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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 04-14-2021, 09:18 PM  
Golden Light, Albany Windfarm, Albany, Western Australia
Posted By BobL
Replies: 22
Views: 453
Sunset at the Albany Windfarm, Albany Western Australia.
A stitch of 10 frames.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 06-20-2020, 05:58 PM  
Gear P0rn - post it if you got it.
Posted By robbiec
Replies: 9,523
Views: 1,225,853
Lens by Robbie Corrigan, on Flickr

Symbiotic by Robbie Corrigan, on Flickr

Siblings? by Robbie Corrigan, on Flickr
Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 04-19-2020, 05:00 AM  
Fuji X series club
Posted By Kuzma
Replies: 5,653
Views: 399,267
Forum: General Talk 04-19-2020, 12:08 AM  
Coronavirus
Posted By BigMackCam
Replies: 4,113
Views: 161,660
I don't know if this graph has already been posted, but I thought it was quite insightful...
Forum: General Talk 03-21-2020, 04:27 PM  
Personalized license plates..your favorites
Posted By dtrego
Replies: 39
Views: 3,208
I used to have a personalized (sort of) plate. Ohio offers some organization-related license plates for a bit less than the cost of personalized plates. As I have my amateur radio license, it seemed like a good idea to get my call sign on the plates that read "Amateur Radio" on the bottom of the tag. Even better, it was something like only $10 more than regular plates instead of the $50 premium for vanity plates.

My call sign is N8KDY. Had the plates for several years. Then, one fine day, someone walked up to me in public while I was at my vehicle (and out to lunch with a co-worker, no less) and asked "Does your license plate say 'NAKED WHY'"? He giggled all the way back to work about it.

Next go around I got the regular plates with 3 letters and 4 numbers. :D
Forum: Post Your Photos! 02-28-2020, 03:39 PM  
Nature A few shots from our 19 Day summer canoe trip, and a link to Tess's trip report.
Posted By normhead
Replies: 29
Views: 1,627
Tess's trip report was along time coming but worth the wait, the following images are just teasers.

Nipissing-High-Falls-11 by Norm Head, on Flickr

Kiosk-Opeongo-sunsets-4 by Norm Head, on Flickr

Kiosk-Opeongo-sunsets-9 by Norm Head, on Flickr

2019-08-300mm-images-1 by Norm Head, on Flickr

Algonquin Treks & Images
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 01-19-2020, 04:45 PM  
Trying to bring one back from the dead....help needed
Posted By stevebrot
Replies: 11
Views: 1,441
I, for one, would not use acetone on a lens or on any surface finish. Ditto for MEK.* I would also never assume that a microfiber cloth is abrasive free. That said, I suspect that you partially dissolved away the coatings and the scratches you saw were marks left by the cloth.

For perspective consider that a major component of lacquer thinner is acetone, often accompanied by MEK and that a working rule regarding lacquer thinner is to not get it on any painted or plastic surface you would not want to expose to attack.

Out of curiosity, what lens was this?


Steve

* Not happy with a camera tech I know, who apparently wiped one of my bodies with MEK as part of a CLA...
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 09-20-2019, 09:46 AM  
New K-series DSLR under development to be exhibited
Posted By panonski
Replies: 3,487
Views: 305,250
I don't like it at all :D


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It looks like K3, and i already have one :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

I'm so glad I skipped the waiting and bought KP, which looks waaaay better than this :lol:
Forum: Post Your Photos! 08-19-2019, 05:02 AM  
Travel Solotcha, Russia
Posted By zztopd
Replies: 4
Views: 813
Solotcha - microdistrict, exclave, as part of the Soviet district of the city of Ryazan.

The former village (known since 1390) and the former urban-type settlement (in 1958 - 2004). Population (2013) - 2544 people.

#1




A specially protected natural area is located on the territory of the district - a monument of nature of regional significance “Solotchinskaya Staritsa (oxbow)”.

#2



Mixed forests cover more than 50% of the lowland, along the valleys of large rivers - meadows.

