Forum: Lens Clubs
5 Hours Ago
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I have wanted a copy of this lens for way too long. My only regret is not getting one sooner.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
2 Days Ago
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Thank you, I have been shooting the Single Lens Challenge for the last 3-4 months with all wide angle lenses so I have really been practicing with perspective and distortion. The FA has been a very impressive lens for me especially when you consider the age of the lens. Since the K-1 has been horizon and vertical levels it does help . I also change my grid lines depending on how much reference I need to keeping the camera and the subject in line. For a lens this wide I tend to look for converging lines to give the photo some depth.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
3 Days Ago
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Mid month check in. I had some bumpy spots this month. Way too busy and not enough time. The FA 20 however has been nothing but a joy to use. It is an entirely different experience from the one I had with the FA 20-35. With the Fa 20-35 I was not displeased with the results I was never really wowed or impressed by them either. The FA 20 is the exact opposite. The lens is just really sharp right from the start. It does suffer from the typical PF and CA but nothing I have not seen before. Most is easily just fixed in post. I really can not find too much fault with this lens. The MFD is actually really close, 25cm or just under 10 inches. With a 20mm lens on FF that is really close. This lens is definitely a keeper for now. The DFA 21 is just not in my budget. The other FA lens I had this experience with was my FA 50 Macro. I think it was the first lens I bought here on the Forums back in 2014. I still use it and it still produces some the sharpest images you can get. The FA 20 is a lens you can put in your bag and not mind carrying around even if you do not use it. Since mine does not have a hood I am using a step up ring and a petal lens hood mount and that seems to be working fine.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
3 Days Ago
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It would have to be in the summer when we have better weather. The lens certainly is small enough to take pretty much anywhere.
I may give it a shot this summer. Sure would be a change from all these wide angles.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
4 Days Ago
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Forum: General Talk
4 Days Ago
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After so many, many, many years of just looking I finally pulled the trigger on a F*300 F4.5. I have almost a few times. Each time I decided against for various reasons. I said if ever got one it had to have clean and clear glass.This copy has that. I even contacted the seller to confirm it. It had to have the tripod foot. This copy has that. It had to be in fairly decent shape, not mint just not completely beat up. This copy meets that. Lastly it had to be under $500 US Dollars. This was the one that usually kept me from buying one. Well this copy checked that box too. So I really had no reason not to buy it. I was taken back by the size. I had an A* 300 F4 many years ago on my Super Program. For some reason I just figured this lens was going to be much bigger. This is smaller than my DA* 60-250. The F*300 F4.5 is easily a handheld lens, which is something I have been wanting. My Sigma 300 F2.8 EX DG is not a lens I want to use without a tripod or monopod. Hopefully I will be able to go out this weekend and give it a test run.
Pentax F- 300mm 4.5 ED[IF]-3 by Michael, on Flickr
Pentax F- 300mm 4.5 ED[IF]-1 by Michael, on Flickr
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Forum: Lens Clubs
4 Days Ago
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Forum: Lens Clubs
4 Days Ago
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