Here are 4 mono conversions of the castle ruins at Corfe, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. They were taken early morning in August, all with the K7 on tripod, ISO 100, mirror-up and remote control operation. Lenses as listed with the photos ....


1) SMC M75-150mm f4, at f16








2) SMC M75-150mm f4, at f11








3) SMC M75-150mm f4, at f11








4) SMC A28mm f2.8, at f16





Thanks for all feedback !

NEW MONO VERSIONS !

There you are , some blatant promotion ... I've taken up RussV's suggestion and made conversions of 4 of these, with a little bit of contrast and levels type tweaking .... would be great to know if they work!


Hmm, you've given me an idea for a joint woodland shooting project with another Pentaxian .... anyone know TIMBO'S NUMBER ???

Thanks also to jemx, Will and Malc for your recent comments, and to all the others above again ...

Here are the 4 mono versions ....


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A very creative mono photo to finish, and a very creative and stylish 5 in a row ... Thanks for showing such an excellent set Carl.

Really lovely! What a fresh looking photo

Yes, really good! Great deep tones, high contrast, lots to take in. Is there another one with a bit more to the right side ... This looks a little cut off on the right edge .....

Thanks! Lucky though I've only got a K7, or you never know what I might have uncovered down in those dark depths

Thanks to all of you for the kind comments ... I'll definitely get out in those dark woods again soon! As suggested I'll also try mono conversions of those ones and post them here soon.

I'm liking it too! Big plus for me is the forum text will now fit neatly onto my phone screen in landscape mode, where before I had to push the screen left and right to read each line, now I can size the thread text worth one swipe and leave it while I read the whole screen ... Much better!

The gallery is looking good also, a quick flick around shows photos opening much bigger and quality looks improved.

I to would prefer a slightly dimmer white for the background. But good work Team, its fresh and clean looking and a fine improvement.

Thanks, a good point ... It's an unfortunate terminology that ... 'crippled' .... Despite having a DSLR my Pentax mount doesn't feel crippled to me in any way ... Quite the opposite, considering the extraordinary range of compatable Lens choices I have, it really feels very liberating!

They are all superb, and have common elements which must make the set even stronger. 2, 6 & 8 are the standouts for me. I especially admire the deep tone of the rock, and the contrasting white swirly stuff! The pin sharp little leaves just add even more, adding up to very rewarding images. They certainly would make brilliant exhibition material. Great work!

Yes to all those questions .... the Pentax term for the modern auto-exposure system is P-TTL ('Pre-flash TTL).
The flash head zooms out to 16mm, and the wide panel extends this to 14mm. You could use the panel even with longer focal lenghts to spread the light, but be aware that the zoom head will automatically come back to 16mm, so you might lose light and power.

There is also a catch-light panel included to push some light forward for the eyes when the rest is bouncing up.

Don't forget, there's also 'Auto'-flash mode ('A'), which is the older system before TTL, and this uses a sensor on the front of the flash to measure the light coming back and stop the flash ... this is very useful and accurate I find, and allows us to use auto-exposure for flash with 'A' series lenses (where P-TTL won't work).