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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-28-2016, 08:16 PM
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I would but my main cams are mirrorless. I only use the dslr for sports pretty much and am set with numerous Pentax dslr's. DSLR's are too big for stealth use. Yes I can use em but why make it hard on myself? If I was a average photog looking for a FF dlsr I'd be all over the FF Pentax. This does not say I'd never buy one. When my K3's die I will upgrade but I suspect mine will last for the rest of my life.
This pix (candid) would be hard to take with a dslr. I used a Fuji E-X1.
https://danielteolijr.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/lost-princess-copyright-20...r-mr.jpg?w=767
The hard part is carrying the dslr on your wrist all day and night. The other part is shooting kids. Nowadays your sexual predictor if your a male shooting stranger kinds. I need stealth!
I used a Nikon D610 for this candid...
https://danielteolijr.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/the-americans-60-years-aft...eoli-jr-mr.jpg
It was hard to do. I hated using the Nikon, very bulky compared to the Leica or Fuji. Hard to adjust. I can adjust the Leica and Fuji to a lesser dergee without even looking at them. But, I am highly skilled at candid work and still got 'Pinky' done with the dlsr. I would have rather have used a Leica, but I was traveling and had no place safe to keep the Leica gear so I used cheap Nikon gear.
The other prob with the Pentax as with almost all dslr's is the program dial. I hate em. I like a shutter speed dial. The cams they make nowadays are dummied down with no aperture ring or shutter dial. The AF is terrible in dim light. I prefer manual control for the type of work I do.
I could never get candid shots like this with auto equipment and big dlsr's.
https://danielteolijr.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/39-de-wallen-copyright-201...pg?w=803&h=554
What I wish for is some camera co to make an affordable Leica rangefinder knockoff and a manual M4/3. I love the M4/3, but the terrible controls ruin it for fast candid work. By the time I could get the M4/3 adjusted this shot would be gone. (Actually I can't figure out how to even adjust the M4/3.)
https://danielteolijr.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/cropped-bikers-mardi-gras-...eoli-jr-lr.jpg |
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-26-2016, 09:40 AM
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If Pentax wants to make something different they should make the following...
Leica rangefinder knockoff FF 36-40 mp for $2500.
M43 simplified with shutter dial.
A 6mp FF digital back for a Hassy for $2500
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
09-20-2014, 07:18 PM
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Congrats! ! I never sold a thing, your pix are very nice!
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
09-19-2014, 02:11 PM
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They will announce a Leica FF knockoff and wont need to make lenses. All their time will be in producing enough bodies to fill the demand as they kill off Leica's overpriced camera with 2nd rate sensors.
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