Re: Enablement

[John Sessoms]

Yeah, well *IF* I could afford it, I wouldn't have mentioned it to you 
guys until AFTER I bought it


... like I did when the FA-600 f/4 popped up - which I also couldn't 
*really* afford, but it only took 2 years to pay off.


On 2/19/2023 12:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote:




On Feb 18, 2023, at 8:06 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:

FWIW, IF anyone is interested, KEH currently has a Pentax 400mm F/2.8 SMC A* ED 
IF Manual Focus Lens on offer.


$3522.44

https://www.keh.com/shop/pentax-smc-p-a-400mm-f2-8-ed-if-telephoto-lens.html



I lusted after this lens many years ago. I wish Pentax could offer something 
similar in an AF lens for full-frame.

I probably couldn't afford it if they did.


I can't even afford the manual focus.


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> On Feb 18, 2023, at 8:06 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> 
> FWIW, IF anyone is interested, KEH currently has a Pentax 400mm F/2.8 SMC A* 
> ED IF Manual Focus Lens on offer.

$3522.44

https://www.keh.com/shop/pentax-smc-p-a-400mm-f2-8-ed-if-telephoto-lens.html

> 
> I lusted after this lens many years ago. I wish Pentax could offer something 
> similar in an AF lens for full-frame.
> 
> I probably couldn't afford it if they did.

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Re: Enablement

[John Sessoms]

FWIW, IF anyone is interested, KEH currently has a Pentax 400mm F/2.8 
SMC A* ED IF Manual Focus Lens on offer.


I lusted after this lens many years ago. I wish Pentax could offer 
something similar in an AF lens for full-frame.


I probably couldn't afford it if they did.

On 2/18/2023 4:36 PM, Bill wrote:

On 2/18/2023 2:32 PM, Larry Colen wrote:



On Feb 18, 2023, at 12:30 PM, Bill  wrote:

That's not something I'm well known for, but I'll try real hard.

We'll settle for technically excellent crap.

That's more what I'm known for...

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Re: Enablement

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On 2/18/2023 2:32 PM, Larry Colen wrote:



On Feb 18, 2023, at 12:30 PM, Bill  wrote:

That's not something I'm well known for, but I'll try real hard.

We'll settle for technically excellent crap.

That's more what I'm known for...

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Re: Enablement

[ann sanfedele]

MARK!  oh wait... BRUCE!

ann

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On Feb 18, 2023, at 12:30 PM, Bill  wrote:

That's not something I'm well known for, but I'll try real hard.

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> On Feb 18, 2023, at 12:30 PM, Bill  wrote:
> 
> That's not something I'm well known for, but I'll try real hard.

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That's not something I'm well known for, but I'll try real hard.

bill

On 2/18/2023 2:21 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Sounds great!

We will anticipate some wonderful images.

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On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 3:08 PM Bill  wrote:


My poor old Fuji gear has been sitting bereft and alone ever since I
bought my K1 in 2016.
Unused, unloved, nearly forgotten, it sad in it's Domke bag with ever
increasing amounts of dust collecting on top.

Today I changed all that. My old XT-1 body has been supplanted by a
spiffy new XT-5 and it's 40mp of X-Trans goodness.

So far it seems nice.

That's all for now.

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We will anticipate some wonderful images.

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On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 3:08 PM Bill  wrote:

> My poor old Fuji gear has been sitting bereft and alone ever since I
> bought my K1 in 2016.
> Unused, unloved, nearly forgotten, it sad in it's Domke bag with ever
> increasing amounts of dust collecting on top.
>
> Today I changed all that. My old XT-1 body has been supplanted by a
> spiffy new XT-5 and it's 40mp of X-Trans goodness.
>
> So far it seems nice.
>
> That's all for now.
>
> bill
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Re: Enablement! New Monitor!

[P. J. Alling]

Yes, it's a very nice monitor.

On 7/20/2021 3:17 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Am 20.07.21 um 19:45 schrieb P. J. Alling:

It's a Philips 276E9QDSB/27, 124% RGB, wide viewing angles, plug and
play on Windows 7.


What a difference a screen makes... :-)

Had the same experience last year.

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Re: Enablement! New Monitor!

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Am 20.07.21 um 19:45 schrieb P. J. Alling:

It's a Philips 276E9QDSB/27, 124% RGB, wide viewing angles, plug and
play on Windows 7.


What a difference a screen makes... :-)

Had the same experience last year.

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Re: Enablement (and PESO)

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Alan is correct about my K5. I also have no complaints about the AF.

One thing that I have done with each of my camera purchases (Super Program, 
istD, K10D, K20D, K7, K5, a K50 for my daughter and a K70 for my wife) is 
waiting to order until at least a year after introduction, so that most of the 
bugs have been squashed.

Rick

> On Mar 15, 2021, at 10:28 AM, Bill  wrote:
> 
> On 3/15/2021 8:06 AM, Alan C wrote:
>> My K5 (ex Mark Cassino) is just great & hasn't given any problems. I'm sure 
>> Rick Womer feels the same. No buttons have fallen off & the AF is excellent. 
>> However, I believe there were some dicey K5's sold at the end of the Hoya 
>> era.
> 
> Sure, I hear that a lot from K5 owners who haven't been subjected to the 
> horrors that the K5 was prone to. It seems people just want to be in denial 
> and discount the very real problems that the K5 had.
> Pretty much all the K5s that Hoya made came with built in problems that 
> affected a very high percentage of cameras. Ricoh couldn't fix all of them 
> because there were irreparable design flaws within the camera, hence the K5II 
> and K5IIs. The IIs had no AA filter.
> 
> My K5 didn't have the sensor spots, or the falling off buttons or the dials 
> that inexplicably stopped working, or the mirror overrun, or the (I believe 
> related) mirror lock, but it did have AF that was so unreliable as to render 
> the feature useless. Hoya put out several firmware updates designed to fix 
> the AF issue, none of which did any good. Eventually, they just lost interest 
> in trying to fix the bodge that they had created and decided that ignoring 
> the problems would make them go away.
> 
> The K5 was one of the major reasons I invested heavily into the Fuji X 
> system. I decided that I needed a camera that worked.
> 
> bill
> 
>> Alan C
>> On 15-Mar-21 03:53 PM, Bill wrote:
>>> The K5II is what the K5 should have been, had there been adults in the 
>>> room. It seems to have solved all of the niggly K5 problems that were not 
>>> resolved during production, such as buttons falling off and the AF being as 
>>> reliable as a 10 year old Skoda.
>>> It is a big jump from the K10, enjoy it.
>>> 
>>> bill
>>> 
>>> On 3/15/2021 1:28 AM, David Mann wrote:
 It's been a long time since I bought anything photographic but I recently 
 found a used K5ii at a reasonable price, and it arrived today.  This is a 
 big upgrade from my K10D.
 
 I went outside and took a couple of photos just after my daughter went to 
 bed but the light was getting a bit low.  No problem, I can crank up the 
 ISO :)
 
 This was taken with the FA*200mm f/2.8 at 6400ISO, 1/125 at f/5.0 
 handheld, very much reliant on shake reduction.
 
 http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1096/#peso
 
 I'll check whether it's on the latest firmware soon.  To their credit, 
 Ricoh's website made the manual and firmware very easy to find.
 
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Re: Enablement (and PESO)

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Lovely image!

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On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 3:29 AM David Mann  wrote:

> It's been a long time since I bought anything photographic but I recently
> found a used K5ii at a reasonable price, and it arrived today.  This is a
> big upgrade from my K10D.
>
> I went outside and took a couple of photos just after my daughter went to
> bed but the light was getting a bit low.  No problem, I can crank up the
> ISO :)
>
> This was taken with the FA*200mm f/2.8 at 6400ISO, 1/125 at f/5.0
> handheld, very much reliant on shake reduction.
>
> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1096/#peso
>
> I'll check whether it's on the latest firmware soon.  To their credit,
> Ricoh's website made the manual and firmware very easy to find.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
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Re: Enablement (and PESO)

[P. J. Alling]

It is what Mike Johnston, and I seldom agree with Mike Johnston, would 
call a camera at the point of "sufficiency".   Which is one of the 
things that are killing the Photo equipment manufacturing industry.  
It's got more resolution than most people need, more dynamic range than 
most people understand, decent though not spectacular auto focus and a 
solid build that feels good in the hand.  The biggest competitor to a 
manufactures new camera is that manufactures product from two too three 
generations back, and with digital gear the price drop is nothing short 
of stupefying over a couple of generations.  Oh, and a really decent 
viewfinder.


On 3/15/2021 4:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote:



On Mar 15, 2021, at 12:28 AM, David Mann  wrote:

It's been a long time since I bought anything photographic but I recently found 
a used K5ii at a reasonable price, and it arrived today.  This is a big upgrade 
from my K10D.

yes, the K-5 was the first Pentax body that I owned which I felt the sensor 
performance was over the threshold of “good enough that I would only *want* 
rather than *need* to upgrade.

I went outside and took a couple of photos just after my daughter went to bed 
but the light was getting a bit low.  No problem, I can crank up the ISO :)

This was taken with the FA*200mm f/2.8 at 6400ISO, 1/125 at f/5.0 handheld, 
very much reliant on shake reduction.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1096/#peso

Very nice photo.


I'll check whether it's on the latest firmware soon.  To their credit, Ricoh's 
website made the manual and firmware very easy to find.

Cheers,
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Re: Enablement (and PESO)

[Bill]

On 3/15/2021 8:06 AM, Alan C wrote:
My K5 (ex Mark Cassino) is just great & hasn't given any problems. I'm 
sure Rick Womer feels the same. No buttons have fallen off & the AF is 
excellent. However, I believe there were some dicey K5's sold at the end 
of the Hoya era.


Sure, I hear that a lot from K5 owners who haven't been subjected to the 
horrors that the K5 was prone to. It seems people just want to be in 
denial and discount the very real problems that the K5 had.
Pretty much all the K5s that Hoya made came with built in problems that 
affected a very high percentage of cameras. Ricoh couldn't fix all of 
them because there were irreparable design flaws within the camera, 
hence the K5II and K5IIs. The IIs had no AA filter.


My K5 didn't have the sensor spots, or the falling off buttons or the 
dials that inexplicably stopped working, or the mirror overrun, or the 
(I believe related) mirror lock, but it did have AF that was so 
unreliable as to render the feature useless. Hoya put out several 
firmware updates designed to fix the AF issue, none of which did any 
good. Eventually, they just lost interest in trying to fix the bodge 
that they had created and decided that ignoring the problems would make 
them go away.


The K5 was one of the major reasons I invested heavily into the Fuji X 
system. I decided that I needed a camera that worked.


bill



Alan C

On 15-Mar-21 03:53 PM, Bill wrote:
The K5II is what the K5 should have been, had there been adults in the 
room. It seems to have solved all of the niggly K5 problems that were 
not resolved during production, such as buttons falling off and the AF 
being as reliable as a 10 year old Skoda.

It is a big jump from the K10, enjoy it.

bill

On 3/15/2021 1:28 AM, David Mann wrote:
It's been a long time since I bought anything photographic but I 
recently found a used K5ii at a reasonable price, and it arrived 
today.  This is a big upgrade from my K10D.


I went outside and took a couple of photos just after my daughter 
went to bed but the light was getting a bit low.  No problem, I can 
crank up the ISO :)


This was taken with the FA*200mm f/2.8 at 6400ISO, 1/125 at f/5.0 
handheld, very much reliant on shake reduction.


http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1096/#peso

I'll check whether it's on the latest firmware soon.  To their 
credit, Ricoh's website made the manual and firmware very easy to find.


Cheers,
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[Alan C]

My K5 (ex Mark Cassino) is just great & hasn't given any problems. I'm 
sure Rick Womer feels the same. No buttons have fallen off & the AF is 
excellent. However, I believe there were some dicey K5's sold at the end 
of the Hoya era.


Alan C

On 15-Mar-21 03:53 PM, Bill wrote:
The K5II is what the K5 should have been, had there been adults in the 
room. It seems to have solved all of the niggly K5 problems that were 
not resolved during production, such as buttons falling off and the AF 
being as reliable as a 10 year old Skoda.

