>>4296944
I dunno, seems kinda gay.

>>4296944
I question pentax’s love of reflex when they really just tried and failed to sell mirrorless cameras, but their older SLRs like the k10d are good deals for destitute newbies. Better than buying a flimsy micro four thirds. Too bad anything newer or FF is hideously overpriced for being somewhat shit - due to youtubers, probably. Like that asian who fakes dynamic range tests.

>>4296944
they should go full retard and get into the digital range finder business. if they don't they're just dead

>>4296996
They’re going to go full retard and try and re-produce their old film cameras because they cant do whats right (make DSLRs with the sensor plane back where the film plane used to be and a whole fucking 35mm sensor for PDAF)
tech IS there but it would be expensive

why are you guys talking as if Pentax is a legitimate business. They're just a hobby division of Ricoh, funded by the GR3 sales

>>4296999
>DSLRs with the sensor plane back where the film plane used to be
It is there, retard. What was the last time you needed an adapter to use a 35mm lens on the same mount DSLR?

>>4297029
>being this dumb
DSLRs are oversized pieces of shit because the front of the mount and sensor plane are shifted forward in the chassis. A bunch of garbage electronics and screen junk are piled up behind the sensor. FIlm cameras were more compact because the only thing behind the film plane was a few mm of steel.

Let's not even get stared on the ergonomic horror of putting buttons on the side of the mirror box (that now protrudes 3x more than it should)

>>4296987
>the k10d are good deals for destitute newbies
Too bad any of the decent lenses aren't.

>>4297030
>using the back of the camera as your reference point for the focal plane
Full retard, it's the rest of the camera that is measured against the mount not the other way round.
You can't have the needed electronics without stuffing some behind the sensor. My EOS 30 and my EOS 100D (aka SL1) are roughly the same thickness from the mount. My full frame DLSR bodies are just slightly thicker, not relevant at all in real use.
/p/ is a board for spergs to sperg about non-issues, this is even more ridiculous than the K-1 II seething.

>>4297048
just put a m42 takumar on it bro

>>4297053
>You can't have the needed electronics without stuffing some behind the sensor
They could always cut a hole out of the main board and use a quad package for the imager.

>the K-1 II seething
What's that?

>>4297056
>They could always cut a hole out of the main board and use a quad package for the imager.
nonsense
>What's that?
The nipticking over supposed "flaws" the K-1 II has that aren't relevant to anyone but the people looking for a reason to say it's bad.

>>4297061
>nonsense
Why's that?

>>4297056
The k1ii’s a genuinely awful camera and kaf4 lenses are genuinely bad. Its really rare for FF gear to actually be shit but pentax pulled it off. Just but a 5d classic. Its actually a better camera.

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I love my KayPee like a child

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>>4297061
>supposed flaws
>reality is supposed

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>>4297120
>Just but a 5d classic. Its actually a better camera.
Spoken like someone who never used either in his entire life.
I'd rather use a D5100 than a 5D classic

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>>4297120
Bullshit but I believe it

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I'm looking for a DSLR to complement my Ricoh GR but wondering what a Pentax would give me over, say, a Canon 6D. I'm only looking to spend £450 for a camera and nifty 50.

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>>4297579
They are more or less the same. The upside of shooting Pentax is that you won't be associated with Canon shooters who are all tools

>>4297579
Gain IBIS, lose lens IS

You also lose access to competently designed and produced lenses made after 1975, competently programmed autofocus, good color science, and your heterosexuality. Just get a canon 6d(II). Pentax essentially went out of business for a reason.

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I tried if I could improve this picture with Raw Therapee

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>>4297584
I don't even know what I'm supposed to do with raw development software. Usually I either shoot JPEG or use in-camera raw development. For me raw seems like a massive waste of time

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>>4297586
>For me raw seems like a massive waste of time
Then don't do it? I personally like shooting raw, but nothing says you have too if you're not getting anything out of it

>>4297583
6Dii is out of my budget. OG 6D is plenty for me.

