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Forum: Pentax Medium Format 05-22-2018, 10:13 AM  
Upgrade from 645D to 645Z now or better wait until next 645 is out?
Posted By rdenney
Replies: 19
Views: 3,818
It's really easy to get lost in the speculation of what will or won't happen. Here's what I know, and this is profoundly true for all the medium-format digital camera makers: If the cameras don't sell well enough, they will be discontinued. This is true no matter what they say. Fuji has been more than willing to exercise that option in the past, both with cameras and with film. Hasselblad was actually a holdout, as was Leica, but both have repositioned themselves as making what look to me like fetish items for the very wealthy amateur. Fuji and Pentax are both targeting more of a pro market, but let's face it, the bulk of both will be sold to amateurs who are perhaps not as well-heeled as those targeted by H and L.

The problem with digital is the same as the problem with desktop computers back in the 80's. The technology has this appearance of moving so fast that we can become paralyzed. But now only gamers worry about technology in home PC's--most just buy something and it works.

We see a camera like the 645z and we think it's grossly out of date simply because it happens to be four years old. This is insanity. I just upgraded my Canon 5D--made in 2005, to a Canon 5DII, made in 2009. Yes, newer cameras do more stuff, maybe, but I have shot weddings on that 5D without it ever once making me sorry I had it. I upgraded simply because I had run into a situation where I needed a bit more resolution.

Digital cameras will not have that longevity, of course. Battery technologies are the worst of it, I think. How long will I be able to get Canon BP511 batteries for the old 5D (the 5DII uses different batteries, about which I was not that happy, to be honest). But Canon is still making them all available, despite being somewhat undercut by the third-party industry. Another aspect of sustainability is the availability in the secondary market of stuff that attaches to it. Here, Pentax rules the earth, unless you want to adapt stuff. Zillions of 645 lenses were made back when 645 was the standard portable commercial format. These lenses are all quite competent, and in return for not being absolutely state of the art, they are cheap and easy to get. Hasselblad lenses can be adapted to the Hasselblad X1, I suppose, and there are possibly adaptations that can be made with the Fuji. In the case of the Hasselblad, one does not get the same level of integrate one gets from a Pentax FA lens from the 90's. Even the modern autofocus versions of most Pentax lenses are cheap by medium-format standards. What this means is that 20 years from now, if I can get batteries, and if I have a computer that can read the files, I can still make photographs as good as the ones I can make today.

Do I really care if Pentax never has a successor? No.

Back not that long ago, 4x5 camera equipment was either targeted to amateurs and cheap, or targeted to professionals and expensive. I owned a Calumet 4x5 camera that was in the former category. It was perfectly competent, but it was unpleasant to use. Also, it would not let me use the short lenses I wanted to use. So, I bought a Cambo SC--also targeted to amateurs, though of much newer and more modular design. I made photos with that for about 15 years. Then, about 15 years ago, pros were suddenly abandoning high-end large-format cameras. So, I bought a Sinar F, and then upgraded that to an F2 (for very specific reasons, by the way). That camera was a joy to use compared to the Cambo. I paid less in the early 2000's for that Sinar than I paid in the 80's for that Cambo, buying both pre-owned. A few weeks ago, I came across a Sinar P--their high-end model from the early 70's--for less than what I paid for the F. I bought it mostly because it was so modularly interchangeable with my F2 that it could seemless integrate into my photography. Every lens I have bought for large format has been old, or at least pre-owned, until the market tanked and I could get newer stuff for cheap. So, the question for me is: Is Sinar a long-term company supporting 4x5 large format film photography? NO. It has been done with film for many years, and their current (eye-wateringly expensive) camera is targeted to digital backs. But owning a Sinar is sustainable for many years to come--there are lots of them, and lots of the things they need will continue to be traded back and forth by their owners.