It is a big jump from the K10, enjoy it.

bill

On 3/15/2021 1:28 AM, David Mann wrote:
It's been a long time since I bought anything photographic but I 
recently found a used K5ii at a reasonable price, and it arrived 
today.  This is a big upgrade from my K10D.


I went outside and took a couple of photos just after my daughter 
went to bed but the light was getting a bit low.  No problem, I can 
crank up the ISO :)


This was taken with the FA*200mm f/2.8 at 6400ISO, 1/125 at f/5.0 
handheld, very much reliant on shake reduction.


http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1096/#peso

I'll check whether it's on the latest firmware soon.  To their 
credit, Ricoh's website made the manual and firmware very easy to find.


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Re: Enablement (and PESO)

[Bill]

The K5II is what the K5 should have been, had there been adults in the 
room. It seems to have solved all of the niggly K5 problems that were 
not resolved during production, such as buttons falling off and the AF 
being as reliable as a 10 year old Skoda.

It is a big jump from the K10, enjoy it.

bill

On 3/15/2021 1:28 AM, David Mann wrote:

It's been a long time since I bought anything photographic but I recently found 
a used K5ii at a reasonable price, and it arrived today.  This is a big upgrade 
from my K10D.

I went outside and took a couple of photos just after my daughter went to bed 
but the light was getting a bit low.  No problem, I can crank up the ISO :)

This was taken with the FA*200mm f/2.8 at 6400ISO, 1/125 at f/5.0 handheld, 
very much reliant on shake reduction.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1096/#peso

I'll check whether it's on the latest firmware soon.  To their credit, Ricoh's 
website made the manual and firmware very easy to find.

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Re: Enablement (and PESO)

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> On Mar 15, 2021, at 12:28 AM, David Mann  wrote:
> 
> It's been a long time since I bought anything photographic but I recently 
> found a used K5ii at a reasonable price, and it arrived today.  This is a big 
> upgrade from my K10D.

yes, the K-5 was the first Pentax body that I owned which I felt the sensor 
performance was over the threshold of “good enough that I would only *want* 
rather than *need* to upgrade.
> 
> I went outside and took a couple of photos just after my daughter went to bed 
> but the light was getting a bit low.  No problem, I can crank up the ISO :)
> 
> This was taken with the FA*200mm f/2.8 at 6400ISO, 1/125 at f/5.0 handheld, 
> very much reliant on shake reduction.
> 
> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1096/#peso

Very nice photo.

> 
> I'll check whether it's on the latest firmware soon.  To their credit, 
> Ricoh's website made the manual and firmware very easy to find.
> 
> Cheers,
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Re: Enablement!

[Paul Stenquist]

I have a Pentax 12-24 that I will gladly part with.

Paul

> On Dec 3, 2020, at 6:11 PM, P. J. Alling  wrote:
> 
> I did a little research before buying and Sigma seems to have made a number 
> of similar lenses.  It looks like at least two slightly different variable 
> aperture versions from f4.0~5.6, though the only real information available 
> is on the latest one with the HSM focus motor, and the f3.5 constant aperture 
> version that I picked up.
> 
> It seems to be the best optically based on the reviews I've read, and based 
> on the pluses and minuses, probably better than the other 3rd party variable 
> aperture APS-c ultra wide zooms in the range from 10mm to 2Xmm, maybe even 
> better than the low end Nikon and Canon offerings.
> 
> So far I haven't shot anything except stupid tests.
> 
> I went out for a Drive to scenic Stonington CT., but didn't see anything I 
> wanted to get out of the car for, I can't say it's real cold here, but it 
> isn't exactly warm either...
> 
>> On 12/3/2020 2:48 PM, John wrote:
>> I have that lens. I think I have that lens - there were two versions, an f/4 
>> & an f/3.5 - f/4, but I think they're both really f/4. I don't know which 
>> "version" I have.
>> 
>> It was part of a deal where I got the 10-20mm, a 35mm f/1.4 and the "Bigma" 
>> all used for $1K.
>> 
>> It's a VERY wide angle of view at 10mm (110° IIRC).
>> 
>>> On 12/2/2020 17:37:42, P. J. Alling wrote:
>>> Fun fact, Thunderbird wants to correct Enablement to Enfeeblement, could be 
>>> more right than I want to admit.
>>> 
>>> Back to my original point.  I just received my "new", refurbished actually, 
>>> Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 from KEH.com along with a Pentax silver (MZ/ZX), strap, 
>>> with snap pockets, which are just the right size for SD cards.  Both are 
>>> now proudly on my K-3.  It's a late birthday present early Christmas 
>>> present to myself.
>>> 
>>> I'll post a mini review after I have a chance to play with it a bit.
>>> 
>>> However, my first impression is pretty favorable.  This lens is one fat 
>>> stubby little sucker.  The finish is typical Sigma, feels solid in the 
>>> hand, rubberized everywhere,  focus and zoom rings are well damped, there 
>>> are no hard stops on the focus ring.
>>> 
>>> Just off the bat, it would be nice if there was a mark on the zoom ring 
>>> where the lens is at it's minimum physical length since that's somewhere 
>>> between the 17mm and 14mm focal length marks.
>>> 
>>> I've fired a couple of shots using the K-3 just to see if everything is 
>>> working correctly and it seems to be.
>>> 
>>> So why didn't I get the Pentax DA* 11-18 f2.8 or Pentax DA 12-24 f4.0? Well 
>>> price of  course in the case of the former.  The KEH.com refurbished Sigma 
>>> was Less than a quarter the cost. The 12-24 has now become difficult to 
>>> find, and the price for a "New" Sigma lens was outstanding so  I have a new 
>>> adventure.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Enablement!

[P. J. Alling]

I did a little research before buying and Sigma seems to have made a 
number of similar lenses.  It looks like at least two slightly different 
variable aperture versions from f4.0~5.6, though the only real 
information available is on the latest one with the HSM focus motor, and 
the f3.5 constant aperture version that I picked up.


It seems to be the best optically based on the reviews I've read, and 
based on the pluses and minuses, probably better than the other 3rd 
party variable aperture APS-c ultra wide zooms in the range from 10mm to 
2Xmm, maybe even better than the low end Nikon and Canon offerings.


So far I haven't shot anything except stupid tests.

I went out for a Drive to scenic Stonington CT., but didn't see anything 
I wanted to get out of the car for, I can't say it's real cold here, but 
it isn't exactly warm either...


On 12/3/2020 2:48 PM, John wrote:
I have that lens. I think I have that lens - there were two versions, 
an f/4 & an f/3.5 - f/4, but I think they're both really f/4. I don't 
know which "version" I have.


It was part of a deal where I got the 10-20mm, a 35mm f/1.4 and the 
"Bigma" all used for $1K.


It's a VERY wide angle of view at 10mm (110° IIRC).

On 12/2/2020 17:37:42, P. J. Alling wrote:
Fun fact, Thunderbird wants to correct Enablement to Enfeeblement, 
could be more right than I want to admit.


Back to my original point.  I just received my "new", refurbished 
actually, Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 from KEH.com along with a Pentax silver 
(MZ/ZX), strap, with snap pockets, which are just the right size for 
SD cards.  Both are now proudly on my K-3.  It's a late birthday 
present early Christmas present to myself.


I'll post a mini review after I have a chance to play with it a bit.

However, my first impression is pretty favorable.  This lens is one 
fat stubby little sucker.  The finish is typical Sigma, feels solid 
in the hand, rubberized everywhere,  focus and zoom rings are well 
damped, there are no hard stops on the focus ring.


Just off the bat, it would be nice if there was a mark on the zoom 
ring where the lens is at it's minimum physical length since that's 
somewhere between the 17mm and 14mm focal length marks.


I've fired a couple of shots using the K-3 just to see if everything 
is working correctly and it seems to be.


So why didn't I get the Pentax DA* 11-18 f2.8 or Pentax DA 12-24 
f4.0? Well price of  course in the case of the former.  The KEH.com 
refurbished Sigma was Less than a quarter the cost. The 12-24 has now 
become difficult to find, and the price for a "New" Sigma lens was 
outstanding so  I have a new adventure.






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Re: Enablement!

[John]

On 12/2/2020 17:37:42, P. J. Alling wrote:
Fun fact, Thunderbird wants to correct Enablement to Enfeeblement, could be more 
right than I want to admit.




PS: You don't want to know what Thunderbird thinks some of the names on this 
list should be.



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Re: Enablement!

[John]

I have that lens. I think I have that lens - there were two versions, an f/4 & 
an f/3.5 - f/4, but I think they're both really f/4. I don't know which 
"version" I have.


It was part of a deal where I got the 10-20mm, a 35mm f/1.4 and the "Bigma" all 
used for $1K.


It's a VERY wide angle of view at 10mm (110° IIRC).

On 12/2/2020 17:37:42, P. J. Alling wrote:
Fun fact, Thunderbird wants to correct Enablement to Enfeeblement, could be more 
right than I want to admit.


Back to my original point.  I just received my "new", refurbished actually, 
Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 from KEH.com along with a Pentax silver (MZ/ZX), strap, with 
snap pockets, which are just the right size for SD cards.  Both are now proudly 
on my K-3.  It's a late birthday present early Christmas present to myself.


I'll post a mini review after I have a chance to play with it a bit.

However, my first impression is pretty favorable.  This lens is one fat stubby 
little sucker.  The finish is typical Sigma, feels solid in the hand, rubberized 
everywhere,  focus and zoom rings are well damped, there are no hard stops on 
the focus ring.


Just off the bat, it would be nice if there was a mark on the zoom ring where 
the lens is at it's minimum physical length since that's somewhere between the 
17mm and 14mm focal length marks.


I've fired a couple of shots using the K-3 just to see if everything is working 
correctly and it seems to be.


So why didn't I get the Pentax DA* 11-18 f2.8 or Pentax DA 12-24 f4.0? Well 
price of  course in the case of the former.  The KEH.com refurbished Sigma was 
Less than a quarter the cost.   The 12-24 has now become difficult to find, and 
the price for a "New" Sigma lens was outstanding so  I have a new adventure.





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Re: Enablement!

[Ralf R Radermacher]

Am 02.12.20 um 23:37 schrieb P. J. Alling:


Back to my original point.  I just received my "new", refurbished
actually, Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 from KEH.com


I have the slightly slower version for a number of years and I'm still
quite fond of it.

Coincidentally, I've just posted a photo taken with it on fotocommunity,
earlier tonight.

https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/baelskaai-fotoralfbe/44603350


So why didn't I get the Pentax DA* 11-18 f2.8 or Pentax DA 12-24 f4.0?


I was before the same dilemma at the time, well for me it was the Pentax
12-24 mm. A search for my usual kind of night shots taken with the
Pentax lens on various sites revealed some strong tendency to flare
around spotlights etc. so the Sigma lens won out and I've never looked back.

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Re: Enablement, (does anyone else miss these threads...)

[Larry Colen]

> On Apr 13, 2020, at 10:09 AM, P. J. Alling  wrote:
> 
> So I've finally pulled the trigger on a K-3.  KEH had one in bargain, (or as 
> anyone else would say Ex+, and I say this on having bought a "bargain" K-5II 
> from them, which not only still had the new camera smell, but had less than 
> 3000 shutter actuations),  condition.  Plus now I'll no longer have to be 
> charging two different kinds of batteries.

Congratulations.

> 
> They sent me a coupon code for 10% off, and my K20D really needs to retire as 
> backup, the poor thing is really in bad shape.

The K-3 is an incremental improvement on the K-5, and a major improvement on 
the K-20.  

> 
> So now I've joined the almost 24mp club.  Maybe I'll be able to do some 
> photography worthy of it.
> 
> P.S.  There are also a plethora of new accessories to not be able to afford.

You should have gotten a K-1, then there would be a plethora of lenses you 
can’t afford as well.


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Re: Enablement, (does anyone else miss these threads...)

[John]

Cool.

I miss being able to go out and USE my last "enablement", but I have hopes that 
someday ...


On 4/13/2020 13:09:23, P. J. Alling wrote:
So I've finally pulled the trigger on a K-3.  KEH had one in bargain, (or as 
anyone else would say Ex+, and I say this on having bought a "bargain" K-5II 
from them, which not only still had the new camera smell, but had less than 3000 
shutter actuations),  condition.  Plus now I'll no longer have to be charging 
two different kinds of batteries.


