I had a little problem this morning while out shooting. I couldnt review the images on the rear screen of my K5ii. As there was some bright thing in the sky. We dont see too often in Manchester. So with the sun being so bright. I was struggling to check if the exposures I had,were correct. More so the depth of field was at the amount I needed in my portrait shots. Anyone any suggestions how to overcome this ? or should I just put a blanket over my head....lol

I wanted to shoot my lens wide open. f2.8. to obtain maximum Depth of field. Darken the exposuer back to something Normal using a variable ND filter. As I needed to keep the shutter speed at 1/180th to use a fill in flash...

Great captures.... I wonder did you take any with a Dslr... I would love to compare the difference to these and an APSC camera....?

Great to see someone experimenting with HSS... Decent results too... Though I feel the -1 stop background tip is a good one,,, Well done...!!

Nice images...No 4 would be my pick if I had to choose one..

You will notice a big difference in choice in flash units for Pentax. Compared with the choices for Canon. Especially in off camera control... (Very very limited choice) If your looking to save money then a manual system would be the way to go.. Something like the Yongnuo 560iii or mark iv with the TX560 trigger, Which gives you remote setting of the flash unit. Ideal for when placed inside a softbox.
For Pttl I would choose the Yongnuo YN585EX. theres no logic in using Pentax flashes these days as they are expensive.

Like it a lot......

all good...Love no 2.

All camera manufacturers are are feeling the pinch in the market caused by the mobile phone demand. But is the answer to treat the dslr market as a cash cow...? In the last 6 months Ricoh / Pentax Have raised the sale price of their flagship unit. The K1 25% in the uk, Nikon a similar 20% on the D810. It would be interesting to see if this market ploy has led to a drop off in demand...

Great set of images.. 5 for me is the stand out one.

Some people say that macro lenses are too sharp for portraiture. But I have used them with fabulous results...