200, DA*300, DA*50-250.
Read some older threads on the subject but was hoping there is something new out.

Or is there realy no small good fixed optics with WR to match the small, WR camerabodys?
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 09-28-2012, 11:14 AM  
Why cant the viewfinder be bigger?
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 16
Views: 3,493
I´d buy that body without thinking twice! In my experience that is the thing that bugs me the most. Great bodys, great lenses, but when i put on a manual i squint until my eye waters and still aint sure whats going on with my picture :) Big viewfinder would probably put a (little) lid on FF maniacs like myself.


edit: yes i used the magnifying eyepiece
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 09-19-2012, 07:12 AM  
So what happened to the K-3 ?
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 372
Views: 47,862
For me personaly, i gave it a few years. Going with the K-r and then the K-5 after. Just kitlenses, there was not many FF lenses around in the AF segment so i bought a decent line of old manual ones just to be safe for the future (student, no way i could replace them AND buy a new body). Time kept rolling but nothing on the horizon about a FF, except a joke or two.
So now when the the rumors are told and over with i sold the K-5, the 18-55AF lens and my samyang 85/1,4. For the money got for it i bought i ancient 5D, a samyang 14/2.8, a 50/1,8, a 100/2,8macro and a 200/2,8L with a 1.4 extender. All used ofc. The manual pentax lenses i keep, just in case...

I know that a lot of people are more than happy with their crop cameras, i´m just trying to point out what i hope for in the upcoming years in case some officials are stalking the forum.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 09-18-2012, 11:15 AM  
So what happened to the K-3 ?
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 372
Views: 47,862
It´s to bad, i know it was just a Aprils fools joke but i still hoped to hear about a FF Pentax. The Cropcameras is realy nice (and good worth for the money), but still...
Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II 03-19-2012, 06:50 AM  
Tilt-shift in upcoming houses? Just a tought i got..
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 7
Views: 1,713
Sorry if this is misplaced or out of the line in some way, but i was riding the train today thinking about how awsome the whole idea of a SR in the house instead of the lens realy is (and got myself down considering the consumer-friendly lens lineup in the 50/1.8ish range).

My tought went like this, the new GPS unit is realy great, following the sky without moving the camera, how cool is not that! And beeing able to mount any lens and still have the SR is a very very good sales point! What does it not cost in a system shange to get the same lineup with SR?

But... why not take it a step further? What if, in 2-3 generations, pentax presented a house (FF i do hope) that not only is WR, provides shake-restistance with ALL lenses, and as usual well below the canikon "brand pricing" but also adds the/some Tilk-Shift by the sensor and not in the lens.

Would that not be the "nail in the coffin" for the enthusiast consumer group considering canikon? Just imagen the lens lineup that would give!


Any developers reading this forum? Just a tought... Hope it becomes real. Can i clame royalty or do i have to patent it worldwide first? I better do that...
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 03-19-2012, 06:36 AM  
The one lens.... under 400.
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 6
Views: 1,399
Hello!

I have read plenty of threads on the subject but just cant get my head to form a desicition. Hoping for some help on the way, atleast to narrow it down a bit more :)

The thing is, i´m a student (nursing so i wont get rich after either), with in my oppinion a pretty decent lineup of lenses that perform very well when i got time and nothing changes...

Lineup:
K-5 with Canon matte screen + kps 1.3
18-55 WR kitlens (was chaper to get the house with it for some reason)
16-45/4 (man that thing is huge!)
PK 50 1.7 (maual)
Samyang 85/1.4 (A mode)
Porst 200/3.5 (manual)
Tair-3 300/4.5 (manual, PK modded none-sniper verson)

Both the M pentax 50/1.7 and the Samyang 85/1.4 i find to perform very very good. The samyang at 20/2.8 is just blowing my socks off, and the color of the 50 is just amazing!

As you can see my lineup got some decent, some good and some suprisingly good lenses, especially considering the money as i sadly have to do. Keeping my hopes up thoe, playing the lottery next week! :cool:

Now what i am looking for is something that will blow my socks off just like the samyang and the manual pentax did, but with autofocus. A dear friend asked if i could take some pictures on her wedding, end of next month, i said yes but reminded them to get a pro and not rely on my feeble attemps but that was alright. Just want some pictures of the guests and what is going on and so forth.

Now i want to perform well, and see this as the perfect excuse to but one more lens. Just one more...

Since i am a macrohead (got the cheap china bellows for my 50/1.7 for dedicated macro) i would love to be able to use this new lens as walkaround in the city, the parks, and the wild aswell as beeing able to kneel down for that "on the spot sighting". And use it at occations as weddings.

My eye fell on the 35 macro limited! It is just in my pricerange new with shipping and is limited!
Been reading up alot on the reviews and i somehow got the feeling this is mostly celebrated by those who had no limited before...The focal lenght is great, but i am worried that i will get sad when seeing what it performs in everyday settings compared to my manual ones, and fear the realy cheap 35 might just aswell do the trick.

