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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-10-2015, 06:48 AM
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01-10-2015, 07:10 AM
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
11-15-2014, 12:13 PM
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looks like the upload/link didn't work.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
11-03-2014, 08:28 AM
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Susan, thank you! The 35mm is my most used lens.
The 45-85 is an awesome lens and very sharp up to f/14, then it starts to fall off around f/16 due to diffraction. The 80-160 is the other zoom I own, it's also very good, but not quite as sharp as the 45-85, but that may just be my copy of it. They aren't terribly heavy, with the 45-85 pretty reasonable and 80-160 a bit heavier. Both lenses are sharpest at their widest focal length and fall of slightly towards the high focal lengths, more so my copy of the 80-160 than the 45-85.
The new 28-45 is a BEAST, which is one of the reasons I've not jumped at getting it. I'd have preferred the 28-45 sacrifice IS for savings in size and weight, but I'm sure the wedding and event photographers think it's worth it...they don't have to hike as far as I do!
---------- Post added 11-03-14 at 09:29 AM ----------
Thank you, Thomas!
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
11-02-2014, 12:55 PM
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Some new images from my recent trip to Oregon:
Lace Leaf Maple from the Japanese Garden
Pentax 645D, f/16, 1/2 sec, ISO 100, 4 image pano with 645 35mm-A
Multnomah Falls
Pentax 645D, ISO 100, .8 sec exp, f/13, 5 image vertical pano with 80-160mm A @ 80mm
Boardman Tree Farm
Pentax 645D, ISO 100, f/11, 1/2 sec exp, 3 image pano with 45-85mm @ 45mm
Behind North Silver Falls at sunset
Pentax 645D, f/13, .8 sec exp, ISO 100, 4 image pano with either 645 35mm or 45-85mm...can't recall
Oneonta Gorge
Pentax 645D, Pentax 45-85mm at 50mm, ISO 100, f/14, 2 sec exp
Bridge near Bridal Veil Falls
Pentax 645D, Pentax-FA 45-85mm at 45mm, f/11, 3 sec exp
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
08-12-2014, 08:17 AM
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The composition is much better on this one
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-01-2014, 07:36 AM
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Thanks for sharing the info! I haven't done that hike yet (not a huge fan of heights) and I didn't want to do all that work hauling my 645D and lenses unless I knew there would be good light!
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-31-2014, 05:52 PM
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Great sky!
Which trail in Zion did you take this from, if you don't mind my asking?
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-20-2014, 08:56 AM
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03-09-2014, 09:02 AM
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-02-2014, 09:51 AM
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LOVE IT! What were your settings/lens?
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
09-11-2013, 09:14 AM
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Pentax 645D, ISO 800, Pentax-A 645 35mm, f/16, 1/15 sec. |
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
07-10-2013, 04:08 PM
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Wild Rose in Morning Dew, captured along Lake Superior near Duluth, MN
Pentax 645D, Pentax-A 120mm, ISO 200, 1/100 sec, f/4 (three shot focus bracket) |
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
07-09-2013, 10:05 AM
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Some new images I captured a few days ago along Lake Superior:
Lupines along Lake Superior near Duluth, MN
Pentax 645D, Pentax D FA 25mm, ISO 500, 1/30 sec exp, f/9 (3 shot focus blend)
Used a 1-stop Daryl Benson REV GND
"In Harmony" Bunchberries in Cascade River State Park, MN
Pentax 645D, Pentax-A 120mm macro, f/10 (four shot focus blend)
"Palisade Head" captured along Lake Superior in Tetteguche State Park
Pentax 645D, Pentax-A 35mm, ISO 100, f/14
Used a 1-stop Daryl Benson REV GND |
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
06-27-2013, 09:40 PM
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New Image I captured tonight along Lake Superior, just north of Duluth, MN, USA.
Pentax 645D, Pentax 645 25mm D FA, f/14, ISO 100, 2 sec.
Singh Ray Daryl Benson 1-stop REV GND filter. Focus bracketed using two images with different focus points, blended manually in PS CS6. |
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-08-2013, 09:56 PM
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When I first started using the 645D I used the expanded DR setting, but have stopped using it...I found that it introduced halos, sort of like bad HDR does, around tree lines in the sky and such.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-08-2013, 09:53 PM
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Interesting...well, maybe I was wrong about that, but I do remember reading somewhere that ISO200 was the best for DR, I guess you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet!
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-07-2013, 05:23 PM
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From my experience there's virtually no difference in the noise I see between ISO 100 and ISO 200 on the 645D, but I read somewhere that the dynamic range is highest at ISO 200, and given that the shutter speed on most of these images wasn't crucial and I knew that I'd most likely be pushing the files pretty far in ACR and PS, I went with ISO 200. ISO 100 is technically in the 'explanded' ISO range of the 645D. I've never been able to notice any noise until shooting at ISO 400, and even then it's very little. It starts noticeably showing at ISO 800 and is bothersome by ISO 1600.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-06-2013, 08:57 AM
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The ice typically photographs very flat with little contrast, especially if it doesn't have side light on it, so it needs some punch!
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-06-2013, 08:55 AM
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No HDR on these, just using GND's on some of them and pushing the RAW files. I'm really liking the ACR of PS CS6...able to push the files much more without creating strange pixels along horizons and tree branches, leaves, etc. On one of the images I pushed the Blacks and Shadows to 100% while bring the highlights and whites down to close to -100%, then punched the contrast to 100%...file still came out looking clean. Then did some more local adjustments in PS.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-06-2013, 07:32 AM
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Here are some new ice images I've captured over the past couple weeks along Lake Superior:
Pentax 645D, Pentax D FA 645 25mm, f/16, ISO 200, 1/3 sec
Pentax 645D, Pentax-A 645 35mm, f/22, ISO 200, 1/25 sec.
Pentax 645D, Pentax D FA 645 25mm, f/11 (3 shot focus blend), ISO 200, 1/30 sec
Pentax 645D, Pentax-A 645 35mm, f/16, ISO 200, 1/5 sec |
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-16-2013, 09:50 PM
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Here are a few more images from my late September trip to Grand Teton National Park...I just got around to doing some basic processing on them today.
Pentax 645D, 45-85mm, ISO 200, f/13, 1/20 sec
Pentax 645D, 300mm A lens, ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/100 sec
Pentax 645D, 300mm A lens, f/4, ISO 800, 1/320 sec
Pentax 645D, 300mm A lens, f/4, ISO 800, 1/320 sec
Pentax 645D, 300mm A lens, f/5.6, ISO 1600, 1/1000 sec.
Pentax 645D, 45-85mm, ISO 200, f/8, 1.3 sec
Pentax 645D, 45-85mm lens, ISO 200, f/11, 1/5 sec
(Grand Geyser in Yellowstone)
Pentax 645D, 35mm A lens, ISO 200, f/10, 1/400 sec
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-14-2013, 02:54 PM
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After capturing this last post I found that my 645 200mm A lens has pretty bad CA's, which I was unable to correct using the 'lens correction' feature. So, I zoomed in to 200% and spent about an hour with the magic wand tool creating a saturation adjustment layer mask and got them under control...what a pain!
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-14-2013, 02:40 PM
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captured this morning in Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, MN, USA. This is probably the most photographed location in the entire state of Minnesota. On a cold 1F January morning I was the only one there.
Pentax 645D, Pentax-A 200mm, f/11, ISO 100, 1/15 sec |
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-08-2013, 12:27 PM
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Pentax 645D, D FA 25mm, ISO 100, f/22, (4 image HDR)
Captured along Lake Superior this morning
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