Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-23-2023, 02:43 AM
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You're just schizophrenic. :D
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09-20-2022, 04:07 AM
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I have a similar experience in my relationship. Whenever we need a group shot of our kids, she asks me to take the shot with my camera, so I kneel or crouch to get a good POV for the shot. Then she stands behind me with her phone and gets all the attention from the kids, so she gets the best shots, while I get the ones with the kids looking somewhere above the camera. :hmm:
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02-24-2022, 02:00 AM
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Just checked the G900 if that was any better. It was not. :hmm: Disappointing, since it is aimed at professional use.
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05-07-2021, 06:58 AM
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Not so much comparing cars to cameras as comparing strategies for gaining profit. :)
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05-06-2021, 06:56 AM
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Audi went the other way (than Porsche). Up until the 70's/early 80's they were a middle class brand at best, way below Mercedes Benz, BMW, Jaguar etc. Now they are a premium brand, and are doing well at that.
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01-21-2021, 12:05 PM
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It says 62 global ratings, though.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-12-2020, 07:58 AM
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I was in general not too fond of the funky colours on DSLR's, but I really liked the gun metal colour on the K-3 Special Edition (or whatever) that they released. I wouldn't mind if that became a (optional) standard colour on later cameras.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-17-2020, 03:41 AM
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My first SLR was a used ME Super that I found in a photo store back in 1990, I believe. I had no relation to camera brands back then, and there were a lot more different brands then than now, so it was just a coincidence that I bought a Pentax.
The 28 mm that came with it was a bit too wide for my taste, so I bought a 20-80 zoom and later a Tokina 70-210. I used the camera for a few years, but lost interest and put it away. Then in the 2000's I started shooting again. The ME Super broke down, so I 'upgraded' to an LX. In 2008 the USD was really cheap, so I bought a 50/1.4 and a 120/2.8 from KEH.
Now when I've gone digital, the natural choice was Pentax, or there really was no alternative. None of the other brands tempted me. I bought a K20D with a Sigma 70-200 for cheap, then later bought a K-5IIs, and a bunch of lenses.
So to summarise, me being a pentaxian is just pure luck. If I'd found a Nikon back then, I could might as well have been a Nikon guy. If it'd been a Minolta, maybe Sony now. 😳
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06-17-2020, 02:31 AM
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06-16-2020, 02:18 PM
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11-11-2019, 06:35 AM
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:lol:
If you'd tried a bit more, we'd be "Imcallingthepolice". :D
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-18-2018, 10:32 PM
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"Who can adjust shutter and aperture in 'P' mode?"
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07-22-2018, 01:04 PM
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Looks like a film I need to see, pentaxian or not. Thanks for the tip!
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07-04-2018, 01:27 AM
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Was at a football tournament with my son last month, and I had my K-5IIs with me in hope of getting a few good shots of my son and his team. We were sitting down at a table to have a snack, when I got aware of a fellow sort of circling us, watching me. I recognised him from the orchestra that uses to accompany our local opera (Yes, in our small community we arrange an opera for two weeks in the autumn every year!), so I nodded discretely. Then he approached me and said: "Not often I see a pentaxian." We immediately started talking about our way into and history with Pentax, and if it wasn't for my son having a game to play, we probably would have been sitting there all day talking Pentax.
Later last month I went shopping with my kids, and outside the mall an older fellow walked towards us. I noticed he had a DSLR, but for some reason he sort of covered it with his right hand, so I couldn't see exactly what camera it was, but it looked a bit like a K-70 or a K-50. Then, just as we passed each other, I saw 'PENTAX' on his neck strap. I'm not of the most spontaneous people, so I couldn't come up with a suiting comment before he was gone, and didn't really have time to go after him. Didn't know if he was norwegian or foreign, and so which language to choose. Overloaded with so many decisions to make, I just continued walking into the shop to do my business.
Overall, June has been a good month Pentaxianspottingwise.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-28-2018, 02:51 AM
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@ maw: The guys at Raw Therapee has solved 'the mystery' of processing pixel shift images better than Light Room, it seems: Pixel Shift & RawTherapee 5.1 | Vineyard Photography
Maybe the author of the article in your link should have tested Raw Therapee before he started bashing Pentax' Pixel Shift tech.
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03-13-2018, 11:59 AM
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My dad threw away all the negatives from the Flexaret we used back when, so the paper prints are all we have of memories from the early history of my family. :-(
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-27-2017, 03:09 AM
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Sony bought Konica-Minolta, kicked out Konica/Minolta as brand names, and continued the camera business under their own brand. Did the same to Ericsson when they entered the mobile phone market. That's why I'll never buy anything Sony.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-30-2017, 12:40 PM
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Distilled is sterile, so it shouldn't make me sick, still it does sometimes. Strange that...
A former colleague of mine can't drink scotch, because smoked food makes him sick. So I allways bring scotch with me when partying with him. 😃
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08-11-2017, 10:07 AM
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Now, who's got the most stable stance? The man with the gun or the man with the camera?
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08-11-2017, 05:50 AM
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And with the leaping tiger stance...
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04-10-2017, 02:07 PM
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Well if that doesn't look like an alien!
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07-31-2016, 01:15 PM
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Yes, and Nikon is a girls' camera. :-D
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04-26-2016, 04:59 AM
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04-21-2016, 01:23 PM
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Hey! They chose Pentax over Canon! Why bother? :p
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04-20-2016, 08:28 AM
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It didn't look that cold, though...
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