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Forum: Lens Clubs 3 Hours Ago  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
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Wow with the moon! Nice shots and colors!
Forum: Post Your Photos! 3 Hours Ago  
Misc Solar Eclipse: My setup
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Thanks all, good advices here !

I think the lens performs well at any focal lenght... but I will have to try a 400-500ish as suggested
So now I have to test the bodies, the FL, test what the CPL filter can do or not... How this will affects filling the frame to leave room for the corona...
Hopefully here will be sunny days without coulds coming, because they are not frequent nowadays... (especially during the weekends :lol:)

Good idea trying to LV Focus peaking zooming on the sun spots !

So far, I was testing with older bodies I had (I was a bit scared of damaging the more recent, so I tried first with K100d, K10D), and none had Focus Peaking... Now I am confident, Next time I'll try with the K-1/K-3

My filter holder is a 6"-to-7" 28ga galvanized increaser (like this) That I'll fix on the lens hood with some foam (i had to do that, because the filter I bought is too large :(... I bought a 135mm diameter, but my bad I didn't realized :asleep: 135mm was for the FIlter diameter... not outer diameter (OD), so with the frame, it makes the OD 170mm. Anyways, the way my DIY mount works is great. I can easily remove the front filter for the full eclipse time... (I'll try to make some photo to share asap)
Forum: Lens Clubs 7 Hours Ago  
Sigma EX 180mm F3.5 APO Macro DG Lens Club
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If you're looking to acquire a copy of this lens, there is one that just being listed in the MP
Sigma 180mm Macro EX APO with pouch for pentax - PentaxForums.com
Forum: Pentax Price Watch 7 Hours Ago  
Pentax lens price reductions at Harrison Cameras - UK
Posted By Weevil
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Great findings !
there is also this one labelled as the Top pick at 775 £ !

Used Pentax AF 15-30mm F2.8 HD D FA ED SDM WR Lens
Forum: Post Your Photos! 1 Day Ago  
Misc Solar Eclipse: My setup
Posted By Weevil
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Interesting thread...

Can you explain how you set the focus ?
I guess in LV with the Focus Peaking aid would be the best ?

But for those camera body that don't have LV,how would you proceeed, for example with an older K10D (I might want to try also with a CMOS sensor to compare)

On my side, The gear I intend tu use is below

Lens : SMC FA*250-600 F5.6 @ 600mm Filter thread is 112mm... Not many options on the market, and pretty expensive. I chose an over the top filter. I plan to use this cheap solar filter bought on AliExpress. They say it's like Bard film is that the sun looks red via its, Via traditional Bard film looks like gray. It's Membrane Lens PET-coated / Aluminum Foil Film... Hope it is all right for that type of photography.

However, I had questions about the possibility to use the Drop-in case for a solar Filter ? Does that exists ? Is it recommended ? (I read that the solar filter, whatever model, should be the 1st element facing the sun for complete safety.)
Anyways, I saw some example of Solar ND 100000 Drop-in filter exists, so wondered if I could use and find one for my lens... Should be much cheaper than a large 112mm ring filter.

Otherwise, I also wonder if I would put the CPL filter in the Drop-in case ? It notmally reduce light by 1 stop... Would the Polarized filter help in any way for getting more details ? I havent heard anything about that yet...

I have constructed a DIY holder to hold the solar filter on top, and as close as possible to the front element. The distance between the two is about 2-3 cm

Body: Not sure which one I'll use yet... K-3 III or a K-1 / K-1 II... and the K10D. I guess the more reach the better? (so, 600mm*1.5 = 900mm with the crop factor magnification).

I plan to use AV mode with Bracketing 3 or 5 steps ± 1.3 EV.
Shutter speed I have in mind is 1/1600s, ISO as low as possible.
Sturdy Gitzo Tripod and Benro S8 Video Head.


My first test with that setup and the solar filter seems to work ok, but it was a bit cloudy and I wasn't getting sharp images.
So many questions still to answer here...
I need to make more tests.
Forum: Pentax Price Watch 5 Days Ago  
Incredible Vintage Pentax SLR Macro Kit on eBay (Germany)
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PENTAX M.D.IMAGE II Z10 PENTAX 100 MACRO 2.8 RING FLASH AF-140C CLOSE UP T9-2X