>>4297584
>>4297586
Raw makes sense if you use good software (capture one). If you use some fosstard shit it turns into build your own color science for each individual photo.

Raws are not photos, they are monochrome grids. They are only as good as the program that converts them.

>>4297583
>made after 1975
They had good designs into the 1990's

>>4297591
>1/180 X-Sync
><100% VF coverage
Why not get a 5D series camera?

>>4297621
They had sufficient, not good, optics

They’re not nikon/canon/minolta

>>4297636
Reminder that almost every great photo was taken before 1975

>>4297638
Spoken like a true dilettante afraid to have a wrong opinion
>i won’t like any of this music until 30 years later so i can know if its good or not also no one i respect made top 10 lists yet

>>4297641
No, it's spoken like someone who isn't a gearfag that thinks a better mtf chart has no correlation to photo quality

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Another experiment with Raw Therapee, this time my objective was to add some colourful punch without going overboard

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>>4297646
Result

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>>4297646
>>4297648
And after half an hour of tweaking I still prefer the camera JPEG

>>4297645
>is accused of being afraid to follow contemporary art because survivorship bias makes up 100% of his taste
>brings up a semi obscure technical term and seethes about expensive gear
Yep. Dilettante. You are mentally ill. I am better than you.

Seethe.

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Evening view over the lake

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>>4297584
>>4297586
needs highlight reconstruction, the sky reflection in the puddle is fucked
>I don't even know what I'm supposed to do with raw development software
less is more
enable chroma noise reduction, highlight reconstruction, sigmoid tonemapping
also just turn on all lens corrections unless it looks worse that way
then just play with exposure and ignore everything else
once you're comfortable doing that then try use the tone equalizer to massage the tonemapping curve (RT implements it in the HSV equalizer)
then after that you can play with color correction (again HSV equalizer in RT, separate module in DT)
>>4297646
>>4297648
if you don't mind, share the RAWs and I'll take a try at it, and tell you what settings I used

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>>4297579
Pentax is the only one of the Big 6™ that has top-tier dust and weather sealing at entry-level and above. Also great shock ratings and also the only brand that, again starting at entry-level, is rated for sub-freezing operation.

I'm /out/ and it's the only camera for me. Been in absolute pouring rain and way below freezing many times and never caused the slightest problem.

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>>4297765
That’s nikon, actually, but they have cameras and lenses below entry level in a market segment pentax allows all the used FA junk to fill.

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>>4297721
Thanks a lot for your tips Anon. They will be useful if I edit on my computer more often. Here are two raw files if you would like to take a look.

PICT1498.PEF
14 MB
https://litter.catbox.moe/j6e4zs.PEF

PICT1492.PEF
13.2 MB
https://litter.catbox.moe/8l4pvl.PEF

Pic unrelated, just enjoyed the contrast & dark mood of the foreground vs. bright clouds in the background. Managed a sharp 1/6s by holding the camera against a tree

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>>4297765
I remember your pictures Anon. They are very cool!

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>>4297947
>>4297946
>PEF
Learn to DNG mate

I’m going to get a k3 iii and become the best Pentax bird/nature/landscape photographer of all time. I already have an arsenal of vintage k mount lenses. I will also acquire the autofocus adapter. See you later nerds

>>4298428
Or should I get a k70 and spend the rest of the money on the 150-450 lens?

>>4298428
>pentax for bird photography
lol

>>4298493
This guy clearly needs a 3 thousand camera because he can’t track a subject on his own lol

>>4298573
Pentax cant even track with single point AF…
Unless you NEED it to be a bargain apsc dslr just buy a canon 5diii

>>4298583
Idk mane it can be that hard right? The k3iii has 100 points. It’s no mirrorless with like 6000 but it can still be done

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This one turned out so nice I even developed it at 6 MP

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Bracketing is a very useful feature, can't believe I never tried it before

>>4299066
What does this accomplish idk what bracketing is

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>>4299093
It snaps 3 or 5 pics with varying exposure, great for us JPEG snappers

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>>4299093
It takes a number of shots at -1 , 0 and +1 EV (or -2, +2, if you do 5 shots) You can then either combine them in post to get better DR or you can just pick whichever looks the best if you're not sure what you want your exposure to be.

