Please share your photos by a Pentax camera here :)

[longko]

This is nice. :thumbsup:

Thx bro^^

Wow! Those are close! Excellent macros. Do feel the light is abit harsh on some spots :think:

Ya they are. Due to glossy leaf surface and I'd yet get around to make a ideal diffuser for these sort of super macro^^; Working distance is only 5-9cm and the lens + diy macro filter length around 18-22cm^^; The quickiest way I know how is to use a black foam with a white line in the middle to act as flash extender.:bsmilie:

Edit: Just to give an idea of the magnification of DIY macro filter. insert is 100% cropped, the photo is resized of the original. the fruitfly is about 1cm long, body about 0.3-0.5 wide.

 

[creampuff]

Cute kitty who wanted to follow me home.

K100D Super FA 28-70mm f/4

 

[longko]

Cute kitty who wanted to follow me home.

K100D Super FA 28-70mm f/4

The FA 28-70mm AL f4 looks like a good lens^^ Nice kitty shot^^

 

[fengwei]

Cute kitty who wanted to follow me home.

K100D Super FA 28-70mm f/4

So the new cam is in action already Nice kitty

 

[fengwei]

Two photos to share. Both taken in IKEA two weeks back, K20D+FA43 in JPG, only resized plus abit USM, no other PPing done:

 

[longko]

fengwei I think ur princess wants a real poodle Bright side u'll get 1 more model at home:bsmilie:

 

[Redsun]

 

[skypacker]

Test shots from K20D
K20D + DA40/2.8
ISO 1600, NR:Weak, 1/60s, f/5.6,

100% crop

Converted from RAW and resized only. No other PP.

 

[istDeS]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[istDeS]

K10D + Vivitar 105mm + DIY macro filter

Nice macro shots longko. That is close.:bsmilie:

 

[creampuff]

The FA 28-70mm AL f4 looks like a good lens^^ Nice kitty shot^^

This underrated lens gives a pretty good performance. Animals don't get spooked so easily by the small size so I've had quite a number of keepers shooting cats with this lens. I like the compact size and light weight and it is pretty cheap too. Yeah I like cheap stuff. :bsmilie:

So the new cam is in action already Nice kitty

Yeah the camera is great. I seem to reach for this more than the K10D the last few days, maybe too familiar with the controls. I feel that the small tweaks over it's predecessor makes it an even better camera.

 

[istDeS]

Cute kitty who wanted to follow me home.

K100D Super FA 28-70mm f/4

You so good at "hooking up" up cats hor..:bsmilie: Nice shots. She is really cute. Thanks for sharing.

 

[istDeS]

Two photos to share. Both taken in IKEA two weeks back, K20D+FA43 in JPG, only resized plus abit USM, no other PPing done:

Nice pic as usual. I like the mood of the pic..Thanks for sharing

 

[creampuff]

Two photos to share. Both taken in IKEA two weeks back, K20D+FA43 in JPG, only resized plus abit USM, no other PPing done:

The colours are fantastic and your kids pose with an attitude. :thumbsup:
I'm pretty impressed by the WB performance.
Aiyoh, see pictures like these surely cannot help craving for the K20D. :sweat:

 

[longko]

Nice macro shots longko. That is close.:bsmilie:

Thx^^

This underrated lens gives a pretty good performance. Animals don't get spooked so easily by the small size so I've had quite a number of keepers shooting cats with this lens. I like the compact size and light weight and it is pretty cheap too. Yeah I like cheap stuff. :bsmilie:

I find that range will be ideal for petography lor.. How is it compare with FA 35-70mm? Cheap doesn't mean bad I using FA 35-70mm to take dogs and ppl willing to pay if I take shots of their dogs^^;

 

[darrrrrrrrrr]

How cheap is the FA 28-70mm?

 

[istDeS]

Have not shoot film for years. Here's one from today with the K1000 + M50 F/1.7 and a roll of Kodak Gold 200. Developed by my regular photo shop.

ISO 200, F/2, 1/250

 

[bumperbees]

K10D + FA35mm/f2 (Wide Open, Crop 1st Pix, Resize & Jepg)

 

[creampuff]

I find that range will be ideal for petography lor.. How is it compare with FA 35-70mm? Cheap doesn't mean bad I using FA 35-70mm to take dogs and ppl willing to pay if I take shots of their dogs^^;

I have the F 35-70mm as well as well as a Vivitar 35-70mm AF to compare with. Both the 35-70mm lenses have a close focus Macro setting which is pretty useful to shoot simple close-ups. However the FA 28-70mm goes a little wider. This is my second lens as I missed the small size after I sold off the first one and 70mm is pretty good for portraits, whether people or pets. I might settle for the DA 17-70mm eventually but it is physically a much bigger lens than either the 35-70mm or 28-70mm and it definitely will cost much more.

darrrrrrrrrr, it probably costs between US$80-100 used on eBay.

 

[creampuff]

Last shot from my trusty K100D before it was sold. :cry:
K100D Super with FA 28-70 f/4 and K10D with FA 20-35 f/4

K100D DFA 100mm f/2.8