Just tools at the end of the day!


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It was the same with CD Writers. Manufacturers leapfrogged one
another until they went so fast the CD's shattered
Nero brought out a program to slow them down again

You would be better getting to know your Pentax equipment than
wasting your time looking at what other manufactures make

For example you have an A50 f/1.7 ....
What advantage does using f/1.7 give you over using it at f/2?
Which is better..... Can you see any difference in the viewfinder?

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Some good lenses available in M42 and I think Zeiss have
started to release their expensive stuff again in M42.

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Well said Stan!

The main way of improving any telephoto is holding it
very steady and your shoulder pod will help a lot there.
That's why a lot of people complain that their tele's
are soft at 300mm when it's actually camera shake.

I'm convinced that 2x TC's are better than they seem.
Even with a tripod it seems to be impossible to hold
the lens steady enough to show what they are capable of.
Sadly no 2x TC will work with AF.

I was blown away a few years back when I rested the 55-300mm
on a solid metal fence and took a picture of a swan...
I could see almost every feather. It's not often that you
come across such a solid support.

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They are all very good. The detail on the building in the first
shot has been picked up well. The last shot has surprised even me
how much detail of the batsman has been caught at the edge of the
frame The other cricket shots are sharp enough, but the
white's need to be slightly brighter.

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That fog filters great.... almost fooled me for a minute!

The Summer of 2013 in a few years it will be looked back on
as one of the Greatest Summers of All Time

Hope you enjoyed the rest of the holiday.

Three great shots!

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If your using Pentax you don't want to read about other brands PERIOD
Most of the stuffs made up or imagined anyway.

It's better to get to know what the Pentax gear is capable of.
Unfortunately very few people seem interested in that
I haven't seen any comments on how the new f/2.8 focusing points
in the K-5ii improve MF via the Green Hex light for instance
or what could be done to improve out of gamut yellows and reds.

No one seems interested in how zooms actually focus and what
can be done to speed things up...... it's easier to moan


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Ha! Ha! Links to a website that no longer exists...
http://www.sport-optics.pentax.co.uk/

Also uses the old name Pentax Ricoh Imaging UK Ltd.

Never mind the only people it will confuse are
potential customers and nobody's bothered about them

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Just a quick test with the Coast HP7 on flood setting
held at the side of the camera and using daylight as a
fill so that the shadows aren't too dark. The HP7 is
very even.

K-5 100ISO f/16 0.5sec 50mm FA Macro
Edited JPG




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