Pentaxians Feb 2010 Chinatown Outing - Photo Sharing

[Ben Loke]

U guys disappeared after awhile....

We lost you...:think:

 

[VanGogh53]

In such situation, I find it difficult to change lens, and hence that was why I bought the Fuji Finepix sf100fs with a zoom of 28-400mm (bridge camera). First it is too dangerous to change lens with human traffic, unless you want to risk dropping the lens or the cover..I started with the kit 18-55mm; and then changed to the 40mm f2.8. I finished the course with the pancake. So who are those who are expect in doing David Cooperfield act of changing lenses and how you control the "damage"?

 

[darrrrrrrrrr]

In such situation, I find it difficult to change lens, and hence that was why I bought the Fuji Finepix sf100fs with a zoom of 28-400mm (bridge camera). First it is too dangerous to change lens with human traffic, unless you want to risk dropping the lens or the cover..I started with the kit 18-55mm; and then changed to the 40mm f2.8. I finished the course with the pancake. So who are those who are expect in doing David Cooperfield act of changing lenses and how you control the "damage"?

A sling bag makes things easier. Find a spot away from people, back facing the wind. Make sure the camera is slung around neck. Usually on a shoot I don't bother with the front caps since my lenses all have filters anyway. So with the camera hanging from my neck, I loosen the mounted lens slightly. I grab the new lens from the bag and hold in right hand, left hand remove the mounted lens and drop it front-down into the bag. Remove rear lens cap from new lens, mount it, then cover the lens with the rear cap. I don't know if this is a good method but it's the one I am used to. I suppose you could remove the rear cap from the new lens and then quickly switch the lenses to minimize exposure to dust but I find it more troublesome to find a place to stash the rear cap.

 

[pinholecam]

Excellent shots. How to view th exif?

Just do a google for exif viewer for the browser you are using. There should be a free plug-in for your browser to view exif data.

Nice series from pinholecam. I love to see closeup pics. ;p

Cherry blossoms in sunny Singapore and blossomed before April.:thumbsup:



The bokeh made the flowers look real. :bsmilie:

Thanks.
S'pore soil very fertile
The 2nd flower pict is real one not plastic fantastic.

 

[teruranse]

guess its my turn now... though its a bit late...

bang bang bang... take cover...

another shot of our pentax poster gal...

total concentration...

mask...

preparing for the cny...

 

[eselite]

Terrance, i love that bang bang shot! My sergeant last time scold me for choosing a thin tree to take cover...lol

Our pentax model.
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[elavan]

Benson, no.1 is very very nice.... the colors can die one. hahahahaha...

Lucky no prize for guessing who, if not sure everybody will Huat big prize. Must get one of those 10-20 lens when the time comes... can't recognize who is in no.3.

alamak, so handsome how can u not know who is he?? :bsmilie:

 

[benchan21]

Great outing. Nice to have met you guys.

Some of my pics. Hope this works, first time posting images.

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Ben

 

[benchan21]

Here are some pictures my wife took with the GF1 ...

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[OPERA58]

happy with the outing thou it a hot day and here are my shots
K20D + a135 f2.8...

to contd..

 

[OPERA58]

contd...
pentaxian at works..

Thanks guys..

 

[eselite]

Hey benchan, very nice series you have there! All looks very crisp! The GF1 is really a very competitive camera! No wonder it's so popular!

Hey Opera, can you show us the uncrop version of that girl with a pink cap?

 

[vajrasattva]

Fruits and drinks:

Fengwei, Your photos are so beautifully exposed and sharp, Can you share how you shoot? I use a Pentax K-x, but still figuring around with manual, iso. Pentax is a beauty. Glad I sold my Nikon D80 for this.

 

[seefei]

Chess players:


My favorite model in Chinatown:

FW, the indian gentleman is my favourite model too hehehe :bsmilie: taken during the last outing in chinatown 2 years ago!

 

[10dollar]

this are the pics that i took w my new pentax kx last wk at chinatown. was too shy to join you guys outing. wahahah!

 

[creampuff]

A lot of very nice photos from you guys. Was just too busy over the weekend to post anything.
Always a pleasure to meet up with new Pentax users and it was a nice stopover at Manly.

Here's some of my shots with my modded for IR *istDL2 camera. WB probably quite off.

DA 21mm

A quick test with Fengwei's DA 15mm (Yes it is IR friendly, no hot-spotting :thumbsup

 

[creampuff]

My fav models...
K-7 FA 50mm Macro

Farhan

Terrance

 

[creampuff]

How can we forget our Pentax poster boy with his silver FA 77mm? Thanks Charlie...
K-7 FA 50mm Macro

 

[creampuff]

Artists...

Roasted chestnut vendor

Old but looking cool

 

[creampuff]