Nipan_51

Recently, I noticed a  drop of Pentax K-70 body price, in 2 local Athens vendors, from €679 το  €599.  Is it happening because a  new model is on the way, or just for promotion reasons? Currently, ...

Summer lilies (Amaryllis Belladona) Lens, Sigma 17-70 mm F/2.8-4 HSM C Macro Thanks, Nick

If we do some reverse thinking and imagine Pentax camera AF to be in parity with its peers, we would be happier in that case, wouldn't we?

Thank you Peter, I shoot consequent portrait pictures with the lens set at its widest end, I do some processing incl. picture resizing and I stitch them by using either Microsoft's ICE or PS's ...

Last month I visited my mother island of Andros in the Aegean Sea , Greece. I shot some photos, focusing on night sky views. Here are some of them: Ancient watchtower (Saint Peter's) Blue Hour by ...

Thanks KPM2, The coincidence of a very dark moon and the brightest Mars in many decades, seen very close to each other, was extremely rare, so I am glad to have shot it. However, it is a shame that ...

I could not reduce shutter speed and increase sensitivity, because, then, I would have to choose between keeping the noise or loosing detail. And, shutter speed should be low because, in a great ...

Shot about 20 km south of Athens Greece, by using my Pentax K-S2, coupled with Tamron 10-24 mm F/3.5-4.5 , Sigma 17-70 mm F/2.8-4.0 and Tamron 70-200 mm F/2.8. O-GPS1 in Astrotracer mode. Totality ...

Συγχαρητήρια!!!

I have the K-S2. At first I had a  K-x, then a K-30. Moving from  K-x to K-30 was felt as a substantial upgrade, while moving from K-30 to K-S2 was felt as a sideways movement, mostly. Things were ...

Here are some wild orchids shot in April: 1. Anacamptis coriofora (fragrans) 2. Dactylorhiza sambucina 3. Cephalanthera longifolia 4. Anacamptis pyramidalis 5. Orchis quadripunctata 6. Orchis ...

Here are some wild orchids for March, shot at nearby areas, around Athens, Greece Ophrys Leucadica Ophrys Tenthredinifera Ophrys Iricolor Ophrys Sicula Ophrys Mycenensis Lens was Tamron 70-200 mm ...

Gorgeous composition and exposure!  Your camera is already a prestigious one and your lens is a rising star :) Merry Christmas, Nick

Yesterday's full moon and, almost perigee moon (or, Supermoon 2017) was rising behind a fog clouds covered hilltop, so, I thought as an interesting option to apply a long exposure , in Astrotracer ...

100% crop Here the Astrotracer was used. Shutter speed set at 40" Lens, HD Pentax DA 55-300 mm, F/4-5.8ED WR Thanks, Nick