#3




Burs are located on the sands, oak forests in low places, birch and aspen grow on felling areas and aspen, and spruce grows on watersheds.

#4




There are alder, mountain ash. There are two types of burs: with lichen litter and with lingonberry and blueberry litter. In forests and meadows there are a lot of wild strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, cranberries, viburnum, buckthorn, rose hips, sea buckthorn, black currants, mushrooms (oak trees, mushrooms, mushrooms, boletus, chanterelles, russula, oily, mushrooms, meadow mushrooms, etc.), a lot hazel.


#5



There are many snakes and snakes on the peatlands drained during the Soviet era. All of them are not dangerous to humans, but poisonous vipers can also be found.

#6





The Ryazan-Vladimir narrow-gauge railway passed through the territory of the district. On the developed peatlands, people created the infrastructure, laid roads, and developed the meadows and lands obtained.

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The origin of Solotcha is from the Old Russian word (salot is marshy, marshy)

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This is a paradise of impassable peat bogs and lakes of the lowland, a place terrible, dangerous and impassable.

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And although the center of the flat lowland lies some 200 km from Moscow, until recently, the cave was relatively little populated and developed. The reason for this is a lot of swamps and low natural fertility of its lands.
On floodplain lakes and elders live muskrats, beavers. In the forest and floodplain there are snakes, lizards, spindles, copperfish, and vipers. A lot of game: capercaillie, ducks (including teal), snipe, hollows.

#10



There is 23 thousand square kilometers of sand, forests and the famous mshars - monotonous marshes at the junction of three regions: Moscow, Ryazan and Vladimir.
There are many animals in the lowland forests. Sika deer, elk, and wild boar can be found in the forest; in recent years, a bear is rarely found (mainly in protected areas). There are wolves, lynxes, ermines.



#11






The area is surrounded on all sides by the Meshchera National Park; Forests located in the territory of the district are protected - multi-storey buildings are prohibited here.


#12





There are a lot of old wooden houses in Solotchа.


#13





The village of Solotcha grew around the monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin, founded in 1390.

#14



After 1917, the Solotchinsky monastery was closed; later, a colony for juvenile delinquents was located on its territory (in 1993, the Solotchinsky monastery was revived - but already as a female).

#15




From the 14th century to 1682, a convent was operating in Solotcha, on the site of which is now the temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.

#16




In the 17th century, an icon-painting school flourished in the monastery.

#17




The interior of the monastery was decorated with an apple orchard.

#18





This is a two-story sister building.

#19




The monastery has a subsidiary farm (animal husbandry, poultry farming).

#20




Behind me is the invisible city.

Old Ryazan (until 1778 - Ryazan, unofficial “Russian Troy”) is one of the largest ancient Russian cities of the 12th – 13th centuries, the capital of the Great Ryazan Principality and the largest archaeological site of Russia. By the beginning of the XIII century, about 8 thousand people lived in the city.

In the fall of 1236, the Mongol army approached the borders of the Ryazan land near the Voronezh River. His leader Baty demanded that he give “a tenth” of all the property, to which the Ryazans answered:
“When all of us are gone, then everything will be yours then. The grandfathers and fathers did not give our tributes to anyone and were not in slaves to anyone, they died for their honor and fatherland. So we want to preserve our honor with arms or death. ”

#21





The city was destroyed in the winter of 1237 during the Mongol invasion of Batu Khan, and all of its buildings, including stone temples, turned to ashes. Ryazan at this place has never been restored.
Ryazan held on for six days and nights, but the enemy's forces were great. Having burst into the city, the Mongols destroyed everything they could, turning the fortress into ashes.


#22





Later Mongolian troops more than once invaded Ryazan lands. They robbed, burned, took prisoners. The remaining population went under the protection of forests.


#23






The forester's house.

#24






Lake Urzhenskoye. In the distance - Lake Poganoe (Filthy) and Lake Chyornoe (Black)

#25



Next was Lake Laskovskoye (Affectionate).

#26





The End.

