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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
01-15-2009, 05:29 PM
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I was real tired when I last posted so here's some more info on the eyepieces. I tried the Pentax and Nikon eyepieces and I found the Pentax eyepiece to be "clearer" if that makes sense. I found it to be neat, it did increase the size by a bit. I then tried my friend's KPS eyepiece and WOW you can see a real difference in size. He had it mounted on his D300 and the viewfinder is now just HUGE. I mean bigger than the 5D and all.
It's very well-made and you get 2 kinds of eyepiece add-ons: either the slim ring or the eyecup. I for one love the slim ring, it's like the one on the D3 series.
Only downside I can find is that you do feel that there's a little bit of the corners "cut off" but I can still see pretty much everything. After a while I didn't even notice it. Oh and if you're wearing glasses, you're gonna want the Pentax one instead or just none at all. When using any of these magnifyers you have to get your eye right there to see the whole frame.
Here's a link on youtube that shows the eyepiece: YouTube - KPS 1.3x Universal Magnifying Eyepiece
Oh and yes they're available on ebay, it's the U-13C model.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
02-13-2011, 08:20 AM
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In case we haven't met, let me do the honors :)
I'm Diego, a photographer based in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. I'm doing all sorts of editorial and commercial photography in studios and on-location, and have been doing so for a year and half now. It always starts out as a hobby and I started taking photos back in college about 3 or 4 years back.
To just get it out there, I'm now using Canon for work. Why, you might ask, the hell am I posting this here? I went through a couple of camera system brands - Nikon, Pentax, Canon - and I've just settled that they're all just tools for work, they're all cameras. I've used Pentax for a good 2 years and it was a fantastic system, and still is. I was quite active in this forum and I think I built great relationships, and I just have to say that I love this community. I personally don't enjoy forums, but it was only here that I really felt at home and genuinely enjoyed communicating with all you Pentax folks out there.
So there. I'd like to just share my journey into going pro. I'm not THERE yet, I'm not successful... yet (I hope). It's always a journey, an unending one in learning about myself, growing and improving my craft and vision.
ANYWAY. Naturally, I started with stuff I loved - sports, travel and food. Some of my earlier work that I still love, and were actually taken by my Pentax system, are of some amazing athletes from my Alma Mater :
I then got my first big break into editorial work with the great folks over at Monday Magazine last year with a fashion travel shoot at the beautiful islands of Palawan. Man, was I nervous as hell, but it's the kind of feeling that you get before that big championship game (played footy a.k.a. soccer my whole life) where you're nervous, focused, and excited. We came out with some fantastic stuff, built a great relationship, and I was given a chance with their magazine cover:
Like I said, I was able to build a great relationship with the magazine and was given the chance to take more photos with them. It's been a real pleasure working with the crew of directors, editors, production and stylists, not to mention all the interesting characters I meet and photograph along the way. Here are a few more of my favorites from the past months:
Continue reading over at my new blog
Cheers!
Diego
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