thanks guys for taking the time to look and comment - i did wonder when someone might!



Its an impressive piece of kit

I already have the 01 & 02

I'm interested in any of the others

drop me a line if interested. Will buy at decent price

Cheers

Received this morning in excellent condition - better than described.

Great packaging mate!

Cheers!

Today I received a Pentax Q - bought it off Mike-P

For a long time I had agonised over this or something like the X100s for my street photography. A lot street photographers use the X system or the micro 4/3's systems like the Sony and Olympus. Fast lenses and pretty good output for editing in post.
However, my favourite street photographers or those that choose to shoot film.

Shooting film for the last few months has taught me many many things about my style and approach, right down to composition and editing.

Your camera really doesnt matter and its all about capturing those special moments.

The fastest film I had used with my film cameras up until receiving the Q this morning has been ASA400 but at times I have been dropping it down to 200. Is it really important to demand ISO6400 clean images from your camera?

What do I think of this little digital Q then?

Its superb


The photos I've attached are from my first lunch hour with the camera today.

- I find it fast enough
- sharp enough
- and most of all covert for those candid moments

My street bag is now the ME Super for my film (which will be most preferential) and finally I think I have a digital "tool" that wont drag me down.

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ty everyone

How do I scan my images?

I scan everything at 3200DPI using digital ice

simples!

Local development and then I scan them myself

I try and keep things easy

Yes rob taken with the manual 50mm

i try and shoot 2.8 and expose the portra at 125

Taken with MZ-6 / 50mm 1.7 / Portra 160

Full Frame for a tenner

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I'll post more tonight

John

put simply yes i believe the film portra 160 gives these potraits the edge over digital. I love how it renders the colours. The blacks are actually black if you understand me. They have density. With my digital gear all the shots look the same tone and the tendency is to edit with the same white balance etc.


Yes pentaxoohile people do relax with the older cameras. im using the 50mm 1.7 remember and that means getting very close. Doesn't seem to bother the ladies with antiquated equipment. I've shot tlr cameras which really draws people in