#27




All are welcome.
Forum: General Photography 06-27-2019, 02:28 PM  
Photography would be FUN if not for ignorant people!
Posted By BigMackCam
Replies: 88
Views: 5,594
I'm sure you did nothing wrong and she was either unbalanced, having a bad day, over-reacting or mistaken as to your intentions (perhaps all of those).

That said...

Whatever our legal rights may be (and I know this varies by country), since this is merely my hobby and something I do for enjoyment, I try to avoid any kind of conflict or friction... and on the very rare occasions it occurs, I'll do whatever's necessary to resolve it, even if I know I'm technically in the right. If that means me switching off my camera, walking away, missing some shots and finding somewhere and something else to photograph, so be it. I'm sure some photographers and members here might view that as being weak, yet I'm anything but that. I'm perfectly capable of standing up for myself, my family and friends when the need arises. But my first choice is always to diffuse a situation if at all possible.

If someone seriously objects to what I'm doing, I'll simply move on and pay the matter no more heed. There will be other days, and other photographs a-plenty :)
Forum: Lens Clubs 06-15-2019, 11:55 PM  
The FA Limited Club
Posted By BruceBanner
Replies: 11,825
Views: 2,138,308








Forum: Post Your Photos! 06-04-2019, 08:49 PM  
Black & White Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall
Posted By LaurenOE
Replies: 21
Views: 2,116
I was in Hiroshima, Japan last week, and I took some time with my 645z to do some night photography of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall.

Some call it the "Atomic Dome", but I feel that makes it almost a tourist attraction...which is inappropriate considering.

On planet Earth...above and less than a mile away, where I was sitting taking this image ...on August 6th 1945...the United States of America dropped humanity's first atomic weapon on a/the city.

In my life, which began in 1963, and through various stages of my life, I have viewed that event differently.

When I was young, the voices of WWII were still being heard from folks older than me. When I went through High School, the voices of Vietnam were heard.
When I was at Pearl Harbor, other voices were heard.

Now middle aged, sitting in Hiroshima, all I could think about was the empty shell and the madness of humanity.

Hiroshima is vibrant and alive now, Japan is one of our great allies. So many voices are gone now, and hopefully nothing like this will ever happen again.
Forum: General Photography 05-11-2019, 10:13 AM  
Why A BIG Camera When The Latest Smart Phones Are So Capable?
Posted By Take-5-JB
Replies: 120
Views: 9,360
It is difficult to slalom behind a kayak, and near impossible to run class III+ rapids in a ski boat.

I don't know...why don't we all wear gray clothes, white underwear, and flip-flops?

Smart car vs Lamborghini? Dancing the Tango vs shuffling around? Having knowledge of Tacitus versus knowing any of the Reality TV personalities.

Variety, thrill, personality, endeavor, understanding, using cognitive initiative.......

"Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge, and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things, when they're shown their form or told their use." Samuel Johnson, "The Rambler: A periodical Paper" circa 1750-1752.

I don't know....maybe because its there.

JB
Forum: General Photography 05-10-2019, 04:35 PM  
Why A BIG Camera When The Latest Smart Phones Are So Capable?
Posted By swanlefitte
Replies: 120
Views: 9,360
This really reminds me of Life of Brian. "All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
Forum: Welcomes and Introductions 04-04-2019, 03:10 PM  
Long time Pentaxian getting ready to make the jump to Digital!
Posted By MarkJerling
Replies: 34
Views: 3,180
I'll take the opportunity to revive an old thread, my first thread on this forum. (And, indeed my first thread on any forum!)

Somewhere during the last few days, I seem to have posted my 10,000th post on Pentax Forums. 10,000 posts in very nearly 7 years. Nearly 4 posts a day. How did that happen?
Anyway, thank you for the advice, the camaraderie and the support of this community.

I'd like to thank the staff of Pentax Forums, Adam, and the moderating team for their work in keeping this forum the wonderful resource that it is.
Above all, thank you all you wonderful Pentax shooters for taking this journey with me.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 03-22-2019, 06:26 AM  
Made a wooden grip for my Pentax K1000 out of colored pencils
Posted By Snapppy
Replies: 19
Views: 4,743
Hey everyone, I thought there may be some interest in sharing this here.