They sent me a coupon code for 10% off, and my K20D really needs to retire as 
backup, the poor thing is really in bad shape.


So now I've joined the almost 24mp club.  Maybe I'll be able to do some 
photography worthy of it.


P.S.  There are also a plethora of new accessories to not be able to afford.




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[Bulent Celasun]

Happy playing with that

I ilke my K3 so much because it cured my DSLR-acquision-syndrome.

Let's if it will help you in that regard.

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P. J. Alling , 13 Nis 2020 Pzt, 20:10
tarihinde şunu yazdı:
>
> So I've finally pulled the trigger on a K-3.  KEH had one in bargain,
> (or as anyone else would say Ex+, and I say this on having bought a
> "bargain" K-5II from them, which not only still had the new camera
> smell, but had less than 3000 shutter actuations),  condition.  Plus now
> I'll no longer have to be charging two different kinds of batteries.
>
> They sent me a coupon code for 10% off, and my K20D really needs to
> retire as backup, the poor thing is really in bad shape.
>
> So now I've joined the almost 24mp club.  Maybe I'll be able to do some
> photography worthy of it.
>
> P.S.  There are also a plethora of new accessories to not be able to
> afford.
>
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Re: enablement

[Subash Jeyan]

On Wed, 3 Oct 2018 12:49:24 -0400
"P. J. Alling"  wrote:

> 

that was instructive. i don't think i'll have the stomach for it...


> I wouldn't say I've had bad luck with the lens, anyone who's seen my 
> equipment knows I don't baby it, (though in the case of the 70-210mm
> my current version looks very nice, I've been a lot more careful with
> it), the biggest problem is a lot of parts are now made of
> unobtainum, and while the outside of the lens is very robust metal or
> plastic covered metal in many cases, (though there are a lot of
> purely plastic parts), simple vibration over time, will cause some of
> the interior screws to work loose and get into places where they can
> wreak further havoc beyond the original issue of the screw coming
> loose.
> 
> The information brush is especially fragile, and is easily damaged by
> at least two different basic failures, mostly because the first
> inkling that there's something wrong with the lens is the zoom ring
> going beyond it's limits, which mangles the brush.
> 
> Once that's happened you'll have to fabricate your own brush as no 
> repairman I know of will do it for you, they don't have the tools and 
> won't improvise beyond a certain point, for fear of being blamed for 
> further problems later, and well the lens just not having that high a 
> resale value to make it worth trying to replicate such a delicate
> part.
> 
> In case you're curious, part of my information comes from partially 
> disassembling one of my lenses on my own*, part comes from the 
> information I got through email conversation with the tech who fixed
> my second lens, and part from this page
> 
> 
> 
> by a former member of this group, unfortunately now deceased, stored
> in the wayback machine.
> 
> *This not to blow my own horn by the way, I got to a point where I
> found the mangled brush and realized that I'd get no further without
> jigs and tools I just didn't have and were beyond my poor skills to
> synthesize. A shame really as the first lens was the best optically
> of the three, second being the worst, but not my much and the current
> one being somewhere between the other two, (ah, sample variation
> strikes again).
> 
> On 10/2/2018 9:00 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote:
> > i sure hope i have better luck with the lens than you've had. it
> > didn't cost much so, fingers crossed, i think it's a bargain on the
> > whole...
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 15:20:38 -0400
> > "P. J. Alling"  wrote:
> >  
> >> I've owned three of them, the biggest problem is they are getting
> >> old, first sold with the SF series bodies, (1984ish), first
> >> "successful" Pentax auto focus system.
> >>
> >> There are a number of points of failure that become more likely as
> >> the lens ages.   \
> >>
> >> The problem is that the replacement parts are all from donor lenses
> >> which have the same wear.
> >>
> >> Don't get me wrong I love the lens, but of the three I own, one is
> >> in pieces for parts to repair the second which is now jammed,
> >> which I didn't try to get repaired because I was able to buy the
> >> third, for less than the cost of the repair and shipping.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/2/2018 10:42 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote:  
> >>> i've just got myself an F 70-210 f4-5.6, though it'd actually be
> >>> two weeks before i get my hands on it. the reviews of the lens on
> >>> the PF were pretty good and i was curious about the images taken
> >>> with the lens. so i went to PPG to have a look. most of the
> >>> images for that lens in PPG seems to have been taken by Ken
> >>> Waller. indeed, the first 15 images or so were his. superb stuff.
> >>> recognised a few other names from the list too.
> >>>
> >>> i am glad i bought this lens though it doesn't necessary follow
> >>> that the images i make will be half as good. i was planning to
> >>> take the DA 55-300 on my trek in the himalayas next month but
> >>> wondering if i should take this lens instead (coupled with the
> >>> sigma 17-50/2.8).
> >>>
> >>> here is the PPG link for this lens if anyone else is interested:
> >>>
> >>> https://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=930  
> 


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Re: enablement

[P. J. Alling]

I wouldn't say I've had bad luck with the lens, anyone who's seen my 
equipment knows I don't baby it, (though in the case of the 70-210mm my 
current version looks very nice, I've been a lot more careful with it), 
the biggest problem is a lot of parts are now made of unobtainum, and 
while the outside of the lens is very robust metal or plastic covered 
metal in many cases, (though there are a lot of purely plastic parts), 
simple vibration over time, will cause some of the interior screws to 
work loose and get into places where they can wreak further havoc beyond 
the original issue of the screw coming loose.


The information brush is especially fragile, and is easily damaged by at 
least two different basic failures, mostly because the first inkling 
that there's something wrong with the lens is the zoom ring going beyond 
it's limits, which mangles the brush.


Once that's happened you'll have to fabricate your own brush as no 
repairman I know of will do it for you, they don't have the tools and 
won't improvise beyond a certain point, for fear of being blamed for 
further problems later, and well the lens just not having that high a 
resale value to make it worth trying to replicate such a delicate part.


In case you're curious, part of my information comes from partially 
disassembling one of my lenses on my own*, part comes from the 
information I got through email conversation with the tech who fixed my 
second lens, and part from this page




by a former member of this group, unfortunately now deceased, stored in 
the wayback machine.


*This not to blow my own horn by the way, I got to a point where I found 
the mangled brush and realized that I'd get no further without jigs and 
tools I just didn't have and were beyond my poor skills to synthesize.  
A shame really as the first lens was the best optically of the three, 
second being the worst, but not my much and the current one being 
somewhere between the other two, (ah, sample variation strikes again).


On 10/2/2018 9:00 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote:

i sure hope i have better luck with the lens than you've had. it didn't
cost much so, fingers crossed, i think it's a bargain on the whole...


On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 15:20:38 -0400
"P. J. Alling"  wrote:


I've owned three of them, the biggest problem is they are getting
old, first sold with the SF series bodies, (1984ish), first
"successful" Pentax auto focus system.

There are a number of points of failure that become more likely as
the lens ages.   \

The problem is that the replacement parts are all from donor lenses
which have the same wear.

Don't get me wrong I love the lens, but of the three I own, one is in
pieces for parts to repair the second which is now jammed, which I
didn't try to get repaired because I was able to buy the third, for
less than the cost of the repair and shipping.


On 10/2/2018 10:42 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote:

i've just got myself an F 70-210 f4-5.6, though it'd actually be two
weeks before i get my hands on it. the reviews of the lens on the PF
were pretty good and i was curious about the images taken with the
lens. so i went to PPG to have a look. most of the images for that
lens in PPG seems to have been taken by Ken Waller. indeed, the
first 15 images or so were his. superb stuff. recognised a few
other names from the list too.

i am glad i bought this lens though it doesn't necessary follow that
the images i make will be half as good. i was planning to take the
DA 55-300 on my trek in the himalayas next month but wondering if i
should take this lens instead (coupled with the sigma 17-50/2.8).

here is the PPG link for this lens if anyone else is interested:

https://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=930


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Re: enablement

[Subash Jeyan]

all 48 of them stunning. i am looking forward to the lens.


On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 14:17:37 -0400
"Ken Waller"  wrote:

> I've had the lens for over 29 years and it has never let me down.
> Probably my most used lens or right up there.
> I enjoy the relative small size and light weight. Biggest no like is
> the external focusing which conflicts with the use of a polarizer,
> but that's easily overcome by rotating the polarizer after focusing.
> Actually I counted 48 of the total 84 images were mine.
> 
> Kenneth Waller
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Subash Jeyan" 
> Subject: enablement
> 
> 
> > i've just got myself an F 70-210 f4-5.6, though it'd actually be two
> > weeks before i get my hands on it. the reviews of the lens on the PF
> > were pretty good and i was curious about the images taken with the
> > lens. so i went to PPG to have a look. most of the images for that
> > lens in PPG seems to have been taken by Ken Waller. indeed, the
> > first 15 images or so were his. superb stuff. recognised a few
> > other names from the list too.
> >
> > i am glad i bought this lens though it doesn't necessary follow that
> > the images i make will be half as good. i was planning to take the
> > DA 55-300 on my trek in the himalayas next month but wondering if i
> > should take this lens instead (coupled with the sigma 17-50/2.8).
> >
> > here is the PPG link for this lens if anyone else is interested:
> >
> > https://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=930


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[Subash Jeyan]

Yes, i saw that shot in the PPG too... i guess i'll be shooting quite a
lot when i get it because it is a "new" lens but i'll decide nearer to
the trek whether i should take it or the 55-300. expecting to do some
birding on the trek so i suspect it'll be the 55-300. 

thanks for your inputs, Igor.


On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 13:37:21 -0400 (EDT)
Igor PDML-StR  wrote:

> Subash,
> 
> I also have that lens. I've purchased it some 15 years ago, while
> looking for a better tele-zoom, to replace my Tamron 70-300, while
> still being on a limited budget. I bought it from eBay for a bit
> higher than I should have, but it was a moment when they seemed to
> have been disappearing.
> 
> It's a fine lens, and I've done a few good shots with it.
> (As a matter of fact, I believe the "cover" shot on my photo website
> was done with that lens: http://42graphy.org/  Heh! it shows up on
> PPG - from that link that you've sent)
> However, for some reason, I didn't fell in love with that lens, as
> much as I liked 60-250/2.8, which I purchased several years later,
> when I had a larger budget.
> 
> I still have that lens sitting on the shelf, but it's been ages since 
> I've used it.
> Soon after purchasing that F 70-210, I bought the first version of 
> Tamron's super-zoom (18-250) (shortly as it came on the market around 
> 2007) which I had used as a travel zoom for several years.
> The rendering of F 70-210 was good, but the focal length was a bit
> short for my needs on the tele side.
> And that lens was not faster than the Tamron zoom. I think those were 
> the factors I haven't used F 70-210 as much.
> 
> Yet, I was reluctant to get rid of it.
> 
> 
> I hope you will enjoy your new lens! Post back your results and 
> impressions, once you get to use that lens.
> 
> Igor
> 
> 
> Subash Jeyan Tue, 02 Oct 2018 07:43:25 -0700 wrote:
> 
> i've just got myself an F 70-210 f4-5.6, though it'd actually be two
> weeks before i get my hands on it. the reviews of the lens on the PF
> were pretty good and i was curious about the images taken with the
> lens. so i went to PPG to have a look. most of the images for that
> lens in PPG seems to have been taken by Ken Waller. indeed, the first
> 15 images or so were his. superb stuff. recognised a few other names
> from the list too.
> 
> 
> i am glad i bought this lens though it doesn't necessary follow that
> the images i make will be half as good. i was planning to take the DA
> 55-300 on my trek in the himalayas next month but wondering if i
> should take this lens instead (coupled with the sigma 17-50/2.8).
> 
> here is the PPG link for this lens if anyone else is interested:
> 
> https://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=930
> 
> 
> subash
> 


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Re: enablement

[Subash Jeyan]

i sure hope i have better luck with the lens than you've had. it didn't
cost much so, fingers crossed, i think it's a bargain on the whole...


