Forum: General Photography
03-08-2024, 05:28 PM
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For what its worth my standard travel kit is the KP with the DA 21. I'm more likely to take it out with me and apart from exposure and composition there are no choices to be made. But that's just me. As I get older I become more minimalist in approach.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
01-02-2024, 02:24 AM
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Forum: General Photography
12-22-2023, 04:31 PM
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Some people find blue skies boring. They can also tend to play havoc with exposure. Learn to love clouds. Buy the The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney. Embrace cloudy skies.
NYC may be the wrong place to exclude people in your photos. Even if you're not interested in them as people they're fantastic for providing a sense of scale.
When I first bought The Americans by Robert Frank what struck me was how important it was to see the all the photos in the context of the book. Of course I recognised a few of the individual photos but they didn't really make sense in isolation. Seeing all the photos together creates the bigger picture. The chronology is less important than the collection itself.
Having said all this I've also looked at your photos and can see your strict rules have led to some striking images. They're great! You have a good eye for architectural form.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
12-06-2023, 04:07 AM
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I'm like Sandy and have also reached peak camera. In the last two years I've been giving gear away to family and friends. There comes a point in your life when you start decluttering. I don't have a foot in the grave but I'm far along enough to realise you can't take it with you.
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Forum: Pentax KP
09-29-2023, 08:24 PM
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The DA 21mm + KP is my travel camera of choice if I don't take my GR. It's the perfect combination.
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Forum: Pentax KP
09-29-2023, 08:12 PM
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Aren't they worth more now than when they were first released? If you can get one for a good price then you'd be crazy not to buy.
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Forum: Repairs and Warranty Service
09-28-2023, 03:00 AM
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I've spent a small fortune at DCXpert over the years. Never any problems. Always superfast fulfillment.
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
09-25-2023, 08:14 PM
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For my level of editing skills it's all I need. Better results than Corel PaintShop Pro which I used for a long time. I love the photo indexing which enables me to quickly scan through every photo on my hard drive.
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Forum: Pentax Compact Cameras
01-14-2023, 08:21 PM
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My Canon s110 from 2012 still gets a lot of love. They're also desirable. 2nd hand asking price is not much less than the new price. You'll also need extra batteries. Mt Ainslie by Francis Johns, on Flickr
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
01-08-2023, 02:56 AM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
01-08-2023, 02:56 AM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
12-22-2022, 02:55 AM
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Pentax FA 43. Will be packing it again this Xmas for family shots. My parents are in their nineties and there are new great grandchildren this year. The posterity shots are the most important.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-25-2022, 10:20 PM
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Having children and realising I had to record their lives. They're in their teens now and refuse to be photographed without scowling and complaining. GAS cured!
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-18-2022, 07:12 PM
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The most glaring gap is the DA 21mm. The KP and the 21mm are made for each other. As they come in both black and silver you can justify getting two of them.
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
11-07-2022, 08:03 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
10-22-2022, 12:39 AM
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'...as well as the risk of a lower sperm count...'
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Forum: Pentax KP
09-02-2022, 03:50 AM
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I think I paid around 650 EUR (in Australian dollars) new. So this price isn't cheap. It's hard to believe but when it was first released it wasn't considered anything special so there were deals to be had. But it's a great camera and maybe this is what they're worth now. BTW if in the first week of October if you see someone doing street photography in Berlin around the tourist traps with a KP + 21mm it could be me.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-01-2022, 04:55 AM
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Welcome to the forum. I've been through two P30s. Eventually they just die. Everything is plasticky and not made to last. It wouldn't surprise me if a better built more rigid body made to finer tolerances would result in sharper photos.
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Forum: General Talk
09-01-2022, 04:24 AM
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This thread really needs an index. Has anyone linked to Lou Reed Rock n Roll Animal yet? You Tube |
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I was teaching a class the day I heard Lou Reed had died. I asked the kids if any of them had heard of him. Nup! I said without Lou Reed you wouldn't have had The Strokes. They hadn't heard of them either.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
08-23-2022, 05:14 PM
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My personal trend is giving cameras away and only keeping what I regularly use. I don't read or watch any new model camera or lens reviews anymore. I have an eight yo GR a KP and a K1 plus a Lumix GX85 + the usual primes and zooms. What else could I possibly need? Yes eventually GAS burns itself out like a supernova. Speaking of which James Webb is the only new camera I've been excited about recently. And it was already a ten year old model.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
08-12-2022, 04:11 PM
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My KP + 21 is my street camera when I'm not carrying my GR. It has five axis stabilisation, better battery life and with the pancake lens is still discrete despite being a DSLR. Good high ISO performance means you don't need a fast lens. Of course the K3 iii will have much better specs even if slightly larger.
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Forum: General Talk
08-10-2022, 03:23 AM
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This suddenly popped into my head so now everyone else has to suffer. You Tube |
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Forum: General Talk
08-03-2022, 10:52 PM
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Actually she is for everyone. Who can forget O Superman? You Tube |
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Forum: Pentax Compact Cameras
08-01-2022, 04:28 AM
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Checked out your Flickr and discovered I was already following you. Welcome to the forum.
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