The 645z is a great camera. At some point, it will no longer be the best camera, but it will always be a great camera. For its foreseeable lifespan, there will be batteries, memory cards, and lenses that can be easily obtained. For its foreseeable lifespan, software will support it, even if it's not Pentax software. Even if Pentax abandons the 645 market altogether, the 645z will still be a great camera, and photographers will mourn its passing.

My Pentax 67's are at greater risk than the 645z--I depend on a now-old Nikon scanner to scan the negatives. If that fails, I may be figuring it out with the 645z and the 120mm Macro. But for now those cameras are decades old and still completely usable as intended. And they still make great photos.

So, my advice is the same it was in the 80's for computers: Buy a current model late in its model cycle to get the best prices (or buy used), and then use it. I didn't get the 645z until this year. I'm glad that doesn't invalidate the photos I made last year.

Rick "digital cameras are not throwaway cameras just because there are technological improvements" Denney
Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals 06-06-2018, 11:10 AM  
Kodak shows off some Ektachrome photos
Posted By IgorZ
Replies: 23
Views: 2,176
Not very impressive, but it is great that they haven't given up yet. Looking forward to trying it when it comes out. Never had a chance to shoot Ektachrome...

https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/kodak-shows-off-first-photos-from-new-ektachrome/
Forum: Pentax Medium Format 06-04-2018, 03:43 PM  
Thoughts about wedding cameras
Posted By rdenney
Replies: 19
Views: 2,217
Quick test. I took a picture of a kaleidoscope made from a section of a flute sitting on my piano. Conditions were typical well-lit interior.

I compared shots made using my Canon 5DII with the 70-200 f/4 L. I braced this camera solidly against a door jamb to prevent movement, in order to simulate IS, which the lens doesn't have. ISO was 400, f/4 at 1/50.

The 645z shot was made with the 645 A* 300 ED(IF), manually focused using the focus confirmation. I braced this against the door jamb, too, but less carefully. A little camera motion is visible at the pixel level, and I think I missed focus a hair. ISO was 3200, f/4 at 1/200.

Both got the default sharpening and noise reduction provided by DXO Photolab. I did not sharpen after downsampling.

First, I show the two full-frame images to get a sense of the feel of the rendering. There is no doubt that I prefer the color and tonality of the 645 image. Again, this is straight out of the camera as RAW with exactly the same default treatment in Photolab. Note that Photolab has the 70-200 in its database and it thus benefitted from the default corrections, while the Pentax lens is not.

Then, I show a center part of the image cropped and then downsample to 800 pixels. In both cases, these simulates the look of the center part in an 8"-high print (8x10 for the 645, 8x12 for the Canon), if printed at about 360 ppi. This, of course, required much more downsampling from the Pentax file. Note they show up on a 100-ppi monitor nearly four times the size they would be in an 8"-high print, so pretend you are looking at the print through a 4x loupe. No attempt was made to sharpen at target resolution.

645z full image:


Canon full image:


645 center crop at 8x10 sampling rate:


And here is the Canon center crop:


Conclusions: 300 on the 645 is a little more pull than 200 on 24x36.

The full image tonality strongly favors the 645, in my subjective opinion. This is partly because of greater blur in the background. And it's partly because the Pentax colors are simply more accurate. The Canon image has more color contrast, letting the blue coexist with the yellow in a way that would be harder to correct. It looks good, but the Pentax rendering looks better. This is an advantage of the larger sensor.

The Canon lens focused more reliably, and also benefitted from slightly greater depth of field. And it's probably a little sharper at f/4, too. It is an L-series lens, after all.

The noise of the Pentax image at this magnification is certainly no more noticeable than on the Canon image, despite the much higher ISO.

If these were people pictures, I'd prefer the Pentax image.

So, what have we learned? For this to be a fair test, the Pentax lens would need autofocus to be sure of accurate focus in the heat of battle. But it also tells me that the Pentax at ISO 3200 makes prettier tonality than the Canon at ISO 400, which takes advantage of the greater pixel count and also the larger sensor. Both of these had effectively the same shutter speed, with respect to camera shake--1/50 with the "advantage" of two-stop IS, and 1/200 without. The ISO's were three stops different, so the Canon's meter just went a stop darker than did the Pentax.

