Also 1st image for me. It pulls you through it.

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Recent travels while the sun was about.

top of the world




the dales




within Arkengarthdale




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While out today in stormy weather, I passed the final location of the Shell Brent Alpha platform. I made two trips on this platform back in 82 arriving the first time on a Chinook helicopter. Odd and some what sad to see her again as she is being dismantled and scrapped.


*istD and SMC DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED @63mm




Her sister platforms have already been here and no longer exist.

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Every system has a merit. Some have several. I use four different systems from time to time. Each because I like a particular "benefit" of that marque. The one constant through many years of using different hardware and operating firmware is that none of the other cameras handle as well or feel as comfortable as a Pentax.

As you say, "try at least", but try long enough for the wow factor to wear off and get the feel of the camera and how you accept the viewfinder, controls etc.

Final call will be down to you.

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It's raining so just been sniffing around *istD archives.


Looking down across Teesside from the North York Moors






A tree line on the moors






Riders at Helmsley






Brunhilda@RAF Barkston Heath






I cut my film teeth with my K1000 and I cut my DSLR teeth with my +istD.


Just makes me smile looking at the diminutive screen on the *istD and the pure simplicity of minimalistic firmware and reduced menu options. None of which were available on my K1000 where you would have to wait until processing was complete before an image even appeared.

So glad that I shot huge amounts of film and more importantly, reversal film over the years and did all my own processing & printing. What do I miss? Cibachrome!

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Its a hairy blighter Don. Did you use flash or are the highlights just sun?

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Stand out images Chris. Well impressed.

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Impressive image. Great capture.

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It just took me several years to realise it. I read the ink off the pages of his review of the *istD. Promptly flew over to New York (business trip) and bought an *istD from Willoughby's as they were the cheapest in the city. I took three lenses with me, a 17mm f/4 FE, a 15mm and a 28mm. All manual focus. It turn out to be one of the most rewarding weeks photography I can remember.

So who was he?

Herbert Kepler.

You can do a lot worse than read some of his better known quotes.

https://www.popphoto.com/how-to/2008/12/wit-and-wisdom-herbert-keppler


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+1

All worth a viewing in detail.

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