On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 15:20:38 -0400
"P. J. Alling"  wrote:

> I've owned three of them, the biggest problem is they are getting
> old, first sold with the SF series bodies, (1984ish), first
> "successful" Pentax auto focus system.
> 
> There are a number of points of failure that become more likely as
> the lens ages.   \
> 
> The problem is that the replacement parts are all from donor lenses 
> which have the same wear.
> 
> Don't get me wrong I love the lens, but of the three I own, one is in 
> pieces for parts to repair the second which is now jammed, which I 
> didn't try to get repaired because I was able to buy the third, for
> less than the cost of the repair and shipping.
> 
> 
> On 10/2/2018 10:42 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote:
> > i've just got myself an F 70-210 f4-5.6, though it'd actually be two
> > weeks before i get my hands on it. the reviews of the lens on the PF
> > were pretty good and i was curious about the images taken with the
> > lens. so i went to PPG to have a look. most of the images for that
> > lens in PPG seems to have been taken by Ken Waller. indeed, the
> > first 15 images or so were his. superb stuff. recognised a few
> > other names from the list too.
> >
> > i am glad i bought this lens though it doesn't necessary follow that
> > the images i make will be half as good. i was planning to take the
> > DA 55-300 on my trek in the himalayas next month but wondering if i
> > should take this lens instead (coupled with the sigma 17-50/2.8).
> >
> > here is the PPG link for this lens if anyone else is interested:
> >
> > https://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=930

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Re: enablement

[Subash Jeyan]

thanks Alan. because i expect to do some birding too, i think i'll take
the 55-300. but i look forward to the lens nevertheless.


On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 20:05:20 +0200
Alan C  wrote:

> Subash, I still have one from film days & I must say it's pretty
> good. However, I prefer my HD 55-300  (greater range & even better)
> so my poor F 70-210 hardly sees the light of day.
> 
> Alan C.
> 
> On 02-Oct-18 04:42 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote:
> > i've just got myself an F 70-210 f4-5.6, though it'd actually be two
> > weeks before i get my hands on it. the reviews of the lens on the PF
> > were pretty good and i was curious about the images taken with the
> > lens. so i went to PPG to have a look. most of the images for that
> > lens in PPG seems to have been taken by Ken Waller. indeed, the
> > first 15 images or so were his. superb stuff. recognised a few
> > other names from the list too.
> >
> > i am glad i bought this lens though it doesn't necessary follow that
> > the images i make will be half as good. i was planning to take the
> > DA 55-300 on my trek in the himalayas next month but wondering if i
> > should take this lens instead (coupled with the sigma 17-50/2.8).
> >
> > here is the PPG link for this lens if anyone else is interested:
> >
> > https://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=930

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Re: enablement

[P. J. Alling]

I've owned three of them, the biggest problem is they are getting old, 
first sold with the SF series bodies, (1984ish), first "successful" 
Pentax auto focus system.


There are a number of points of failure that become more likely as the 
lens ages.   \


The problem is that the replacement parts are all from donor lenses 
which have the same wear.


Don't get me wrong I love the lens, but of the three I own, one is in 
pieces for parts to repair the second which is now jammed, which I 
didn't try to get repaired because I was able to buy the third, for less 
than the cost of the repair and shipping.



On 10/2/2018 10:42 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote:

i've just got myself an F 70-210 f4-5.6, though it'd actually be two
weeks before i get my hands on it. the reviews of the lens on the PF
were pretty good and i was curious about the images taken with the
lens. so i went to PPG to have a look. most of the images for that lens
in PPG seems to have been taken by Ken Waller. indeed, the first 15
images or so were his. superb stuff. recognised a few other names from
the list too.

i am glad i bought this lens though it doesn't necessary follow that
the images i make will be half as good. i was planning to take the DA
55-300 on my trek in the himalayas next month but wondering if i should
take this lens instead (coupled with the sigma 17-50/2.8).

here is the PPG link for this lens if anyone else is interested:

https://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=930


subash



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Re: enablement

[Ken Waller]

I've had the lens for over 29 years and it has never let me down. Probably 
my most used lens or right up there.
I enjoy the relative small size and light weight. Biggest no like is the 
external focusing which conflicts with the use of a polarizer, but that's 
easily overcome by rotating the polarizer after focusing. Actually I counted 
48 of the total 84 images were mine.


Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - 
From: "Subash Jeyan" 

Subject: enablement



i've just got myself an F 70-210 f4-5.6, though it'd actually be two
weeks before i get my hands on it. the reviews of the lens on the PF
were pretty good and i was curious about the images taken with the
lens. so i went to PPG to have a look. most of the images for that lens
in PPG seems to have been taken by Ken Waller. indeed, the first 15
images or so were his. superb stuff. recognised a few other names from
the list too.

i am glad i bought this lens though it doesn't necessary follow that
the images i make will be half as good. i was planning to take the DA
55-300 on my trek in the himalayas next month but wondering if i should
take this lens instead (coupled with the sigma 17-50/2.8).

here is the PPG link for this lens if anyone else is interested:

https://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=930


subash



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Re: enablement

[Alan C]

Subash, I still have one from film days & I must say it's pretty good. 
However, I prefer my HD 55-300  (greater range & even better) so my poor 
F 70-210 hardly sees the light of day.


Alan C.

On 02-Oct-18 04:42 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote:

i've just got myself an F 70-210 f4-5.6, though it'd actually be two
weeks before i get my hands on it. the reviews of the lens on the PF
were pretty good and i was curious about the images taken with the
lens. so i went to PPG to have a look. most of the images for that lens
in PPG seems to have been taken by Ken Waller. indeed, the first 15
images or so were his. superb stuff. recognised a few other names from
the list too.

i am glad i bought this lens though it doesn't necessary follow that
the images i make will be half as good. i was planning to take the DA
55-300 on my trek in the himalayas next month but wondering if i should
take this lens instead (coupled with the sigma 17-50/2.8).

here is the PPG link for this lens if anyone else is interested:

https://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=930


subash




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Re: enablement

[Igor PDML-StR]

Subash,

I also have that lens. I've purchased it some 15 years ago, while looking 
for a better tele-zoom, to replace my Tamron 70-300, while still being on 
a limited budget. I bought it from eBay for a bit higher than I should 
have, but it was a moment when they seemed to have been disappearing.


It's a fine lens, and I've done a few good shots with it.
(As a matter of fact, I believe the "cover" shot on my photo website was 
done with that lens: http://42graphy.org/  Heh! it shows up on PPG - from 
that link that you've sent)
However, for some reason, I didn't fell in love with that lens, as much as 
I liked 60-250/2.8, which I purchased several years later, when I had a 
larger budget.


I still have that lens sitting on the shelf, but it's been ages since 
I've used it.
Soon after purchasing that F 70-210, I bought the first version of 
Tamron's super-zoom (18-250) (shortly as it came on the market around 
2007) which I had used as a travel zoom for several years.
The rendering of F 70-210 was good, but the focal length was a bit short 
for my needs on the tele side.
And that lens was not faster than the Tamron zoom. I think those were 
the factors I haven't used F 70-210 as much.


Yet, I was reluctant to get rid of it.


I hope you will enjoy your new lens! Post back your results and 
impressions, once you get to use that lens.


Igor


Subash Jeyan Tue, 02 Oct 2018 07:43:25 -0700 wrote:

i've just got myself an F 70-210 f4-5.6, though it'd actually be two
weeks before i get my hands on it. the reviews of the lens on the PF
were pretty good and i was curious about the images taken with the
lens. so i went to PPG to have a look. most of the images for that lens
in PPG seems to have been taken by Ken Waller. indeed, the first 15
images or so were his. superb stuff. recognised a few other names from
the list too.


i am glad i bought this lens though it doesn't necessary follow that
the images i make will be half as good. i was planning to take the DA
55-300 on my trek in the himalayas next month but wondering if i should
take this lens instead (coupled with the sigma 17-50/2.8).

here is the PPG link for this lens if anyone else is interested:

https://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=930


subash

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Re: enablement

[Jack Davis]

The 55-300 would have, also, been
a great companion and with more
reach on both ends.  I've, also, heard the cry that one cannot have too many 
lenses.

J

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> On Oct 2, 2018, at 7:42 AM, Subash Jeyan  wrote:
> 
> i've just got myself an F 70-210 f4-5.6, though it'd actually be two
> weeks before i get my hands on it. the reviews of the lens on the PF
> were pretty good and i was curious about the images taken with the
> lens. so i went to PPG to have a look. most of the images for that lens
> in PPG seems to have been taken by Ken Waller. indeed, the first 15
> images or so were his. superb stuff. recognised a few other names from
> the list too. 
> 
> i am glad i bought this lens though it doesn't necessary follow that
> the images i make will be half as good. i was planning to take the DA
> 55-300 on my trek in the himalayas next month but wondering if i should
> take this lens instead (coupled with the sigma 17-50/2.8).
> 
> here is the PPG link for this lens if anyone else is interested:
> 
> https://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=930
> 
> 
> subash
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Re: Enablement (thanks to the Theta SC price drop)

[Darren Addy]

I somehow missed the earlier announcement of an upcoming Theta 4K,
which will be introduced sometime this year. If I like what I can do
with the SC, it sounds like the 4K is the one that will produce good
video and would be the one I would potentially upgrade to instead of
the S model.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1333693-REG/ricoh_theta_360_degree_camera.html
https://theta360.com/en/info/news/2017-04-21/

Also, reading reviews, it seems that people like "3rd Party" apps for
use with the Theta, than the Ricoh one. Need to do more research on
that. The App Store on my iPad Mini 4 shows a number of possibilities
when searching for "camera control for Ricoh Theta". Several apps
claim to do HDR for the Theta also.

Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 2:57 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:
> Hadn't really seriously looked at the Theta until this: Price drop
> info 
> http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ricoh-announces-199-price-for-theta-sc-360-camera-300479364.html
>
> Decided for this price that I should dip my toe in the waters of 360
> degree video (particularly since I can hang it from a drone). In my
> future may be a full blown S (with 25 minutes of video capability vs
> the 5 minutes of the SC). 360 degree stills might be interesting for
> Real Estate work also. It will also be another camera to have running
> JUST before totality hits on August 21st.
> :)
>
> Original announcement was only last October:
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffreymorrison/2016/10/12/ricoh-theta-sc-360-camera-preview/
>
> Pentax page for the SC: https://theta360.com/uk/about/theta/sc.html
>
> I was about to order it from Amazon when my WikiBuy extension notified
> me I could save $19 by purchasing from B&H. To my surprise, not only
> did I save the state tax, but also got to select a free Theta soft
> case (I chose the black one with a [just plain silly] $39 suggested
> retail.
>
> Darren Addy
> Kearney, NE
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RE: Enablement

[Malcolm Smith]

P. J. Alling wrote:

Well if what you need is better high ISO capability, they I can't argue with
that.  I'm just pointing out that it's not particularly compact compared to
it's two immediate predecessors, but all the reviewers and Ricoh itself seem
to be making a big deal over it.

The K-3 took a pretty big hit in battery longevity over the K-5 family with
the same battery.  There seems to be a smaller hit taken with the KP with a
smaller battery, merely for the "appearance" of a smaller camera.

I'm not buying the hype about size, plus there's a lot of people who think
that keeping the same metaphor in camera controls is boring, but there's a
reason that Canon hasn't made a major change in it's camera body design in
unpteen zillion years.

If you pick up a Canon camera, and you've used an EOS built in say the last
20 years, you know pretty much know where everything is and how it works.

I've moved from a *ist-D in conjunction with a Ds, to a K20D, then to a
K-5II each time there's always been a serious period of adjustment.  I
sometimes still find myself trying to press the green button on the K-5II
and end up pressing the exposure compensation button, and the K-5II has been
my primary camera for about three years now.  I still occasionally shoot
with the K20D, and I have to get used to it all over again

__

I take your point on the size. The battery is a pain, and I'll have to order
another on Monday, as I can't swap them about.

I've not found swapping cameras about a problem, but I do use different
cameras regularly .My *ist D got used yesterday (I still like that camera,
it feels right in the hand).

Malcolm


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Re: Enablement

[P. J. Alling]

Well if what you need is better high ISO capability, they I can't argue 
with that.  I'm just pointing out that it's not particularly compact 
compared to it's two immediate predecessors, but all the reviewers and 
Ricoh itself seem to be making a big deal over it.