PENTAX M.D.IMAGE II Z10 PENTAX 100 MACRO 2.8 RING FLASH AF-140C CLOSE UP T9-2X | eBay

I don't need to add more comments...
Forum: Photographic Equipment for Sale 03-02-2024, 08:31 AM  
For Sale: Pentax DA 560mm F/5.6 ED HD AW Super Telephoto
Posted By Weevil
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Nice ! We don't see this lens often listed here...
(free bump, good luck with your sale!)
;)
Forum: Lens Clubs 03-01-2024, 01:59 AM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By Weevil
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Wow Gary! you master the BIF technique !
wonderful images... so sharp too!
Flickr don't show exif, what aperture & shutter speed did you used ? Subject distance ?
Forum: Lens Clubs 02-13-2024, 01:29 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By Weevil
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Thank you very much ! <3
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 02-08-2024, 07:10 AM  
Speed Champion
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Views: 140
I would like to nominate this photo
Forum: Lens Clubs 02-06-2024, 05:40 PM  
F* & FA* club!
Posted By Weevil
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Fair enough... Could have been that, but no, it's not that I wanted you to notice ;)
Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive 02-06-2024, 05:37 PM  
FA*250-600mm 5.6 samples
Posted By Weevil
Replies: 50
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Yes! Agreed!
It's not an easy lens to play with, but I get a reward each time I am using it... especially with the FF camera K-1 or K-1 Mark II, it is when it delivers the most beautiful shots !



You got it... One piece of robot for you ! (never-mind about that... It's local expression in QC... :lol: )
That was this one here: (this photo was taken the day after)

Harfang des neiges / Snowy Owl [Bubo scandiacus]
Forum: Photographic Equipment for Sale 02-06-2024, 08:00 AM  
For Sale: Pentax FA* (star) 300mm F2.8 ED [IF] + all accessories (PP fees & shipping included)
Posted By Weevil
Replies: 17
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I wish I...



p.s. what kind of fix did you do on the leathered lens hood ?
Forum: Lens Clubs 02-05-2024, 10:21 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By Weevil
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We went back to see our new little friend yesterday, and there he was, still at his post...


Harfang des neiges / Snowy Owl [Bubo scandiacus]
#pentax #pentaxk3mkiii #sigma500
All EXIF on flickr!
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 02-05-2024, 03:13 AM  
Window Light Portraiture
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I would like to nominate this photo
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 02-05-2024, 03:13 AM  
Best of 2023
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Views: 168
I would like to nominate this photo
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 02-05-2024, 03:12 AM  
Mattaponi Indian Pow Wow
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I would like to nominate this photo
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 02-05-2024, 03:11 AM  
Eye of the Stair
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I would like to nominate this photo
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 02-05-2024, 03:10 AM  
Greater Double-collared Sunbird male in Cape Honeysuckle, Verlorenkloof
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I would like to nominate this photo
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 02-05-2024, 03:10 AM  
Best of 2023
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Views: 148
I would like to nominate this photo
Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive 02-05-2024, 01:47 AM  
FA*250-600mm 5.6 samples
Posted By Weevil
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Yes that's special indeed, but that was the main subject of this image... there is "one other little thing" in this image (hint: it's related to my other recent posts ;) )
Forum: Lens Clubs 02-05-2024, 12:55 AM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By Weevil
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Yes we were lucky.
Same thing here in southern Québec, south of the St-Lawrence River, not many were reported in the last 2 years...
Forum: Lens Clubs 02-04-2024, 12:11 PM  
300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses
Posted By Weevil
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Thanks...
Actually, I had trouble with AF using that 2x TC... I checked in LV, and AF didn't really had the subject nailed, so I switched to MF in LV.

This is definitively not a big year for Snowies again (like I said, I didn't see any in our area last year...
Apparently, I heard that 2 years ago (or so), they had an issue reproducing up north (I can't remember why atm... but low reproduction rates could also be due to cycles with lemmings populations up north... that's part of a natural "normal" cycle of the predator/prey population theory), and in normal circumstances, we often see more juveniles than adults going down south first in the winter season.

Most of the ones I saw on eBird or in the social media lately were adults like this one... so what I observe this season is in line with the statement above (that they had a low reproduction success lately).
Forum: Photographic Equipment for Sale 02-04-2024, 03:03 AM  
For Sale: SDM to Screwdrive Conversions (Canada)
Posted By Weevil
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Ok, thanks for the info !
That is really too sad... My copy is great, but the other day, I struggled a bit with its AF on the first shots. Seems to be better after a couple shots... Especially with the K1Mk2
If someone knew how to fix that one, I would maybe take a chance to convert it.
Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive 02-04-2024, 02:57 AM  
FA*250-600mm 5.6 samples
Posted By Weevil
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Am I the only one who own and use an FA*250-600 here ?

Anyways, Couldn't post this one in the 300mm+ thread, because it was shot @ 250mm, so, here it goes !
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p.s. Do you notice anything special about this photo? :)



Faisceau de soleil au coucher / Sunset Sunbeam

#pentax #pentaxk1mkii #pentax_fa250600
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