Just saying 'Hi!'
Posted 13/06/2015 - 23:48
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Thanks for the welcome guys.
By the way Stuey, I used to live near your part of the Principality; I had a cottage in Carneddi, just atop Bethesda. I had such fun on my Honda CBX750 back in the 80s, N Wales is great biking country as well as a photographer's paradise.
I'm hoping to get out and about tomorrow with the 645D and then repeat the same views with the Hasselblad. Can't wait...
By the way Stuey, I used to live near your part of the Principality; I had a cottage in Carneddi, just atop Bethesda. I had such fun on my Honda CBX750 back in the 80s, N Wales is great biking country as well as a photographer's paradise.
I'm hoping to get out and about tomorrow with the 645D and then repeat the same views with the Hasselblad. Can't wait...
Posted 14/06/2015 - 23:23
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Welcome to this nice forum.
Anyone in Wales ought to get a fully rainproof system!
A few years ago I spent two weeks holiday near to my birthplace in N. Wales. It rained for 12 days. The other two days it snowed.
Cheers.
Martin
Anyone in Wales ought to get a fully rainproof system!
A few years ago I spent two weeks holiday near to my birthplace in N. Wales. It rained for 12 days. The other two days it snowed.
Cheers.
Martin
A few of my photographs in flickr.
Lizars 1910 "Challenge" quarter-plate camera; and some more recent stuff.
Lizars 1910 "Challenge" quarter-plate camera; and some more recent stuff.
Posted 15/06/2015 - 00:16
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Hi Martin, sounds like a typical Welsh mid-summer...what's the problem? You're right about fully waterproof - I have that (well, 'weatherproof') in my Fuji X-T1 and its top zoom lenses. I'll have to save up quite a few pennies to afford the Pentax weatherproof lenses for the 645D.
Posted 15/06/2015 - 00:42
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Looking forward to seeing your pictures -- welcome to the forum
Posted 15/06/2015 - 18:35
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Welcome from across the Channel.
Best wishes,
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050
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Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050
http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05
Posted 19/06/2015 - 22:41
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Welcome
Posted 20/06/2015 - 01:22
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Thank you everyone for your kind welcome!
I have been enjoying mixed fortunes with my Pentax 645D...love the camera but to date the 3 lenses have been a disappointment. I plan to try them at smaller apertures - wide open I have been having big issues with chroma and softness. I plan to shoot with the lenses at f8 and will pitch them against the 'Blad and Contax 645 glassware when fully open. To date the Fujinon (Hasselblad H) and Zeiss (C645) have been much sharper - but sharpness is not the only quality. I have to say though that the 645D body inspires more confidence than the 'Blad and its weatherproofing, though not its handling, aces the Contax.
More anon in the appropriate forum.
Best wishes to all,
Graham
I have been enjoying mixed fortunes with my Pentax 645D...love the camera but to date the 3 lenses have been a disappointment. I plan to try them at smaller apertures - wide open I have been having big issues with chroma and softness. I plan to shoot with the lenses at f8 and will pitch them against the 'Blad and Contax 645 glassware when fully open. To date the Fujinon (Hasselblad H) and Zeiss (C645) have been much sharper - but sharpness is not the only quality. I have to say though that the 645D body inspires more confidence than the 'Blad and its weatherproofing, though not its handling, aces the Contax.
More anon in the appropriate forum.
Best wishes to all,
Graham
Posted 23/06/2015 - 11:50
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Hi, nice to meet ya
Posted 25/06/2015 - 12:17
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hi hellou!
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11 years
I have re-acquired a SV, this time with the accessory meter, but have just bought a 645D with the 150mm f2.8, 45-85 and 80-160 zooms and so hope to contribute to this forum as I learn to use the gear. I've been using a Hasselblad H1, Contax 645 and Mamiya RZ67 with an Ixpress 132C digi-back - great results! However, I'm really looking forward to pitting the 645D and its glass against the 'Blad and its lenses. It's not a pixel battle - just a matter of image quality; and of course the greater portability of the Pentax as the back is self-contained.
Just waiting for the weather here in S Wales to improve - I know the camera is shower-proof but the lenses aren't...
More anon....