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Forum: Pentax Forums Giveaways 11-28-2023, 09:06 AM  
November 2023 Pentax Limited Lens & Software Giveaway: Enter here!
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 1,988
Views: 31,426
Would love to win. Not holding my breath though. :)
Forum: Post Your Photos! 11-28-2023, 09:04 AM  
Nature Blue Jay in Flight (Takumar 55MM 1.8)
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 17
Views: 317
This is wonderful! One of my bucket list photos, to capture a Blue Jay in flight. Well done, love the bokeh in it too!
Forum: Post Your Photos! 11-28-2023, 09:03 AM  
Machinery 4-4-0 "American" Locomotive Leviathan
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 3
Views: 213
Great capture of it! I got to see this in the same place in 2009. It's a gorgeous locomotive.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 11-28-2023, 09:02 AM  
Nature Winter is coming
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 3
Views: 156
Lovely! Love the red bridge in amongst the snow.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 11-28-2023, 09:01 AM  
Black & White There Are Monsters Among Us
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 15
Views: 248
Ha! Cute, not a monster. Love these guys. Great capture!
Forum: Post Your Photos! 11-28-2023, 09:00 AM  
Nature One amazing Tulip. :))
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 9
Views: 265
Beautiful! Nice and sharp and vivid color.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 11-28-2023, 08:57 AM  
Landscape The road in forest
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 24
Views: 1,060
Love the light in this. It makes me want to be traveling down this road. The fallen leaf color is lovely as well.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 11-28-2023, 08:56 AM  
Night Arizona Milky Way
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 20
Views: 1,126
Beautiful! I have yet to get a milky way shot that I am really happy with. This gives me inspiration!
Forum: Post Your Photos! 11-28-2023, 08:54 AM  
Landscape Solstice Sunset
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 49
Views: 2,280
This is stunning and absolutely gorgeous! Love the vivid colors and light.
Forum: General Photography 11-28-2023, 08:53 AM  
What hidden gem do you like the most on pentaxforums.com?
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 61
Views: 2,254
There is so much available on the site that it took someone telling me about it that there was an Astrophotography Group. I have found that incredibly helpful as I am just venturing into it with my K3iii.
Forum: General Photography 11-28-2023, 08:49 AM  
Mystery package on way
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 77
Views: 3,283
Wow, nice. Wish they would send me one. I didn't buy direct but I did register it for warranty.
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 09-14-2023, 05:38 AM  
Clackers' Beginners Tip 90: Two off camera flashes
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 18
Views: 1,925
Love the scarf but is the hat an Indiana Jones one?
Forum: Winners' Showcase 03-02-2023, 06:16 AM  
February, 2023 Winner: Imminent Drenching
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 63
Views: 746
This is beautiful! Reminds me of the storms that we have here in the prairie in Kansas.
Forum: Winners' Showcase 03-02-2023, 06:15 AM  
February, 2023 Third Place: Downpour
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 61
Views: 394
Very cool image with that light and color!
Forum: Pentax K-3 III 11-16-2022, 07:25 AM  
K3III With a Telescope?
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 11
Views: 1,128
It is. On your suggestion I looked for a cheaper but good old lens and found a SMC Pentax-M* 300mm F4 which got a 10 for sharpness on the Pentax forums. I took it out last weekend and tested it on some birds and I was suitably impressed. I have just been waiting for clear skies and less wind. Even with the heavy tripod we have been having 25 mph winds here.

Thanks again for your help. I have been lurking in the Astrophotography group too. Thanks as well for that suggestion.
Forum: Pentax K-3 III 11-04-2022, 08:02 AM  
K3III With a Telescope?
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 11
Views: 1,128
Thank you so much for taking the time to share information about lenses and such! I really appreciate it. My mistake on the lens, must have been when I Googled it, I got that instead of the one you are actually using.