I used to do it a lot when I first started, but then I realized it just took forever to cull and it was never really that helpful when I could just move my exposure by that much anyway with my raws.

>>4299093
Hdr hole. He'll be back in 2 years saying he Wasted his time.

>>4299093
Hdr hole. He'll be back in 2 years, saying how he Wasted his time. Or he needs to feed his growing family.

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It was a low contrast scene

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>>4299339
K-7 allows 0.5 EV to 2 EV bracketing. Or 1/3 EV to 2 EV if you set the camera to use 1/3 EV exposure step size. I use 1/2 EV

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There's also extended bracketing

>>4299341
What i meant with this (>>4299405) is that it was a low contrast scene. There was no need for pseudo HDR trickery

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>>4297946
alright, played with these earlier this week but didn't have time to post anything
disclaimer I use darktable, RT terminology/modules will be different
this is a comparison of >>4297646 on the top left, >>4297648 on the top right, my basic typical edit on the bottom left, and a more involved edit to push sky saturation on the bottom right
I typically go for a pretty minimal edit myself, with just technical and tone curve adjustments, just my taste
that's what I did on the bottom left, first applied my current standard profile then tweaked a little
current profile:
>sigmoid tonemapping
>as-shot white balance (I always use daylight in-camera WB aka neutral, even under tungsten)
>in-camera exposure adjust compensation
>highlight reconstruction
>hot pixel correction
after that I added lens correction (all three distortion+vignetting+latCA because landscape), and pulled down the sky exposure with the tone equalizer
then to tweak it closer to what appears your taste, I adjusted chroma +9% shadow saturation -30% highlight saturation +38%
on the bottom right, I started with my basic profile + lens correction again
then I added three separate tone equalizers with masks:
>mid-tone pull-up, gradient mask on snow
>mid-high-tone pull-down, gradient mask on sky
>mid-low-tone pull-up, bezier mask on buildings & left foreground vegetation
then I cranked up the global saturation +88%, multi-part mask: gradient on sky and beziers on the bigger puddles to match

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>>4299446
forgot to mention I also bumped the exposure +2EV on the first edit +1EV on the second
I feel more comfortable pulling highlights rather than pushing shadows in the tone equalizer, but that's just preference again

anyways second photo
you didn't post "unedited", so top middle is what the RAW looks like when I import it into darktable (I turned off all the default defaults so I start all photos with as much a clean slate as possible)
bottom left is your edit, bottom right is mine
once again default profile applied, +2EV, and all lens corrections
again pulling down the highlights (sky) by -0.93EV ~ -1.55EV depending on the part of the curve
finally shadow saturation -43%, highlight saturation +61%

>>4298085
explain the difference first

>>4299066
personally haven't found much use for exposure bracketing, like >>4299339 said I get enough DR from the raws it doesn't really help
I can see some situations where it might be useful even then, so I'm glad I have access to it if needed

>>4299066
>bracketing aperture not SS
Wut.

>>4299468
Why would you braket SS? For HDR? Braketing aperture is for picking your favorite dof without having to squint and zoom around your screen in the field and maybe lose the shot.

>>4299471
>does not into hyperfocal distance
>brackets aperture changing brightness, claims dof concerns
>pentax user
i see, i see. many such cases.

>>4299468
>>4299471
My bad. I usually use the hyper program and K-7 seems to bracket with aperture at least in that mode & lighting situation. Had the aperture been fixed at f/11 the bracketed shutter speeds would have been 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8, 1/4.

>>4299446
>>4299448
Much appreciated Anon

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Sv mode seems to bracket with fixed aperture

>>4296987
Well yea. That is the niche that they found themselves in. It's too late to get into mirrorless and I don't think pentax had enough resources to compete with the other guys when it was still viable to produce a brand new mirrorless system, so now they are stuck.

