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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-22-2019, 03:25 AM
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Thanks Rondec, will be happy to try it out one day :) . I currently have the Jupiter 37A, it has a lovely rendering too, and also a DA*200, although a little bit longer, I really like this lens as well
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-22-2019, 01:57 AM
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Hi Aleonx3, Thanks for sharing the pics, nice ones :) Yes, i do crop pics a bit and yes I am not comfortable getting too close to the subject either. During travel I agree that it is better to have more depth of field and that was one of the reasons I used to convince myself to get the KP over the K1 knowing it would serve my purpose for travel. Where I feel I can justify a K1 is for indoor portraits and boudoir shots, sometimes the rooms are quite small and tight, and would be nice to be able to go wide without having to depend on wide angle lensse and the accompanying distortion :)
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Hi Johnha, very true, its nice to have options. Although I feel i am well covered for now with my K3 and KP, someday I would like to own a K1, more for want than need actually :)
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Hi Mike, yes I love the 77 on my KP and K3 too. :) I do not have a 43 but have a fa 501.4 and a supertakumar 50 1.4. The focal length and optics of lenses in these ranges has a desirable quality in my opinion and sometimes for indoor portraits, it would be nice to be able to use these lenses at the focal length it was intended for like you say
Having said that, I do enjoy using these lenses on the K3 and KP as well. :) The 11-18 is on my long list of stuff i want to buy some day when i can afford it, but mostly for landscape and architecture :)
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Thanks Kerrodown, thats a nice pic, sharp eyes!! :) looks like a wonderful lens too. I agree, getting eyes sharp is a challenge wide open, definitely need to take a few. I usually shoot portraits closer to 2.8 unless I have the model stationary and I can take my time to focus on the eye, maybe one day pentax will have eye af too ;)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-18-2019, 09:38 PM
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Hi Mike, Agreed, it is more of a want than a need at the moment with the k1 :)
But as you pointed out as well, I would like to be able to use the fa 50mm 1.4 and 77mm limited lens more often while doing indoor portraits simply because i love those lenses. I can use my 35mm 2.4, but I just like the images from the other two lenses better. Currently the framing can be a bit tight. On a K1, it might give some more freedom to compose the shot :)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-16-2019, 11:43 PM
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Thanks Normhead, very valid points. :)
Sorry, I have been busy for much of the year. I did get a silver KP though :) I still want a K1, will wait till my budget can afford one in future. I like the KP a lot though, has a nice feel and the images are very appealing to me. Just need more time to play around with it now :) Looking forward to a trip to Iceland end of September ;)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-14-2018, 02:52 AM
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I am using my K3 still. Considering a K1 soon, but also tempted by the KP :)
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Thanks :) that is an important point about the working distance. Something to consider. Nice Pics. thanks for sharing :)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-10-2018, 11:43 PM
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Thanks Pxt, 77 limited is what i use for portraits these days :)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-24-2018, 08:59 PM
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Thanks sjwoodworth :)
Thanks for the information and appreciate your time to reply to my query. That is pretty interesting and worth considering definitely. It will help me going forward. Regards
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Hi alamo5000,
Thank you for the information and appreciate your time to respond to my query. Many thanks for the sample pics as well. Nice pics and it was very useful. It helps to get an understanding of what you were trying to say. I agree that good portraits can be made at many apertures and FF and crop as well. Lot of useful information there to consider and implement. Will learn from it going forward. Definitely looking to upgrade to the K1. Regards :)
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Hi Donpjt,
Thanks for responding to my query and appreciate your time. Thanks for the advice on the apertures for portraits. It was helpful. Definitely looking forward to getting a K1. Regards :)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-24-2018, 09:18 AM
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Hi All, I have only used crop sensor cameras so far and usually when i travel and want to be quick in taking portraits i find that shooting between f2.8 and f4.0 usually gives me most of the face in focus and chances of missing focus on the eyes is less as these apertures are more forgiving than say a f1.4 or f 1.8.
While having the ability to shoot f 1.4 wide open is wonderful, practically do the most of you shoot travel portraits at that aperture, or do you all also shoot at 2.8 and above?
Also if I upgrade to the K1, will it mean that i would need to shoot between f 4.0 and f 5.6 to get the same amount of in focus zones? And does that carry a penalty in shutter speed or iso? Would love to know how most of you go about the subject and also experience from the k1 shooters in this context. Thanks :)
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