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Forum: Post Your Photos!
08-07-2017, 01:56 PM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
03-14-2017, 04:50 AM
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Big lenses have a place, as long as their image quality is a significant jump on their predecessors.
I just got a FA*85, and my first few shots with it have convinced me that it is indeed very special compared to my highly esteemed FA77.
But I'm not getting rid of the FA77. Ever. It may become more of a crop lens to me - perfect for head shots at roughly 115/2.4 full frame equivalent.
Will I consider the DFA*85? Maybe, but it will have to be *amazing*.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-02-2016, 11:44 AM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-06-2016, 11:30 PM
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by a Bee |
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
01-13-2016, 11:37 AM
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We've just seen it so many times before. The K-1 is a failure because: (a) it has too few megapixels. " Nothing less than 42 megapixels is adequate. We Pentaxians need the best!" or (b) it has too many megapixels. "I will not buy a camera that has more than 24 megapixels!" Or maybe, (a) It would have been a better camera if Pentax had left video off. "We Pentaxians are conservative types who have no use for video. Pentax could have left it off and saved each one of us 7 dollars off the sticker price." or (b) It doesn't have 4K video with 60 fps. "I won't buy a camera that doesn't have cutting edge video. Pentax is so behind the times when it comes to technology." And the same conversation can be repeated for any other thing you want to mention (built in flash, GPS, pixel shift technology, etc).
In the end, I just hope Pentax releases a camera that works well, doesn't crash, has decent resolution, and mounts k mount lenses without an adapter. I have a feeling I will be happy... :)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-20-2015, 02:21 PM
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The DA15 and DA21 are great at 14-pointers. I also like the 18-pointer from the FA31
some DA15 love (circa 2011)
 Marin Sunset
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another from the DA15
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-21-2015, 11:01 AM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-11-2015, 11:23 PM
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Sunbird collection:
#1 Olive-backed sunbird (male)
 Olive-backed sunbird #2 by Ken Goh, on Flickr
#2 Olive-backed sunbird (female)
 Olived Backed Sunbird by Ken Goh, on Flickr
#3 Both male + female Olive-backed sunbird, Just quarreled? :p
 (Explored) Not on good terms? by Ken Goh, on Flickr
#4 Bronze Throated Sunbird (male)
 (Explored) Bronze Throated Sunbird by Ken Goh, on Flickr
#5 Bronze Throated Sunbird (female)
 Brown Throated Sunbird (female) by Ken Goh, on Flickr
#6 Nesting..
 Sunbird nesting by Ken Goh, on Flickr
#7 Green Tailed Sunbird
 Green Tailed Sunbird (male) by Ken Goh, on Flickr
#8 Crimson Sunbird (male)
 Crimson sunbird by Ken Goh, on Flickr
#9 Crimson Sunbird (female)
 Crimson Sunbird female by Ken Goh, on Flickr
Love shooting all these small little birds. :cool:
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-03-2015, 12:45 PM
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The moon and vulture shots are great! Is the last one cropped?
Here are a few of mines. I think the lens is very sharp, but light conditions were quite hard, most shots taken at the end of the first day (second was cloudy).
1°) 1/800sec - f/8 - ISO200 - 450mm - 21% crop
2°) 1/1600sec - f/7.1 - ISO400 - 410mm - 50% crop
3°) 1/1000sec - f/6.3 - ISO800 - 450mm - 85% crop
4°) 1/1000sec - f/7.1 - ISO800 - 450mm - 78% crop
5°) 1/1600sec - f/8 - ISO400 - 450mm - 62% crop
(the crop values are the remaining pixels percentage, eg 100% = no crop, 10% = huge crop)
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
11-08-2015, 06:55 AM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-06-2015, 01:50 AM
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just opened.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-01-2014, 04:32 PM
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Here is one from this morning. I need to wake up earlier to get some better light.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-29-2013, 12:44 AM
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Rain in mountains. Tyva. Central Asia. Russia. 2012.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
01-28-2013, 01:45 PM
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These were shot in a rather strange antique store near Dallas, Texas.
K5 IIs and the DA 35mm macro ISO 1600 to 3200 It was very, very dark in this warehouse.
I'm not sure what this glass thing is.. maybe a vase or part of a light fixture of some kind.. really could not tell.
I found the colors to be interesting.. this is military footwear of some kind.. from India.
I found a bunch of shells in a box and thought it might make a nice monochrome.
In the very back corner of the warehouse there was an old weathered door with a crucifix hanging on it.. a bit of light coming in from a window. ISO 1600.
The shot below was taken in the darkest part of the warehouse.. the camera actually "saw" more than I could see with my Mark I Eyeball. 1/13s at ISO 3200. Handheld shot which could have been sharper. This is the fabled Typewriter Graveyard.
And a couple from the rail-yard in Grapevine, Texas.
