Pentax and photojournalism

KGB4

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9 Oct 2007 - 6:33 PM

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i would like to talk to other people that use there Pentax cameras for photoj

i use a
K10D
K100D
K1000

KGB4

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9 Oct 2007 - 10:11 PM

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Quote: I used to use two 'LX's with a Billingham full of 'primes' 20 years ago....

Any good?

i would stay with the K1000 if there was no such thing as digital BUT as news gos digital is a must.

i been trying to start threds of the use of Pentax camers in photoj becuse i seen menny decutions about Nikon and Cannon.

maby we can share our experiences and how we can use our cameras better in photoj work.

i run a on line newspaper for Augusta Co. VA and sell photos to others

ok i find that the K100D is a better night time camera the asa 3200 deftly gives it the edge over the K10D for night time shooting also has less noise not that the K10D is bad

c_evans99

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10 Oct 2007 - 11:06 AM

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Not photoj but if I may wave me kit about

1 x MG
1 x ME-Super
2 x MX (one black, one chrome)

2 x winders for the above
3 x flashunits - AF160S, AF200S, AF270T

28mm f3.5 Pentax SMC
35mm f3.5 Pentax SMC
50mm f2 Pentax-M SMC
50mm f1.7 Pentax-M SMC
50mm f1.4 Pentax-M SMC
100mm f2.8 Pentax-M SMC
135mm f3.5 Pentax SMC
200mm f4 Pentax-M SMC
80-200mm f4.5 Pentax-M SMC

c_evans99

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10 Oct 2007 - 11:32 AM

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Whenever I have something a bit too technical (close up work for example) or too important to trust to one of my old miniatures - 'bout one roll of film a month... 'technical' usually means using the MXs but otherwise the kit is...

ME-Super 50mm f1.7 & winder
AF280T
28mm f3.5
100mm f2.8
80-200mm F4.5

pentaxpete

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10 Oct 2007 - 11:58 AM

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I have used PENTAX for press work since 1961: I was working with Breda Studios Barking, Essex England, and one of the partners had been to Singapore in the RAF and brought back these weird cameras called 'Asahi Pentax H2 and K2'- I was in the Army in Germany and had bought a 1937 Contax II with f1.5 (uncoated!) Sonnar lens which I thought was the 'Bees-knees'until I saw the results from these strange 'Pentax' cameras with 'Takumar' lenses - nobody had ever heard of them ! We knew only of Tessars, Sonnars. Xenars etc. Well, when the restrictions on importing of cameras were finally relaxed a bit and a 'PENTAX S3 appeared in the window of a camera shop in Barking I was first in the queue, swopped my Contax gear for £35, the Pentax was £85, paid the difference and That, as they say, is where the story starts ! 2 Pentax LX, 3 Me Supers, 2 MX, 1 P30 ( given) , Program A (won but worn out),Spotmatic, SV (given),6x7 mk I and II and K10D ( only because I won £220 Jessops Vouchers towards the cost) -so many Pentax screw and bayonet lenses to count ( lots GIVEN).

Just Jas

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10 Oct 2007 - 12:10 PM

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Pentax S3 - I believe that this was the model that a friend of mine bought - the lens had a pre-set iris. For about that price.

This camera was a quantum leap, compared to the Edixas and Exactas SLRs that were around at the time.

Within months a fully auto lens version appeared.

Bought from a camera shop in the Kingsland Road, Hackney.

Don't know if it's still there. Was a great shop.

jas

ChuckBrix

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10 Oct 2007 - 12:14 PM

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I heard Fox Talbot used Pentax, but even he now has a Canon EOS 1DS Mark 3

c_evans99

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10 Oct 2007 - 12:47 PM

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Quote: I heard Fox Talbot used Pentax, but even he now has a Canon EOS 1DS Mark 3

If he had the lenses he used would still fit on the K10D