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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
10-29-2023, 11:29 AM
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Spring Lake, shot with the KP:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
02-05-2021, 10:58 AM
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From the top of Mt. Baldy (which is neither a mountain nor bald):
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
08-26-2018, 12:04 PM
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Humboldt Bay, CA at dawn:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
06-11-2018, 01:35 PM
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Your welcome. Hadn't used the DA 12-24 all year and was pleased to put it once again in service:
Another shot, this time from Diamond Lake:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
06-10-2018, 07:53 PM
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Crater Lake after snow storm — KP + Pixel Shift:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
05-18-2018, 11:56 AM
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Oddly enough, I don't use my 12-24 all that often. It's more of a speciality lens for me, but a much-needed specialty lens. It's one of the reasons I've stayed with APS-C. For Pentax FF, I would've needed a wide angle zoom, but the only modern one available is the DFA 15-30, which costs twice as much as the 12-24 and weighs nearly as much as the DA* 300. That's too much weight and price for a specialty lens.
Another shot @12 mm, this time of Bryce Canyon:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
05-17-2018, 12:06 PM
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Wahkeena Falls in Columbia River Gorge, @12mm:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
04-17-2018, 06:24 PM
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Touch of a rainbow in South Humboldt Bay Wildlife Refuge:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
12-23-2017, 04:53 PM
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Thanks.
From Fields Landing, CA:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
12-15-2017, 07:58 PM
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Little River:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
10-11-2017, 05:30 PM
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For most of her life, she was a tugboat.
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
10-10-2017, 06:06 PM
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Remains of Mary D. Hume, in Gold Beach, OR:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
02-26-2017, 08:55 PM
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From just north of Moonstone Beach, CA, shot at 12mm:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
02-14-2017, 06:06 PM
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Thanks. Lucky to have been able to take the 12-24 to that remote place.
From a more accessible spot along Humboldt Bay, CA:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
02-03-2017, 01:57 PM
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Crystal Mill:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
01-29-2017, 01:14 PM
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Sunrise at Samoa boat Dock, near Fairhaven, CA, @12mm:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
01-03-2017, 10:27 AM
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Woodley Island Marina, at dawn:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
11-25-2016, 07:44 PM
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Reflections on the Salt River, @12mm:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
10-01-2016, 08:51 PM
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From Trinidad State Beach, @12mm:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
07-23-2016, 08:33 AM
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This is actually my second go-around with the DA 12-24. I bought one in 2010. It was my first high-end lens — sort of entry drug to the world of LBA and high-end Pentax glass. I ended up selling it a couple years later, mostly because of poor edge to edge performance at infinity focus (looking back, I suspect there may have been some decentering issues with that copy of the lens). Was fine for a few years without it, but at the beginning of this year, I felt I needed an ultra wide zoom for a planned trip to Bryce, Zion, Yosemite and Grand Canyon. I really endeavored to reconcile myself to one of those cheaper third party options, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't reconcile myself to the compromises the Tamron and Sigma options entailed, and so I purchased — at, admittedly, a fairly hefty price — the 12-24. I haven't used the lens a whole lot since it came into my hands, but when I have, it's delivered the goods, with sharp, crisp, contrasty images with those wonderful Pentax greens and blues. And my second version is definitely superior to the first — so I'm glad to have the lens back in the stable.
Here's a shot of Kangaroo Lake in Northern California:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
07-22-2016, 07:37 PM
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From Smith Rock State Park in central Oregon:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
05-01-2016, 01:07 PM
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Really impressive work, especially the Manhattan one with those beautiful smooth blue waters and skyline.
A couple from Bryce Canyon NP:
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Forum: Lens Sample Photo Archive
04-30-2016, 12:31 PM
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A couple from the 12-24:
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