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
10-14-2011, 07:10 AM
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Untitled by Svetlana Bekyarova / freesoul, on Flickr
in a kid's way by Svetlana Bekyarova / freesoul, on Flickr
*** by Svetlana Bekyarova / freesoul, on Flickr
Untitled by Svetlana Bekyarova / freesoul, on Flickr
Untitled by Svetlana Bekyarova / freesoul, on Flickr
in flames by Svetlana Bekyarova / freesoul, on Flickr
Untitled by Svetlana Bekyarova / freesoul, on Flickr
Untitled by Svetlana Bekyarova / freesoul, on Flickr
* by Svetlana Bekyarova / freesoul, on Flickr
Rail way by Svetlana Bekyarova / freesoul, on Flickr
park VA-5 by Svetlana Bekyarova / freesoul, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
10-11-2011, 10:52 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
01-22-2013, 02:39 PM
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Here's a few from the last two weeks... picked up the K5 IIs recently and have been enjoying using it. These shots were taken with the DA* 50-135mm and the DA 35mm. I have found the photographs from the K5 IIs to be better than those from my original K5.. which is for sale at this time.
I have some thoughts and more photos at my website located at: Pentax K5 IIs Photography by Jim Radcliffe
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-20-2013, 06:08 AM
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Peter:
You are going to love that camera. Given your interest in portraits, you might try a 67 90mm f2.8 or 67 105mm f2.4 (via adapter). Very nice OOF rendering with those lenses. Pentax has a new 90mm with in-lens stabilization for the 645, but it is quite expensive ($5k), the old 67 lenses are a few hundred dollars. An example with the 90mm:
Tom
_IGP2329 by tsjanik47, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-16-2013, 03:02 PM
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"Tell us more about this amazing new MILC system you've just announced at this CP+ 2013 show."
:lol:
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
01-15-2013, 08:56 AM
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Pentax K5IIs - Sigma 100-300mm f/4 APO EX DG - 1/250th f/5.6 @ ISO 400 |
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
12-30-2012, 08:45 PM
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Until I see Nikon dump their F mount which has been going strong since 1959, I am not too concerned about the K-mount not being workable on dSLR or aps-c or ff milc cameras.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
12-17-2012, 04:57 PM
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Infuriated by the ability of the weather to be clear and dry at night but damp all day, but surprised by the number of pictures I took today. I'm happy with many of these either in colour or black and white. Feel free to let me know which you prefer! Sorry for the sheer number of these!
1. Nikon D800 Nikkor 24-70 at 24mm f/10 1/50 ISO 400
Brathay-Church by singingsnapper, on Flickr
2. Converted in silver efex:
BW-Brathay-Church by singingsnapper, on Flickr
3. Portrait view converted in silver efex
24mm f/10 1/60 ISO 400
BW-Brathay-Church-2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr
4. Woodland cottages that I always find attractive:
36mm f/9 1/40 ISO 500
Lakeland-woodland-cottages by singingsnapper, on Flickr
5. converted in Silver efex
BW-Lakeland-woodland-cottages by singingsnapper, on Flickr
6. The rain was pouring down at this point"
24mm 1/60 f/11 ISO 640 converted in silver efex
A-wet-afternoon-in-Skelwith-Fold by singingsnapper, on Flickr
7. At Skelwith bridge alongside a fast flowing river Brathay tripod out now:
24mm f/16 2 secs ISO 50
Skelwith-Bridge by singingsnapper, on Flickr
8. Converted in Silver efex:
BW-Skelwith-Bridge by singingsnapper, on Flickr
9. Wider shot with the Nikkor 14 - 24mm
f/16 14mm 1.3 secs ISO 50
Skelwith-Bridge-2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr
10. Converted (yes you guessed it - Silver efex - but it's such a good plug in!)
BW-Skelwith-Bridge-2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr
I was having to await a callback regarding a delivery tomorrow so had to wait for the last bus (due at 1700hrs) so made use of the time.
11. This is Skelwith Bridge Hotel as the sun went down:
14mm f/13 1/4 ISO 50
End-of-the-day-at-Skelwith-bridge-Hotel by singingsnapper, on Flickr
And well after the sun had gone down - in fact to the naked eye it was dark. The blue light is a fire engine about to make its way down Great Langdale
Nikkor 24 - 70 at 24mm f/11 261 secs ISO 50
View-from-Skeliwth-Bridge-after-dark by singingsnapper, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
06-11-2012, 09:07 AM
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Few shots from last weekend.
Pentax K-5 ,Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 SL Macro APO-Lanthar
1/250s f/4.0 at 120.0mm iso320
Pentax K-5 ,Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 SL Macro APO-Lanthar
1/60s f/5.6 at 120.0mm iso640 full
Pentax K-5 ,Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 SL Macro APO-Lanthar
1/160s f/5.0 iso160
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