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Some bright colourzz

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i might snag a second hand k70 as my first dslr. i heard about the solenoid issues but seems like a good purchase otherwise. i like the option of using vintage lenses
the k5 also looks like a good option. any other models i should consider?

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>>4303492
Single-digit models should be safer with regards to solenoid failures

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Just last week it was snowy as shyt

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Gave the astrotracer function in my K3iii a go on Monday, worked pretty well, just wish I had a wider lens than 24mm for it

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Daymn son

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>>4304129

>>4304129
>>4304130
Back when Pentax was still a real company and not some printer company’s side hobby

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I still don't quite understand how the dynamic range expansion werks. It just sets the minimum ISO to 200 instead of 100. So does it work only at base ISO? If I set the ISO to 800 will I get expanded dynamic range?

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>>4304972
Its just underexposing to protect highlights and pushing shadows and midtones with a different luma curve that roughly corresponds to 1 iso stop worth of gain.

i just got a k70 as my first dslr and my goodness there are so many settings.
are there any guides of what some good defaults are?

>>4305202
I wouldn't take these recommendations as facts, but it probably gives you some of the more important settings to consider.
https://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/pentax-k-70-review/recommended-settings.html

>>4305207
that's good thanks, I have to give the manual a good read

>>4304974
That makes sense. In >>4304972 f/8 became f/11, but at the same time ISO is increased to 200. Why is this? Doesn't this keep the "effective" exposure at 0 EV?

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Daily reminder to never listen to /gear/.
I got one of my long wanted lens from a lensrental sale very cheap in perfect condition.

In other news, one of my primes gently fell onto a carpeted floor from about 1.5 ft high and I can't rest easy even though I took multiple test shots and they were still flawless other than light CA that was inherent to the lens. Is there anything subtle I should look for? Comfort me.

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>>4308362
Your photos aren’t good enough it to matter either way.

>>4296944
Would you the monokkkkkhhhhrome?

Pentax is the most retarded company ever

Their whole spiel is to cater to nostalgic boomers and yet their first FF camera only came out in 2016, meaning if you stuck with Pentax because you had all their lenses you had to wait 10 years to use them uncropped with their original quality compared to Canon and Nikon shooters

You'd think a company which religiously kept compatibility with older lenses would have jumped head first into FF right? What a fucking joke. The only thing I resoect about them is the pentaprism and the DNG raw format

>>4308381
>Your photos must be exactly to my taste or be in a gallery or why even bother getting them in focus
What early life experience causes this neurosis? Your parents not letting you have the nice electric guitar until you win a recital or something?

>>4309344
>if you stuck with Pentax because you had all their lenses you had to wait 10 years to use them uncropped with their original quality compared to Canon and Nikon shooters
Nikon users had to wait 8 years.

>You'd think a company which religiously kept compatibility with older lenses would have jumped head first into FF right?
They would have if their finances weren't fucked.
The MZ-D might have even gotten out before the Contax N Digital.

>>4309356
Nikon and canon released their first FF camera almost at the same time what the fuck are you talking about

>>4309362
>Nikon and canon released their first FF camera almost at the same time
And when was that?

First canon FF digital: 2002
First nikon FF digital: 2007
First pentax FF digital: 2016
I'm not seeing how there's even a comparison here

Let's not even get started on the lenses. Pentax FF has less than two dozen modern, weather sealed lenses and half of them are shitty rebranded tamrons with the VC motor removed. The other half are sized and priced like sigma arts but perform like fuji farts, probably because pentax's FF department is actually salvaged from the junked MF departments scratch paper notes and a super sharp, characterful lens on 50mp MF can come out a bit soft on FF.

>>4309365
What made Nikon's offerings worse was that they didn't even have an APS-H model to supplement their lineup until the D3.
At least they put out a couple good DX lenses as a result.

