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Forum: Lens Clubs
06-14-2023, 03:05 PM
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Milky way, taken near Demnate, Morocco. Stacked in Starry Sky Stacker from 27 frames taken with K-3 III, Samyang 16mm F2.0 ED AS UMC CS, f/2.8, 10 sec., ISO 3200. Some green airglow is visible along the lower edge.
2305156251-77 Milky way by Wolfgang Kraus, on Flickr
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01-02-2023, 04:46 PM
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08-02-2022, 02:43 PM
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08-01-2022, 01:41 PM
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Indeed it is a great astro lens – and the K-5 sensor (at least in the K-5 II incarnation that I used to shoot) does an extremely fine job too.
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07-24-2020, 10:30 AM
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10-12-2019, 02:28 PM
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12-22-2018, 03:15 AM
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10-20-2018, 03:15 PM
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If you used the lens hood you will find that it cropped the extra surface of the full frame quite nicely. Without the hood, the lens works very well for 21x21mm square crops or even a bit more depending on the f-stop. The full frame is not usable in my book.
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08-22-2018, 02:45 AM
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Thank you! Great shot you got there. I've been shooting Perseids for several years, mostly with more success than this year, and indeed the meteors always go from green to red. And I must say the Samyang 16mm is really a great lens for things like these. I've had the opportunity to use the 20mm f/1.8 on a K-1 recently and it is fine too but not on the same level as the 16mm.
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08-18-2018, 01:34 PM
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11-24-2017, 01:53 PM
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08-20-2017, 10:31 AM
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I only know the 16mm which is just great for astro purposes. I'm using the K-5 II and its sensor is better for low light than that of the K-3 that my son has. So I'd recommend skipping the K-3 II and choosing the KP or the K-3 successor which I sincerely hope will come out soon.
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08-19-2017, 01:54 AM
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Crossposted from the "Night Time is the Right Time! Post night shots here" tread:
Perseid meteor shower, 2017. Pentax K-5 II with Samyang 1:2.0 16mm ED AS UMC CS, 45 10-second exposures at f/2.8, ISO 1600, stacked in Hugin, cropped.
1708135211-55 Perseid meteor shower, 2017 by Wolfgang Kraus, on Flickr
My Perseids from 2015 and 2016 (also using the Samyang lens) are here: Night Skies | Flickr.
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08-16-2017, 02:20 AM
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08-15-2017, 07:27 AM
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The same place, about one hour later: A hand-held pano from the Italian Dolomites near Cortina d’Ampezzo (crossposted from Panorama-orama - Post your Panos thread). K-5 II with Samyang 16mm F2.0 ED AS UMC CS, 19 portrait orientation frames stitched in Hugin (cylindrical projection).
1707284576-94 Italian Dolomites near Cortina d’Ampezzo by Wolfgang Kraus, on Flickr
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08-12-2017, 10:04 AM
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Thank you for your kind words!
---------- Post added 08-12-17 at 07:08 PM ----------
Thank you Jeff for this most generous critique! I feel that being there at the right time indeed contributed most to the shot.
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08-12-2017, 02:07 AM
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08-08-2017, 11:21 AM
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11-06-2016, 07:44 AM
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09-01-2016, 12:43 PM
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07-14-2016, 10:56 AM
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06-19-2016, 01:50 PM
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Nice! Is this all wide open?
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06-12-2016, 12:04 PM
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Well worth the effort! An amazing image indeed, hard to believe it's a first.
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06-12-2016, 10:04 AM
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06-11-2016, 08:16 AM
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So you're already covered for many shooting situations. Even with the fine finders Pentax gives us on its APS-C cameras, manually focussing fast lenses such as the Samyangs is not too easy, so your street photography probably will not profit from using them. For landscapes, to go really wide you might consider the 14mm lens which has a great reputation, or for super-wide even the 10mm. I have neither of those but I have the 16mm which is a great and super-sharp lens for many purposes including landscape and night skies. For portraits the 85mm would be an obvious choice (even if a little long on APS-C). The 135mm must be a magnificent long tele, at least for non-action photography. I haven't used it either but I find that manual focus is much easier with my Voigtlander 125mm/2.5 than with the 16mm Samyang.
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