On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 04:19:11PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > > On Jun 5, 2024, at 4:09 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 12:42:39AM +0200, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 06.06.24 um 00:09 schrieb John Francis: > >>> Maybe it's time to add a section to the PUG for images created with > >>> non-Pentax > >>> gear. Or maybe it isn't - I don't know hom many other non-Pentax using > >>> PDMLers > >>> are still around. > >> > >> What keeps you from posting photos shot while you were using Pentax gear? > >> > >> I haven't been able to take any new photos for the last two years and my > >> days as a 'picture taking' photographer are over but I still have tens of > >> thousands of RAW and scanned analog photos to sift through and quite a few > >> to publish. > > > > Nothing stops me from posting old photographs - I shoot significantly less > > than some people here, so I've got every digital image I took available. > > (And boxes of slides, negatives, etc., very few of which have been scanned). > > But that doesn't help me get to be a better photographer. I sometimes used > > the PUG topic as a way to prompt myself out of my comfort zone and try some > > shots I'd never have thought of myself. Much of the time it didn't result > > in anything I wanted to show anybody else, but there were occasions when I > > came up with something I was pleased with, and even a few times when I ended > > up with an image I felt was worth submitting. > > I see a couple of options. > > You could use the PUG as an excuse to grab the K-5 and give it some exercise.
One thing I found when I checked out the K-5 recently is that after a couple of years using the M1X I'd definitely have to re-learn the camera - even such simple things as the feel of the camera (exacly where the basic controls are, how hard to press the buttons, etc.) are very different. I'd also got used to having a screen on the back of the camera for reviewing shots, adjusting settings, etc. And, of course, a major plus of switching formats was a the lens weight. The one thing I didn't have with the M1X was a backup body. I'd been thinking of getting an M5 - that would presumably be a lot closer operationally to the M1X. I know you'd been less than completely satisifed with your one, but for what I tend to shoot most of the time I suspect It would serve me well enough. I was still thinking things over - after all, you might decide to get rid of your M5 because it didn't meet your requirements - when I took a look at Mike's Camera to see what they would want for an EPL-10 (not for me, but our trusty old EPL-1 is really getting a bit too long in the tooth) and noticed that they were apparently prepared to sell me an M1X for what they wanted for an M5. It arrived today. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
