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Comment by RobL posted on A few from the FA 15-30 at 07/09/2016 - 13:47
Couldn't resist the discount at SRS and the FA15-30 arrived today, so here are a few test shots. A bit of post processing but no cropping.
It's a bit of a beast and I'm going to need a larger camera bag! Comments welcome.
It's a bit of a beast and I'm going to need a larger camera bag! Comments welcome.
Comment by RobL posted on A few from the FA 15-30 at 06/09/2016 - 22:26
rodcy wrote:
My main reasons for tethering is for a check on my still life and portrait work. Not being able to tether is a serious disadvantage. I see that Nikon and Canon systems are available and to be honest if I had known that my photography was heading into this direction I would have given Pentax a miss when I upgraded my system a few years ago. I hear of pk tether working fine but I just can't get it working with my K5ii
I know it doesn't help your current setup but tethering with ImageSync on an iPad works a treat with models using wifi, and in one review I read it performs much better than the Nikon and Canon versions.My main reasons for tethering is for a check on my still life and portrait work. Not being able to tether is a serious disadvantage. I see that Nikon and Canon systems are available and to be honest if I had known that my photography was heading into this direction I would have given Pentax a miss when I upgraded my system a few years ago. I hear of pk tether working fine but I just can't get it working with my K5ii
This is a spoof, right? If RPS really rate this stuff then I have no interest in even being considered for membership. Reminds me of visits to The Photographers' Gallery in London, where I always come away depressed at the awful state of the world consistently portrayed there!
Comment by RobL posted on Your duds could be worth money! at 06/09/2016 - 17:00
McGregNi wrote:
Though not 'legacy' in the real sense, the Samyang manual focus options are a compelling choice for K1 users ..... perhaps not so much the longer ones (eg 85 / 135mm), but certainly the wider ones. I don't think manual focus is such a concern with wide angles, and the sort of landscape and architecture stuff I would be taking with them suits the manual focus approach anyway.
I'm thinking specifically of the 14mm, and now the new 24mm F3.5 Tilt Shift ..... this is something I would really be looking at when I get a K1, or K1 successor ...... link
With the 14mm, while for some subjects the distortions would prove too difficult, I imagine that with the high quality optical performance if offers, plus the resolution of the K1, it would be easily possible to happily crop into the images .... I mean frame wide, and crop to achieve field of views equivalent from 15mm through to about 18mm without significant quality loss .. ? (So its almost like having a 14-18mm zoom).
For me, I'm thinking now that I have a D FA 28-105, the 14mm plus 24 tilt shift would probably meed most needs.
I'm with you on the tilt/shift, it's been in my sights for a while now. There was one on special offer a while ago but I couldn't do it at the time so I live in hope of another sometime!Though not 'legacy' in the real sense, the Samyang manual focus options are a compelling choice for K1 users ..... perhaps not so much the longer ones (eg 85 / 135mm), but certainly the wider ones. I don't think manual focus is such a concern with wide angles, and the sort of landscape and architecture stuff I would be taking with them suits the manual focus approach anyway.
I'm thinking specifically of the 14mm, and now the new 24mm F3.5 Tilt Shift ..... this is something I would really be looking at when I get a K1, or K1 successor ...... link
With the 14mm, while for some subjects the distortions would prove too difficult, I imagine that with the high quality optical performance if offers, plus the resolution of the K1, it would be easily possible to happily crop into the images .... I mean frame wide, and crop to achieve field of views equivalent from 15mm through to about 18mm without significant quality loss .. ? (So its almost like having a 14-18mm zoom).
For me, I'm thinking now that I have a D FA 28-105, the 14mm plus 24 tilt shift would probably meed most needs.
Regarding lens distortion I was surprised how easy and effectively this can be done in Lightroom; it deals with the 10-17mm with no problems although there is loss from cropping.
Comment by RobL posted on Which legacy lenses for K1? at 05/09/2016 - 15:57
Yes it's a super image. I know the requirement was for b/w but I wonder what it would be like in colour?
Comment by RobL posted on Outdoor Photographer Magazine at 28/08/2016 - 18:32
K30pete wrote:
Thanks for all your replies guys, I finally have made up my mind and not going to get the K3. I don't think I will ever sell my K5IIs and the excellent DA300 but going to invest in another system. (Unless Pentax announces their answer to the D500 very soon:mrgreen.
I guess that would be the K1 - full frame I know but designed to write 42mp files but if you prefer you could always set it to cropped aps-c for smaller files, and you could use the DA 300 in both formats.Thanks for all your replies guys, I finally have made up my mind and not going to get the K3. I don't think I will ever sell my K5IIs and the excellent DA300 but going to invest in another system. (Unless Pentax announces their answer to the D500 very soon:mrgreen.
Comment by RobL posted on K5IIs and K3 Write speed. at 28/08/2016 - 18:15
Just followed Steve's Flickr link - I would recommend others do the same, an outstanding collection of images.
Comment by RobL posted on Milky Way in the Afan Valley at 28/08/2016 - 08:13
The other night my wife woke me at 4 am to say she had never seen the stars so bright through our window, and she was right. As I blearily peered out I thought now is the time to try the astrotracer but to my shame the thought of getting dressed and getting the kit all set up was too much and I rolled over back to sleep. So a double well done for your perseverance and congratulations on a brilliant shot!
Comment by RobL posted on Milky Way in the Afan Valley at 28/08/2016 - 07:39
Why didn't he prepare his presentation first? Keeps fidgeting with the camera to no purpose and making it up as he goes along. Looks a great camera but this guy is in the wrong job.
Comment by RobL posted on Pentax K70 reveiw at 27/08/2016 - 17:50
My local store is well stocked with bags and they have suggested I take everything in and see what works.