The K-3 took a pretty big hit in battery longevity over the K-5 family 
with the same battery.  There seems to be a smaller hit taken with the 
KP with a smaller battery, merely for the "appearance" of a smaller camera.


I'm not buying the hype about size, plus there's a lot of people who 
think that keeping the same metaphor in camera controls is boring, but 
there's a reason that Canon hasn't made a major change in it's camera 
body design in unpteen zillion years.


If you pick up a Canon camera, and you've used an EOS built in say the 
last 20 years, you know pretty much know where everything is and how it 
works.


I've moved from a *ist-D in conjunction with a Ds, to a K20D, then to a 
K-5II each time there's always been a serious period of adjustment.  I 
sometimes still find myself trying to press the green button on the 
K-5II and end up pressing the exposure compensation button, and the 
K-5II has been my primary camera for about three years now.  I still 
occasionally shoot with the K20D, and I have to get used to it all over 
again


On 2/25/2017 10:30 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:

P. J. Alling wrote:

Alright in the first two paragraphs I already have issues with this review.
First there are the incorrect terms, the reviewer confused mechanical with
manual (as in "manual shutter"), then there's the size issue.

The reviewer talks about it's compact size.  Well go to Camera size and
compare it to the K-5II  and the
K-3  there is no significant
difference in size! It will take up exactly the same room in your bag, and
if you use the deep grip, in your hand.

Hyping how much smaller it is than a K-3, then comparing it to a mirrorless
camera is foolish, unless it's a Panasonic DMC-GH3 and even that is about
30% lighter!

It's a lower spec K-3 crippled by it's smaller battery, with a K-1-ish UI a
slightly improved AF module, and all new battery grip, the one for the K-3.
Maybe it's high ISO performance is a bit better, or maybe not.  But I'm not
excited about it.  There are too many steps backward for the two steps
forward.

_

Having now held it, I can make a reply. My cameras live in the same bag
whilst I'm out, so in the bag it doesn't matter if it's a KP or  K1 sized.
There seems to be a rush to make things smaller. The size reduction wasn't
the selling point to me, only the higher ISO capability. By making it
smaller the big trade off to me is the new battery and charger, which I
consider a negative. I like interchangeability.

Maybe there is a market for smaller cameras that I'm missing the point of. I
would still have happily bought the KP if it had been the size of the K3, or
indeed, a K1.

Anyway, that's as much as I can say about it until I've used it for a while
and learnt more about it. First impressions are that it will do the job I
wanted it too.

Malcolm





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RE: Enablement

[Malcolm Smith]

P. J. Alling wrote:

Alright in the first two paragraphs I already have issues with this review.
First there are the incorrect terms, the reviewer confused mechanical with
manual (as in "manual shutter"), then there's the size issue.

The reviewer talks about it's compact size.  Well go to Camera size and
compare it to the K-5II  and the
K-3  there is no significant
difference in size! It will take up exactly the same room in your bag, and
if you use the deep grip, in your hand.

Hyping how much smaller it is than a K-3, then comparing it to a mirrorless
camera is foolish, unless it's a Panasonic DMC-GH3 and even that is about
30% lighter!

It's a lower spec K-3 crippled by it's smaller battery, with a K-1-ish UI a
slightly improved AF module, and all new battery grip, the one for the K-3.
Maybe it's high ISO performance is a bit better, or maybe not.  But I'm not
excited about it.  There are too many steps backward for the two steps
forward.

_

Having now held it, I can make a reply. My cameras live in the same bag
whilst I'm out, so in the bag it doesn't matter if it's a KP or  K1 sized.
There seems to be a rush to make things smaller. The size reduction wasn't
the selling point to me, only the higher ISO capability. By making it
smaller the big trade off to me is the new battery and charger, which I
consider a negative. I like interchangeability.

Maybe there is a market for smaller cameras that I'm missing the point of. I
would still have happily bought the KP if it had been the size of the K3, or
indeed, a K1.

Anyway, that's as much as I can say about it until I've used it for a while
and learnt more about it. First impressions are that it will do the job I
wanted it too.

Malcolm


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Re: Enablement

[P. J. Alling]

That should read "the one for the K-3 will not fit."  Oh well I get 
excited, but not about the new camera.



On 2/23/2017 11:01 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Alright in the first two paragraphs I already have issues with this 
review.  First there are the incorrect terms, the reviewer confused 
mechanical with manual (as in "manual shutter"), then there's the size 
issue.


The reviewer talks about it's compact size.  Well go to Camera size 
and compare it to the K-5II  
and the K-3  there is no 
significant difference in size! It will take up exactly the same room 
in your bag, and if you use the deep grip, in your hand.


Hyping how much smaller it is than a K-3, then comparing it to a 
mirrorless camera is foolish, unless it's a Panasonic DMC-GH3 and even 
that is about 30% lighter!


It's a lower spec K-3 crippled by it's smaller battery, with a K-1-ish 
UI a slightly improved AF module, and all new battery grip, the one 
for the K-3.  Maybe it's high ISO performance is a bit better, or 
maybe not.  But I'm not excited about it.  There are too many steps 
backward for the two steps forward.



On 2/23/2017 3:41 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

Just after I posted this reply I ran across this review:
http://www.mycameratravels.com/pentax-kp-hands-on-experience-review/



Larry Colen wrote:



Malcolm Smith wrote:

In the hope this one finally gets through, I've seen few posts about
the KP.



The project I'm trying to work on involves me going out at dusk in low
light
(an ongoing urban fox project), and whilst I don't expect any of the
really
high ISO images to be useful, I was surprised at how good sample
photos have
appeared. Anyway, with a very good part exchange deal on a very old 
but

working fine K100D, I pre-ordered one a week ago.



I have no idea if I'm buying into something good or bad, but the 
deed is

done. I'm told they arrive at the end of the month.


They look very promising. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on 
it.

I was very impressed by the high ISO performance I saw in the samples.











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Re: Enablement

[P. J. Alling]

Alright in the first two paragraphs I already have issues with this 
review.  First there are the incorrect terms, the reviewer confused 
mechanical with manual (as in "manual shutter"), then there's the size 
issue.


The reviewer talks about it's compact size.  Well go to Camera size and 
compare it to the K-5II  and the 
K-3  there is no significant 
difference in size! It will take up exactly the same room in your bag, 
and if you use the deep grip, in your hand.


Hyping how much smaller it is than a K-3, then comparing it to a 
mirrorless camera is foolish, unless it's a Panasonic DMC-GH3 and even 
that is about 30% lighter!


It's a lower spec K-3 crippled by it's smaller battery, with a K-1-ish 
UI a slightly improved AF module, and all new battery grip, the one for 
the K-3.  Maybe it's high ISO performance is a bit better, or maybe 
not.  But I'm not excited about it.  There are too many steps backward 
for the two steps forward.



On 2/23/2017 3:41 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

Just after I posted this reply I ran across this review:
http://www.mycameratravels.com/pentax-kp-hands-on-experience-review/



Larry Colen wrote:



Malcolm Smith wrote:

In the hope this one finally gets through, I've seen few posts about
the KP.



The project I'm trying to work on involves me going out at dusk in low
light
(an ongoing urban fox project), and whilst I don't expect any of the
really
high ISO images to be useful, I was surprised at how good sample
photos have
appeared. Anyway, with a very good part exchange deal on a very old but
working fine K100D, I pre-ordered one a week ago.



I have no idea if I'm buying into something good or bad, but the 
deed is

done. I'm told they arrive at the end of the month.


They look very promising. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it.
I was very impressed by the high ISO performance I saw in the samples.








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RE: Enablement KP

[Malcolm Smith]

Following up my earlier reply, they are obviously already ready to go, as
I've just received a parcel tracking number!

Malcolm

Larry Colen wrote:

Just after I posted this reply I ran across this review:
http://www.mycameratravels.com/pentax-kp-hands-on-experience-review/



Thanks Larry, I'd not seen that review. More from me on this, hopefully
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RE: Enablement

[Malcolm Smith]

Larry Colen wrote:

Just after I posted this reply I ran across this review:
http://www.mycameratravels.com/pentax-kp-hands-on-experience-review/



Thanks Larry, I'd not seen that review. More from me on this, hopefully
around the start of March.

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Re: Enablement

[Larry Colen]

Just after I posted this reply I ran across this review:
http://www.mycameratravels.com/pentax-kp-hands-on-experience-review/



Larry Colen wrote:



Malcolm Smith wrote:

In the hope this one finally gets through, I've seen few posts about
the KP.



The project I'm trying to work on involves me going out at dusk in low
light
(an ongoing urban fox project), and whilst I don't expect any of the
really
high ISO images to be useful, I was surprised at how good sample
photos have
appeared. Anyway, with a very good part exchange deal on a very old but
working fine K100D, I pre-ordered one a week ago.



I have no idea if I'm buying into something good or bad, but the deed is
done. I'm told they arrive at the end of the month.


They look very promising. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it.
I was very impressed by the high ISO performance I saw in the samples.





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Re: Enablement

[Larry Colen]

Malcolm Smith wrote:

In the hope this one finally gets through, I've seen few posts about the KP.



The project I'm trying to work on involves me going out at dusk in low light
(an ongoing urban fox project), and whilst I don't expect any of the really
high ISO images to be useful, I was surprised at how good sample photos have
appeared. Anyway, with a very good part exchange deal on a very old but
working fine K100D, I pre-ordered one a week ago.



I have no idea if I'm buying into something good or bad, but the deed is
done. I'm told they arrive at the end of the month.


They look very promising.  I look forward to hearing your thoughts on 
it.  I was very impressed by the high ISO performance I saw in the samples.




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Re: Enablement

[Steve Cottrell]

On 22/2/17, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed:

>The project I'm trying to work on involves me going out at dusk in low light
>(an ongoing urban fox project), and whilst I don't expect any of the really
>high ISO images to be useful, I was surprised at how good sample photos have
>appeared. Anyway, with a very good part exchange deal on a very old but
>working fine K100D, I pre-ordered one a week ago.
>
> 
>
>I have no idea if I'm buying into something good or bad, but the deed is
>done. I'm told they arrive at the end of the month.

Good luck!


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Re: enablement

[Bruce Walker]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Gonz  wrote:
> The missus was threatening to place the order
> herself after hearing me talk about it enough.

Awesome strategy, dude! Making note of that one.

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Re: enablement of new book

[Gonz]

Yes, we met her at the Amon Carter Museum when they were showing
Avedon's work a few years ago. We were surprised to find out she was
the Wilson brother's mom.

In the book, the saddest story to me is the one about Richard Garber.
Such a tragic story of humanity.


On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Daniel J. Matyola
 wrote:
> It is indeed a great book.  I received a copy years ago from the author,
> who is married to my college roommate.
>
> Laura and Bob Wilson are also the parents of the Wilson Brothers:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Wilson
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Wilson
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wilson_(actor)
>
> Laura appears briefly in some of her son's movies, including Marley and Me.\
>
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Gonz  wrote:
>
>> Bought a copy of Laura Wilson's "Avedon At Work In The American West".
>> Good read and great pictures of both the subjects and Avedon taking
>> pictures of them.  Great insight into his approach and mindset.  Hard
>> to put it down. Its not often you see a book about a great
>> photographer at work.
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Re: enablement of new book

[Gonz]

Yes! I love the 50 Portraits book.  I acquired that recently.  The
cover shot is gorgeous.


On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> That looks like a good one, Gonz.
>
> One of my treasured books is Gregory Heisler: 50 Portraits. In this
> you see the final (usually cover) shots, the alternate takes, plus a
> story behind the taking of each one, and some technical analysis. In
> some case the story is of a fail. Heisler managed to get himself
> barred from the Whitehouse!
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Gonz  wrote:
>> Bought a copy of Laura Wilson's "Avedon At Work In The American West".
>> Good read and great pictures of both the subjects and Avedon taking
>> pictures of them.  Great insight into his approach and mindset.  Hard
>> to put it down. Its not often you see a book about a great
>> photographer at work.
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Re: enablement of new book

[Bruce Walker]

That looks like a good one, Gonz.

One of my treasured books is Gregory Heisler: 50 Portraits. In this
you see the final (usually cover) shots, the alternate takes, plus a
story behind the taking of each one, and some technical analysis. In
some case the story is of a fail. Heisler managed to get himself
barred from the Whitehouse!


