j.scooter, congrats on your 67 acquisition, welcome to the "club"! A good start, and the machine appears to be working. 🙂
Pentax 67 Gas!
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j.scooter
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Thanks Keith. I love the feel and sound this camera makes every time you press the shutter.
I haven't looked at them with a loupe, but I have viewed the scans at 100%. These shots are not critically sharp and would not hold up well to being enlarged.
Thanks Doug, glad to finally be a member, is there a patch or handshake that I should be aware of😀
venchka
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Someone will be around to teach you the official handshake. Obviously, your hands don't shake.
If you buy an M5 you will know both secret handshakes.
You will also have forearms like Popeye! Good work with the 6x7.
If you buy an M5 you will know both secret handshakes.
You will also have forearms like Popeye! Good work with the 6x7.
martin s
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Just a thought - I've been shooting with the 105 for a little bit, found the minimal focus a little limiting though. I've tried a bunch of other lenses and really stuck with the 75. A beautiful all-rounder which goes down to some 20-30 cm.
martin
martin
venchka
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Ext. tubes are really cheap.
le vrai rdu
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yes but it make a quite uneasy camera (putting and removing the tubes) and put all the weight of the lens far away from the body causing a big torque for the photographer
charjohncarter
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Right; and plus, even with the number one extension tube and your 105mm lens set to infinity you are focusing at the lower limit of the 105mm lens without the tube: 3+ feet or 1 meter. This then goes down to (I'm not going to look it up) but about -+13 inches (-+ 32.5cm.). This is an in convenient was to shoot below 1 meter. At least for me, I can't use those tubes without a tripod and a lot of time.
But they do work (and with the meter in non-stopdown mode):
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Jeicob
Amateur
Otherwise you can always ad a gyro-stabilizer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nijX0lgsols
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
That clip is worthy of it's own thread ... brilliant!
Steering an ultra light while handling the big Pentax makes using it for street photography seem a little tame. 😛
Thanks for the link. 🙂
The 90mm f/2.8 is also a close-focuser, going down to .65m. This is a very compact handy lens. And the 135mm f/4 gets to .75m... It's .41m for the 75mm f/2.8... 16.2 inches!
PatrickT
New Rangefinder User
Well, I just ordered a 6x7 w/ Metered Prism from KEH. Partially thanks to this thread. 🙂 Put that with my 105/2.4 and it should be great!
tomalophicon
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Wow, those are some very good figures. The only thing stopping me from getting one is my 6x6 enlarger :bang:
keytarjunkie
no longer addicted
Time to revive this poor thread! I just shot in a snowstorm last night, the camera held up so much better than I did 😛
I would like some help though. Since it was technically still daylight, the sky was this really orange foggy color. I haven't printed these, but the scans look like the colors are very "correct" which I'm glad I got, but I'd like to start moving away from. The exposure times were around 8, 15, 30, 60 seconds...if I want wacky colors how long should I be trying to photograph for? I was already at f/8 or f/11 so maybe I have to wait for it to get darker before I can do longer exposures (or buy a ND). Anyway here are a few photos. Since I don't really know what I'm doing yet, I got a meter reading with my handheld meter and bracketed about two stops in each direction. These were the best exposures.
These were all with the 45mm
I would like some help though. Since it was technically still daylight, the sky was this really orange foggy color. I haven't printed these, but the scans look like the colors are very "correct" which I'm glad I got, but I'd like to start moving away from. The exposure times were around 8, 15, 30, 60 seconds...if I want wacky colors how long should I be trying to photograph for? I was already at f/8 or f/11 so maybe I have to wait for it to get darker before I can do longer exposures (or buy a ND). Anyway here are a few photos. Since I don't really know what I'm doing yet, I got a meter reading with my handheld meter and bracketed about two stops in each direction. These were the best exposures.
These were all with the 45mm
venchka
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A 45mm lover too. Wonderful lens. Personally, I find the color range, tone, contrast, quality, etc. perfect. You can always introduce strange colors with Photoshop or any other editor.
LOVE your work with the 45.
Your scanning is perfect too. What scanner/scanner software/post scan software are you using?
LOVE your work with the 45.
Your scanning is perfect too. What scanner/scanner software/post scan software are you using?
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smiling gecko
pure dumb luck, my friend
great!!
great!!
great first outing!! your choice of using color film (and the terrific scanning) are encouraging me to try some of my recently bought ektar 100.
you made some fine casual portraits of that cutey.
thanks for sharing.
breathe, relax and enjoy,
sg
great!!
great first outing!! your choice of using color film (and the terrific scanning) are encouraging me to try some of my recently bought ektar 100.
you made some fine casual portraits of that cutey.
thanks for sharing.
breathe, relax and enjoy,
sg
keytarjunkie
no longer addicted
I feel kind of restricted with only a 45 and a 105, but for landscapes like this, the 45mm is fantastic. I'm using an Epson V700 right now, although my school has an Imacon that I'll start using next year, for 4x5 and medium format. I wasn't entirely happy with the color balance in these three...since some of the exposures had more reciprocity failure than others, it was hard to get them all the same. Next time I go back, it will be darker out and hopefully photos will be more like 15 minutes or 30 minutes and I'll get some really cool colors.
Thank you! I'm glad you liked those. So far I've only had the opportunity to shoot ektar on 35mm, the 6x7 photos of the girl (Haley) were all Portra NC or cross-processed Velvia 100. Nowadays I'm shooting only Fuji Pro 160s (and Pro 400H with my yashica point and shoot) because it's cheaper in bulk. I haven't shoot b&w in so long that I've practically forgotten...developing color is a very different process 🙂
le vrai rdu
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I forgot I could use my 135 mm f4 macro
I love it now 🙂
charjohncarter
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Now that is a great horse photo, le vrai rdu.
le vrai rdu
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Freakscene
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Beautiful tones. What film and developer?
Marty
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