Today with your Pentax

July 31, 2023
Bottom Of Dog Food Bag.
Pentax 645Z with Arsat 30 fisheye. ISO 800, F9.5 at 1/30.
Thanks for looking,
barondla

Your dog food bag is looking a lot the same as my dog food bag. Of course, this means you're going to have to shoot some photos of your dog now. 😉

So much for July. It was rainy all day, so only one camera/lens combo was employed for today's effort. Here's two of two shots I took today. See you in August!

Roundabout by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 28mm f3.5 Shift at f8.0, 1/60s, and ISO 100

Ivy House by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 28mm f3.5 Shift with 4mm shift at f8.0, 1/45s, and ISO 100

Our path was thwarted by a huge puddle, which the dog and I opted to avoid today. That meant a detour into less familiar territory. I'm still experiencing strange problems with focusing with one of my cameras. Manually focusing (of course) and wide open, I get backfocus in the field, but when I come home and test in controlled conditions, it's perfect. Any ideas?

Here's today's catch.

Courtyard by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 85mm f2.0 at f8.0, 1/90s, and ISO 400

Blue House by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 28mm f3.5 at f8.0, 1/180, and ISO 280

Here's today's catch.

Portobello by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-A 100mm f2.8 Macro with Godox TT350 flash taken at f11, 1/180s, and ISO 280

Willow Tree by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K.1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 17mm f4.0 Fisheye at f8.0, 1/60s, and ISO 200

Not sure how you are testing the camera at home? Make sure the light is similar color temperature wise. Lenses focus differently depending on light. This is why many older lenses have IR focus marks on their distance scale. Camera wise, make sure the viewfinder diopter setting hasn't moved. Also make sure the focus screen is seated correctly in camera. Had an Olympus OM-1 film camera that screen got jostled slightly and threw all my focusing off. You might do an outdoors test with camera on tripod and comparing viewfinder vs Liveview manual focusing.Be sure to unfocus camera between the two trials and use liveview at 8X. Hope you get it worked out

August 1, 2023

Pentax K-7 with Pentax 645 400 lens. ISO 100 F11 at 1/8 on tripod. Liked the tree, but not enough to fight the chiggers :).
Thanks for looking,
barondla

Not sure how you are testing the camera at home? Make sure the light is similar color temperature wise. Lenses focus differently depending on light. This is why many older lenses have IR focus marks on their distance scale. Camera wise, make sure the viewfinder diopter setting hasn't moved. Also make sure the focus screen is seated correctly in camera. Had an Olympus OM-1 film camera that screen got jostled slightly and threw all my focusing off. You might do an outdoors test with camera on tripod and comparing viewfinder vs Liveview manual focusing.Be sure to unfocus camera between the two trials and use liveview at 8X. Hope you get it worked out

August 1, 2023

Pentax K-7 with Pentax 645 400 lens. ISO 100 F11 at 1/8 on tripod. Liked the tree, but not enough to fight the chiggers :).
Thanks for looking,
barondla

August 3, 2023

Power went off so I tried another UVIVF. Kind of creepy. Pentax 645Z with Pentax 645 Series A 120macro. Adaptalux Pod Minis. ISO 400, F8 at 7 min 30 sec.
Thanks for looking,
barondla

Wow, barondla, that's really awesome!

Here's today's catch.

Kawai by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M* 300mm f4.0 at f5.6, 1/500s, and ISO 1600

Fence and Bokeh by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-K 55mm f1.8 with 1.4x-S Converter-A at f3.2, 1/250s, and ISO 280

Here's today's catch.

Cutleaf Coneflower by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 135mm f2.5 at f5.6, 1/500s, and ISO 400

Acorn by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 50mm f1.7 with 19mm auto extension tube and Godox TT350 flash at f11, 1/180s, and ISO 100

Great shots! Love the background in the first one and the second one is excellent in terms of image quality. Is the Pentax-M 50 mm f/1.7 a vintage lens? I think I have an older SMC Pentax-M 50 mm f/1.4 lens and it's nowhere near that quality, even when stopped significantly...

Simple joy, the Pentax-M 50mm f1.7 is of the same vintage as your f1.4 version. I've got both lenses, and I think stopped down they are both similar. Maybe yours needs an adjustment?

We went to Mainz today. Turns out we were in too big of a hurry to do much photography, but I did manage a few. Here's today's catch.

St. Peter Cathedral by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 28mm f3.5 Shift at f5.6, 1/180s, and ISO 100, with 5mm upward shift

Staircase by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 120mm f2.8 at f5.6, 1/20s, and ISO 280

A couple from the vineyard today.

Post by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 150mm f3.5 at f5.6, 1/250s, and ISO 400

Purple Grapes by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 28mm f2.0 at f2.0, 1/180s, and ISO 100

August 6, 2023

So humid a trip outside takes 20+ minutes for lens to clear. Indoor shot. Pentax 645Z with Pentax 645 Series A 120 macro. ISO 200, 8" at F22.
Thanks for looking,
barondla

Here's a couple more from the vineyard today. I hope these aren't getting too monotonous.

Post and Bokeh by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 400mm f5.6 at f11, 1/750s, and ISO 560

Starburst by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-A 20mm f2.8 at f16, 1/60s, and ISO 200

Superb sunstar in that 2nd image. I'm not tired of orchard photos.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Here's today's catch.

Daisies by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 200mm f4.0 at f4.0, 1/350s, and ISO 1600, wide open

Pears by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 at f1.4, 1/1500s, and ISO 140
Still struggling with focus issues. I need shims that are slightly thicker than the ones Focusingscreens.com gave me, but thinner than the metal one that came with the camera. Does anyone know where one can obtain focus screen shims?

August 7, 2023

Pentax 645Z with Pentax 645 400 and 1.4 teleconverter. ISO 800 F6.3 at 1/125.
Thanks for looking,
barondla

August 8, 2023

Plant making a zen garden :). Pentax K-1 with Nikon EL-Nikkor 80mm and Hoya R72. ISO 100, F11, at 1/125.
Thanks for looking,
barondla