On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Gonz  wrote:
> Bought a copy of Laura Wilson's "Avedon At Work In The American West".
> Good read and great pictures of both the subjects and Avedon taking
> pictures of them.  Great insight into his approach and mindset.  Hard
> to put it down. Its not often you see a book about a great
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Re: enablement of new book

[Daniel J. Matyola]

It is indeed a great book.  I received a copy years ago from the author,
who is married to my college roommate.

Laura and Bob Wilson are also the parents of the Wilson Brothers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Wilson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Wilson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wilson_(actor)

Laura appears briefly in some of her son's movies, including Marley and Me.\

Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Gonz  wrote:

> Bought a copy of Laura Wilson's "Avedon At Work In The American West".
> Good read and great pictures of both the subjects and Avedon taking
> pictures of them.  Great insight into his approach and mindset.  Hard
> to put it down. Its not often you see a book about a great
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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[John]

I should think that having already paid for the product and waited for
delivery once, correcting their error should put you at the front of the
queue.

On 11/22/2016 3:32 AM, mike wilson wrote:

They came straight back with an apology and a promise to send a set of plain
stops.  Unfortunately, this may take some weeks, due to manufacture backlogs.
 Frustration continues..


On 20 November 2016 at 16:56 "P.J. Alling"  wrote:


It's Lomo.  They'll probably tell you not getting the plain Waterhouse
stops is a feature.

On 11/20/2016 9:14 AM, mike wilson wrote:

Ho hum.  This beast uses Waterhouse style aperture plates.  It's supposed to
come with a set of plain plates, a set of "specially designed" plates to
produce
"deep, textured backgrounds rarely achieved in photography" and another set
of
plates in heart, snowflake and other vomit-inducing shapes.

I have two sets of specially designed, one set of vomit and no plain.
 Bugger.
  Overwhelming backgrounds r me.  Message sent to Lomography but they
probably
won't pick it up until tomorrow.

If I get time later on, I'll rattle a few frames off and post a zip file on
Dropbox or somewhere for people to peruse at full strength.

If its photographic capabilities live up to its fondling ones, it should be
stunning.


On 17 November 2016 at 19:12 mike wilson  wrote:


..Frustration!

My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It
weighs a
lot, too.

It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm
going
to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.

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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[mike wilson]

They came straight back with an apology and a promise to send a set of plain
stops.  Unfortunately, this may take some weeks, due to manufacture backlogs.
 Frustration continues..

> On 20 November 2016 at 16:56 "P.J. Alling"  wrote:
> 
> 
> It's Lomo.  They'll probably tell you not getting the plain Waterhouse 
> stops is a feature.
> 
> On 11/20/2016 9:14 AM, mike wilson wrote:
> > Ho hum.  This beast uses Waterhouse style aperture plates.  It's supposed to
> > come with a set of plain plates, a set of "specially designed" plates to
> > produce
> > "deep, textured backgrounds rarely achieved in photography" and another set
> > of
> > plates in heart, snowflake and other vomit-inducing shapes.
> >
> > I have two sets of specially designed, one set of vomit and no plain.
> >  Bugger.
> >   Overwhelming backgrounds r me.  Message sent to Lomography but they
> > probably
> > won't pick it up until tomorrow.
> >
> > If I get time later on, I'll rattle a few frames off and post a zip file on
> > Dropbox or somewhere for people to peruse at full strength.
> >
> > If its photographic capabilities live up to its fondling ones, it should be
> > stunning.
> >
> >> On 17 November 2016 at 19:12 mike wilson  wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> ..Frustration!
> >>
> >> My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
> >> magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It
> >> weighs a
> >> lot, too.
> >>
> >> It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm
> >> going
> >> to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.
> >>
> >> Can you hear my drumming fingers?

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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[Zos Xavius]

LMAO

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 11:56 AM, P.J. Alling
 wrote:
> It's Lomo.  They'll probably tell you not getting the plain Waterhouse stops
> is a feature.
>
> On 11/20/2016 9:14 AM, mike wilson wrote:
>>
>> Ho hum.  This beast uses Waterhouse style aperture plates.  It's supposed
>> to
>> come with a set of plain plates, a set of "specially designed" plates to
>> produce
>> "deep, textured backgrounds rarely achieved in photography" and another
>> set of
>> plates in heart, snowflake and other vomit-inducing shapes.
>>
>> I have two sets of specially designed, one set of vomit and no plain.
>> Bugger.
>>   Overwhelming backgrounds r me.  Message sent to Lomography but they
>> probably
>> won't pick it up until tomorrow.
>>
>> If I get time later on, I'll rattle a few frames off and post a zip file
>> on
>> Dropbox or somewhere for people to peruse at full strength.
>>
>> If its photographic capabilities live up to its fondling ones, it should
>> be
>> stunning.
>>
>>> On 17 November 2016 at 19:12 mike wilson  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> ..Frustration!
>>>
>>> My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it
>>> looks
>>> magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It
>>> weighs a
>>> lot, too.
>>>
>>> It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm
>>> going
>>> to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.
>>>
>>> Can you hear my drumming fingers?
>
>
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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[P.J. Alling]

It's Lomo.  They'll probably tell you not getting the plain Waterhouse 
stops is a feature.


On 11/20/2016 9:14 AM, mike wilson wrote:

Ho hum.  This beast uses Waterhouse style aperture plates.  It's supposed to
come with a set of plain plates, a set of "specially designed" plates to produce
"deep, textured backgrounds rarely achieved in photography" and another set of
plates in heart, snowflake and other vomit-inducing shapes.

I have two sets of specially designed, one set of vomit and no plain.  Bugger.
  Overwhelming backgrounds r me.  Message sent to Lomography but they probably
won't pick it up until tomorrow.

If I get time later on, I'll rattle a few frames off and post a zip file on
Dropbox or somewhere for people to peruse at full strength.

If its photographic capabilities live up to its fondling ones, it should be
stunning.


On 17 November 2016 at 19:12 mike wilson  wrote:


..Frustration!

My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It weighs a
lot, too.

It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm
going
to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.

Can you hear my drumming fingers?



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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[mike wilson]

Ho hum.  This beast uses Waterhouse style aperture plates.  It's supposed to
come with a set of plain plates, a set of "specially designed" plates to produce
"deep, textured backgrounds rarely achieved in photography" and another set of
plates in heart, snowflake and other vomit-inducing shapes.

I have two sets of specially designed, one set of vomit and no plain.  Bugger.
 Overwhelming backgrounds r me.  Message sent to Lomography but they probably
won't pick it up until tomorrow.

If I get time later on, I'll rattle a few frames off and post a zip file on
Dropbox or somewhere for people to peruse at full strength.

If its photographic capabilities live up to its fondling ones, it should be
stunning.

> On 17 November 2016 at 19:12 mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> 
> ..Frustration!
> 
> My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
> magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It weighs a
> lot, too.
> 
> It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm
> going
> to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.
> 
> Can you hear my drumming fingers?

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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[Mark Roberts]

Bob W-PDML wrote:

>Microwave it!

I thought that only works for iPhones?

>> On 17 Nov 2016, at 19:13, mike wilson  wrote:
>> 
>> ..Frustration!
>> 
>> My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
>> magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It weighs 
>> a
>> lot, too.
>> 
>> It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm 
>> going
>> to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.
>> 
>> Can you hear my drumming fingers?
>> 
>> 
 
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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[Bob W-PDML]

Microwave it!

> On 17 Nov 2016, at 19:13, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> ..Frustration!
> 
> My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
> magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It weighs a
> lot, too.
> 
> It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm 
> going
> to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.
> 
> Can you hear my drumming fingers?
> 
> 

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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[P.J. Alling]

Actually there are a number of contemporary camera lenses, and quite a 
few classics that use 40.5 mm threaded filters.  So it's not that big a 
money maker, for them.


On 11/17/2016 4:15 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

mike wilson wrote:


..Frustration!

My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It weighs a
lot, too.

It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm going
to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.

Can you hear my drumming fingers?

Ooh, I want one of those! I'm very much looking forward to seeing some
shots from it.

As a side note, I see they've settled on a 40.5mm filter thread. Now
there's a way to make extra money: No one else is going to sell
filters for that lens!
  



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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[Mark Roberts]

mike wilson wrote:

>..Frustration!
>
>My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
>magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It weighs a
>lot, too.
>
>It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm going
>to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.
>
>Can you hear my drumming fingers?

Ooh, I want one of those! I'm very much looking forward to seeing some
shots from it.

As a side note, I see they've settled on a 40.5mm filter thread. Now
there's a way to make extra money: No one else is going to sell
filters for that lens!
 
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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[P.J. Alling]

It looks interesting.  In the sample photos the Bokeh looks passing 
strange.  The same order of strangeness that one gets from a mirror 
telephoto, but of a different kind.  I'm not sure I like it.  Too bad 
they didn't make the Petzval lens in K mount, that looks even more 
interesting, also with weird Bokeh, but I find it more pleasing to the eye.


On 11/17/2016 2:12 PM, mike wilson wrote:

..Frustration!

My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It weighs a
lot, too.

It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm going
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Can you hear my drumming fingers?




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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[Larry Colen]

Gonz wrote:

Wow!  I went to look it up and now I want one too.  A bit pricey
though.  Will wait to see your images and experience first.



Likewise, it looks like a really fun toy.





On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:

Glad to hear you got it, Mike!
I'm also very keen to see what sort of images you can make with it.
:)

Darren

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Collin B  wrote:


..Frustration!

My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It

weighs a

lot, too.

It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm

going

to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.

Can you hear my drumming fingers?


Just looked it up.  Cool looking.  Pricey.

So, keep those waterhouse stops handy
So have fun with it, especially knowing that the characteristics of a
Petzval cannot be duplicated in PS. The lens has to do it all.


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RE: Enablement, thy name is......

[Malcolm Smith]

mike Wilson wrote:

..Frustration!

My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It weighs
a lot, too.

It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm
going to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.

Can you hear my drumming fingers?
+++

I'm sure you'll have fun with that Mike.  I have a Petzval Lomography 85mm
Art Lens but it's not a K mount.

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Re: Enablement, thy name is......

[Gonz]

Wow!  I went to look it up and now I want one too.  A bit pricey
though.  Will wait to see your images and experience first.



On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:
> Glad to hear you got it, Mike!
> I'm also very keen to see what sort of images you can make with it.
> :)
>
> Darren
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Collin B  wrote:
>
>> >..Frustration!
>> >
>> >My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
>> >magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It
>> weighs a
>> >lot, too.
>> >
>> >It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm
>> going
>> >to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.
>> >
>> >Can you hear my drumming fingers?
>> >
>>
>> Just looked it up.  Cool looking.  Pricey.
>>
>> So, keep those waterhouse stops handy
>> So have fun with it, especially knowing that the characteristics of a
>> Petzval cannot be duplicated in PS. The lens has to do it all.
>>
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Glad to hear you got it, Mike!
I'm also very keen to see what sort of images you can make with it.
:)

Darren

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Collin B  wrote:

> >..Frustration!
> >
> >My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
> >magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It
> weighs a
> >lot, too.
> >
> >It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm
> going
> >to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.
> >
> >Can you hear my drumming fingers?
> >
>
> Just looked it up.  Cool looking.  Pricey.
>
> So, keep those waterhouse stops handy
> So have fun with it, especially knowing that the characteristics of a
> Petzval cannot be duplicated in PS. The lens has to do it all.
>
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>..Frustration!
>
>My K-mount Lomo Daguerrotype lens arrived.  Beautifully packaged, it looks
>magnificent in its little plastic bag with a sachet of dessicant.  It
weighs a
>lot, too.
>
>It is also ice cold and, being solid brass except for the glass bits, I'm
going
>to have to wait until it's up to room temperature.
>
>Can you hear my drumming fingers?
>

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RE: Enablement K1 +

[Malcolm Smith]

John wrote:

Would that be paleolithic or neolithic?

I probably should put batteries in mine and go out to shoot a few frames
just to make sure it doesn't petrify


Ha!

I put the use of the *ist D in the diary every so often as a day to use a
low MP camera. I think I like to use it, as a reminder that when it came
out, it cost more than a K1 today.