There is clearly an advantage to having IS to minimize any potential camera shake. The advantage is not huge, however. The advantage of accurate autofocus is greater. My point was that it is easy to overstate that IS advantage. I certainly cannot refute Tuco's point of view, and if I really needed a 200mm lens (on 24x36), I would probably optimize for that a bit more.

Rick "pretty goofy test" Denney

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Could be. But I do think it's true that professional results are quite possible with small-format digital equiment, which generally has better lenses and resolution than did the 24x36 film cameras of yesteryear.

I wasn't trying to argue that a proper small-format camera wouldn't work. I was arguing that the reviews that claim they are clearly superior to the 645z for weddings at the very least overstate the value of quick handling.

But you are right that back in the film era, a 35mm camera was the mark of an amateur at a wedding.

Rick "weddings are not sports, nor are they news photography" Denney
Forum: Pentax Medium Format 06-04-2018, 02:45 PM  
Thoughts about wedding cameras
Posted By johnha
Replies: 19
Views: 2,217
Everybody and his dog seems to have a 5D with f/2.8 lenses these days, they prowl forums asking for wedding advice, hoping that their high ISO will avoid them having to buy a very expensive flashgun(s) or more suitable lenses. Many see it as a means to a quick buck, seduced by the 'courses' that give you a certificate and ability to put a fake portfolio together or the agencies that will send a pool 'photographer' to such and such a wedding.
MF digital by comparison is a _much_ more expensive and limited field (alien to most). In the film days I don't recall anyone not using MF for formal wedding shots, although 35mm began to creep in towards the end as 'reportage style'. Complaining about the tools you haven't got (or can't afford), probably goes someway to justifying the gear you have.
Forum: Pentax Medium Format 06-04-2018, 02:33 PM  
Thoughts about wedding cameras
Posted By rdenney
Replies: 19
Views: 2,217
True enough. I especially favor your last two paragraphs.

There are two reasons to need interchangeable backs: Quick film changes, and switching between different films. With a 645z, the latter is just a few button pushes. Want to switch from ISO 400 to ISO 3200 for a shot? One button push and rotation of the thumb dial. And popping another memory card in there every 700-800 shots (I use a 64G card) seems no real heartache.

But even with the film 645, which I used for weddings, switching inserts is no more difficult than switching backs. In fact it's easier, because you don't have to worry about that thin dark slide. I own four 120 and two 220 inserts. That would cover me for the pre-ceremony batch, and then I would reload during the preacher's homily. Then I'd be good for the altar returns, and then I would reload after the B&G had arrived at the reception. Then I'd be good for the reception activities and escape.

Of course, not all the Mamiyas had interchangeable backs.

But lots and lots of pros used Mamiya C330's for weddings, too, and those certainly don't have interchangeable backs. You learn how to load film fast.

Did you ever switch from black and white to color? Me, neither. Changing film speed was more useful, but I had two 645's, and often would bring my Exakta 66, too. I would set the Exakta up in the balcony with a fisheye lens to get a comprehensive view of the church interior, and maybe a comprehensive group shot, looking down on the assembled crowd from a ladder (that worked well for small weddings). The N would have the 75LS lens on it, with a QuickFlip and a Vivitar 283 plugged into the lens. The NII would have the 45-85, with the AF500FTZ.

Polaroid was another advantage to interchangeable backs, but not any more, and never at weddings.

Now, for the leaf shutter thing. The reason Hasselblad went to leaf shutters is because the focal-plane shutter in the 1600f was too unreliable. But now you have a different shutter in every lens, which means a different meaning of shutter speeds in every lens. If you just use one lens, you get used to it, but if you change lenses often, you end up with a table of corrections on the side of the camera. Nobody I knew would send their lenses in for CLA every year or two, and even then +/- a third of a stop was acceptable variation.

