I got a Chinese one quite a while ago and use it regularly. It fits the K3 OK. Have eyepieces changed since then?

Steve

Some fascinating pictures there. Sometimes having a less than ideal lens for the conditions means you've got to be more creative, which is only ever a good thing. Favourites for me are 2 and 8 for their muted, mysterious minimalism and 12 for texture, form and light.

But I wonder whether there's an even better one (for me, anyway) hidden in 9. Crop it close to the walkers, so the snow covered ridge cuts the bottom edge about half way along. The walkers have appeared from a vast, grey unknown and will soon be leaving it for somewhere unrevealed. Not exactly conventional, but it appeals to my 'path leading to who-knows-where' and minimalistic tendencies . Something like this (hope you don't mind me taking a digital knife to your picture!)




Steve

Thanks. An interesting read. Almost makes me want to get one just for a bit of history.

Would it be fair to say that one of the modern developments in the Pentax/Ricoh fish-eye story is the Ricoh Theta? Not K mount, of course, but something has to go in order to get 360 degree coverage. Or could you stitch together overlapping fish-eye shots from DSLR to get a seamless, Theta-like, 360 degree image - sort of panoramic fish-eye ? (He ducks for cover as people shout 'WHY???')

Steve

I don't often use the phrase, but here goes... That ivy's nice .

Steve

Cost of sending things by container has gone up a lot - containers are stacked up in the wrong places all round the world, if you've got a container going on a ship you can pretty well charge what you want to people who want to put stuff in it. Other parts of the logistics system are in a similar state. Even sending post to Lewisham has been a problem, too many posties off sick with Covid-19.

And of course, if Covid precautions mean that your costs have gone up and output gone down, you might just see whether you can sell at a higher price to compensate.

Steve

Another fine picture from the world of tiny things.

You seem to have discovered a rich seam to mine. There are plenty of crystals waiting to be photographed. Enough to keep a keen photographer occupied through several lockdowns...

Steve

The things we do to pass the time during lockdown...

Colours ought, in principle, to be more accurate because each pixel in the image is sampling R, G and B pixels from the sensor rather than interpolating from neighbours. What difference that makes in practice presumably depends on the subject. And since DPS depends on camera shake rather than precise movement of the sensor, there might also be a bit of luck involved in how the camera moved. Whatever, the effect does seem to be very subtle. Perhaps what is needed is an indication of what types of subject would most benefit from DPS.

And this all goes to show... that I'm not going to lose any sleep about not having a camera with pixel shift. My bank balance is grateful!

Steve

+1. There needs to be something to catch the eye between the LH tree and the clump on the right.

Steve

Interesting. Two different takes on the same picture. In the first, the (i.e. my) eye is drawn to the blobs and swirls at the bottom, in the second it's drawn to the flowers at the top. Both are equally valid for me and I like both.

But the title of the thread suggests that the response to the second is what was intended. Perhaps there are times when it's best to dispense with a title and let the viewer decide. Then take the adulation even if it's not for the reason you intended...

Steve

I like it! Atmospheric, subtle, artistic ... and different.

Steve