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Re: Enablement K1 +

[Philip Northeast]

The first thing I found with the K1 is the rear button layout is 
simpler, less chance of hitting the wrong button, particularly 
accidentally going into Live View Mode as happens with my K5.


Philip Northeast

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On 13/11/16 6:55 am, Larry Colen wrote:



Bruce Walker wrote:



I dunno. I came to the K-3 from the K20D. Then I came to the 645Z from
the K-3. Yet I still shoot the K20D from time to time and when I do I
appreciate both its ergonomics and image quality[*]. Nobody with a
K20D should feel pressure to upgrade if it's meeting their needs.


If your camera is meeting your needs, no matter what it is, you should
feel no pressure to upgrade.  However, anybody with a Pentax body older
than a K-5, with the ability to upgrade, should at least consider
borrowing one for a short while to see if the improved performance might
help them in unexpected ways.

I think that the button layout on the K-1 is the best yet.  I rarely
find myself hitting the wrong button by mistake.  I've got a couple of
pages of gripes about the design of the software UI, but the button
layout is very nice.



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ergonomics and feel of it. For studio work it was a very nice body.
Although, once I got the K-x, which had the worst feel in my hands of
any of my Pentax DSLRs, I pretty much stopped using the K20 for anything
but studio work because the K-x sensor was so much better in anything
but the best light.



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On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
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> Bruce Walker wrote:
>
>> I dunno. I came to the K-3 from the K20D. Then I came to the 645Z from
>> the K-3. Yet I still shoot the K20D from time to time and when I do I
>> appreciate both its ergonomics and image quality[*]. Nobody with a
>> K20D should feel pressure to upgrade if it's meeting their needs.
>
>
> If your camera is meeting your needs, no matter what it is, you should feel
> no pressure to upgrade.  However, anybody with a Pentax body older than a
> K-5, with the ability to upgrade, should at least consider borrowing one for
> a short while to see if the improved performance might help them in
> unexpected ways.
>
> I think that the button layout on the K-1 is the best yet.  I rarely find
> myself hitting the wrong button by mistake.  I've got a couple of pages of
> gripes about the design of the software UI, but the button layout is very
> nice.
>
>>
>> --
>> * I'm a big fan of the rendering from that CMOS sensor.
>
>
> I went to the K20 from the K100, and there wasn't a lot about the 20 sensor
> that I liked better than the K100 sensor. I did quite like the ergonomics
> and feel of it. For studio work it was a very nice body. Although, once I
> got the K-x, which had the worst feel in my hands of any of my Pentax DSLRs,
> I pretty much stopped using the K20 for anything but studio work because the
> K-x sensor was so much better in anything but the best light.

Heh, funny how it goes. My K20D/K100D experience is almost the exact
opposite to yours. The K100D sensor is so bad at low light I almost
swooned when I used the K20D in the same venues. I put the K100D away
and never shot with it again.

The K20D was just so refined and a huge upgrade in every single way
from the K100D Super. I found there was no comparison at all between
the K20D's sensor and the K100D.

I gave my K100D to an impoverished model whose mother had some Pentax
lenses, so it's getting some use at least.

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Re: Enablement K1 +

[Larry Colen]

Bruce Walker wrote:



I dunno. I came to the K-3 from the K20D. Then I came to the 645Z from
the K-3. Yet I still shoot the K20D from time to time and when I do I
appreciate both its ergonomics and image quality[*]. Nobody with a
K20D should feel pressure to upgrade if it's meeting their needs.


If your camera is meeting your needs, no matter what it is, you should 
feel no pressure to upgrade.  However, anybody with a Pentax body older 
than a K-5, with the ability to upgrade, should at least consider 
borrowing one for a short while to see if the improved performance might 
help them in unexpected ways.


I think that the button layout on the K-1 is the best yet.  I rarely 
find myself hitting the wrong button by mistake.  I've got a couple of 
pages of gripes about the design of the software UI, but the button 
layout is very nice.




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I went to the K20 from the K100, and there wasn't a lot about the 20 
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ergonomics and feel of it. For studio work it was a very nice body. 
Although, once I got the K-x, which had the worst feel in my hands of 
any of my Pentax DSLRs, I pretty much stopped using the K20 for anything 
but studio work because the K-x sensor was so much better in anything 
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[Bruce Walker]

On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 12:12 PM, P.J. Alling
 wrote:
>
> Short take, having come to the K5II from the K20D, I must say I really
> appreciate my "stone knives and bearskins".  Anyone still shooting a K-7 or
> K20D should really upgrade to at least a K-5 for the image quality alone,
> everything else is just gravy.

I dunno. I came to the K-3 from the K20D. Then I came to the 645Z from
the K-3. Yet I still shoot the K20D from time to time and when I do I
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On 11/12/2016 2:25 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

On Sun, Nov 13, 2016, at 03:25 AM, John wrote:

On 11/12/2016 3:57 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:

Rick Womer wrote:

Where in history does that leave those of us using K-5s or K-7s?

My son uses my K10D; still going strong with ~30K exposures on the clock. He
must somewhere in the late Roman empire.
+

Caveman here, still occasionally uses an *ist D.

Malcolm



Would that be paleolithic or neolithic?

I probably should put batteries in mine and go out to shoot a few frames
just to make sure it doesn't petrify.


Yeah, I fire off a few frames from my *ist D & DS occasionally just to
exercise the shutter. I have to say I think the DS is the most
ergonomically satisfying of all my Pentax DSLRs.


I don't knowm I like the grip on the K-5II better.  The Ds is lighter, 
and a little smaller but I do use it every once in a while and end up 
missing the K-5II.





Cheers

Brian

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On Sun, Nov 13, 2016, at 03:25 AM, John wrote:
> On 11/12/2016 3:57 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:
> > Rick Womer wrote:
> >
> > Where in history does that leave those of us using K-5s or K-7s?
> >
> > My son uses my K10D; still going strong with ~30K exposures on the clock. He
> > must somewhere in the late Roman empire.
> > +
> >
> > Caveman here, still occasionally uses an *ist D.
> >
> > Malcolm
> >
> >
> 
> Would that be paleolithic or neolithic?
> 
> I probably should put batteries in mine and go out to shoot a few frames
> just to make sure it doesn't petrify.


Yeah, I fire off a few frames from my *ist D & DS occasionally just to
exercise the shutter. I have to say I think the DS is the most
ergonomically satisfying of all my Pentax DSLRs.


Cheers

Brian

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Re: Enablement K1 +

[P.J. Alling]

I wrote a long post on the sufficiency of the K-5/5II/5IIs as a camera, 
but it was really nothing that hasn't been said before, so I put it 
aside maybe I'll start a blog and call it not good enough for the PDML.


Short take, having come to the K5II from the K20D, I must say I really 
appreciate my "stone knives and bearskins".  Anyone still shooting a K-7 
or K20D should really upgrade to at least a K-5 for the image quality 
alone, everything else is just gravy.


On 11/12/2016 3:43 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

Where in history does that leave those of us using K-5s or K-7s?

My son uses my K10D; still going strong with ~30K exposures on the
clock. He must somewhere in the late Roman empire.

Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW


On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:

Nothing wrong with that image!

I hope you enjoy your new camera.  I'm still back in the middle ages with
  K-5 IIs.

Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 2:15 AM, Philip Northeast 
wrote:


Picked up my K1 and a Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art lens today.

This was my first effort. Not all the settings were how I normally shoot
but it is a start. Might even have to read some of the manual.

https://flic.kr/p/P6nRNz

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On 11/12/2016 3:57 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:

Rick Womer wrote:

Where in history does that leave those of us using K-5s or K-7s?

My son uses my K10D; still going strong with ~30K exposures on the clock. He
must somewhere in the late Roman empire.
+

Caveman here, still occasionally uses an *ist D.

Malcolm




Would that be paleolithic or neolithic?

I probably should put batteries in mine and go out to shoot a few frames
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[Philip Northeast]

The Sigma 35mm lens is very heavy, more than most of my telephoto 
lenses, so it is weighty combination


Philip Northeast

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On 12/11/16 8:09 pm, Brian Walters wrote:

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016, at 06:15 PM, Philip Northeast wrote:

Picked up my K1 and a Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art lens today.

This was my first effort. Not all the settings were how I normally shoot
but it is a start. Might even have to read some of the manual.

https://flic.kr/p/P6nRNz



Well, you said you were going to get one when we met up in Hobart.  I'm
sure you'll enjoy it but I fear it would be too heavy for me.  I'm even
finding the K-5 a bit more than I want to carry around.  Now, if Ricoh
would produce a nice, lightweight mirrorless


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On Fri, Nov 11, 2016, at 06:15 PM, Philip Northeast wrote:
> Picked up my K1 and a Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art lens today.
> 
> This was my first effort. Not all the settings were how I normally shoot 
> but it is a start. Might even have to read some of the manual.
> 
> https://flic.kr/p/P6nRNz


Well, you said you were going to get one when we met up in Hobart.  I'm
sure you'll enjoy it but I fear it would be too heavy for me.  I'm even
finding the K-5 a bit more than I want to carry around.  Now, if Ricoh
would produce a nice, lightweight mirrorless


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Brian
 
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[Malcolm Smith]

Rick Womer wrote:

Where in history does that leave those of us using K-5s or K-7s?

My son uses my K10D; still going strong with ~30K exposures on the clock. He
must somewhere in the late Roman empire.
+

Caveman here, still occasionally uses an *ist D.

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[Rick Womer]

Where in history does that leave those of us using K-5s or K-7s?

My son uses my K10D; still going strong with ~30K exposures on the
clock. He must somewhere in the late Roman empire.

Rick
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> Nothing wrong with that image!
>
> I hope you enjoy your new camera.  I'm still back in the middle ages with
>  K-5 IIs.
>
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 2:15 AM, Philip Northeast 
> wrote:
>
>> Picked up my K1 and a Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art lens today.
>>
>> This was my first effort. Not all the settings were how I normally shoot
>> but it is a start. Might even have to read some of the manual.
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/P6nRNz
>>
>> --
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>>
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[Daniel J. Matyola]

Nothing wrong with that image!

I hope you enjoy your new camera.  I'm still back in the middle ages with
 K-5 IIs.

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On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 2:15 AM, Philip Northeast 
wrote:

> Picked up my K1 and a Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art lens today.
>
> This was my first effort. Not all the settings were how I normally shoot
> but it is a start. Might even have to read some of the manual.
>
> https://flic.kr/p/P6nRNz
>
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[Jack Davis]

Clean and sharp! Nice!

J

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> On Nov 10, 2016, at 11:41 PM, Malcolm Smith  wrote:
> 
> Philip Northeast wrote:
> 
> Picked up my K1 and a Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art lens today.
> 
> This was my first effort. Not all the settings were how I normally shoot but
> it is a start. Might even have to read some of the manual.
> 
> https://flic.kr/p/P6nRNz
> +
> 
> Nice! More photos expected.
> 
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RE: Enablement K1 +

[Malcolm Smith]

Philip Northeast wrote:

Picked up my K1 and a Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art lens today.

This was my first effort. Not all the settings were how I normally shoot but
it is a start. Might even have to read some of the manual.

https://flic.kr/p/P6nRNz
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Nice! More photos expected.

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Re: Enablement K1 +

[Paul Stenquist]

Congratulations! Nice pic!

Paul via phone

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 2:15 AM, Philip Northeast  wrote:
> 
> Picked up my K1 and a Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art lens today.
> 
> This was my first effort. Not all the settings were how I normally shoot but 
> it is a start. Might even have to read some of the manual.
> 
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Re: Enablement: Two fine pieces of Pentax glass in 2 weeks

[Mark C]

I have the 1.4x-L and it works great - I mostly use it with the A* 200 
f4 macro, though I originally bought the TC for use with my A* 400 f2.8. 
I did not like the 2x-L so much and sold it - it was sharp but bokeh on 
the 400mm was weird.


The Pz-1p sounds like a nice find - I used mine for a couple weeks this 
summer while my Mz-S was in for repairs. The interface is very similar 
to newer DSLRs - its a great camera.


