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Great Crested Grebes K3 and 560mm
Hi Alan, Lovely Grebe photos. Thanks again for sharing. Whenever anyone says Pentax does or doesn't do something right I point to your pics to end the argument :-) I hope life allows you the space for your excellent photography. We take nothing for granted as life unfurls. i'm just back to en...
Posted by wvbarnes on 23/05/2016 - 14:23
K1 with D-FA100 WR Macro and HD DA1.4x
I don't think I've seen a post showing the HD DA1.4x used in FF mode: K1 with D-FA 100 and HD DA 1.4x, shot wide open (f4), no PP, PEF converted in LR with no adjustments: Looks fine to me, a little bit of vignetteing that looks like it will be fairly easy to fix (if needed). Same combinat...
Posted by McBrian on 23/05/2016 - 22:31
Garden Portraits, Plus Explanations
It can often be hard to find the right position for portraits outdoors when there is quite high contrast, shadow and sunny areas for example. Using flash can help with this, but can be tricky if we try and get it off-camera and softened (which we should do right .... ? :D). So I experimented the ot...
Posted by McGregNi on 26/05/2016 - 16:06
New toy came today
Got the Cosina 24 2.8 today took it out on the Kr for a trial run. Feed back would be helpful as I needed to try different modes to tweek the best out of it. Regards Ian
Posted by philstaff on 28/05/2016 - 16:13
New toy came today
Looks sharp enough but lacking a bit of contrast and they're underexposed. I had to boost the contrast in editing as well. I have a lap top so a tilt of the screen can make a difference. Not the best se up. Thanks or the feed back. Ian
Posted by philstaff on 28/05/2016 - 21:54
Flying Scotsman in Wiltshire
I cannot recall anyone referring to it as exhaust back in the golden steam days, but now it is used as a generic term for emissions of fumes from anything. Not my car though as it's a Nissan Leaf !
Posted by JAK on 28/05/2016 - 21:48
Flying Scotsman in Wiltshire
Going back to the image :lol: All this chat about what comes out of the funnel at the top is exhausting :mrgreen: It's nicely captured but it's a little too close to the edge of the frame, like it's exiting the image and not into it.
Posted by cardiffgareth on 28/05/2016 - 23:36
Now That's What I Call Full-frame
MPP made very nice cameras, both medium and large format. The bellows would be an easy fix as you can still buy new ones, mainly from China. Providing the shutter hasn't gummed up it would be a lovely camera to use. All those movements for focus and perspective control. Marvellous. I really m...
Posted by womble on 31/05/2016 - 17:44
B&W tree and fence
I love the tree image! Brilliant angle, great detail, a sense of awe looking up .... The processing treatment seems to enhance the qualities also.... Very effective plus you used the time of day to full advantage capturing the strong contrast. The fence doesn't have much impact for me .... It's a...
Posted by McGregNi on 31/05/2016 - 21:57
B&W tree and fence
Thank you all. To be honest that tree photo was buried on my disk for last few years still in colour, until last week I've stumbled on it while looking through all my photos. I gave it some B&W treatment and it looks way better than original. One of the forgotten gems I'm sure everyone got somewh...
Posted by gfurm on 01/06/2016 - 08:38
B&W tree and fence
Now I'm going to go against the grain! I do like the opening image but the bottom of the image for me is too much. I prefer the top half only as a square crop. The fence image oozes a lovely bokeh that dissolves away quickly from the subject in focus. I can see that being used to good effect with...
Posted by cardiffgareth on 01/06/2016 - 14:06
Garden visitor this afternoon
Now, lets see what you can capture with a 560mm lens :o If I'd used a longer lens I would probably have suffered from camera shake and frightened off the beast with him thinking its a blunderbuss. Then if I'd gone indoors for a longer lens he'd no doubt have moved on and I wouldn't have had a photo ...
Posted by JAK on 05/06/2016 - 10:40
YARR! Yet Another Ruddy Robin! (4 off)
Four photos taken in the past couple of weeks. Pentax smc DA 55-300mm which I bought from a forum member a long while ago, on a K-S2 which I bought recently from SRS. I couldn't resist making a record of this appealing bird. This is the male, who has always been pretty tame, gathering breadcrumbs...
Posted by OldTaffy on 05/06/2016 - 16:10
YARR! Yet Another Ruddy Robin! (4 off)
Thanks for your approval. The 55-300mm lens is indeed a fine one. I bought it a couple of years or so ago to use with my K-x, but now realise that it merits a better camera. On the K-S2 the detail is phenomenal: one can blow up a JPEG on the screen so that it looks like one has the bird in one's han...
Posted by OldTaffy on 05/06/2016 - 22:48
K1 at the Beach
Took the K1 and a couple of film era lenses to see a beach race. K1 and FAJ18-35: K1 and Sigma APO 70-210 (screw drive) Both lenses are not too shabby IMO, the Sigma felt quite quick at tracking, I didn't feel it restricted me, focus errors were due to me.
Posted by McBrian on 05/06/2016 - 21:58
05 JUN 16 young Moon
Aged 24 1/2 hours (a personal best). K-5IIs / DFA150-450 + DA1.4 t/c The Moon was too dim to be seen through the viewfinder, could only be located with binoculars, so, focus was a guess. jpeg straight out of the box:
Posted by Nakedgun on 06/06/2016 - 06:43
05 JUN 16 young Moon
Do you need to worry about focus with the moon? I just wang it round to infinity
Posted by davidwozhere on 08/06/2016 - 01:45
05 JUN 16 young Moon
Do you need to worry about focus with the moon? I just wang it round to infinity Infinity is a good place to start, but I don't always trust it, and, Moon being invisible, I tried various focus positions to increase my odds.
Posted by Nakedgun on 08/06/2016 - 02:24
05 JUN 16 young Moon
Did you try the digital zoom with live view? Sorry, does the K-5iis have live view with focus peaking and digital zoom? Agree infinity on many lenses is a guide only, and you can over turn the focus ring often, past infinity (lol) and start blurring it. Nice picture, I just use live view fo...
Posted by richandfleur on 08/06/2016 - 04:38
05 JUN 16 young Moon
Did you try the digital zoom with live view? Sorry, does the K-5iis have live view with focus peaking and digital zoom? Agree infinity on many lenses is a guide only, and you can over turn the focus ring often, past infinity (lol) and start blurring it. Nice picture, I just use live view fo...
Posted by Nakedgun on 09/06/2016 - 02:16
