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Pictures at a Port - DA 50-135, K5IIs

Started Aug 10, 2013 | Discussions thread
britcam
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Re: Pictures at a Port - DA 50-135, K5IIs

brandrx wrote:

Great work britcam. I can't help but think that it is the photographer and not necessarily that great lens that produced these fine images. Although I'm sure the lens made it easier for you.

Cheers.

Ron

Hi Ron. Thank you.

Though I do think that certain camera / lens combos suit certain shooting styles, and coming from Oly 4/3 I find that the K5IIs and 50-135 can finally reproduce the sort of simple shooting that I used to enjoy back in the film days, many, many, moons ago using a Konica Autoreflex + Tokina 70-210 zoom. Its such a comfortable, non-stressing focal range. Put simply, I find the Pentax imposes the least amount of obstruction to the process of "seeing" a subject and its capture. Add to that the near perfect handling, size, and IQ, and its hard to see how it can really be bettered.

What I am also appreciating is the extra clarity and "openness" of RAW files that the loss of the AA filter has resulted in with the K5IIs, compared with the K5 & K30 that I used to have.

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britcam - Rich S

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