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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-17-2019, 01:08 PM
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bought mine in June, 2017. never dropped or damaged; treated like a baby. today it just stopped autofocusing. not sure why, but it's not the camera, nor the user. I thought that the DC autofocus motor of this lens was a point in its favor, unlike the SDM motors of old. Fortunately, its still covered under a 3 year extended warranty. Has anyone else experienced this problem? What is the cause? Is there any remedy other than sending it away to the lens hospital?
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-29-2018, 08:25 PM
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slow to focus, but the clarity of this lens makes shooting fun
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-05-2019, 07:28 PM
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frozen lake and shoreline at dusk
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-29-2018, 08:47 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-25-2019, 08:54 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-29-2019, 08:13 AM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-05-2019, 07:48 PM
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too frigid to bag a lunch
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-30-2018, 08:11 AM
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Great clarity. This lens is underrated. Great to travel with it.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-29-2019, 09:16 PM
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Thanks! I was lucky to catch the face; burst mode helped. Probably would have been better with smaller aperture and lower iso if he had warned me that he would stop moving😆
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-29-2019, 09:20 PM
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Thanks! Polar vortex has arrived here along the Great Lakes; we’ll keep your promise of Spring in mind🌸
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-25-2019, 09:02 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-29-2019, 08:06 AM
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can't you warm up these seeds?
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-25-2019, 08:59 PM
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waited two years for it to bloom; almost gave up!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-08-2019, 03:31 PM
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had fun with pp. this kit lens is fun
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
12-28-2018, 05:22 PM
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K3 vs K1 ii:
Image Quality is similar; actually, to my eye, I can't really tell the difference between K3 (24mp), K1ii (36mp) and K1ii (crop mode, 15mp). Even pixel-peeping, they all look good.
Advantage of K3: smaller, lighter, works so well with small lenses like 20-40, 15mm.
Advantage of K1ii: geotagging, wi-fi for JPEGs, significantly better at high ISO (relatively noise-less to 3200), much better dynamic range, works so well with 28-105 "kit" lens, larger viewfinder, significantly better autofocus C mode.
Both are very nice cameras. I like having GPS built in, rather than trying to attach the external 0-gps1 device; it fell off and broke. GPS is a nice feature. Crop mode works great.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
10-29-2018, 01:03 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-09-2018, 11:48 AM
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Just got my K1 upgrade back, and after several practice shoots I can state that the upgraded K1 (now mark ii) is an autofocus BEAST!
I could never use "Autofocus C" on the K3 or K1. Instead, I followed the advice of other more skilled photographers on the Forum, and shot bursts of moving subjects using Autofocus S. The K1 Mark ii Autofocus C mode seems to work well. Not perfectly, but much better than the "pretend" continuous autofocus mode on my prior Pentax cameras. At least 60% (or more) of birds are now in reasonably good focus, including the gull flying in front of the sail rigging. A friend with a Sony a-6500 tells me that his camera focuses quickly, but has difficulty separating subject from background.
So I think that the "Urban Legend" of poorly focusing Pentaxes can be put to rest.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-30-2018, 11:30 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-26-2018, 11:51 AM
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Nice captures! What did you use? Camera, lens, settings. Share your expertise!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-30-2018, 11:58 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
02-02-2018, 01:44 PM
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late summer twilight in Canadian Rockies
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-02-2018, 07:45 PM
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I've enjoyed the Pentax DFA 100 WR macro
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
01-18-2018, 07:21 PM
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Snow Squall on Great Lakes Beach
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
12-26-2017, 03:27 PM
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Well worth the small price. This app works well with IOS. You still need to have the camera Wi-Fi paired with Pentax Image Sync to download photos, but the download process is much easier and faster than trying to download through Pentax Image Sync. Kudos to Xiaoming👍
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-11-2017, 06:35 PM
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I own both. The 18-135 is a nice travel lens (lightweight, relatively quick autofocus). The 16-50 is definitely sharper, and the autofocus speed is almost as fast, and very accurate, even in low light. Despite its increased weight, I use the 16-50 much more. The image quality of the 16-50 is in a different league. I sold the 21mm and 50mm primes, as the IQ of the 16-50 was superior, and the “normal” zoom range more versatile. I’ve not had a problem with the SDM, and would ask Uncle Vanya to convert it if it were to fail.
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