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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
15 Hours Ago
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Or every "may" is accompanied by an equal and opposite "may not" |
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
15 Hours Ago
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Yeah, the Hassy looks amazing!
My 645Z goes OK though, so I'll pass.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
16 Hours Ago
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In these details at least, I would suggest you are describing Pentax :)
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
19 Hours Ago
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I love my Q7, but it's not *really* pocketable.
My GR III and iPhone, however, definitely are.
But I frequently have a camera bag nearby, although the DFA 150-450 only gets packed for special occasions.
So that's five possible responses. So I didn't answer :D
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Forum: Pentax K-3 III Monochrome
4 Days Ago
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It looks like you have the focus dialled in nicely now.
You don't need another lens :)
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
5 Days Ago
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Your calculations are pretty much spot on. Within the limitations of the change in aspect ratio, the crop factor is 0.61
The 80-160 is a fine lens from the few times I have used it on my 645Z. I'm sure it will work admirably for landscapes, but it also does well wide open and up close for portraits.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
04-11-2024, 05:39 PM
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If landscapes are your primary use case, I'd go for the DFA 28-105 over your other two options, mainly for the versatility of the long zoom range and reassurance of weather sealing.
You'll probably be shooting stopped down most of the time, so the wide aperture and brighter viewfinder with the other two are somewhat moot.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 III Monochrome
04-08-2024, 11:48 PM
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Has anyone mentioned the DA* 55/1.4 yet? The angle of view is roughly the same as an 85mm lens on a full frame camera, and the rendering is lovely. Stopped down beyond f/2.0 it is very sharp indeed, and wide open it is nicely dreamy. Weather sealing and silent focus are the cherries on the cake.
Either the DA 70/2.4 Limited or the FA 77/1.8 Limited would be next on the list.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-08-2024, 03:00 PM
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I would say you have done very well indeed. There aren't many bad lenses in the 6x7 stable, so I'm sure you'll manage for now with what you have.
Don't be at all surprised if you end up with a 105/2.4 as some point though ;)
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
04-05-2024, 07:02 PM
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Welcome from South Australia!
The K-1 will be a great foil for that old 14mm. Feel free to share some of your images :)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-03-2024, 05:43 PM
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Wow. I must have missed that detail. I have taken my KP up Alaskan mountains, on Zodiacs in Antarctica, through the subtropical forests and spray of Iguazu Falls, and to Italy, China, Japan and France.
It's a very capable tool indeed.
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Forum: General Photography
04-01-2024, 01:57 AM
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Perfect! Thanks Brad :)
Some great shots, and he seems to have a good attitude.
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Forum: Homepage & Official Pentax News
04-01-2024, 01:44 AM
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This is brilliant!
I'll guess I'll be putting all my Pentax gear on the Marketplace soon, once I get up to speed with this incredible tool.
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Forum: General Photography
03-31-2024, 02:09 PM
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Only viewable in the USA, I fear....
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
03-30-2024, 03:16 PM
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Welcome from the antipodes! Enjoy your DSLR journey :)
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
03-30-2024, 02:19 PM
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Spotted in the carpark at one of the many hospitals I visit.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
03-30-2024, 02:15 PM
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Walking past my local petrol station.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 III Monochrome
03-27-2024, 11:36 PM
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The change in field of view (and therefore in portraiture, subject distance for the same shot) is substantial between 70mm and 50mm.
What is it about the DA 70/2.4 Limited that you think needs improving? I find its rendering to be quite beautiful.
The DFA* 50/1.4 is superb, but you'll pay for a lot of glass you won't be using on a crop sensor camera. It is also *much* bigger and heavier than the (slightly inferior, but still very good) DA* 55/1.4
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-27-2024, 06:41 PM
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Yes, that was the thread I checked :)
I have edited my post above for clarity.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-27-2024, 06:27 PM
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I have looked through that deleted thread, including the posts deleted by the OP, and can't see the link. Might it have been a different thread?
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Forum: Ricoh GR
03-27-2024, 05:45 PM
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-27-2024, 03:57 PM
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However many many potential air vents there may be in the lens, they are collectively going to have a *much* higher resistance to airflow than the huge hole which is the lens mount. Air will flow down the path of least resistance, so the camera body will always cop it.
But hey, whatever. I have used my 150-450 in a blizzard while bobbing around in a Zodiac on the Weddell Sea, and in the hot, humid, sub-tropical rainforest of Iguazu Falls. I reckon whatever Pentax has engineered seems to work OK.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-27-2024, 04:46 AM
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Interesting.
Without a film in the camera, the rear dial changes the aperture on the top LCD, and it seems to recognise f/2.5 as the maximum aperture and f/22 as the minimum, so it's clearly getting some information from the lens.
When I manually focus the lens, the PZ-1p's confirmation beep seems to work as it should.
BUT....when I activate the shutter with the shutter speed on bulb and the aperture set to f/22, I see no evidence of the lens stopping down. I repeated the test with the KAF3 mount DA* 11-18 and DA* 50-135, and they both stopped down normally.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-26-2024, 09:40 PM
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Gary might beat me to it, but I have the DFA 21/2.4 Limited and a newly acquired PZ-1p. When I get home, I'll check if the camera can control the aperture.
However, I'm pretty sure the answer will be "NO"....
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