>a super sharp, characterful lens on 50mp MF can come out a bit soft on FF
The K-1 actually doesn't that much higher of a pixel density than the 645Z.
A 44x33mm sensor with the same pitch would only be 61MP instead of 51MP.

>>4309370
Like going from a d810 to a d850, it's still more demanding of lenses

>But APS-H
APS-H never mattered, APS-C and APS-H were only ever tech copes because sensor manufacturing was not yet literal magic. Now they exist for market stratification. Not even "reach", the same pixel pitch can go on FF (like sony did) but then it hurts the market stratification attempt (and it did, no reason to buy an a6* if the aps-c mode on an a7riv has the same reach, speed be damned almost nobody takes better photos because their camera is faster).

>>4309372
>Like going from a d810 to a d850
It's less than that even.
20% more instead of 25%.

>APS-H never mattered
It did when the largest sensor made in F mount was produced by a soon to be bankrupt third party.

>>4309365
because bitching about what happened to other brands in <2007 is how pentax fanboys cope with whats ongoing 2016-current

the fact is pentax is dead - killed. innovation halted. they dumped unfinished garbage on the market. their great leap forward was forcing noise reduction to game their DXO score and then... quit.

who's ready for the pentax K-1 II diary edition?

>>4309363
It doesn't matter, what matters is that Pentax did it 10 years later than the competition

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It surprised me that this exposure was spot on without any positive EV compensation

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I used a polarizing filter here, too bad I didn't notice the camera used the widest available aperture so the edges are not very detailed

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I made a little comparison with three lenses for fun. All pics taken at their widest aperture
>PICT2313: adapted Super-Takumar 50/1.4 (the pedestrian 7 element version)
>PICT2316: adapted Super-Takumar 55/2
>PICT2318: F 35-80 kit zoom

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>>4311759

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>>4311761

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>>4304130
>screw drive autofocus
is it the 1990s again?

>>4311800
yes?

>>4311802
the absolute state of pentacks

>>4309345
Genuinely it's American Brain
Your hobbies should only be for profit and you should always be the best
Inherent enjoyment literally does not compute

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My screw mount 50 lens creates some swirls if I shoot it at f1.4 and slightly front-focus it

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When backfocused it makes for a very soft, glowing image

>>4311800
I wish I had an autofocusing 50mm lens

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Close-up photography with screw mount adapter, 5mm extension tube and 50mm lens

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Sometimes I miss the wide-angle when taking pictures with my film-era kit zoom. It's 50-120mm equivalent when paired with a crop camera

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>>4311935
>Genuinely it's American Brain
What causes it?

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Astrotracer is pretty fun

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>>4311986
>Astrotracer
Never used one but from what I can understand, it's a very imaginative use for the shake reduction function. Almost like a hack

>>4311994
It's neat, I wouldn't have bothered if I needed the unit, but the K3iii got a firmware update for it awhile ago that I think detects the movement on a pre exposure shot and then adjusts during the actual exposure

>>4311994
Considering it works on focal lengths of up to 135mm, it probably isnt anything mechanical, just in camera image stacking

>>4312168
it uses the IBIS armature, just like their pixel shift and composition adjust features

I've got a film Pentax and a couple FA lenses, what would be a good digital body to get as a poorfag?

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>>4312247
That's a broad question, maybe someone has a better answer.
I would say start around $100 2009-2010 options like k-x, k20d, k-7 and go from there depending on the price/features you're looking for.

>>4312247
About any digital body should werk with an FA lens. But if you ever want to update to newer lenses, be aware that older bodies may have AF / aperture control incompatibilities with the newer lens series. Pentaxforums has a good compatibility checker: https://www.pentaxforums.com/compatibility/

>>4296944
What would be best DSLR + Lens combo for wildlife, potentially in bad weather from Pentax?

