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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-20-2021, 06:24 PM
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I have found the 16-85 to have superb image quality, sharpness and autofocus. It also is weather-sealed. If you don't mind a little extra weight, you get a very high quality lens at a very reasonable price.
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
11-10-2021, 07:19 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-10-2021, 07:19 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-10-2021, 07:18 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
03-09-2021, 02:19 PM
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
09-08-2020, 02:00 PM
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The type of photography you say you usually do (street, architecture, landscape, outdoors) is what I prefer to do. I find that the lens I use most often is the 21mm ltd., which is very small, light and provides exceptional image quality. It is equivalent to a 32mm lens on full-frame (which is close to the normal 35mm view). It is still wide enough for great architecture and landscape shots but "normal" enough for street and closer shots. I suggest that, after using your zoom lens, go back and look at the EXIF information for your photos. See what specific focal length you used most often. That's how I realized so many of the photos I took with with a zoom lens tended to be in the 20 - 24mm APS-C focal range, and led me to pick the 21mm prime. I doubt that you would use a tripod very often for the types of photos you describe.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
10-27-2019, 04:30 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-01-2019, 03:31 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-01-2019, 03:29 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-01-2019, 03:27 PM
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
05-01-2019, 03:27 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-01-2019, 03:26 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-01-2019, 03:24 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-01-2019, 03:24 PM
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Forum: Pentax KP
04-14-2019, 06:52 PM
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KP, 35mm 2.8 Macro Ltd. lens, f 3.5, ISO 200, 1/1600, out of camera jpg
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
04-10-2019, 06:42 PM
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Path with Tulips Blooming, Keukenhof Gardens.
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Forum: Pentax KP
03-11-2019, 03:15 PM
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Here are a couple of shots I took when testing out the KP after it arrived. The clock picture is an unedited JPEG taken with the HD 35mm 2.8 Macro Limited, at 12,800 ISO! (f/4.5, 1/60).
The colored block wall is a JPEG that I cropped and did a one-click "enhancement" on Windows Photo, taken with the SMC DA 50mm 1.8, ISO 100, f/3.5, 1/200.
This is a very good camera even for an amateur like me.
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
01-29-2019, 05:57 PM
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This magnificent organ is at Oratoire San-Joseph, Montreal.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-18-2018, 08:41 PM
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I've been getting great results - really sharp - with the 16-85 (as good as the 21mm prime). I've gotten great results indoors, at museums, etc., even though the lens isn't that wide. When I travel, I also take a wider, small prime (35 or 50) for evening shots or when I don't feel like carrying the heavier zoom.
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
05-19-2018, 06:19 PM
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I was hiking in Vietnam and passed through this shrimp and banana farm on a beautiful clear day. Taken with a K-50, Pentax 21mm lens, no enhancement.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-01-2018, 06:19 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-01-2018, 06:18 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-01-2018, 06:17 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-01-2018, 06:15 PM
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
03-25-2018, 08:17 PM
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This scarf vendor in the main market in Luang Prabang, Laos, had the kindest expression on her face as people walked by. I had to take this picture of her, sitting on a tiny stool, rubbish all around, yet radiating kindness and happiness.
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