Now, of course, there is high-speed synch, and the two leaf-shutter lenses. I would only use those for set shots, though. In an outdoor venue, I'd rather have the assistant holding a white reflector than a second flash on a stick as is now common practice. But it is a real limitation, to be sure. Most photographers these days use small-format cameras, and they only gain one stop of shutter speeds for flash sync (1/256 instead of 1/125). I've had HSS on my Canon for years and I'm not sure I've ever used it.

And it only takes a 2x neutral density filter to be able to run f/8 with a flash at iso 100, even in full sun, with a sync speed of 1/125.

Part of the appeal of Hasselblad, Mamiya, and Bronica was that by the time Pentax came out with the 645 in the early 80's, wedding pros had already consolidated their equipment. Pentax was too late in the market to really compete for the wedding trade. Also, by that time, Pentax was "an amateur brand"--it was before the LX came out (which also came out too late to be competitive). Too many Uncle Harrys had a Spotmatic or K1000.

As much as I am deeply in love wtih the Pentax 67, I would never want to use one for a wedding. :) But for lots of other things, it was special. I recall a pro making photos of exhibition booths at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston in about 1974. That was the first time I saw a Pentax 6x7 being used, and by a skilled pro. I fell in love from that moment, but couldn't afford to dip into it significantly until about a decade ago.

Truth to tell, I bought the 645NII because my wife was doing weddings with me, and she is no technician. She needed the automation provided by the NII--my C330 was utterly unusable by her. Then, the C330's film advance crapped out on the next gig, and fortunately I felt it happening and switched to my backup C33 for the rest of that wedding. I immediately bought a used N to go along with her NII. But the NII was still too much for her, so she went back to her Nikon for doing candids and I used the two 645's.

I seem to get pulled into doing weddings often enough to need all my past skills but not so often that they are easy to remember. I always have to do a little rehearsing with the camera beforehand.

Rick "old stories" Denney
Forum: Pentax Medium Format 06-04-2018, 01:33 PM  
Thoughts about wedding cameras
Posted By Alex645
Replies: 19
Views: 2,217
Back in the film days when I shot weddings with my 645, the two main arguments against the Pentax 645/67 systems, for wedding photographers, was the lack of interchangeable film backs and a slow flash sync speed for outdoors fill flash at receptions.

The flash sync issue could be overcome with a leaf-shutter lens, but traditional Hasselblad, Rollei, Contax, Bronica, and Mamiya shooters would still claim that Pentaxʻs lack of interchangeable backs, made it unsuitable. It was never an issue for me, but I can imagine if you were used to swapping out backs to either change B&W to color or for speed between rolls, it could be a deal breaker.

It is clear that Pentax was not trying to compete with the likes of Hassie and Mamiya for the wedding niche. Mamiya still makes and sells 13 different leaf-shutter lenses for their 645 Mamiya mounts. For the Pentax 645Z, the flash sync speed of 1/125" limits use of fill flash outdoors and there arenʻt many leaf-shutter lens options.

In terms of small format vs. medium format....the only technical argument I can see is for spray and pray photographers. Youʻre not going to get the buffer or the fps from MF as you would from FF.

If you ask me, a good photographer with planning and anticipation can get the same or better shots than one who needs technology to improve their chance and luck approach.
Forum: Pentax Medium Format 06-04-2018, 09:09 AM  
Thoughts about wedding cameras
Posted By rdenney
Replies: 19
Views: 2,217
The photojournalist mentality is certainly part of it. But I think a lot of semi-pro or new-pro photographers misunderstand what that means. (Maybe I do, too.) They think it means the photography is entirely spontaneous, unplanned, and invisible. It seems to me it really means that the photos are of people doing things, not just standing in front of the camera, with more environmental light. When I look at the work of pros used as examples by the wedding industry, I see the illusion of spontaneity created by careful planning and lots of flash power devoted to general room light. Again, anticipation is more important than reaction time.