>>4296944
>pentax
how is your HRT journey going

>>4313732
I'm going to be honest. For wildlife you're better off with other brands. Pentax used to have a 560mm DA lens but they discontinued it a long time ago

>>4313732
>>4314070
He may be right, but I looked just to see the available lenses. HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 PLM WR RE seems to be good. The WR indicates weather resistant. This lens with one of the green aps-c bodies (probably k-3 / k-70 or above to get full 24mp) from >>4312743 would make a good basic setup if you don't know exactly what you want.

>>4313732
A canon or nikon! Pentax IBIS is no better than canikon OIS and their WR meme is only better in the walmart trash market segment (but the AF is unusable at every price point)

>>4314076
That's pretty cool suggestion.
Thanks anon

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Curious how this messy picture changed...

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>>4314844
...into this

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>>4314844
>>4314845
I prefer the composition in the first post. The second one I'm not sure what the subject is and I think the scene as a subject isn't particularly evokative. The light is nice and the sky is nice but it doesn't do it for me.

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Screw mount 50 sometimes creates such magical images

>>4314922
Hey thanks for your feedback Anon. I just wanted to record the building process and try snap pics from several angles if possible

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>>4315062

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>>4312247
K5 covers the bare minimum. if you want to save hardcore in order for a cam with Kaf4 lens compatability, get a K3

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I got a used 50mm FA macro recently. This is the first time I took some tripod, pixelshifted pictures with it. Here's one.

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>>4317654
An earlier, handheld test pic. I didn't see any mention of this in reviews, but wide open at f2.8 there is longitudinal ca. I took the same pic at f5.6 and it was very faint by then. This shows it clearly because it's high contrast and the dof is a couple of mm wide and it's red in front, green in back. I actually may not have noticed it otherwise. On regular objects you can faintly make it out in the bright white highlights.

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>>4317658
Pentax lens reviews are notoriously tolerant of genuinely irritating optical flaws

These people use 36mp cameras to make 1mp finished products and genuinely believe f11+sharpening slider is the secret to good photography

>>4317660
its called SOVL

>>4317661
the funny thing about this gross neon colored "soul" is i have literally never seen it in a film photo. ever.

maybe film camera manufacturers knew how to make soul without making garbage... or maybe it's worsened by digital sensors.

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>>4317658
Colour photography was a mistake

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>>4317658
why are all pentax lenses like this
there must be something I'm missing if they keep doing it, right?

>>4317855
chromatic aberration is a non-issue. It literally doesn't matter. Find me a good photo that was ruined by it. I'll wait.

>>4317857
I can't, because whatever I post you'll either say isn't a good photo or isn't ruined

how tf do i use pixelshift in raw files? darktable won't process them and rawtherapee gives me a file with the same resolution when i export into TIFF?
should I bother?

>>4317863
>darktable won't process them
what do you mean?
it's worked for me

>>4317865
like it will open them but it ignores the pixelshift it just handles one of the layers

>>4317866
ah I see
I don't use pixel shift that often so I didn't notice

Suggest good glass. Film-era, mf, af, aps-c... anything goes. I'm not familiar with the system other than owning some M42 screw mount lenses myself.

>>4317880
DFA* 50 F1.4 SDM AW
DFA* 85 F1.4 SDM AW

>>4317880
SMC FA 50mm F1.4 for a basic bitch prime with the funky flare effect if your subject is backlit

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Stones and trees

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>>4317922
Isn't that regarded as one of the worst fast fifties ever made?

>>4317922
>>4317885
I'll check those out. Seems pricey, but that's ok. I don't really care about shallow DOF but I realize the potential in low-light shooting.