As for the tripod, I have that covered. My husband is into antique cameras and we have a huge metal heavy one for old large format cameras like a 16X20. It has a great head on it for astro as it can do slight up and down so it's great as objects move in between shots. Thanks again
Forum: Pentax K-3 III 11-03-2022, 11:12 AM  
K3III With a Telescope?
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 11
Views: 1,128
Thank you so much, I did not see there was an Astrophotography Group. Your photos are wonderful and what I would strive to obtain even something close to that! I see you are using a SMC PENTAX FA 645 400mm. Forgive my ignorance but do you need an adapter to use this with a K3III? As I mentioned, my lens isn't the greatest and I am looking for something better if not a telescope.
Forum: Pentax K-3 III 11-02-2022, 12:48 PM  
K3III With a Telescope?
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 11
Views: 1,128
Thanks so much for the verification.

---------- Post added 11-02-22 at 02:52 PM ----------



OK So mainly tracking times issues. Thank you for the help. I am a total newbie to any kind of astrophotography. Trying to figure out how I want to go and if I want to get a telescope or not. Appreciate the insight. Maybe I just need to spend the money on a better lens. The one I have has coma issues.
Forum: Pentax K-3 III 11-02-2022, 05:48 AM  
K3III With a Telescope?
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 11
Views: 1,128
Thank you for the insight. I hadn't thought about those things really because I thought you could just input the focal length of the telescope you were using. Mine has failed at times but I thought it was more due to shooting in windy conditions. I also read recently that you can't have land in the frame? I shot the Milky Way a month ago or so and it was working fine even in some windy conditions.
Forum: Pentax K-3 III 11-01-2022, 07:48 AM  
K3III With a Telescope?
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 11
Views: 1,128
Hello, sorry if this has been asked, I tried searching with no results. Has anyone used the K3III with a telescope? I was thinking with the telescope as your lens and the Astrotracer feature it would make a great combo but I don't know a lot about the subject. I was hoping maybe someone here had tried it or with an older camera with the astrotracer? Thanks in advance.
Forum: Pentax K-3 III 06-04-2022, 07:30 AM  
K3 III Firmware 1.41 adds Astrotracer Type 3 officially
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 79
Views: 9,734
Thank you @kypfer and @MossyRocks ! Appreciate the help.
Forum: Pentax K-3 III 06-03-2022, 07:25 AM  
K3 III Firmware 1.41 adds Astrotracer Type 3 officially
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 79
Views: 9,734
Forgive me if this has been discussed elsewhere, I tried searching. Can you use a manual focus lens (old glass) with the Astrotracer feature? I have not tried using older lenses on the K3 III though I have read in the manual that it is possible but not sure if you can with the Astrotracer feature. Could you put it on a telescope and use it there, would you even need to since you would be focusing closer? Total beginner to this. Wondering about the scope because my long lens has coma issues.
Forum: Pentax K-3 III 03-17-2022, 07:20 AM  
K3 III Firmware 1.41 adds Astrotracer Type 3 officially
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 79
Views: 9,734
Very cool image! Actually it was more middle of the image. Thanks for the help and info that it wasn't my exposure time.

---------- Post added 03-17-22 at 09:21 AM ----------



Ah, that makes sense unfortunately but glad to know there is a work around. I will try some experimenting. Thanks very much for the info and link. Very helpful.
Forum: Pentax K-3 III 03-16-2022, 09:27 AM  
K3 III Firmware 1.41 adds Astrotracer Type 3 officially
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 79
Views: 9,734
I finally had a chance to test the Astrotracer function. I think I am happy with it for the most part. Not sure what went wrong in some images though. I am guessing since my first ones came out OK this is a result of my not focusing correctly? Or is my exposure too long? I was shooting at F5.6 for 25secs with a 300mm lens and 200iso.
This is a heavily cropped and enlarged image to show the detail more clearly of what I was getting.
Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 02-14-2022, 02:05 PM  
Surfing Buddies
Posted By jcshellyg
Replies: 54
Views: 548
I would like to nominate this photo
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