As you probably figured i hope of the non-existant -The One Lens And It Comes Cheap- but that wont happend. Am i asking to much out of a prime when i want both walk-by macro ability and lovely folks in the distant to print? Any tips and hints would be most appriciated! The budget is realy streched a notch just over what i can afford so i realy can not go a penny over £400.

Thank you for reading all this rambeling :o
Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II 03-12-2012, 03:05 AM  
How good is the K-5?
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 51
Views: 6,282
Well as many have stated, that is hard to answer.
I cant top your 30 years, just into my 11th but i hold the K-5 high. The sensor is very, very good and the sealing you dont even get for twice the price at "the others".

I mostly shoot in the wilderness of northen sweden. A place called "europes last wilderness" and for me the K-5 had all i was looking for, except a realy big viewfinder, that is just normal sized. Great weather sealing, and the battery is not bad either! I just today took some realy bad pictures from a shoot, pretty much just black, and started working on them. Just pulling the levers realy, i am no post-process guy at all, but managed to save them! That is pretty impressive to me! I can recomend it, it is a lot of camera for the money you put into it.
Forum: Welcomes and Introductions 03-08-2012, 03:09 AM  
Pentax: long ago and now again
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 2
Views: 711
Welcome! The K-5 is ALOT of camera for the money :) How is that sigma working for you?
Forum: Welcomes and Introductions 03-08-2012, 03:04 AM  
Hello from Paris
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 5
Views: 544
Welcome! The artistic talents take all forms, love to see some street photo :)
Forum: Post Your Photos! 03-08-2012, 03:00 AM  
Night Orion Nebula with the Tair 3
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 14
Views: 2,748
Looking forward to see your resaults!
Forum: Post Your Photos! 03-04-2012, 05:58 AM  
Night Orion Nebula with the Tair 3
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 14
Views: 2,748
Is that a single shot exposure or several 10´s stacked?
Forum: Post Your Photos! 03-04-2012, 05:54 AM  
Night Orion Nebula with the Tair 3
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 14
Views: 2,748
Wow, just wow! On a dslr with a handwinded, homebuilt piece of crap (;)) that is just amazing. Amazing.

edit: that is not a S smile but a ; , dont know why it does that...
Forum: Photographic Technique 03-02-2012, 09:33 AM  
is stacking a good idea for WA astrophoto with fixed gear?
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 7
Views: 1,759
That is very nice! It has alot of potential i must say.

Wonder if it is possible to do one exposure for the foreground to use on in the stacking. Thinking of perhaps just one 30s of the foreground, and then applying the stacked sky background to that. That might bring out some realy nice resaults if in some dramatic location!

Or would something like that be considered "cheating"?
Forum: Photographic Technique 03-02-2012, 05:25 AM  
is stacking a good idea for WA astrophoto with fixed gear?
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 7
Views: 1,759
No dubt i will love it, seeing what can be made with it. I find it mindblowing to see what can be done with a simple DSLR in this field! Just amazing!

I´m just to old school in my tought pattern, wanting to get the exposure and composition just right already in the camera. Learned this art "the hard way" with wet dark rooms (was lent a key to a nearby schools darkroom by a helpful prinicpal, no way i could afford one of my own when growing up. Yes i am that old) 120-meter rolls of raw film covered under towels in my dark bathroom trying to fill my 36 frame rolls... New times, new methods. Adapt and welcoming new toughts is the key to pretty much everything, but that might atleast give a clue to the origin of my previous statement :cool:
Forum: Photographic Technique 03-02-2012, 04:55 AM  
is stacking a good idea for WA astrophoto with fixed gear?
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 7
Views: 1,759
Very interesting, thank you!
Darnit, i dislike sitting by the computer with my images, guess i better start to like it :)

edit: i´m still rather basic in my knowledge on this, but shake reduction is better set to off i presume?
Forum: Photographic Technique 03-02-2012, 01:41 AM  
is stacking a good idea for WA astrophoto with fixed gear?
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 7
Views: 1,759
Hello!

I´ve been keeping an eye on the astrophoto pictures for some time now and is eager to try it out myself! I have not done it before (just the aurora borealis and moon) so i figure i better start off with what i got and see what i can do with it before rushing of to some webshop.

My setup is the K-5, a decent tripod with head and the 16-45/4 lens. Using the "600 / x mm" formula i calculate i can take some 20 sec exposures before getting any startrails at 16mm.

Then i started thinking about the stacking, seems to produce some very nice resaults! Is it possible to do stacking of lets say 5 20s-exposures with a fixed setup without everything getting just messed up due to the rotation of the eart and the stars new position in the last shot compared to the first, anyone tried it?
Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II 03-02-2012, 01:33 AM  
K-5 astrophot settings
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 5
Views: 1,511
Thanks for the advice guys, posting some more general questions in the photographic technique section. Seems my clear-sky weekend is no more, might aswell do some more theory instead :)
Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II 03-01-2012, 04:46 AM  
K-5 astrophot settings
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 5
Views: 1,511
Hi guys!
First off, i learnt so much from this forum, good job everyone keeping it alive and the lens review sections is just of the charts!