Is it worth sticking with Pentax long term?

t. picked up a K-50 with 50mm DA 1.8 as my first camera

>>4318193
Absolutely not. Total meme brand. It was cool way, way, way back when cameras were more primitive. Pentax was the only one besides the more expensive sony that had IBIS on a camera with a half-respectable sensor size and they were weather sealing bottom of the barrel junk cameras when even nikon wasn't, but these days they are pointless, just buy a used higher end camera from any other brand and you'll get pentax build quality with better lenses and better autofocus. Nikon, canon, doesn't matter, sony, only has to be newer than the a7Riii, fuji, uh, just forget i said any other brand

t. sold a k-1 and $4000 in lenses to buy an a7iv and a handful of small primes and zooms last month

>>4318207
Thanks. I'll learn stuff with what I've got (since it was $200), but I won't heavily invest into the ecosystem. Would it still be worth getting maybe TTL flash, a 35mm prime, and a cheap zoom to learn or is that investing too much into the ecosystem?

What would be a logical upgrade? One of the last professional-level Canon or Nikon DSLRs?

>>4318193
In my opinion it's the ONLY brand worth sticking with long term. Don't listen to this retard >>4318207 he is just coping because he realized that he has seriously fucked up

>>4318219
Buy a godox TT350, a cheap wide travel prime, and a cheap zoom with good tele or pseudo-macro abilities and no more, and mind your budget, a 3 lens+flash kit is just the minimum to justify using an ILC over a fixed lens point and shoot and really get some mileage out of your stuff without being perpetually frustrated and wanting to buy more.

>>4318223
They went out of business after repeatedly failing to compete with the autofocus accuracy and speed of a nikon d60 and failing at lens design so hard that tamron makes the majority of their FF zooms (let's not talk about those HD D FA STAR primes...shameful. mirrorless prices, subfilm performance, medium format sized. were they maybe meant for a 50mp 645z successor?)

>>4318193
Depends on what you want. Do you want new, exiting releases? Do you care about the latest and greatest? Is it ok for you to lose the mirror? You can always adapt the glass later on if you like it.

And don't listen to shills like >>4318207 for some reason they feel the need to be everywhere and get you to make the same mistakes they made (buying into sony). Get a mirrorless one day if you feel like you need it. Adapters are cheaper than native glass anyways.

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>>4318219
I like the 50 1.8. I think a used 18-135 would be the next best lens if you're trying to see what you like. Its about $125-175. I've got the 35 2.4 also, but I think the zoom would be the most logical next step.

You can build a large ecosystem with cheap used lenses without being heavily invested. If you decide to switch, just consider the loss a rental fee used to decide what you like. Personally, I'm only considering a big investment change if the k1-III is released

>One of the last professional-level Canon or Nikon DSLRs?
of course there's the k3-III also. The k-70/kf would also have some improvements over the k-50 for considerably less.

Picture is from the 50mm macro at f2.8 iso800 with k-70 Compare with >>4317658.

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>>4318256
>of course there's the k3-III also. The k-70/kf would also have some improvements over the k-50 for considerably less.
What I'd really like to do is to be able to use my phone to preview shots and as a remote trigger to make self portraits less tedious. Do new Pentaxes let you do that, or do I need to switch Canikon, Sony, etc?

>>4318258
I don't have any experience with this, but it looks like it's supported on almost every model but the one you have
https://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/app/image-sync2/

>>4318255
4chan be like
>People keep telling me to accept christ, they must be trying to get me to join them in their mistake. Why would I want a world without murder, sodomites, and bestiality? Pfft. Isn't that right, rainbow dash?
>>NEEEEEEEEEEEEIGH (oh god i hope he doesnt take his pants off again)
>People keep telling me to get a sony, they must be trying to get me to join them in their mistake. Why would I want sharper lenses, better IBIS, better autofocus, and the superior EVF experience in a smaller, lighter package anyways? I don't need that shit to take pictures of little girls at the beach.
>People keep telling me there's a nuclear winter outside and to get in the shelter, they must be trying to get me to join them in their mistake. Radiation poisoning isn't real. Fucking normies. You believe everything the government tells you. It's all shills.

>>4318260
What I get for trying to not to spend too much money at first. At least I found an actual pain point in that can be solved by spending more money.

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Pic from some weeks ago

>>4318256
>50 1.8
how's the image quality on this one? Does it have better image quality than vintage takumars?

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