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I like 5 and 12. looking forward to the Yellowstone pictures too.
Comment by pschlute posted on Spokane WA , USA at 01/10/2018 - 08:49
He has a flair, that is for sure. 2 and 3 for me please.
Comment by pschlute posted on Street photography by a two year old at 30/09/2018 - 13:48
Nice shot, and quite sad. Summer has ended.
Comment by pschlute posted on The decay of Autumn at 28/09/2018 - 20:47
RobL wrote:
Is it just me getting sick and tired of all this negativity?
No, me too. I find it boring. Much better to chuck the camera in a bag and go and take some photos. That's what we bought them for in the first place, or is it to brag about the latest tech ?Is it just me getting sick and tired of all this negativity?
you don't need mirrorless or £1200 iphone to take good pictures.
Here is a picture I took 9 years ago on some horribly outdated, slow autofocussing, pathetic megapixel garbage of a camera...... click for a larger image if anyone can bear to be disappointed by old technology
Comment by pschlute posted on Pentax - The end? at 28/09/2018 - 20:44
Lovely set. Do you have a site where these can be viewed larger ?
Comment by pschlute posted on From this morning at 28/09/2018 - 04:52
dcweather wrote:
Seems that we are a lot of (elderly majority?), generally happy with our Pentax cameras and happy to buy second hand and not chasing the hype of must have. Whether that is sustainable for RIcoh is debatable though. Looking at Photokina SIgma are bringing out 6 new lenses,(none in k-mount) Sony, Fuji, Leica, Panasonic several and I think Pentax have just one and that has been delayed to 2019. Meanwhile Nikon now have a 500mm in their lightweight compact Fresnel range.
We might not want to ditch Pentax but would you start out with it tomorrow if you had nothing?
Who are you calling "elderly" ? Seems that we are a lot of (elderly majority?), generally happy with our Pentax cameras and happy to buy second hand and not chasing the hype of must have. Whether that is sustainable for RIcoh is debatable though. Looking at Photokina SIgma are bringing out 6 new lenses,(none in k-mount) Sony, Fuji, Leica, Panasonic several and I think Pentax have just one and that has been delayed to 2019. Meanwhile Nikon now have a 500mm in their lightweight compact Fresnel range.
We might not want to ditch Pentax but would you start out with it tomorrow if you had nothing?
You make some good points. Who knows what the future holds. The one thing that does appear obvious to me is that the current rush to mirrorless will lead to casualties amongst the big names. The market, with the growth all coming from smart-phones/cameras cannot sustain it. I am glad Pentax appear to be sitting this out.
If I were Pentax I would be concentrating all efforts on a new medium format camera/lenses and more FF DSLR top quality * lenses. They know there will be a demand for the latter from us oldies, especially from their core market in Japan. It is the latter who ultimately call the shots, no matter what mutterings we read or write about over here.
Comment by pschlute posted on Pentax - The end? at 26/09/2018 - 20:45
johnriley wrote:
https://www.ephotozine.com/article/hd-pentax-d-fa-50mm-f-1-4-sdm-aw-lens-review-...
Now all I have to do is suffer the anguish of it having to go back.........
Have you not a spare body part you can sell John? It realy is a super lens. I agree that when mounted on the K1 it does not feel particularly big and balances very well. The circular OOF highlights it produces are wonderful.https://www.ephotozine.com/article/hd-pentax-d-fa-50mm-f-1-4-sdm-aw-lens-review-...
Now all I have to do is suffer the anguish of it having to go back.........
Comment by pschlute posted on Pentax D-FA*50/1.4 introduced by Ricoh (UK) and SRS at 25/09/2018 - 01:47
Very well done Kris.
Comment by pschlute posted on Blowing my own tuba... at 24/09/2018 - 17:24
Nice shots. Not the traditional lighthouse I was expecting
Comment by pschlute posted on Burnham on Sea Lighthouse at 23/09/2018 - 23:10