Photographers of the 50’s used Graflex cameras, with flashbulbs. (Speaking of photojournalism, these were also the press cameras of the day, and the cameras that originated the term “dragging the shutter”). Those are beasts and handling nightmares, but they got spontaneous photos with them by anticipating their shots and being ready. Then, they used Hasselblads or rollfilm press cameras, with Honeywell Strobonars or Normans. Then the Mamiya C330 was very popular (I had a C-3 because I couldn’t afford a C-330). A C-330 with a belt-battery-powered Norman flash head on a Stroboframe was the standard free-lance side-man setup for many pros. Bronica SQ’s were also popular as a cheaper alternative to ‘blads. Then 645 cameras—Bronica and Mamiya mostly (Pentax was a little late to that game).

The advent of thyristor automatic flashes was more revolutionary than any camera change until TTL flash metering came along. The Sunpak 611 and (especially) the 622 became the dominant choices—the popularity of the Metz CT-4 came later when Sunpak moved downmarket.

Photojournalism had forked into 35mm by the late 60’s, which was good enough for a 90-Line screen on newsprint. But we all hoped the bride’s family would want 11x14 prints (enlargements were where most made their money), and 35mm is too unforgiving at that print size. But the average photojournalist of the Vietnam era would carry two or three Nikon F’s or F2’s each with a different lens—certainly a lot to handle.

My point is that photographers need to bulk up. A 645z on a Stroboframe QuickFlip with an AF540 flash is a lighter rig than a Hasselblad with a Honeywell or Norman (or Sunpak handle-mount) flash. It’s lighter than two Nikon F’s, and no bulkier than a C-330 with a pro strobe. It’s no heavier than than my 5DII with battery grip, QuickFlip, f/2.8 zoom, and 580EX Speedlight.

In return for the bigger rig, we get great large prints even if focus isn’t perfect, and more respect from those we want to pose (in a way that makes it look spontaneous). We also get great high-ISO performance irrespective of pixel-level noise, simply because pixel effects just aren’t enlarged as much. We can shoot at 3200 and f/8 and still get great flash range.

The only possible downside I see is that we just don’t need 50 megapixels, until the bride’s mother decides she wants a big enough print of the family group photo that she can admire her diamond earrings, even after cropping out the hated in-laws.

Rick “wondering why so many people work out so much these days only to be unwilling to carry heavy things” Denney
Forum: Pentax Medium Format 06-04-2018, 07:24 AM  
Thoughts about wedding cameras
Posted By rdenney
Replies: 19
Views: 2,217
I’ve read many reviews of the 645z declaring it suboptimal for weddings compared to a small-format setup. Now that I’ve handled the 645z for a little while, I confess I don’t get it.

Granted, I have history with this topic that colors my thinking. I photographed my first wedding in the late 70’s using a Mamiya C3, with its 80mm normal lens and a Sunpak 611 potato-masher strobe. I would walk in the door with two 5-roll “Pro-Packs” of Vericolor Type S Professional film, which provided 120 exposures total. I would deliver a proof book with 120 pictures in it, maybe 119.

I used that camera (or it’s C-33 and C-330 successors), later with Vivitar 283 strobes, up until the early 2000’s. Then, I switched to a 645, and upped my exposures per event to about 300. My last film wedding was in 2005.

Digital changes things. My wife and I do them together, and with digital we make about 1600-2000 exposures per event. I do the formal photos and altar returns, and she does the candids. I would like to dial that back—too much time in editing. I keep my cameras in single-shot mode—timing is about anticipation, not motor drives.

Certain skills from the film era never leave me: prefocusing on a spot and making the photo when the target passes that spot, using a powerful automatic flash (or two) instead of “available light” (if you have the flash, it’s available), planning film changes for lulls, planning battery changes in advance, getting the shot without chimping, checking the M-X flash sync switch frequently (a nudge of that switch will ruin your day), having a camera utterly unlike the one Uncle Harry has, being willing to organize the photographable events during the reception (without getting in trouble with the bride’s mother, the only person to be truly afraid of), and so on.

