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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
10-12-2021, 09:12 AM
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I had a similar situation - lots of old manual lenses I wanted to use, and no full frame camera to use them.
I wound up getting a good deal on a used Sony a7iii. I’d highly recommend it if you can find one in your budget. The a7ii is substantially cheaper and might be good for you too - I went with the iii because I wanted eye autofocus (among other things - dual card slots etc.) but if you do exclusively manual work that’s not so much if a concern.
I can’t stress enough what a joy mirrorless is for using the old glass. Modern viewfinders don’t compare to the film era ones, but all the extra assists available in the mirrorless cameras are a huge help. In viewfinder focus peaking and the ability to zoom in to 100% in viewfinder to check critical focus is incredible, and I love that you can see how your shot is exposed in real time. I’ve tried using old glass on modern DSLRs (albeit Nikon ones) and found it very frustrating. The finders just aren’t up to confirming focus with very fast manual glass.
The Sony’s are tiny cameras, which isn’t a bad thing necessarily. They do get bulkier with the required adapters. I wound up making a wood grip extension for the bottom plate because my pinky couldn’t quite fit on, which has helped make it more comfortable to hold. There are similar commercial options available for that.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-01-2021, 10:16 PM
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No, it doesn’t seem to. There’s not a lot of resistance to it so it’s pretty easy to chance accidentally. Not done it on it’s own yet as far as I know. I’ve been debating taking it apart and trying to make the mechanism a little stiffer (a spacer under the spring maybe or something like that) but I just got it so I don’t want to wreck it accidentally already!
when yours closes, does the marker on the adapter stay at the same point (like it’s slipping/losing contact with the lever on the lens) or does the spring on the lens overpower the adapter?
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-01-2021, 09:56 AM
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I just got the K&H concept pk-nex adapter, gotta say I’m impressed. It seems to be all metal, and the lens mounts are just right on both ends, not too loose, not too tight. The aperture ring even clicks! For $40 CAD I’d highly recommend it.
Even with the adapter on, the 40 and 70 limiteds are nice and compact. Both seem to do pretty well on full frame, at least by my standards.
Thanks for the help and advice everyone!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
04-10-2021, 01:57 PM
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I had to take three shots at 16mm to get the whole thing in! I’d been using Lightroom for years, but only just realized for this picture that it can make panoramas... no more gimp for me!
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-10-2021, 12:53 PM
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Yeah, $450US is a bit much at the moment, but I’ve been keeping an eye out for it to be released. Maybe once it’s been out for a while and has some rave reviews I’d bite on it, if I find the 40 and 70 limiteds are good enough for me on FF.
I don’t mind manual focus for now; the in viewfinder peaking was the whole reason I got the Sony in the first place, so I could finally use some of my old manual glass and actually see what I was doing!
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-08-2021, 12:03 PM
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Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the answers. The novoflex one looks great, a bit out of budget though. I’m going to give the fotodiox one a try, since it looks like the easiest one to ship up to me here in the great white north.
(Side note, the 100mm always seemed so compact to me, but it just dwarfs the Sony 😂)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-07-2021, 03:03 PM
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Hi everyone,
I’ve been having a heck of a time tracking down a decent adapter that will let me use my DFA100mm macro on my Sony. I can’t find anything that has an aperture ring, but I’ve heard people talk about them before.
Does anyone know of an adapter that will let me use older lenses without an aperture ring? I don’t care about AF at all, as long as I can set aperture and the thing doesn’t leak light or randomly drop my lens.
Thanks!
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Forum: Repairs and Warranty Service
08-04-2020, 11:50 AM
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Thanks, I’m crossing my fingers it’s an easy fix
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Forum: Repairs and Warranty Service
08-03-2020, 01:39 PM
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Hey everyone,
A seal seems to have come loose inside my lens and jammed up the focusing ring.
Has anyone ever had something like this happen to them and if so, how much was the repair?
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-03-2015, 07:53 PM
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I totally see it, great picture!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-03-2015, 07:16 PM
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After arriving at the cabin at about one thirty on a Saturday morning after a long day at work, and having just finished unpacking the car I looked out over the lake to see the Milky Way and very faintly the northern lights. Promising my wife I just wanted to take one picture, I grabbed my camera and my tripod and ran down to the beach. The one picture I took was a combination of twelve thirty second exposures stitched together :o but I'd say I'm right on a technicality. The shooting star was a lucky accident, there was actually a second one right through the Milky Way, but it got lost somewhere in all the layers.
