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Forum: General Talk
12-26-2015, 02:59 PM
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The Brookfield Massachusetts town common at 11PM, December 24th, 2015, by Tom McCarthy (dragbike81)
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Forum: Ask B&H Photo!
06-09-2014, 05:36 AM
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Hi There,
I have a new K-3, love it. I shoot motorcycle hill climb. Fast action, VERY variable distances, need best auto focus and a Zoom lens. Of the current modern Pentax lens line up: what's your recommendation?
Tom McCarthy
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
05-04-2014, 03:37 AM
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Thank you Sam. The young man really is out to make it up the 350' hill!
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
04-30-2014, 09:54 AM
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Steve, I use a kit lens (for now) that's 18-55 and my boomer is a Tokina TA-X 80 to 400mm Zoom. I'm a budget strapped shooter, but my choices so far have served me well. The Tokina has been tack-sharp if I can take the time to manually zoom in and focus. So I pre-focus and turn off the AF often. BUT I've recently found out through trial & error that the 9 point focus sensor is more lens friendly for my combination.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
04-29-2014, 05:05 AM
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An excellent photo in every way.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
04-29-2014, 04:48 AM
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Shooting motorcycle racing is fun, very challenging and at times dangerous. It's a hostile place for both the camera and the shooter.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-20-2014, 04:06 AM
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So far so good. I love the weight and balance, the battery life is excellent, even in 17 degree weather, shot for 4 hours in sub-freezing weather, no problems. I'm still learning the camera, only been out with it a few times so I've got a long way to go. Do you shoot one?
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Thank you, we all learn together.
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My next purchase needs to be a DA 18-270 as my walk-around. For shooting drag racing as I wander the pits and sometimes need to sprint to the guard walls, between that and a 400mm, they are the only 2 lenses I need as every day shooters. If I had a 17 fish-eye in a vest pocket, that'd up the ante.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-22-2014, 05:32 PM
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II did take some images after the Pro bikes were running at my last race in Nov. I did find a combination in really poor lighting that was gang busters for catching the action with really poor track ambient light & no flash. I had to go to f/4.5 @ 160/sec at ISO 51200!
As for the motorized lenses, I'm certainly ready to find out what they can do!!
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-22-2014, 05:25 PM
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Hi there, my long lens is a Tokina AT-X 80 to 400, and my walk around is a SMC-DA 18-55. The Tokina can be tack-sharp, but I feel it's auto-focus may be slow compared to what a new K-3 can tell the lens to do. As for the 18-55, I can't really say on full-auto (8.3 frames /sec) if that lens can keep up either. Thank you for asking.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-16-2014, 08:03 AM
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So far I'm very pleased with it. I've only had it to the race track once, but it's potential is there. I just have to adapt to it. And I don't think my old 1990's lens selection is fast enough to keep up with today's auto focus in the K-3. I'm pretty sure I need a few modern lens upgrades to take full advantage of the camera. What I'm trying to say is, my lens selections from the early & mid 1990's can't mechanically react as fast as the auto focus can apply it's focus to a moving object I'm panning with. I believe the camera is fine, but my lens selection is behind the times
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-16-2014, 04:24 AM
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Greetings to all. I’ve been shooting since 1981, graduated New England School of photography Applied Program 1997, worked hard as a full time freelancer throughout the 1990’s. I shoot mostly motorcycle drag racing. :D I’ve always been a Pentaxian, my PZ-20 and PZ-1 were my mainstays throughout the 90’s. Some B&W shooting, mostly chromes, Fuji Velvia was my love. Around 2010 I started going digital, the transition continues. I started with an iDST and got serious with a K-3 purchase in early November 2013, just after it’s first release. With two days of back yard initiation, I packed up my K-3 and delivered it’s Baptism by fire in a race at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida.
I’m still getting to know the K-3 and I look forward to learning it’s quirks and mastering it in time, it’s a great camera. I look forward also to exchanges here, none of us is as smart as all of us. Cheers!
Tom McCarthy
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