After getting inspired by the Pentax KP custom with a wooden grip that was shown off recently, and then watching some viral videos about making things from colored pencils, I decided to give it a go but with a camera grip.

I realize not everyone is gonna jive with the style, but I think it looks pretty cool.

Here are some pics of a the process, and there's a video at the end with more details.

What do you think?

colored pencil camera grip project by ThatA480Guy, on Flickr
colored pencil camera grip project by ThatA480Guy, on Flickr
colored pencil camera grip project by ThatA480Guy, on Flickr
colored pencil camera grip project by ThatA480Guy, on Flickr
colored pencil camera grip project by ThatA480Guy, on Flickr
















You Tube



Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 03-19-2019, 07:41 AM  
Micro Four Thirds Club
Posted By yorik
Replies: 6,170
Views: 530,274
This is from Ocean Beach, SF last Saturday...

Forum: General Photography 02-08-2019, 05:29 AM  
Forum time off and a new subject for my photography
Posted By Jonathan Mac
Replies: 22
Views: 2,317
Hi everyone,

I just wanted to post here (some may have noticed from what I've posted (and not posted) lately) that I had some time away from the forum, around five weeks, at the end of last year before coming back and slowly getting a bit more into the swing of things.

That was because my wife gave birth to our little girl, Mara, at the end of November. Born eight weeks premature, she spent a month in hospital, first in intensive care and then in medium care. She started in an incubator with breathing apparatus, heart monitor, IV, feeding tube and one by one these were removed as she grew stronger and learned to feed by mouth, before coming home on the 26th of December. It was a difficult time, especially as here in Spain the father does not get extra time off in such circumstances and if I'd taken my paternity leave I'd have been left with none by the time she got home.

So I had no time for such frivolities as photography forums and despite being a very active period in my photography (I had a camera with me every day), the photos were very personal and I have shared very few. I still haven't fully decided on my stance on sharing photos of the little one, so I'm being very conservative of what I post online. Photography of other subjects has been reduced to almost zero as I have no time and with Mara so small we're not planning on doing any travelling any time soon.

For photography in the hospital, it was mostly done in very low light (many photos are at ISO 6400 and f/1.4) and the K-3 didn't get a look in. I relied almost exclusively on my little Fujifilm X-M1 and 35mm f/1.4 and 23mm f/2 primes, which did a fantastic job of recording the experience. The K-3 would have been too big and too noisy even if I had lenses for it suitable for such circumstances. I did take some photos with my MX and Tri-X pushed to 1600, but I haven't developed them yet. Now at home the K-3 gets some use but the Fujifilm is just better suited for baby photography.

So now I have a lovely new photography subject and am adapting day by day to our new family member. I hope the journey will be a fine one.

Here are the few pics I've shared online so far.


Mara
by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr


Mara
by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr


Mara
by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr


Mara
by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr


Wonder baby
by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr
Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals 02-04-2019, 11:22 AM  
Will the mirroless market implode in a price-war?
Posted By photoptimist
Replies: 20
Views: 2,545
Big silicon sensors will always be more expensive, more power-hungry, and have lower max frame rates than smaller silicon sensors. And some buyers will always prefer physically smaller cameras and lenses to larger ones. "Equivalence" (dare I use that blasphemous term) shows that almost any format can take almost any photograph with some very limited exceptions driven by lens availability such super-shallow DoF in FF or super-long telephoto in smaller formats. All modern cameras have great photographic performance which means buyers can gravitate to the size of format that has the size of cameras and bodies they prefer for ergonomic & weight reasons.

There may be a short-term surge in FF buyers given the recent launches of new FF models, but I doubt FF will truly replace APS-C or even M43s in the long-term.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 12-19-2018, 02:34 PM  
Nature Otis' Annual Christmas Drive
Posted By reh321
Replies: 16
Views: 2,033
Yes, I know this is from five years ago.

