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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
05-30-2017, 04:45 PM
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I just received an FA43 and had to take it out for a test drive. Peonies are blooming in the garden.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-03-2014, 12:13 AM
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I love the DA*50-135 on my K-3.
The drawback is that I now want that image quality in all my lenses.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
11-02-2017, 08:37 PM
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I bought my K-3 in 2014. I still use it every day and I'm 49 now.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-26-2017, 07:13 PM
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The Pentax ME. Lots of folks dismiss it because it is aperture-priority auto-exposure which requires batteries to operate.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-28-2015, 08:50 AM
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Consider DA35/2.8, DA21 Limited, or FA28/2.8. The DA40 Limited is inexpensive and can be added on to the order.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
09-13-2017, 08:18 PM
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"Work for Hire" is a normal way of doing business. Most of the product photography I do is work for hire.
It is the nature of a contract to be negotiable. Tell them you would like to use the images in your portfolio. Maybe they say yes, maybe they say no.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-07-2017, 08:28 PM
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For photographing anti-matter.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
06-17-2017, 05:49 PM
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Pontiac - Pull Off Nice Trim, It's A Chinon
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
06-12-2017, 08:02 PM
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The M35/2.8 is soft wide-open. The DA35/2.4 is a better lens in many regards. However, it depends on what look you're going for. The M35/2.8 is capable of some surrealistic, even psychedelic out-of-focus areas. Some folks call it "busy" or "distracting". I call it a feature.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-08-2017, 05:14 PM
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From cameras I own? MZ-S with FA43/1.9
I'm also keeping my 645N with manual focus 75mm because its medium format and doesn't count.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-27-2017, 06:55 PM
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Check the film rewind as well. The first two I looked at would not rewind film reliably.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
01-07-2017, 08:36 PM
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My K-3 still works professionally 40 hours per week. I'm probably buying another this spring so I can hire a second person.
I spent 25+ years in the telecom industry. Electronics fail. You may never know why. A hand-full of reports (with no follow-up details to compare) does not equate to a trend, likelihood, or probability. How many K-3s didn't fail? Pretty much all of them. That's the trend, likelihood, and probability, even without people writing in to report that their K-3 didn't fail.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-21-2017, 04:06 PM
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Spring is here and I'm finally able to get outside while the light is good.
HP5+@1600, HC-110b 11 min. Nikon F4, Jupiter-9 85/2.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-27-2017, 08:56 PM
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The K35/3.5 renders beautifully. If you want "a bit on the funky side", the M35/2.8 might be the one. It is more compact, less expensive, and still capable of sharp rendering. It also has some funky bokeh if you do it right.
Here is an example of the K35/3.5 wide-open in almost a macro capacity.
And here is an example of the M35/2.8 in a similar setting.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-26-2017, 04:12 PM
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The FA31 is an auto-focus film camera lens. There should be absolutely no issues using it on the K-1.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-12-2017, 06:12 PM
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The M and A35/2.8 are not in the same league as the K35/3.5.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-29-2017, 07:55 PM
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Since you won't be needing that F4 any more, I can foster it at my camera shelter until it finds a forever home.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-18-2017, 09:26 PM
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I just bought a Carl Zeiss Tessar 50/2.8 in M42 mount. It might become my new "Favorite Fifty".
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
03-10-2017, 07:57 PM
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The coatings can make a difference. In bright sunlight, uncoated filters can contribute to contrast-reducing flare. One inexpensive resin filter from Newer actually contributed a milky appearance to photos when there was a light source in the scene.
I like Singh-Ray, Lee, Formatt Hitech, and Helios. In most cases, B+W works fine. In many cases, I can't tell Tiffen from B+W. I still have one variable ND filter from B+W that isn't bad at focal lengths longer than 28mm.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-09-2017, 09:48 PM
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This should be renamed "Why I'm not going to buy a used K-3"
Though I have not dropped mine, it did give me a scare recently. I was training a new person in the photo department on using the studio strobes. After demonstrating that the slave strobes fire in sync with the camera flash, I handed her my K-3 and told her to shoot a few. Being the user of a small Canon DSLR, she was not expecting the heft of the K-3 and nearly fell over.
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
08-11-2015, 07:58 AM
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I have a dual 45 degree split image screen I purchased from Terence Camera on ebay. It cost about $20 and works great. I can't imagine using manual focus lenses on my K-50 without it. There were no fitment issues, no shims required, and focus is accurate. Because the split-prism and micro-prism rings distort light, metering can be off at times (all prism focus screens will do this). At most, I compensate -1.
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
01-15-2017, 10:45 AM
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I'm a fan of X-Rite and I have no experience with Datacolor. Monitor calibration is important for the first stage, but having a correctly-calibrated printer profile is equally important for the second stage.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-08-2017, 10:04 PM
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Busted! Congratulations. I hope you get all your stuff back real soon and the turds rot in jail.
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