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Comment by SSF1957 posted on From the last week or so.... at 23/07/2025 - 18:25
The second image ( with the bright yellow k5 sign) really caught my eye, has a model like quality to it, almost like it should be in a Wallace & Grommit scene.
Pictures below show my Pentax Shift lens in all its glory (including at full shift) - Much less confusing than Astro!
Comment by SSF1957 posted on From the last week or so.... at 21/07/2025 - 17:14
The second image ( with the bright yellow k5 sign) really caught my eye, has a model like quality to it, almost like it should be in a Wallace & Grommit scene.
Comment by SSF1957 posted on From the last week or so.... at 21/07/2025 - 05:54
The second image ( with the bright yellow k5 sign) really caught my eye, has a model like quality to it, almost like it should be in a Wallace & Grommit scene.
Looks like you're getting the hang of this terrestrial photography thing .
Steve
Comment by SSF1957 posted on From the last week or so.... at 21/07/2025 - 05:36
Fruit wise we have had a good year in the garden as well,or so the blackbirds who ate most of a bumper crop of cherries 🍒 say!
Comment by SSF1957 posted on A selection from the back garden at 21/07/2025 - 05:24
Comment by SSF1957 posted on Evening Star. at 12/07/2025 - 13:00
Thanks Now SOLD
Comment by SSF1957 posted on For Sale: Pentax K-3 Prestige with the 18-55mm WR kit lens at 11/07/2025 - 16:29
The various right angled finders generally only fit M series cameras - they don't fit over a K series eyepiece. I have tried altering the mounts to fit (with a Dremel angle grinder, for example) and it is a nightmare! As to the tethering thingie, that which utilised the wifi card on an original K3 (FluCard) worked tolerably well but the hopeless wreckage of it that is used on a K1 (Image Sync) isn't even worth the download. That said, I look forward to someone mounting a realistic defense of it ??
Sorry for the negativity but that's what I have found to be so.
Mount it on the flash shoe, or a camera bracket, or a tripod.
Comment by SSF1957 posted on To buy or not to buy at 11/07/2025 - 14:31
To be honest astrophotography should be classed as a dark art...
Comment by SSF1957 posted on A surprise! at 06/07/2025 - 18:53
Aren't there spiders from Mars??
Steve
Comment by SSF1957 posted on A surprise! at 05/07/2025 - 17:54
So what is the idea behind that then?
Shift lenses allow you to change the perspective of an image, like eliminating converging vertical of horizontal lines in architectural images. Before you say it, yes you can do these things in post with most decent software, however, when you do that it results in a crop of the image which may well ruin the view / effect you were looking for.
Most large format or field cameras allow you to tilt and shift the lens.
You can use a shift lens in landscape to create a multi shot panorama without the need to change the cameras angle of view, just move the lens in relation to the focal plane.
It is just one of those quirky lenses that has always fascinated me. I did have the Samyang (15mm?) tilt / shift for a while but other than play I didn't really use it. The Pentax is a more useful focal length for me (28mm) and like a lot of their lenses from the early days of K mount is just beautifully engineered