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    fall pentax pictures, part 2

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    thomas, i can hardly take credit for the idea of giving titles to pictures ;-)

     

    btw--the ones you see are presented as part of the HTML i've fabricated, they're not actually embedded in the JPEG or anything like that. i've actually got a bit of software i wrote that creates these little presentation sets.

    fall pentax pictures, part 2

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    <i>Vuk: Thanks for encouraging some activity beyond technical discussions on the Pentax forum.</i>--<b>thomas janik</b><br><br>

    thomas, it's absurd for there to be so much technical talk that's, for the mostpart, removed from any practical application. part of deciding what's good is figuring out the sort of things one wants to achieve when creating images and that's something another person can not tell you. worst of all, this exchange of opinion without the supporting weight/evidence of pictures often leads to the propagation of unfounded biases. for example, over on the leica forum, people kept going on about how a 90mm lens i owned was rubbish (i suspect mainly because it was made in canada as opposed to germany--something a collector would find critical). now, as this happens to be my favourite bit of glass when photographing girls, i posted a picture of what i took to be excellent results and suddenly the trash talk stopped.<br><br>

    anyhow, back on topic: your "memories of friends" shot is bloody excellent and i hope you'll forgive me if i steal the idea at some point ;-)

    <br><br> here are yet a few more from me:<br><br>

    <a href='http://vukfoto.com/exhib/last_gasp/'>http://vukfoto.com/exhib/last_gasp/</a>

    <br><br>

    things are getting bleaker and it will soon be winter pics...

    fall pentax pictures, part 2

    in Pentax

    Posted

    thomas,

    <br><br>

    well executed; the hint of yellow is nice. have you considered presenting this rotated 180 degrees?

    <br><br>

    anders,

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    it's difficult to do a "leaf on ground" shot without being kitschy. you succeeded with "falt".

    <br><br>

    here's some more from me (past two days on the bike):

    <br>

    <a href='http://vukfoto.com/exhib/end_fall2006/'>http://vukfoto.com/exhib/end_fall2006/</a>

    <br><br>

    the last of the set is through the little known pentax 30mm f/2.8 lens which is proving to be an excellent piece of glass. i can't recall who put me onto this (purchased on ebay a while ago but not used until recently), but i do want to thank you!

    fall pentax pictures, part 2

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    Posted

    it's almost over here in toronto, but here are a couple of more sets...

    <br><br>

    this one fairly straightforward:<br>

    <a

    href='http://vukfoto.com/exhib/late_fall2006/'>http://vukfoto.com/exhib/late_fall2006</a>

    <br><br>

    this one a bit experimental (effects are "in-camera", NOT photoshopped):<br>

    <a href='http://vukfoto.com/exhib/aliif_1/'>http://vukfoto.com/exhib/aliif_1</a>

    <br><br>

    please continue to post/show yours!

    <br><br>

    cheers,<br>

    vuk.

    Pentax lenses vs. Sigma lenses

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    mick.

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    first of all, almost all zoom lenses are terrible compromises and you should stay away from them. pentax has made some very nice primes (such as the SMC 50mm f/1.4) that you can pick up for peanuts these days. the newer, limited series is also quite outstanding, but pricier. unfortunately, with wide-angle glass, you have to spend a tidy sum to get decent results and matters are complictaed by the DSLR crop factor which means you need to get something more extreme (and thereby expensive) than you would with a full-frame camera.

    <br><br>

    as for macro, the tamron 90mm f/2.5 is a very good lens and quite affordable, although the bokeh may let you down in certain situations. i do find it a bit long on my istDS2, but a 50mm alternative would be too short for me. btw--on a recent outing, i was "stuck" with only this lens in the bag and here are the results: <a href='http://vukfoto.com/swann/'>http://vukfoto.com/swann/</a>

    Pentax DSLR as a meter

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    john.

     

    what you're implying is that the sensor, when set to ISO 200, is behaving like 50. well, i use an incident light metre for both film and my pentax DSRL and can assure you i would have noticed a two stop discrepancy. perhaps there's something wrong with your camera (or the way in which you are conducting your tests).

    ill-equiped snapshots

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    Posted

    what i was getting at primarily is that a 90mm macro lens with awful bokeh isn't quite what you want to have as your only lens when running into some friendly swanns. i was severely limited in playing with DOF and just shot everything at a small aperture to avoid problems. also, given the dynamic ragne of the bird's colouration, film is certainly the better way of capturing all the tonality, although things did work out fairly well in shot #2.

     

    thanks for the comments.

     

    vuk.

    ill-equiped snapshots

    in Pentax

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    the nice thing about the pentax "ist" cameras is that they're nice and small, so

    you don't usually think twice about bringing one along. i've been doing this on

    some of my bike rides by the lake and this morning i mounted the legendary

    tamron 90mm f/2.5 macro in anticipation of some close-ups of wet rocks. that

    was the plan but then i ran into some friendly birds...

    <br><br>

    <a href='http://vukfoto.com/swann/'>click here for pictures</a>

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    i'm going to have to go back with a more appropriate lens and a film camera.

    <br><br>

    vuk.

    *istDS2 - first time out

    in Pentax

    Posted

    <i>That's interesting. How much difference can you see between your DS and DS2 due to the sensor alignment?</i>

    <p>

    i tried 3 istDS cameras at the shop and the worst had about a 10% right-to-left shift (an issue which the manufacturer was willing to correct). the istDS2 i have now exhibits no problems in this regard.

    Training Videos?

    in Pentax

    Posted

    martha,

    <p>

    a camera requires only 3 things to be set:

    <p>

    -aperture<br>

    -shutter speed<br>

    -focus<br>

    <p>

    that's it! what sort of training video did you have in mind? i could take a few pictures of myself turning the aperture ring ;-)

    *istDS2 - first time out

    in Pentax

    Posted

    <b>"What's your experience of DS2 Vs D?"</b>

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    john.

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    it's pretty much the same camera (compared to the istDS i reviewed last year). main thing is they've done a better job of precisely aligning sensor with shutter. i also think the quality of the RAW captures is a touch superior but i wouldn't swear on it.

    <br><br>

    i found a very nice 30mm f/2.8 lens for it and the results are much better than what i got from the 28mm f/2.8 i tried out before (which was just too soft for me).

    Split Image Focus Screen for ist DS...

    in Pentax

    Posted

    if you're like me and don't use auto-focus or the in-camera meter, then these are not issues. the whole point in the split prism is for people who wish to focus manually; it would be nice if pentax themselves offered such an option. anyhow, i'm about to order the katzeye product and will share the experience once the thing arrives.
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