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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-19-2016, 06:01 AM
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I think you will love the SMC 28 f3.5, based on my own very limited experience so far ( I have owned mine for about 2 weeks, but have only shot with it maybe 10 times).
Here's a shot taken at f11 with my SMC 28 f3.5 (no PS)
 Lakeside at Canberra Yacht Club by David McI, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
07-28-2015, 08:34 PM
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Do you happen to know where I could lay my hands on equivalent profile(s) for the 645D?
Thanks,
David
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
01-22-2019, 04:39 PM
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'E' - Eastern Grey Kangaroos
'F' - fur
'G' - grazing
'H' - hairy
'I' - intimacy (between them)
K-1 and Sigma DG APO 70-200 f/2.8 (non macro model)
 Eastern Grey Kangaroos by David M, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-29-2018, 09:26 PM
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Dog 'walking' in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
 Dog 'walking' by David M, on Flickr
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A Japanese postman suffers in the recent heatwave...
 Thirsty Postie by David M, on Flickr
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A geisha, with 'friend'. From a few days ago in Kyoto, Japan.
 Geisha with friend by David M, on Flickr
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Monks on a mission, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
 Monks on a mission by David M, on Flickr
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-20-2018, 07:37 PM
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Fuji Acros 100, P6x7 135 f/4 macro, f11, 1/30, P6x7 MLU version, handheld metering.
( Copied using a Pentax K-1 and Tamron SP 90 f/2.5 macro lens (manual focus), with LED light-table and Lomo Digitalizer negative holder.)
 Echeveria imbricata (Blue Rose echeveria) by David M, on Flickr
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-20-2018, 06:22 PM
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My first shots with the above combo. Some of them are slightly cropped, due to some inadvertent vignetting to bottom left and top right, caused by the hood being insufficiently rotated (locked).
These three shots at, or close to, minimum focus distance. f5 for the last shot.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-26-2018, 02:01 PM
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Bienvenu Raph!
J'aime la Normandie.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-26-2018, 01:57 PM
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Welcome HelenJo,
I'm only a youngster at 61. I still own an ME Super that I bought in 1981.
I look forward to seeing your photos and love your very positive outlook.
Greetings from SE Australia.
David
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
10-03-2016, 11:14 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-16-2017, 05:42 PM
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Thanks pinholecam on this thread (and elsewhere) for extolling the virtues of Raw Therapee. I just downloaded 5.1 and used it to process the image below.
Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 Asph lens, f6.3, 44mm, ISO200. Rested on a wall (no tripod), hence the cropped image.
 Carrickfergus Castle by David M, on Flickr
A much larger (iMac desktop-sized version) is here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9dwIDu9gH7FdDd5YWRsTk1pQzQ (it looks a little over-sharpened by the stepwise sharpening script I use).
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
07-01-2016, 04:04 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
11-16-2016, 06:37 PM
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Great capture of the black-shouldered kite. What lens?
Two shots of the supermoon from Canberra, Monday evening.
Leica R APO-Telyt-R 180/f3.4 @f9.5
 Supermoon 14Nov by David M, on Flickr
P645 ED IF 300/4 @f8, using Kipon P645 - PK Adapter
 Supermoon 14Nov by David M, on Flickr
Leitaxed APO-Telyt-R 180/3.4 again
 Icelandic Poppies by David M, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
10-03-2016, 11:27 PM
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 Daisy depth-of-field by David M, on Flickr
FA77 f1.8 Ltd. Original camera-jpg uploaded to Flickr. RAW not yet processed as I was travelling with a new Windows 10 tablet and all of my PP is done on Apple Macs at home.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-21-2016, 04:41 AM
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I'm away from Australia visiting family.
I have no real editing device with me except for rudimentary sw available via a tablet running Windows 10 - not mine to keep; as such I am posting in-camera jpeg output files only, with minor PP via Windows 'Photos'.
FA31 f1.8 Ltd A classic Citroën by David M, on Flickr
 A classic Citroën by David M, on Flickr
These were taken on an extremely dull day with threatening/arriving drizzle.
FA77 f1.8 Ltd Fishing on a gloomy autumn day by David M, on Flickr
 'Diagonals in the murk' by David M, on Flickr
A ruined circular staircase at the 12th Cent. Anglo-Norman Inch Abbey (shake reduction working its magic at 1/4 sec handheld). FA31
 Inch Abbey by David M, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-24-2016, 02:53 AM
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Trying out some pixel shifted shots yesterday at a nature reserve. I used Motion Compensation as the water was often a little disturbed, by rare platypus, or by wind.
As expected, attempts at processing using ACR did not give good results, with clear colour issues in areas of disturbed water. Digital camera utility did seem to cope well with most of the movement.
I output 16-bit AdobeRGB TIF files from DCU and imported them into Capture One Pro 9.2, with only minimal further processing, and then C1Pro's claimed improved re-sizing algorithm (inherent to any of its size-reduced output recipes) to produce the 1200w jpgs for Flickr upload.
