Excellent range of shots there Gareth. Looks like the camera is working fine. The first one is an excellent reportage image, the last the sort of people-less scene I like to photograph. Great stuff.

Best wishes, Kris.

Pentax K-3iii, SMC Pentax "K" 28mm f/2 lens.



Jan 04: walking at sunset par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

I doubt anyone would find one for $60 now! The "bend the aperture lever back and forth until it snaps off" is a rather horrifying suggestion too.

Thank you all.

Lovely set. I like the tracks too.

BTW, does anyone know where the "Hollywood" nickname came from?

Hi folks.

We are putting in a separate bid for three "field kits" with K-3iiis, DA* 16-50s, cases, tripods etc.

This is for projects which require high resolution. Speed is not an issue (we are talking archaeology here, not sports). The sort of thing envisaged is high resolution recording of something prior to restoration, so it'll mainly be studio / museum environments, and the occasional outside job.

I am, therefore, after recommendations for which lenses to put into the bid. Purchase will be new, not second hand, and if we get the grant, the budget exists to cover a reasonable range of focal lengths.

Thanks, Kris.

I'll try and find it on the shelves. It is here somewhere, but there are a lot of boxes! Meanwhile, your name is on it.

Thanks, Kris.

I have been asked to put together a purchase list for a high-end camera set-up. I'm going to suggest a 645Z, but not having had one, I'm not sure which set of lenses to recommend. Ideally we want a set of lenses to cover wide to moderate telephoto plus a macro lens.

What do people recommend?

Thanks, Kris.

I went to Welwyn Garden City this morning, the town of my birth. In 2020 they were celebrating their centenary, celebrations that were somewhat disrupted as I'm sure you can guess. To mark the centenary, a statue of Sir Ebenezer Howard was commissioned, and recently erected in the town centre. Many moons ago, I attended The Howard School, long since demolished and turned into a housing estate.

Pentax K-3iii, SMC Pentax "K" 28mm f/2 lens.



Jan 02: Howard (1) par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity



Jan 02: Howard (2) par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity



Jan 02: Howard (3) par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

Best wishes, Kris.

Nice one Peter, just the sort of photo I like.