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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
01-02-2024, 12:36 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-01-2024, 08:08 PM
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In 2016 I joined a photo tour to Yellowstone in winter. The tour leaders were Nikon users, others were Canonites and I felt my Pentax gear was viewed as being one step up from the Box Brownie. One day we were to photograph waterfalls and the tour leader was promoting using multi-exposure/composites over slower shutter speeds to get that silky look. Looking at me he asked "can your camera do that?" Perhaps it was a legitimate question. He wasn't 'being funny', but he clearly didn't view my K5 as a serious camera.
This year I went on a tour to the Pantanal. Meeting the group on the first night the tour leader asked me what I shot with. I replied that I could guarantee no one else would be using the same as me. Without missing a beat he replied "Pentax". And, while I knew that I would be the only Pentax user, I wasn't quite prepared for the fact that I was the only DSLR user, the others having switched to mirror-less, some Nikons, a Sony and an Olympus. Again, my Pentax gear (K1 and K3iii) was viewed as somehow inferior and the butt of many unnecessary jokes. Even after I switched to electronic shutter as the click of the mechanical shutter was deafening to their ears.
The moral is that it seems that Pentax will only ever be viewed in a good light by those of us who are invested in it.
Frankly, I have never been "brand" driven, and I don't need to jump on the the latest and greatest technology bandwagon to be viewed as a serious hobbyist photographer. I'm comfortable with what I have and if that means I have to endure some lighthearted (and some not so lighthearted) ribbing, I can take it.
So, Is Pentax Doomed? With the move to mirror-less all SLR's may be going the way of the dinosaur. How long that might take is anyone's guess. In the meantime I will enjoy getting as much mileage as possible out of my Pentax system.
As a side note to the Yellowstone tour, the best ''snowy bison' picture of the trip was taken by a non-photographer spouse on her cell phone. She was sitting in the front passenger seat and was quick enough to get the shot of a bison in the snow at the side of the road before it took off!
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
12-07-2023, 09:46 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-08-2023, 07:19 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
06-01-2023, 04:42 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
06-01-2023, 04:41 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
04-12-2023, 09:50 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-16-2023, 09:19 AM
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Cant help you much except to say that I have that lens and it works fine with the K5/viewfinder.
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
03-15-2023, 12:16 PM
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It's on the tip of my tongue.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
03-13-2023, 12:28 PM
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Plockton Scotland, low tide on a rainy day.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
01-08-2023, 01:22 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
01-08-2023, 01:21 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
01-02-2023, 12:35 PM
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
10-08-2020, 11:13 AM
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Given current travel restrictions due to Covid, and not much hope of them being lifted any time soon, it's bitter-sweet looking through back catalog of places we have been & long to return. My contribution is probably self-explanatory: Frutillar, Chile with Osorno volcano in background. February 2019, K-5 w/Sigma 17-50 @ 21mm.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
08-12-2020, 03:53 AM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
08-03-2020, 01:11 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
08-01-2020, 01:33 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
07-29-2020, 01:42 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-29-2020, 03:20 PM
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
06-06-2020, 01:58 PM
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I'm a bit lazy and stack filters a lot more than I should. I've learned not to screw them in tight, but have had this happen on occasion. A filter wrench or rubber gloves should do the trick.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
06-03-2020, 06:41 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-29-2020, 03:24 AM
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Because every time they "yo ho ho'd" they got a bottle of rum
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-28-2020, 05:31 PM
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Yup, Pirates of the Caribbean aptly named.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-27-2020, 06:19 PM
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Or a tot of rum - Cayman flagged?
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-02-2020, 08:31 AM
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From first trip to Costa Rica
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