Forum: Pentax Medium Format
12-23-2023, 12:41 AM
|
|
I¨am pretty sure that the shutter is stepless in auto mode. The 645N manual shutter speed can be set at half stop at service. I had it done on mine. Otherwise the NII is the best bet as it has it as a custom function. It also makes possible to shoot only 15 frames per roll avoiding film flatness issues....
|
Forum: General Photography
12-10-2023, 05:56 AM
|
|
It is a Pentax ME or ME Super....
|
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-08-2023, 07:41 AM
|
|
The FA 31/1.8 Limited is much better lens than the A 35/2.8. I have both...
|
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-28-2023, 06:41 AM
|
|
There was an A 35/1.4 in the works as well.
|
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-25-2023, 10:09 AM
|
|
Dont know where the numbers are from (I dont think Pentax have ever officially published lens production volume), but in SLR camera sales Pentax had larger market share than Nikon until the late 70s at least. Canon was almost bankrupt in the mid 70s due to falling prices for calculators; if the AE-1 had flopped the company would have gone bust.
Note that the majority of these lenses are the kit lenses for the Rebels and Nikon equivalents
|
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-24-2023, 10:50 AM
|
|
The Minolta 7000 was the disruptive event that hurt all the other manufacturers. Pentax (along with the rest except Minolta), after beeing a pioneer in AF SLR, had at that stage apparently decided that AF was not going to happen anytime soon, and released the very expansive A-series of manual focus lenses. At the same time causual SLR users went to more advanced P&S cameras. Pentax followed as they were among the most popular SLR brands. They were very sucessful with their zoom P&S but their SLR line suffered and never really recovered.
Canon was probably hurt the most; Minolta effectively killed the FD mount and the T90 had a short life. The T80 is probably the biggest flop i SLR history. Canon apparently thought that AF was strictly for P&S so they did away with all manual settings, and advetised that the camera displayed none of the confusing numbers other cameras did. The EOS system was quickly developed and the rest is history....
|
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-24-2023, 09:57 AM
|
|
I would argue that it was Nikon and Canon that went head on with Pentax and won....
|
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-11-2023, 05:04 PM
|
|
Not so. Because such a tool with a tilt screen would be transformed from a compact and sturdy camera in to a more expensive not so sturdy and not so compact camera, and hence the wrong tool for its target market for that reason alone. In addtion, an optical viewfinder is for composing and previsualising the final images in your minds eye before you take the shot; it is a completely different approach to photography than squinting at a screen. The criticism against the K-3iii is totally missing the point of the camera, and a DSLR for that matter, and those dont get the point are better served elsewhere.... ---------- Post added 09-12-23 at 02:07 AM ----------
I refuse to believe that people photograph in all kinds of weird position all the time, like while standing on their hands. This is the impression you get when you read the arguments. I suspect in reality it is about the fact that some like to use the rear screen.
I have seen too many people using the DSLR as a cell phone and it is a case of using the wrong tool. They have bought a tool they dont need...
|
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-11-2023, 04:49 PM
|
|
Not once in 45 years have I missed a rear screen. All the images below where shot from ground level and I had no problems with an optical finder (the last one due to strong wind). Actually, the first three were shot with a camera that didnt have a rear sceen at all (film). If you prefer to use a rear screen for your phoptography, a DSLR is simply the wrong choice. |
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-10-2023, 04:14 PM
|
|
Some of us bever use the rear display exept for checking the image. Its just a waste of battery power.
BTW I find it suprising that many apparently use their DSLR (with an optical finder) in so many weird positions that they cant use the finder but need a tilting screen. It is not apparent from the images one sees; they are all from normal shooting positions. If you primarily use the rear screen for shooting a DSLR is wrong tool. Buy a cell phone or a mirrorless camera ...
|
Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
09-07-2023, 02:19 PM
|
|
Once upon a time they made 50 000 Pentax ME a month.....
|
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
08-21-2023, 10:23 AM
|
|
Make sure you have film in the camera while testing it. The LX meter in auto mode is only reliable with film in the camera. The LX measure light from the film surface during exposure for longer shutter speeds. Without film in the camera the meter is reading off the pressure plate that is black. No wonder 1s exposure in auto is 6s......
|
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
08-11-2023, 10:46 AM
|
|
|
Forum: General Photography
07-23-2023, 10:30 AM
|
|
You should manual focus on a light source at infinity via the screen in live view to assure sharp photos. Most lenses focus past infinity,and infinity on all lenses is dependent on temperature.
Aurora captured on film (Kodak Ektachrome 100VS)
Ektachrome 200 |
Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
07-21-2023, 01:02 PM
|
|
This is just semantics. Like saying Pentax cameras werent "real" pentaxes when they where made by Asahi Optical; only when they were made by Pentax corporation. Pentax is just not a brand name in the sense that the only thing Ricoh bought was the rights to the name. Pentax cameras are still designed by the same engineers, asembled by the same workers, and made in the same factories regardless of who actually owns it. It is a product line that continues and develops under different owners.
There are plenty of examples were brands are reduced to just brand names. Pentax isnt one of them....
|
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
05-10-2023, 06:24 AM
|
|
Have they redisigned to outer lens bodies? The FAs were not the best looking lenses and look odd compared to the rest of the line.up.....
|
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
05-10-2023, 05:59 AM
|
|
Not D-FA? Perhaps they are primarily targeted at (future) film camera users?
|
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-22-2023, 08:22 AM
|
|
I once possesed the production numbers by lens series. I don¨t have them anymore or remember the exact numbers. Once posted on the old PDML list. I do remember that they made about 2 million F-series lenses which is quite a lot considering this series was rather short lived...
|
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
04-09-2023, 06:53 AM
|
|
Pentax have already been in dialogue with retired engineers. In addition they have something that look like production ready designs that never made it to the marked. This is one of them:
BTW The camera have a traditional interface that in addition provides means to set aperture from the body for lenses without aperture rings.
The mock-up has been shown on events recently. |
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
03-04-2023, 03:38 AM
|
|
Not sure which camera you are refering to, but there is a Pentax LX right of center rear....
BTW That green K-1 looks great.
|
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-19-2023, 02:52 AM
|
|
The question is whether they can sell it at a reasonable price....
But I also think that it is the only way foreward for someone having an FF camera in the line-up in addition to MF.
|
Forum: General Photography
02-01-2023, 03:25 AM
|
|
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-23-2023, 05:09 AM
|
|
I think that APS K-3III + 645z is a perfect match. I have a 645NII and a full set of 645 lenses from the film days. I plan to add a used 645z at some point...
|
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
12-23-2022, 08:48 AM
|
|
The LX is not all mechanical. I believe that the MX is more likely starting point for a mechanical SLR; the LX is way too expensive and complex. No need to reinvent the wheel. New electronics is needed and spot metering option is desireable.
|