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"Godox = king of wireless systems"? I think not.

Even hardcore Godox fans will admit that the XPro trigger was Godox's first ever decent trigger. The models before had several issues, including...

An f/1.4 lens on FF produces shallower DOF than an equivalent focal length f/2.8 lens on today's digital MF cameras. The Fuji GFX 50S, for instance, only has a 63/2.8 lens in that range.

For some,...

@bayindirh

The Pentax K-1 is pretty much an "allrounder"-camera.

The only area for which it isn't ideal is fast action.

P.S.: Of course I'm assuming typical DSLR genres, not something you'd use...

@SimenO1
For sure, that's why I used a "+" after "36MP". :)

BTW, many lenses from the film era are fit for 36MP sensors for a large class of photos. It is simply not true that they have lost their...

@ZilverHaylide

Seems you'd like the FA Ltd 43/1.9. It doesn't have a built-in AF motor so it isn't silent, but I don't find the noise obtrusive at all.

@ogl

I believe Pentax wanted to push quality to the extreme in order to enable Pentaxians to shoot at an extremely high level.

The intention was not to create a modern FA Ltd 50/1.4 with a small...

@Xeexon

I'd say the images are just not over-sharpened.

There is plenty of resolution and you could crank up sharpening to make them look a lot crisper.

I quite like the restraint concerning...

@Dericali

Zeis Otus 55/1.4 -> 1030g.
Zeis Milvus 50/1.4 -> 922g.

Other high-performance lenses from Sony (778g) and Sigma (815g) are not considerably lighter than the Pentax lens.

The sample images look gorgeous!

For a prime, 15 elements of which four are of a special type are insane (in a good way).

To those that moan about size and weight: This is what it takes to...

Parabolic light modifiers are a special breed that should ideally be used with omnidirectional light sources (bare bulbs). Their design cannot be compared to regular softboxes which use a plain...

Looks attractive in some aspects and some neat ideas but at the end of the day the softbox is pretty small and won't produce very soft light. "Because physics" (to use their insufferable style of...

I don't see how these hardware controls are going to do justice to Capture One's advanced colour editing controls.

A lot of space on the Loupedeck is occupied by fixed colour editing controls....

@vaotix
In C1 you can use the Color Balance tool to make shadows darker. Its three controls for shadows, mid-tones, and highlights are normally meant to affect colour but you can also just use them...

Adobe provides a "transformative digital experience" alright. They turn calm photographers into raging, cursing, software haters. :)

When it comes to shoddy quality control, other software...

@starbase218
All good. Thanks for the clarification.

All I'm asking for is that people acknowledge that for some users (however small that user base is) a Pentax camera is the best rational choice.

For those who think one cannot shoot action with a K-1 II here are some very nice airshow photos (not mine):

http://www.michaelfastphotography.com/galleries/k-1ii/bbif/bordenas2018/

Yes, at these...

@starbase218
"I don't claim to know "the truth" either, but then who does?"
If one does not know something, it is better to remain silent about it. Many people are unsure as to how Pentaxians...

@starbase218
"This is where you and I disagree. Horizon leveling, selectable AA-filter, etc? "
I wasn't talking about these features. I don't think we'll ever see eye to eye about the merits of...

@starbase218
I don't dispute that there are people who wish that AF-C performance on their Pentax camera would be better. You don't have to preach to the choir.

One anecdotal story of someone...

@starbase218
"Because when I raise the point about not being able to fix focus in post - as opposed to a lot of other things - you say":
That cannot be the explanation for why you characterised...