I did learn a couple of lessons with this picture, which was my second attempt at the Milky Way and my second attempt at a DIY panorama.
1. Don't go overboard with the ballhead. It can have some really weird effects, especially with wide angles. I wound up with a wonkily curved horizon and ludicrous distortion. Next time I'll try figure out some kind of slider maybe.
2. Turn the lights off in the house. Duh.
3. Auto panorama isn't as easy as it sounds.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
04-01-2015, 05:56 PM
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 Evarcha proszynskii by hpstoogie, on Flickr
 Evarcha proszynskii by hpstoogie, on Flickr
This is, without a doubt, my favourite species of jumping spider I've ever found. They're fairly subdued looking, with the exception of their brilliant green eyes. This little guy was only about 5mm long.
I'm still getting to know the 100mm WR, I love the extra working distance over the 50mm, but the lack of an aperture ring on it is making me wish for a set of extension tubes with contacts.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-12-2015, 02:43 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
02-03-2015, 02:07 PM
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I'm in no way suggesting that anyone else does this, and I'd obviously never do it myself, but I wouldn't say this is any more or less stupid than what Digital Rev did to the Canon 7D. It's good to see though what kinds of situations the camera can handle, in that if it survives being thrown into a pile of mud, dropped in a puddle, rolled in a sandbox, and rinsed off under a tap it will probably do just fine if I take it out in the rain. It's hard to determine the limitations of a system if you never exceed them.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
01-30-2015, 05:53 PM
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I stumbled across this video of these guys chucking their K3 around. That weather sealing!
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-30-2015, 04:20 PM
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I find that the Tamron 70-200 focuses very quickly and accurately on the K3, much quicker than it does on the K5. It also hunts a heck of a lot less.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-30-2015, 04:07 PM
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I've had my 16-50 for about six months now, and it's still going strong. I used to have the Tamron, which was admittedly a little sharper, but the 16-50 is better in literally (almost) every other way. Colors, contrast, build quality, focusing accuracy, not to mention the WR. I was a little dismayed the first time I snapped an image with it and zoomed in to 100% in that I couldn't see pores and tiny hairs as clearly as I could with the Tamron, but I've since come to realize that there's a heck of a lot more to image quality than straight sharpness.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-09-2015, 02:21 AM
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I own the 16-50, and have tried the 20-40, and I'd take the DA* for the constant aperture alone (it's a real pain when you've got to change settings every time you zoom in). Additionally, the 16-50 is longer, wider, apparently better sealed, and isn't really that much bigger. The 16-50 does fringe a lot, but if you can stop down a bit that cleans up pretty quick, and if you can't it's fixable in post. It isn't wonderfully sharp wide open, but sharpness isn't everything, and other than that the lens takes amazing images. Once you stop it down to f4 or so you'll have to soften up your portraits a bit to hide all those pores. That being said, the 20-40 looks great, is a bit more inconspicuous, comes in silver (if you want to negate said stealth advantage) and has a DC motor rather than SDM (though the SDM issues have apparently been fixed now). Overall though, I'd say the 16-50 is the more versatile lens.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
01-08-2015, 11:34 PM
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I went through the same thing when I upgraded from a k-5ii to my k-3. Try putting it on a tripod and you'll see that it's not the camera, it's just a bit more difficult to shoot hand held, maybe due to the higher pixel count. Motion blur seems to show up more, but it does force you to use better technique
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Forum: Pentax Forums Giveaways
12-13-2014, 06:53 PM
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Forum: Pentax Forums Giveaways
12-10-2014, 02:19 PM
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I'd love to win it, fingers crossed!
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
09-17-2014, 06:26 PM
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It's not loud or anything, but you can definitely hear it. Holding the camera as far away from myself as physically possible, it's not super noticeable but it's there.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
09-17-2014, 05:44 PM
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I just purchased this lens, and I've noticed that it makes this really high pitched squealing noise when you focus. You can hear it in the video with the internal mic, and also with a mounted shotgun mic. It's a brand new lens, does it need to be broken in a bit, or is this noise abnormal?
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
08-23-2013, 11:17 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-23-2013, 02:25 PM
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arsn.r3d, I love the frog pictures! Is that the guy from the vancouver aquarium? He's very photogenic :D
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