I´ve seen some realy, realy impressive pictures taken (wideangel) of the night sky and is realy looking forward to try it myself. Been without tripod for some 8 months but the new (semi-decent one) should arrive tomorrow i hope!

So off i will go this weekend, with the 16-45/4 at 16 using the 600/x formula to try it out, but i tought i better ask for some settings advice.

How do you guys arrange your camera settings? I Usualy shoot auto WB but know if i want to stack i better change that, but how about the noise setting? If my calculations is right 600 / my lens with cropfactor will give me 25 sec of exposure before getting the startrails.

Any tips and hints for the K-5 settings for wideangel astro would be appriciated!
Astrophoto realy triggers me, the beauty and the fantasies that awakens from it, hope i can produce something to share with your guys in due time. Living in finland, heavy lightpollution in this area but got cabin in "black" area of northen sweden i got high hopes for this :)
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 02-13-2012, 03:55 AM  
M42 screwmount adaptor, not good? (or did i get ripped of?)
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 3
Views: 1,270
Thanks for the reply. Ok, so pretty much i overpaid a cheap knowoff that isn´t even cut right to get the focal plane where it is supposed to be? :(
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 02-13-2012, 02:13 AM  
M42 screwmount adaptor, not good? (or did i get ripped of?)
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 3
Views: 1,270
Hi guys!

I´m pretty new to the Pentax brand, about a year now, but been with SRL since ´99, doing some medium formats in between aswell.

Just love the sensor in K-r and K-5, and felling a bit noobish saying it but became aware of all the great old lenses that are out there (and the quality - price range for a student is very very apealing!) and decided to get a few of my own. Read up for a few months, my eyes bleeding from all the text, tests and sample images, and my ears from my girlfriend reminding me of the importance of sleep. Anyhow, eventualy got myself a Super-Takumar 55/1.8 with extentionstubes, all m42, and a Meyer-Optik Orestor "zebra" 135/2.8 m42.
I went to a praised and recomended used dealer in Sweden and got a infinity adaptor for about 35 Euro, and with the 55 came a not-infinity adaptor, realy nice of the guy who sold it to me.

Been shooting a lot of macro now during the winter and not realy tested the infinity one out very much, since it needs that little tool to unmount from the house i´ve been sticking with the not-infinite verson for the simplicity of changing lenses easily.

But now i been giving it a shot, got a friends wedding comning up in a few months and she asked me if i could bring my camra and take some pictures, told her that i would be happy to but also reminding them to get a proper wedding photagrapher aswell, i dont have the equipment or experience to do a very good job, but she said she like the kind of pics i take and still wants me around. So therefor i am working on my skills with the 55 and 135 (for the church) but i just can not get the pictures sharp!

With the non-infinity there is no problem, the pics come out just as i want them and very sharp, but with the proper, expensive adapter i realy dont get the same, just no real focus in the pictures!

So what do you guys think, have i been ripped of, or is there a known problem with some of these? Or any trick i missed out on?
Forum: Welcomes and Introductions 02-08-2012, 06:53 AM  
Swede/Finland, hello!
Posted By Vanheden
Replies: 1
Views: 554
Hi guys!
Been lurking around for some time but tought i better get a account of my own, way to much good information here not to say Thanks!
Been with SLR since ´99 so i am not a total newbie, but nor am i total pro for that matter :o Think it all started when i was a kid an my mom bought a old SLR house, to young to remeber what kind of lens there was, but i guess the 50. I´d sneak upstairs and sit with it (i was about 6), trying to figure it out. Pulling the leveler to feed the film (dryshooting), setting the fokus and trying out the apparture. I did that so often that the shutter broke in half a year. In '99 i got enought money to get my first own SLR (canon) (been using compacts untill then, film ofc) with the kit lenses at my local store. Ordering rawfilm by the 35 meter rolls, loading them into the 36 frame plastic holders and developing then under a towel in the bathroom. That was alot of fun, and very educational when every shot cost you money, you realy make an effort to get it right! Got to know the head master at a community school and he lend me a key to their photo lab so i could delvelop and "print" my shots. That´s how it started.
I bought the digital DLSR, a nikon, when it came affordable but was very disapointed with the resaults, so i went 6x4 instead. Bronica, poor mans hasselblad. Worked well for me. Also had a 2-eye rolliecord for a while.
Then back to canon, digital this time. Gave it a few years but i was still not satisfied. Sold off the whole lot, and bought a Pentax K-r (man those are hard to come by in the stores!) with the kitlens and a selection of manual ones. Loved the sensor but wanted more WR, so i bought the K-5, and here we are!

Right now i am trying to get a decent lens setup and will probably ask about the manual ones. Looking forward to the Lens Roadmap 1.4 extender, that will be a big seller the first months, if my predictions are right (aka i will get one) :cool:

My big interests when it comes to motives is Nature, prefer the dramatic north of Sweden with the mountains, but now i live in a southern city in Finland so macro and portraits is the new thing. For now.

Well, just wanted to say Hi!
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