This first one is using a P645 300/4 ED(IF) lens, with P645-PK adapter.
 Pixel Shift resolution, using P645 300/4 ED lens on K-1 by David M, on Flickr
FA31 f1.8 Limited (next 4)
 FA77 f1.8 Ltd, PS resolution by David M, on Flickr
 The Sanctuary, Pixel Shift resolution by David M, on Flickr
No PS in the last 3 images
 The Weir at Tidbinbilla by David M, on Flickr
 The Weir at Tidbinbilla by David M, on Flickr
FA77 f1.8 Limited
 Brolga by David M, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-24-2016, 03:06 AM
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
06-21-2016, 04:25 AM
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
05-23-2016, 05:25 AM
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I haven't reviewed images on the last few pages (yet), comments / likes to follow.
Something different from me - I shall probably inundate this thread with such images in coming days...a weekend photo shoot and tuition at a local aviation museum complete with flying 'warbird' aircraft.
 Shiny Spit at sunset - 1 by David McI, on Flickr
 Jaws by David McI, on Flickr
 Spitfire VIII Cockpit by David McI, on Flickr
Flickr doesn't do justice to the resolution of the last one. The control-column string 'cording' filaments are clearly visible on the original full-size image.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-14-2016, 07:13 AM
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I've really enjoyed going through a number of pages pf this thread. I checked what I've posted here before and it's been a while.
These are two fairly recent scans (home-scanned on Minolta Dimage Scan Dual IV running Vuescan) from HP5 I shot in 1981. I cannot remember the camera/lens but I know it's after I lost my first ever SLR which was a Soviet Zenit. This was a fabulous Easter spent on the Fanad Peninsula in Donegal. I grew up in N. Ireland.
 Donegal, Easter 1981 by David McI, on Flickr
 Donegal 1981 by David McI, on Flickr
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Those below are all T-Max 100, Pentax 6x7
SMC 55 f4
 DVDM by David McI, on Flickr
SMC 105 f2.4
 Sam and Tash by David McI, on Flickr
These next ones are bang up to date, having received the scan files from the commercial lab a couple of days ago. I love the 67 system and have now sold the 6x7 and bought a 67 II, although I ponder the cost-benefit of such a move.
SMC 105 f2.4
 PLandThomo-000065560006 by David McI, on Flickr
SMC 105 f2.4
 MV-000065560003 by David McI, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
05-11-2016, 10:54 PM
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Andrew, you made me research the Keills Peninsula because that shot, with my (so far, only) visit to Islay and Jura in early March, had me thinking it could have taken from the former! The layered hills are superb and the seabird makes it for me.
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Jonathan - I prefer the Fuji160 shots of paris to the Reala set, although I like them all :)
Ed - Spiffing as usual - how on earth did you manage to get a star trail directly aligning with the tip of the AWA tower?!
Tom - Great to have these model shots as a very glamourous counterpoint to this landscape-rich thread.
Matt - Wonderful violet (mauve?) alpenglow. truly wonderful scenery.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
05-12-2016, 07:57 AM
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I had a blitz of street-art photography on 13 April when in Melbourne, Victoria.
I used a Fuji GA645 loaded with Portra 160 and a Leica M2, first loaded with home-rolled FP4+ and then with a cheapish (compared with most other stock) Agfa Vista 200. I haven't developed my FP4+ yet however I received the link to my scanned colour prints today. I'm super-impressed (again) with the quality of Portra 160 and the resolution of the GA645 lens.
Some GA645 samples to follow, with all of the images I took loaded into the same Flickr albums, should anyone want to view more:
 street-000065570006 by David McI, on Flickr
 street-000065570004 by David McI, on Flickr
 street-000065570002 by David McI, on Flickr
(That last one was cropped due to being at the start of the roll.)
 street-000065570008 by David McI, on Flickr
And last, one of my old Husqvarna bike
 2003 Husqvarna TE610E by David McI, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
05-08-2016, 09:10 PM
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I love the first one in particular John.
I hail from your neck of the woods originally and we were back in mid Feb-mid Mar for significant family events. We stole 10 days in Scotland during that time :)
Something a little different from me (A35 on P645D):
 'Must...try and contact home' by David McI, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-14-2016, 06:37 AM
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You're welcome. Actually I think I saw that piece of detail from your Flickr profile or somewhere similar ...my clairvoyant powers aren't so well developed otherwise!
A75 f2.8 on P645D
Back on the photo theme and continuing the bird theme (nice egret shots littledrawe), here's a beautiful Desert Owl called Cersei.
I had the pleasure of her flying onto my arm a number of times during tourist participation at a falconry display in Dubai.
 'Cersei' in close-up by David McI, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-20-2016, 06:28 AM
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Beautiful coastal wide shots ishimitis and one from Down Under 2351HD.
Matt - braving very nasty looking conditions there.
...the weather was more benign here today :)
A35 f3.5 on 645D
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