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fmogiel, The portrait with the 645 & 150 is particularly fine. I borrowed a 645 in Europe this summer & got some good results....haven't decided yet if i want to add one.....
Pentaxians... Any out there?
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ChrisPlatt
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To clarify though a Pentax K bayonet lens the SMC Pentax 35/3.5 lens is not a -M (miniature) lens.
There was no 35/3.5 SMC Pentax-M model.
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I've always liked the character of photos made with the 50mm 1.4 screwmount. I currently have a black Spotmatic, and a black S2 with a 50 1.4 and a 35mm f3.5This summer while in Europe I had the use of a Pentax 645 which gave me some beautiful negatives. My friend, a mountain guide and pro photographer from South Tirol just gave me a 645 with 45, 75. I also have a 200. Great results from a format i never used in the past
p.giannakis
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Pentax Spotmatic II and Takumar 35f/3.5
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nickthetasmaniac
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The Needles | South Coast Tasmania
Pentax LX, SMC 85/f1.8 and Lomo400
The Needles by Nick Clark, on Flickr
Pentax LX, SMC 85/f1.8 and Lomo400
The Needles by Nick Clark, on Flickr
Freakscene
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The Needles | South Coast Tasmania
Pentax LX, SMC 85/f1.8 and Lomo400
The Needles by Nick Clark, on Flickr
Beautiful Nick. How did you access Maatsuyker Island? Years ago I was stuck on a vessel moored where that red ship is for several days while a particularly nasty front smashed the south coast. It’s a fantastic shelter in bad weather.
Marty
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Chopper! We were doing resupply for the caretakers and prep work for the volunteer working bee.
I imagine that anchorage would still pick up a fair bit of swell in a southwesterly?
Freakscene
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I thought that was likely. Must have been a fun ride. Where did you come from? I’ve been into the airstrip at Bathurst Harbor, but it’s not exactly easy to get supplies in there.
Plenty of swell in all weather. I can’t recall the exact wind direction, but as I recall Tasmania itself was providing most of the shelter. I think the location was the closest deep anchorage the skipper knew. It was really crazy.
Thinking about it, we might have been parked on the other (eastern) side. I might have some photos somewhere but I was mostly holding on and trying to keep the seasickness medication down. It was really crazy.
Marty
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We use a heli pad near Cockle Creek. It's vehicle accessible so we can get supply trucks in there, but it makes the round trip to Maat about 45mins. As you can imagine, the fuel bills wrack up pretty quick...
Have you come across 'The Shank' books by Ian Johnston (I think there's been three editions)? It's a wonderful illustrated guide to all of the marginal anchorages used by fishing boats on the South Coast of Tassie. I don't know that I'd want to actually use any of them, but it makes for spectacular reading.
The Shank Returns | The new 3rd Edition!
The Shank Returns, the new third edition of Ian Johnstons' classic rutter for adventuring around Tasmania's wild south west coast.
theshank.com.au
Freakscene
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We use a heli pad near Cockle Creek. It's vehicle accessible so we can get supply trucks in there, but it makes the round trip to Maat about 45mins. As you can imagine, the fuel bills wrack up pretty quick...
Have you come across 'The Shank' books by Ian Johnston (I think there's been three editions)? It's a wonderful illustrated guide to all of the marginal anchorages used by fishing boats on the South Coast of Tassie. I don't know that I'd want to actually use any of them, but it makes for spectacular reading.
The Shank Returns | The new 3rd Edition!
The Shank Returns, the new third edition of Ian Johnstons' classic rutter for adventuring around Tasmania's wild south west coast.theshank.com.au
That makes sense from a supply perspective even if the cost is high.
I have seen The Shank but haven’t bought a copy yet. I’ll get it probably just because the photos are so beautiful; I’ve never been down there in a boat small enough to use the vast majority of those anchorages. The feeling I get at the thought of getting into his ‘Rocky Boat Harbor’ off Osmiridium Beach in a big sea just shows that although I’ve made my career and living from the ocean, I am well short of what you’d call ‘salty’.
When I go I’ll be sure to take a Pentax though, especially if that K-3 iii Monochrome becomes a reality.
Marty
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Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
While been in Moscow I got second Pentax sealed lens. Now it is time for used K-3
. This will be my true all weather kit. None of my Canon cando. Zuiko-logist
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I like this. Which lens/body?
Freakscene
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While been in Moscow I got second Pentax sealed lens. Now it is time for used K-3
Proper weather sealing is a huge plus for me. Pentax weather sealing, in my experience, has been very reliable. I’m always near the ocean and salt from seawater is both pervasive and very corrosive.
Marty
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Thanks! The K-1 mark II, with the eighties-era SMC 35-70mm f3.4-4.5 Macro. A small but mighty lens, and a total surprise to me.
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Very impressive
hap
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I'm a Pentaxian that doesn't use his Pentax. But what to do?....have to many cameras.
For weather sealing....its a Olympus TG-5. Shoot raw 16MP
For weather sealing....its a Olympus TG-5. Shoot raw 16MP
lxmike
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Have always x, a soft spot for Pentax glass, cut my teeth in the late 70's early 80's on Pentax, especially the SMC M series, sharp compact lenses, especially the SMC M 85/2.