Mark

On 10/18/2016 9:46 AM, Darren Addy wrote:

I snagged a remarkable piece of Pentax glass (according to reviewers:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/Pentax-Rear-Teleconverter-A-1.4x-L.html
),
the Rear Converter A 1.4X-L with original box and case. This teleconverter
is said to work with these lenses:

- SMC Pentax-DA* 200mm F2.8
- SMC Pentax-FA* 200mm F2.8
- SMC Pentax-A* Macro 200mm F4
- SMC Pentax-A* 300mm F2.8
- SMC Pentax-FA* 300mm F2.8
- SMC Pentax-A* 400mm F2.8
- SMC Pentax-A 400mm F5.6
- SMC Pentax 500mm F4.5
- SMC Pentax-F* 600mm F4
- SMC Pentax-FA* 600mm F4
- SMC Pentax-A* 600mm F5.6
- SMC Pentax 1000mm F8
- SMC Pentax A* 1200mm F8
- SMC Pentax 135-600mm F6.7
- SMC Pentax F* 250-600mm F5.6
- SMC Pentax FA* 250-600mm F5.6
- SMC Pentax 400-600mm F8-12

Sadly, I own none of those lenses. The DA* 200mm f2.8 is still on my "want"
list and would allow me to turn it into a 280mm f4. 300mm f4 is about a
GRAND, so this TC makes a lot of sense for anybody with a lens on the list
above.

The following week, I stumbled upon a Pentax-F 135mm f2.8, which appears to
be fairly rare and people tend to go GA-GA over.
http://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=&lens=820

Also picked up some other stuff with the purchases, including another Pz-1p
body (in original box).

Darren
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Re: Enablement!

[John]

On 9/24/2016 12:16 AM, Larry Colen wrote:



On September 23, 2016 8:33:02 PM PDT, John  wrote:

On 9/23/2016 3:53 AM, Larry Colen wrote:



John Coyle wrote:

Just had delivered a used K5II, in LN condition from an Australian
seller, ordered yesterday!
Looking forward to what should be a noticeable leap in quality from

my

*ist-D, which has given great
service and is still a capable camera, within its limitations, of
course. It will be interesting to
see if I take better photos as a result...


You'll be amazed at how clear and sharp crappy pictures can be.



And Larry's the guy who would know.   8-)


I was speaking from experience



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Re: Enablement!

[Alan C]

That is a good price - about R6000. Over here they are still asking that for 
even a K10, K5's a bit more. Haven't seen any S/H K5II's yet.


Alan C

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Thanks, PJ and Larry - how did you spot I'm a crap photographer?!?
Seriously, I just had to wait until an affordable opportunity to upgrade 
came along, and this was

definitely it - under US$600 for a LN camera, with all the bits.

John in Brisbane



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P.J. Alling wrote:



Larry is right you'll be amazed how bright and clear your crappy
pictures can be, except that every, up to now, trifling defect in
technique will will become glaringly obvious.


Those aren't defects in technique, they are techniques in art.

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Re: Enablement!

[Larry Colen]

On September 23, 2016 8:33:02 PM PDT, John  wrote:
>On 9/23/2016 3:53 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>
>>
>> John Coyle wrote:
>>> Just had delivered a used K5II, in LN condition from an Australian
>>> seller, ordered yesterday!
>>> Looking forward to what should be a noticeable leap in quality from
>my
>>> *ist-D, which has given great
>>> service and is still a capable camera, within its limitations, of
>>> course. It will be interesting to
>>> see if I take better photos as a result...
>>
>> You'll be amazed at how clear and sharp crappy pictures can be.
>>
>
>And Larry's the guy who would know.   8-)

I was speaking from experience

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Re: Enablement!

[John]

On 9/23/2016 3:53 AM, Larry Colen wrote:



John Coyle wrote:

Just had delivered a used K5II, in LN condition from an Australian
seller, ordered yesterday!
Looking forward to what should be a noticeable leap in quality from my
*ist-D, which has given great
service and is still a capable camera, within its limitations, of
course. It will be interesting to
see if I take better photos as a result...


You'll be amazed at how clear and sharp crappy pictures can be.



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Re: Enablement!

[Mark Roberts]

Larry Colen wrote:

>P.J. Alling wrote:
>>
>> Larry is right you'll be amazed how bright and clear your crappy
>> pictures can be, except that every, up to now, trifling defect in
>> technique will will become glaringly obvious.
>
>Those aren't defects in technique, they are techniques in art.

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RE: Enablement!

[John Coyle]

Thanks, PJ and Larry - how did you spot I'm a crap photographer?!?
Seriously, I just had to wait until an affordable opportunity to upgrade came 
along, and this was
definitely it - under US$600 for a LN camera, with all the bits.

John in Brisbane



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P.J. Alling wrote:

>
> Larry is right you'll be amazed how bright and clear your crappy 
> pictures can be, except that every, up to now, trifling defect in 
> technique will will become glaringly obvious.

Those aren't defects in technique, they are techniques in art.

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Re: Enablement!

[Larry Colen]

P.J. Alling wrote:



Larry is right you'll be amazed how bright and clear your crappy
pictures can be, except that every, up to now, trifling defect in
technique will will become glaringly obvious.


Those aren't defects in technique, they are techniques in art.

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Re: Enablement!

[P.J. Alling]

Man, what's it like you've living in the jungle, did you notice any 
Japanese holdouts while you were there?


Really the changes from the *ist-D series of cameras to the K20D was 
immense. The change, except in resolution, from that to the K-5II was 
almost as big.  For you it will be like moving up from a go-cart to a 
Porsche 911, which of course wouldn't have made you a better driver either.


The biggest impact will be that you need more hard drive space to store 
your images, unless like me you don't upgrade your photo computer until 
you absolutely have to, in which case you'll have to upgrade that as 
well, trust me.


Larry is right you'll be amazed how bright and clear your crappy 
pictures can be, except that every, up to now, trifling defect in 
technique will will become glaringly obvious.


On 9/23/2016 2:07 AM, John Coyle wrote:

Just had delivered a used K5II, in LN condition from an Australian seller, 
ordered yesterday!
Looking forward to what should be a noticeable leap in quality from my *ist-D, 
which has given great
service and is still a capable camera, within its limitations, of course. It 
will be interesting to
see if I take better photos as a result...


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Re: Enablement!

[Larry Colen]

John Coyle wrote:

Just had delivered a used K5II, in LN condition from an Australian seller, 
ordered yesterday!
Looking forward to what should be a noticeable leap in quality from my *ist-D, 
which has given great
service and is still a capable camera, within its limitations, of course. It 
will be interesting to
see if I take better photos as a result...


You'll be amazed at how clear and sharp crappy pictures can be.



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Re: enablement: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1:3.5/35

[steve harley]

On 2016-01-26 20:51 , Darren Addy wrote:

I think I've accumulated three of those little jewels, but they all
have the same problem. Minty though they appear to be, the aperture
doesn't act snappy when you push the rear pin in and release.. It is a
relatively easy fix, but I can't find the article online at the
moment. I believe I have it printed out and saved (somewhere). If
memory serves, it is backing off (slightly) three screws that does the
trick. If I find the article I'll pass it along. Hopefully yours
doesn't need the fix.


mine is quite snappy; fwiw it's the second early version (f/16 minimum)

it's working well on my E-M5 (where it becomes 70mm, similar to 50mm lenses 
on APS, so it feels familiar); it seems quite sharp, and nice and compact 
for use on the little camera



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Re: enablement: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1:3.5/35

[Brian Walters]

You and I seem to be accumulating much the same sort of lenses.  I don't
have the Super-Multi-Coated version of the 35 but I have several others
in that series.  I do have the earlier 1:3.5/35 Super Tak. It doesn't
have the issue you describe - I wonder if that was a problem more or
less confined to the Super-Multi-Coated version.


Cheers

Brian

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> Sweet! You HAVE to love thrift store finds.
> 
> I think I've accumulated three of those little jewels, but they all
> have the same problem. Minty though they appear to be, the aperture
> doesn't act snappy when you push the rear pin in and release.. It is a
> relatively easy fix, but I can't find the article online at the
> moment. I believe I have it printed out and saved (somewhere). If
> memory serves, it is backing off (slightly) three screws that does the
> trick. If I find the article I'll pass it along. Hopefully yours
> doesn't need the fix.
> 
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:52 PM, steve harley  wrote:
> > completely coincidental with Darren's talk of Takumar and metal caps, this
> > afternoon a lens leapt off a thrift store shelf into my hands
> >
> > it's not a preset, but the nomenclature has some nuance:
> >
> > metal front cap (sadly, slightly tacoed):
> >
> >   ASAHI
> >   PENTAX
> >
> > plastic rear cap:
> >
> >   TAKUMAR
> >   Japan
> >
> > bottom of the case:
> >
> >   ASAHI OPT. CO. JAPAN
> >
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Re: enablement: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1:3.5/35

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Sweet! You HAVE to love thrift store finds.

I think I've accumulated three of those little jewels, but they all
have the same problem. Minty though they appear to be, the aperture
doesn't act snappy when you push the rear pin in and release.. It is a
relatively easy fix, but I can't find the article online at the
moment. I believe I have it printed out and saved (somewhere). If
memory serves, it is backing off (slightly) three screws that does the
trick. If I find the article I'll pass it along. Hopefully yours
doesn't need the fix.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:52 PM, steve harley  wrote:
> completely coincidental with Darren's talk of Takumar and metal caps, this
> afternoon a lens leapt off a thrift store shelf into my hands
>
> it's not a preset, but the nomenclature has some nuance:
>
> metal front cap (sadly, slightly tacoed):
>
>   ASAHI
>   PENTAX
>
> plastic rear cap:
>
>   TAKUMAR
>   Japan
>
> bottom of the case:
>
>   ASAHI OPT. CO. JAPAN
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Re: Enablement

[P.J. Alling]

So when are you getting the Gold plated LX and Vivitar Zoom lenses to 
complete the ensemble.


On 11/23/2015 3:12 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
I suppose that if I were to list all of the photographic equipment 
that I need, a tiltall tripod, by all rational measure would be fairly 
low down on the list. A third tiltall tripod is really kind of 
difficult for me to justify.  However, I was able to get it for only 
$20, plus it is gold anodized.
When I got it home and was playing around with it, I realized that one 
of the legs unscrewed, as did the flange with the 1/2-20 threads on 
the bottom of the center column.  So, not only do  I now have a gold 
anodized tripod, but it converts into a gold anodized monopod as well.


So, in addition to having the most bling stand available for holding a 
speedlight during a photo shoot, I now also have the flashiest walking 
stick in North Felton.


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Re: Enablement

[Daniel J. Matyola]

That is one hell of a snazzy tripod!

Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> I suppose that if I were to list all of the photographic equipment that I
> need, a tiltall tripod, by all rational measure would be fairly low down on
> the list. A third tiltall tripod is really kind of difficult for me to
> justify.  However, I was able to get it for only $20, plus it is gold
> anodized.
> When I got it home and was playing around with it, I realized that one of
> the legs unscrewed, as did the flange with the 1/2-20 threads on the bottom
> of the center column.  So, not only do  I now have a gold anodized tripod,
> but it converts into a gold anodized monopod as well.
>
> So, in addition to having the most bling stand available for holding a
> speedlight during a photo shoot, I now also have the flashiest walking stick
> in North Felton.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157661562993715
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Re: Enablement

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

I suppose we'll see you glistering in the sunset and moonlight as you make your 
long exposures now. :-)

Pretty cool find for $20! I had a Tiltall for many years, bought somewhere 
around 1980 and sold to buy a set of Bogen legs in the middle 1990s; I believe 
the guy I sold it to is still using it! 

G

> On Nov 23, 2015, at 12:12 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> I suppose that if I were to list all of the photographic equipment that I 
> need, a tiltall tripod, by all rational measure would be fairly low down on 
> the list. A third tiltall tripod is really kind of difficult for me to 
> justify.  However, I was able to get it for only $20, plus it is gold 
> anodized.
> When I got it home and was playing around with it, I realized that one of the 
> legs unscrewed, as did the flange with the 1/2-20 threads on the bottom of 
> the center column. So, not only do  I now have a gold anodized tripod, but it 
> converts into a gold anodized monopod as well.
> 
> So, in addition to having the most bling stand available for holding a 
> speedlight during a photo shoot, I now also have the flashiest walking stick 
> in North Felton.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157661562993715


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