• Members 166 posts
    May 14, 2023, 3:50 p.m.

    Shots from Saturday are finally posted.

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    Azaleas by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 100mm f4.0 Macro at f11, 1/250s, and ISO 800

    and...

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    Höchster Schloss bei Frankfurt by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 30mm f2.8 at f9.5, 1/1000s, and ISO 400

  • Members 166 posts
    May 14, 2023, 4:06 p.m.

    Here's today's catch.

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    Orange Poppy by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-A 100mm f2.8 Macro with 1.4x-S Converter-A at f11, 1/750s, and ISO 400

    and...

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    Burgkirche by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-K 55mm 1.8 at f8.0, 1/500s, and ISO 200

  • Members 213 posts
    May 15, 2023, 4:28 p.m.

    Couldn't resist the tiny mushrooms in UV. Pentax K-1 modified full spectrum by Kolari Vision.El-Nikkor 135mm enlarging lens with 2 fixed and 1 variable extension tube. 2mm thick Hoya U360 and Schott S8612 stacked filters. ISO 100 F11 @ 30".

    Thanks for looking,
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    JPG, 142.7 KB, uploaded by barondla on May 15, 2023.

  • Members 166 posts
    May 15, 2023, 8:22 p.m.

    I took quite a few photos today with a couple of lenses I have been a little cool on lately. Both surprised me for the better this evening.

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    Dandelion by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 35mm f2.0 at f2.0, 1/180s, and ISO 200 at closest focus distance
    I had assessed this lens in the past as not being very good under these conditions. The white filaments on top of this dandelion seedhead are sharply rendered and they are off-center, so I've changed my assessment.

    also...

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    Poppy by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 400mm f5.6 at f5.6, 1/1000s, and ISO 1600
    Here's another lens I've had issues with wide open. It is difficult to focus due to thin DOF, but I nailed it a few times today so again my assessment has been changed. Both lenses require careful focusing and attention to proper exposure and technique.

  • Members 213 posts
    May 16, 2023, 10:24 p.m.

    Visitor!
    Pentax 645Z with 645 FA 300 F5.6. ISO 3200 F5.6 @ 1/125. Not bad for hand held, and lens wide open..

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    Thanks for looking,
    barondla

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    JPG, 331.9 KB, uploaded by barondla on May 16, 2023.

  • Members 213 posts
    May 17, 2023, 7:28 a.m.

    Like the poppy a lot. I have the A version of this lens. Seem to remember it having chromatic aberration. Your copy looks great. Now I have to retest.
    Thanks,
    barondla

  • Members 166 posts
    May 17, 2023, 11:59 a.m.

    Your raccoon looks great! Nice catch.

    My M400 does have chromatic aberration, sometimes bad if there's high contrast areas. I have the A400 too! Both are good lenses, but it's harder to get good images out of the M.

    Here's today's catch.

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    Allium by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-K 105mm f2.8 at f2.8, 1/1500s, and ISO 200 at closest focus distance

    and...

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    Playing Ball by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 15mm f3.5 at f11, 1/90s, and ISO 200

  • Members 213 posts
    May 17, 2023, 5:40 p.m.

    Rose.
    Pentax 645Z with Pentax 6x7 120 F3.5 soft lens. ISO 3200 F4.5 1/400.

    Foxtail.
    Pentax 645Z with Pentax 645 FA400 F5.6 ED lens. ISO 400 F5.6 1/400. Like JCDosss, I have two 400mm lenses.
    First time posting two images at once.
    Thanks for looking,
    barondla
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    JPG, 114.2 KB, uploaded by barondla on May 17, 2023.

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    JPG, 98.8 KB, uploaded by barondla on May 17, 2023.

  • Members 166 posts
    May 17, 2023, 7:14 p.m.

    Nice work barondla!

    Here's today's catch.

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    The Lake by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 100mm f2.8 at f4.8, 1/1000s, and ISO 100

    and...

