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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-14-2014, 10:57 PM
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Found a k1000 on shop goodwill.com with a lens I've never heard about before
It's the - Samyang 1:4.0-4.5 18-28mm Lens
The cost shipped is $50
Will this lens deliver decent wide angle landscape shots from the 18-20mm range?
Is this lens worth it?
I've never even heard of it outside the one KR mount on eBay after I searched it
Advice on purchase and thoughts please?
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I guess you know a lens is rare if it has under 45 pictures on flikr
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
01-15-2015, 11:32 AM
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I am a sucker for silhouettes... here is one I took of my sister and her new husband the day after her wedding taken on my Pentax K5IIS with my Sigma 30mm f/1.4 prime In Rincon Puerto Rico.
I like how there is a ton going on with the storm rolling in... the blue hour clouds and of course some great beverages
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-18-2015, 09:51 AM
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Playing in traffic doing some light spins... Trying to take a different approach to a lot of what I see on Instagram
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
12-06-2014, 05:13 PM
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well I bought a K3 instead of switching systems.... I couldn't pass up the $650 used price on KEH
1 more year in crop for me :)
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The 31mm would be a sick sick addition to my lineup!
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
11-09-2014, 10:23 AM
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okay pros /cons in depth for the A7R
I can put the A7R in auto mode and it will do all the tough work for me, It adjusts on the fly from landscape to portrait to backlit portrait and the pictures look flawless with great color rendition and the focus system was great at picking up faces and keeping multiple people in focus. I went to manual and ap priority and did manual adjustments but auto mode shooting in raw was flawless and very easy to use on the fly. On my pentax system if I put it in auto the pictures would be too dark and I'd see a lot of silhouettes, with Pentax I had to stay in manual and make constant adjustments. I was under a veranda so no direct sunlight, where I think the pentax would have kept up it was just a lot more difficult and time consuming to get a shot right on the pentax while I could fly through it with the A7r.
The 70-200 was epic and produced great images but for the cost I feel like they need to make it f/2.8 (it's f/4) and give it enough to use in a low low light situation. it was incredibly fast focusing and spot on every time
The battery life on the A7R was trash compared to Pentax. I shot for a little over 1.5 hours and that burned through a full charge while Pentax k5IIS I could go 5 hours easily. I feel like you need to buy a battery grip which is an extra expense on an already expensive set up.
with flash indoors with little ambient light the Pentax with my 30 f/1.4 holds its own with the Sony and the 55 f/1.8 while the sony pulls away fast outdoors Pentax indoors to me pulled ahead (which many weddings are held indoors for at least half of the event)
I took more keepers with the Pentax here than the sony
last con... The A7r is incredibly loud. There is no way to sneak candids when everyone can hear you coming with the shutter slap. I love shooting candids at weddings so I used my Pentax set up for this and on the K5iis the shutter seems to whisper compared to the Sony
editing for the A7r is very easy and lightroom makes little to no adjustments my edit from yesterday is nearly done on the 600 photos I took on the a7r (5 hour wedding) I took about 400 on my Pentax systems and my second shooter took about 500
skin tones look better on the K5iis and K30, while the A7R makes people look a bit pale white and needs PP adjustment a lot
the A7R is incredibly sharp at 100% crop... a lot like the K5iis but better and imo less miore effect
overall I'd love to own the A7R but it has it's limitations and I need to dive in deeper with it maybe with shoot 5-6 more weddings before I'm sold on it
I think I could make do with my current Pentax set up. The A7r pulls ahead in many areas but Pentax hangs close in others and for the value margin that's a big deal. Once I'm through the edit I will post comparison pictures
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
08-03-2014, 09:46 AM
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Here is my input... I originally bought the lens (16-45) for landscape shots and walk around in good lighting or sunrise / sunset but it was at a time I was shooting a few weddings. At the first wedding I went to I decided to try and put it on my backup k30 and see how it fared and lets just say the bride had a ton of photos off the 16-45. Everything looked great post processing wise and the color rendering was fantastic. Walking up to someone and being close the 16-45 can capture the full length of the body well. Every time I have used the 16-45 I have been shocked by the images it delivers. I'm not one to blow a picture up 20x30 but it's a hot bargain for the about $200 I bought it for. I hear many talk about the wobble but few actually experience the issue.
After reading these comparisons I'm going to hold on to it for a bit longer and invest in a 70mm limited instead of selling and buying a Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 (which is a dream lens and will always be on my list) I noticed for night photography it doesn't perform as epic but a gem of a tamron 28-75 f/2.8 has produced surprisingly fantastic night long exposure shots and sunrise / sunset where the lighting is a bit more difficult. I thought I'd use the tamron for all my weddings but as of late it seems to ride backseat to the 16-45 paired with a FA-50 f/1.4
it's odd how once you have the lenses their uses change from what you purchased them for
I can't wait to throw the 16-45 on my new k5iis and see how she acts
but I would suggest this lens over many for those that can shell out not that much to add it to their collection
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
06-08-2014, 09:39 AM
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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
-Thomas Jefferson
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
06-08-2014, 09:29 AM
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Just a recent capture of a clean motorcycle I liked at a local rally. It wasn't heavily modified but I just liked the way it looked.
Shot Raw on my K30 38mm at f/11 with my favorite lens the 16-45 f/4
iso 400
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
06-08-2014, 09:44 AM
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Walking in downtown Phoenix a few days ago I shot this creepy bronze statue...
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-04-2014, 07:07 AM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-05-2014, 09:33 AM
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
02-04-2014, 05:33 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-03-2014, 06:16 PM
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I like how you captured the snow falling on the tank
being a vet I love shots like this
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Forum: General Talk
02-03-2014, 06:54 PM
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The last bronco with a good run was driven by OJ in 94
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-03-2014, 07:09 AM
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Another night shot from the AZ pentaxian photo walk
I don't like it as much but the water looked cool
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-02-2014, 08:25 PM
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Forum: Pentax Price Watch
07-30-2013, 08:51 PM
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perfect example of how to use the lens...it's not bad
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-25-2012, 09:09 PM
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I'm no where near smart enough to understand what you just said
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