The complaints I see about the Pentax being too slow tells me that wedding photographers are reacting instead of planning. The 645z is a screamer compared to traditional commercial-use cameras. And who needs to worry about wide apertures when using a camera that provides great images at ISO 3200, and can be dialed back to 100 to allow an open aperture or a useful flash range?

The AF540FGZ is about as powerful as that Sunpak, and two of them work together very well. A better battery pack would be nice, but those are available.

The camera is different from the APS-C camera Uncle Harry has, which makes it easier for the photographer to command attention for a group photo.

A Stroboframe QuickFlip with an Arca-style quick-release works perfectly, with a soft box attachment in the flash (which makes the biggest difference when moving in close). Rear-curtain sync is useful for what we used to call “dragging the shutter”.

The 645z supports all these features more than adequately.

For me, it’s the perfect wedding camera, and a real differentiator.

So, there are all these reviews saying it handles too slowly. What am I missing?

Rick “maybe too much of a throwback” Denney
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 03-11-2018, 11:05 AM  
pentax z1p cable release?
Posted By Not a Number
Replies: 12
Views: 1,518
The stock remote for this is the Pentax cable switch F (CS-205). Out of production but you can find some New-Old-Stock items on Amazon and eBay. KEH has a used one graded EX.

Pentax Cable Switch F (PZ/SF/ZX/645/645N) at KEH Camera Store

Some DIY instructions were posted on DPReview but the link to the document is dead (Geocities). The main problem is finding a connector to fit the socket on the camera.
Build your self a cable switch F / CS-205 for your Pentax camera: Pentax SLR Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 03-11-2018, 11:09 AM  
pentax z1p cable release?
Posted By UncleVanya
Replies: 12
Views: 1,518
The internet wayback machine works...

Build your self Pentax Cable Switch F

---------- Post added 03-11-18 at 02:14 PM ----------

And some from that link are available on the wayback also:
Wayback Machine
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 03-11-2018, 02:01 PM  
pentax z1p cable release?
Posted By Bob 256
Replies: 12
Views: 1,518
The original cable F switch uses a three pin connector with 1/10 inch pin spacings and allows focusing by pressing the release half-way, just like the camera shutter release (it even has a little click indent at the half-way position). Connectors which will fit the PZ-1p are readily available from electronic parts outlets but they might need some adapting. The actual cable F connector is rectangular with one corner lopped off. The flat end pin is the common, the middle connects to the common for the full cable F button depression, and the pin on the lopped off end connects to the common for half & full press positions of the cable F button.

Another benefit of the cable F cable release is that it has a locking switch which can be used for bulb exposures and locks the main button in the down position until the locking switch is flipped the opposite way (which releases it and returns the cable release to normal operation).

The cable F gives you about 41 inches of reach.

I would advise just getting a used cable F release as long as it's available unless you need more of an extension or want to interface with a wireless system etc....

With a couple of relays and some electronics, you can make some interesting control circuits that emulate the cable F release. Examples would be motion detector shutter triggering or a long distance wireless shutter release.
Forum: Pentax Full Frame 03-23-2015, 07:29 AM  
24 or 36 or 50 for new FF
Posted By reeftool
Replies: 81
Views: 8,281
Whatever sensor they choose, there will be a slew of unhappy shooters. I would prefer something like the sensor in the D4s but the peepers who spend their days looking at 100% crops on 32 inch monitors will probably ignite a firestorm if they don't build something along the lines of the D810. My K5 is going on 5 years and a new body isn't far off. I probably won't go FF but if the new FF camera is relatively compact and lightweight, say about the K10D size, then I would be very interested.