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    Greenhouse by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-A 20mm f2.8 at f8.0, 1/90s, and ISO 200

  • Members 166 posts
    May 18, 2023, 7:03 p.m.

    Here's today's catch.

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    Fence by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 17mm f4.0 Fisheye at f9.5, 1/250s, and ISO 100

    and...

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    Pinecone by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-A* 200mm f4.0 Macro ED at f11, 1/125s, and ISO 400

  • Members 213 posts
    May 19, 2023, 5:10 p.m.

    Just received my Kickstarter Adaptalux Pod Minis. Ordered two with UV arms. This is a dandeline showing the black bullseye center that visually leads bugs to the nectar. Top mounted Pod in boost mode front mounted at 50%. Pentax K-1 full spectrum modified by Kolari Vision. El-Nikkor 80mm enlarging lens with 2mm thick Hoya U360/Schott S8612 filter stack. Lighting arms also have Adaptalux filtering.. ISO 100 F14 @30".

    Not incredible photo but fine for a first attempt.
    Thanks for looking,
    barondla

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    JPG, 197.1 KB, uploaded by barondla on May 19, 2023.

  • Members 166 posts
    May 19, 2023, 6:11 p.m.

    Here's today's catch.

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    Burg Eltz by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 50mm f1.7 at f8.0, 1/180s, and ISO 200

    I knew it was going to be a bad day when I discovered that I left my SD card at home. Luckily, the other one was still in the slot. Then I discovered that I had my shake reduction set to 200 instead of 50 (again!). Turns out it didn't matter as this was the only picture I took the whole day. The first couple were blurred, no doubt due to miscalibrated shake reduction, but this one was sufficiently crisp enough to keep.

  • Members 213 posts
    May 19, 2023, 9:29 p.m.

    Nice capture of a cool building @JCDoss. Saved by the double card slot. I've done the same thing. Now there is a collection of original Pentax film camera straps on my main cameras. It holds the tiny remote in one pocket and eyepiece blind and extra SD card in the other.
    Thanks for sharing,
    barondla

  • Members 1662 posts
    May 20, 2023, 5:02 a.m.

    Looks great! Interesting that you‘re using an El Nikkor 80 mm lens - is it similarly effective to the 63 mm f/3.5 version when it comes to UV?

  • Members 213 posts
    May 20, 2023, 4:55 p.m.

    Thank you. Don't want to derail this thread so I will answer in the IR & UV forum.
    Thanks,
    barondla

  • Members 6 posts
    May 20, 2023, 9:59 p.m.

    here is one from this past week with pentax

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    JPG, 55.4 KB, uploaded by trp on May 20, 2023.

  • Members 166 posts
    May 20, 2023, 10:22 p.m.

    We went to Mainz for the monthly trip to the hairdresser, so I tootled around the farmers' market while that was going on. I took quite a load of photos today. I uploaded 28, not my usual half-dozen or so.

    Here's today's catch.

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    BLCK6592 by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 28mm f2.0 at f8.0, 1/125s, and ISO 200

    and...

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    SLVR6592 by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 85mm f2.0 at f4.0, 1/180s, and ISO 100

    and finally...
    Later in the evening, the dog still needed his walk, so I put on a third lens for the day and off we went.

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    SLVR6615 by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 200mm f4.0 at f4.0, 1/250s, and ISO 200, slightly cropped
    The lens is better than this photo shows. Nailing focus for a moving target is difficult!

  • Members 166 posts
    May 21, 2023, 6:15 p.m.

    Another three-fer today. In the morning we went to my favorite coffee shop in the country.

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    Maja Kaffee by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 at f1.4, 1/1500s, and ISO 100

    Later in the evening we took the dog on his constitutional. It was hot for the first time, and I sweated profusely.

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    Fence by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-K 35mm f3.5 at f9.5, 1/250s, and ISO 280

    and,,,

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    Iris by Jason Doss, on Flickr
    Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 100mm f4,0 Macro with 1.4x-S Converter-A at f16, 1/125s, and ISO 1100