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Wow. I bet Pentax would love this one to promote high ISO capability.Some Pentax peppers. K5 with the 35mm f/2.8 macro limited, diffuse kitchen window light at ISO 6400.
Hi Michael,Wow. I bet Pentax would love this one to promote high ISO capability.
Hi Vince,Hey everyone, I've finally found some time to post. I've had the K5 for a good 2 weeks now, and decided on getting the FA 31 Limited as opposed to a set of lenses - so far it's not been limiting and I'm really enjoying the results (with both the lens and camera)
I've been pretty lucky and haven't had any focusing issues or sensor stains (touch wood).
Hope you all like the photos.
Oh and thanks to everyone who helped me decide on the K5 and 31mm, I received some top advice here - thanks!
Jono,Carl, Tsarnik, Vince and Jim - great shots . . . and welcome to the newcomers.
This thread is gradually gaining momentum! (could it be that I've been busy elsewhere! :ROTFL
Not great weather in the uK at the moment, but I was trying to catch a little of the winter sunshine through the kitchen window to catch the tulips:
I put them on the floor to catch some sunshine there . . . and Caspar the dog thought he had something to contribute . . . .
Still Life - by Caspar and Jono:
K5 Sigma 10-20 f4
Brings back memories of the first M8's - the dreaded magenta blacks but only in the lower half of the shot. Does Caspar project a magenta shadow or is there another reason?Still Life - by Caspar and Jono:
K5 Sigma 10-20 f4
Hi Michael - interesting point.Brings back memories of the first M8's - the dreaded magenta blacks but only in the lower half of the shot. Does Caspar project a magenta shadow or is there another reason?
Jono,Hi Michael - interesting point.
Actually, I think it's just the lamb's nose - I was probably a little careless in raising the shadows here. I've not noticed any obvious IR sensitiviity with the camera, and even if this were actually evidence of it, it would be such unusual circumstances as to be irrelevant. Just imagine the light difference between the sunny wood and the shadow around the lamb.
all the best
Lee. The more I see work done with this lens, even on top of Jono's positive writings on it, the more I'm amazed a long zoom like this can deliver such quality. Could you do us a little favour and tell us what aperture the first two were shot at? I imagine they were at the 18mm setting but the fact that even on web-sized jpegs I can make out individual trees on the horizon in the first image and separate branches at the far end of the second, both having good definition at the edges makes me think my 21mm and 70mm primes would be redundant as a travel kit with a K5.All on 18-135mm.
Lee,Finally some Devon sunshine ... nothing very arty but I think this camera returns some of the most 'film like' dynamic range I have seen on any of my digitals. All on 18-135mm. I did find a tendency to overexposure in sunshine, which is interesting - previous Pentaxes would underexpose, LOL. Most such overexposure was recoverable but I might dial in -0.3 next time. And I'm still not convinced they are as sharp as they could be, especially at the long end, I may try some AF adjustment tomorrow ...
Lee
Tom,My K5 preplacement is here and while I took some snapshots in the garden I realized I really like the out of camera colr and tones
I was also surprized how much alike the images came out regarding color compared to the S2.
K5:
Michael,Lee. The more I see work done with this lens, even on top of Jono's positive writings on it, the more I'm amazed a long zoom like this can deliver such quality. Could you do us a little favour and tell us what aperture the first two were shot at? I imagine they were at the 18mm setting but the fact that even on web-sized jpegs I can make out individual trees on the horizon in the first image and separate branches at the far end of the second, both having good definition at the edges makes me think my 21mm and 70mm primes would be redundant as a travel kit with a K5.
HI LeeFinally some Devon sunshine ... nothing very arty but I think this camera returns some of the most 'film like' dynamic range I have seen on any of my digitals. All on 18-135mm. I did find a tendency to overexposure in sunshine, which is interesting - previous Pentaxes would underexpose, LOL. Most such overexposure was recoverable but I might dial in -0.3 next time. And I'm still not convinced they are as sharp as they could be, especially at the long end, I may try some AF adjustment tomorrow ...