It's also in Ricoh's best interests to get this camera to market sooner rather than later because a lot of people have put new camera and lens purchases on hold waiting to see what this camera is going to be.
Forum: Pentax K-01 02-21-2015, 09:35 AM  
Add your best K-01 photos here
Posted By Mike Bokeh
Replies: 3,867
Views: 776,962
All the excellent shots here have inspired me to break out the camera, and the imagination.

It's too cold here in New York for any outside photos, so I did some still life shots. K-01 with M 100 macro. F11.

I call this, "Music, and mirth."

Enjoy, Mike. :lol:
Forum: Pentax K-01 02-13-2015, 08:09 AM  
Add your best K-01 photos here
Posted By Caver
Replies: 3,867
Views: 776,962
K-01 and Sigma 10-20 - good combination!

I'm far from being experienced in architecture photography, but I really enjoyed shooting these.







Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 02-06-2015, 04:55 AM  
:cool: Lets see those ''film'' shots
Posted By Cuthbert
Replies: 26,340
Views: 3,324,467
Yes that's an early Land Rover in pale green, the colour they used for the prototype that was a leftover of the paint used for the cockpits of WWII Britsh planes like the Spitfire:



This is the prototype at Gaydon:



And that's another pic of the same car:

Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 02-04-2015, 03:43 PM  
:cool: Lets see those ''film'' shots
Posted By Cuthbert
Replies: 26,340
Views: 3,324,467
Thanks for the comments, I on't have a real studio so I used what I had in hand, I think the reflection is more blatant in the B&W pics because in colour brown is dominant.

However, here there are other pics of the same film.







Forum: Pentax Full Frame 02-04-2015, 06:40 PM  
Now...lets talk about names
Posted By monochrome
Replies: 256
Views: 26,429
What camera brand are you shooting?

Pentax? I didn't know were still in business!

Full Frame? No way. Those are PRO cameras. I'm calling BS - that's a crop camera.

KF-U2? Hey - WTF? - KMA!.
Forum: Pentax Full Frame 02-04-2015, 07:55 PM  
Now...lets talk about names
Posted By severalsnakes
Replies: 256
Views: 26,429
K-BAMF. K-FTW. K-HAM. K-R.E.A.M.
















Youtu.be



Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 02-04-2015, 04:31 PM  
Pentax Full-Frame, DFA* 70-200mm, DFA 150-450mm Announced
Posted By Quicksand
Replies: 544
Views: 87,801
What, SAFOX XI? That's two years old! Pentax is DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!
Forum: Pentax K-01 11-13-2014, 04:22 PM  
Add your best K-01 photos here
Posted By Mr Bassie
Replies: 3,867
Views: 776,962
the sheltering sky by DWO630, on Flickr
Forum: Pentax K-01 10-29-2014, 07:37 AM  
Add your best K-01 photos here
Posted By restyl
Replies: 3,867
Views: 776,962
Russian ballistic missile

Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 07-11-2014, 10:02 AM  
Why do you still do film?
Posted By Swift1
Replies: 236
Views: 26,357
Because I still haven't figured out how to load Ektar in my digital SLR!
Oh, and for under $500, I can shoot a camera with a 55mm x 70mm "sensor, and get 45 megapixel files :) Oh, and the "sensor" is interchangeable. :)
Forum: Pentax K-01 08-27-2014, 01:01 PM  
An absolute piece of garbage...
Posted By philbaum
Replies: 187
Views: 20,583
I encourage folks to keep an open mind. There's more than enough room in camera land for both types. My Pentax lenses work on either my K DSLRs or on my Sony e-mount cameras (in manual mode of course). There are pros and cons to either type and I use them for different applications. Life's too short for just one camera :-)
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 08-27-2014, 07:17 AM  
Pentax K-S1!
Posted By kdre
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Do you say that cameras for old men have a complex layout on the screen, big format, big grip and everything has to be done with two hands? :-D
Forum: Pentax K-01 07-31-2014, 02:37 PM  
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