|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-25-2017, 12:12 PM
|
| |
Beautiful. Trying not to hate you for your weather. Two feet of gray snow and cabin fever here.
|
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-09-2017, 02:43 PM
|
| |
All your comments were helpful. Thanks so much. I can only guess the card I had was defective. Never would format. Never seen by the app. So I got a Flucard. Took about five minutes to set up. This will certainly meet my needs for now. I want to use it for light painting, so I am not looking for speed. Very helpful to get live view through the lens while I am at subject position holding the light. Jpegs come up in a few seconds to confirm exposure. Put me in the happy camper category.
|
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-31-2016, 07:47 AM
|
| |
| |
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-08-2016, 09:18 AM
|
| |
| |
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-04-2016, 09:17 AM
|
| |
| |
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-07-2016, 08:40 AM
|
| |
| |
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-02-2016, 08:26 AM
|
| |
| |
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-03-2016, 10:21 AM
|
| |
| |
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-16-2016, 12:56 PM
|
| |
| |
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-20-2016, 08:24 AM
|
| |
| |
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-27-2016, 07:16 AM
|
| |
645z with 120 A Macro and texture overlays
|
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-22-2016, 02:15 PM
|
| |
| |
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-19-2016, 08:14 AM
|
| |
Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
|
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-01-2016, 08:55 AM
|
| |
I use those two zooms making a living on general portraits. Using them stopped down to 8 or 11 they are certainly up to and beyond that task. For my more careful fine art work, either is good stopped down on the short to middle range, Not as sharp at the long end for either. I use several A lenses since I don't want auto focus on the fine art work. 35, 120 macro, 150 and 200. Some of my favorite lenses are the Carl Zeiss Jenas made for Pentacon Six. The 180 is a great portrait lens. I also have a 300 which is a beast. The CZJ's are great wide open. I tested a CZJ 50 against the Pentax 45-85 and was very surprised to find the Pentax was clearly superior, but the Zeiss 50 does have a nice look. How suitable a lens is depends in large part on what you ask of it. Can you work at f11 or must it be sharp wide open? Will field curvature be an issue or not relevant on your subject? Is sharpness your be all and end all or is the character of the lens more important? Is size and weight a prime concern for backpacking? Sometimes I want razor sharp and sometimes I will put on the Pentax 67 120 soft. I also have an Imagon adapted to 67/645. I also have a 30mm fisheye adapted to 67/645. Also a 67 105 2.4 is a wonderful lens. I like lenses that will give me a look I can't get any other way. I am just not going to expect a lens to be all things for all purposes. One thing is that especially the A lenses are dirt cheap. I'd like to have a new 90 macro, but at $4k I don't think it can be any better that my 120 A macro which was $200. Ditto on the 28-45 which I probably will get based on the glowing reviews. If I had a long hike to make, I'd leave that behind in favor af a 35 A and 120 macro A which together do not weigh as much. Buy from a source that will let you return it and test for your purpose. It's one thing to discuss the lenses and another to have results of your own to go by, I'd also watch out for someone else's test. Sloppy technique will make a test useless and misleading.
|
|
Forum: Pentax Medium Format
08-23-2015, 06:02 AM
|
| |
Not sure you need anything but two adapters right now. Why no evaluate what you have first and decide what you need to add. Also, since you don't say what type of photographs you want to make, it would be hard for us to suggest lenses.
|