Today is the one-year anniversary of the passing of Rupert, and I thought bringing this vintage "Rupert thread" to the top is an appropriate way to remember him.
Forum: General Talk 11-30-2018, 09:41 AM  
I don't know to laugh or cry...
Posted By bertwert
Replies: 60
Views: 7,113
Where...?
Forum: General Talk 11-30-2018, 09:41 AM  
I don't know to laugh or cry...
Posted By gaweidert
Replies: 60
Views: 7,113
Any comments from Australia?
Forum: General Talk 11-24-2018, 06:17 AM  
Brian Gohacki burned out of business
Posted By kernos
Replies: 21
Views: 4,834
Brian Gohacki (former member DCShooter) lost everything except the lives of his family and his pets in a catastrophic fire. Many of us have benefited from the care and skill he's provided for our lenses over the years. If you're interested in helping please contact him or PM me and I'll provide contact information.
Forum: General Photography 11-20-2018, 03:30 PM  
Interesting story of camera repairer and his notes...
Posted By BigMackCam
Replies: 12
Views: 1,637
Very interesting. Thanks for posting this :)

I wonder what proportion of his notes relates to cameras and lenses - especially lenses - from the 1950s onwards? And I wonder how much he's looking for to sell those notes :p :lol:
Forum: General Photography 10-08-2018, 02:56 PM  
10,000th post - and a BIG "Thank You" to everyone here!
Posted By BigMackCam
Replies: 30
Views: 2,400
This is my 10,000th post on PentaxForums, and it feels like a small but important milestone - so, I wanted to take this opportunity to say "Thank You" :)

I joined back in March 2010, asking for help with my K-7 and 18-55mm kit lens. I had just switched over from my first ever DSLR, a Nikon D40X. Prior to that, my only experience of photography was with point-and-shoot compacts (both film and digital). Frankly, I knew nothing back then. It was Auto mode all the way :lol:

I posted infrequently over the next few years, though I read and learned from quite a few threads here over that time. But it wasn't until 2013 or 2014 that I started posting on a regular basis.

Since then, I've asked many, many questions; needed a lot of help and advice; met with many frustrations. And you good folks have always assisted me, without exception. I've learned so much from so many of you, on so many different topics. I still have a long, long way to go... in fact, I'm sure I'll be learning until the day I die; but having this community as my support network means I'll never be short of help. That's a reassuring thing to know :)

Following the example of everone who's helped me and others here, I'm more recently in a position to assist other members too with the (limited) knowledge and experience I have - and for me that's perhaps the most enjoyable and rewarding aspect of being here. I try to help where I can, and watch with interest where I can't. I love to learn and watch others learn too. This is a great place to do both.

I've made many valued friends on PentaxForums... which, considering my distrust and dislike of social media in general, is an unexpected yet most welcome benefit. I love chatting with you folks in the multitude of threads posted each day. I'm even in touch with several friends by PM or e-mail from time-to-time (you guys know who you are :p), and I always appreciate those communications greatly. Who'd have thought I could make friends, often thousands of miles away, that I've never even met face-to-face? Ain't the internet wonderful? :lol:

Of course, I've occasionally bumped heads with a few members too, and I can come across a little strong at times, I know... but I hope we can put those few events behind us :o Since taking on moderator duties here a couple of years ago, I've had to moderate posts from some of the very members I'm grateful to for help they've given (and continue to give) me and others. That's been a hard pill to swallow, and not one I enjoy or will ever feel entirely comfortable with... but I hope those members can appreciate and accept the reasons. I truly don't like to "fall out" with anyone :o

In closing, I'd like to say a big... no, a HUGE "Thank You" to @Adam; for creating and running this truly excellent site; to my colleagues and friends in the moderating team for their help and insight, and getting me out of trouble when I screw up :p; to everyone here who has helped me and / or other members; to the valued friends I've made here (you mean a lot to me); and to all members, old and new, who contribute to these forums constructively and make this place the best photography community I could wish for.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, and BEST WISHES! :)
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