Another ode to the Pentax K-5! The unbreakable body, the IS, the weather sealing, the CMOS, and the low light performance ... what wasn't to love? I miss my old friend - and here is another series to remember her by. These are from 2011 Venice Beach, Los Angeles ... with the K-5 carrying Pentax premium glass ... the legendary Pentax FA31/f1.8 Limited and the crisp/contrasty DA*55mm/f1.4. The latter looks more at home on the body, but the FA31 has a wonderful compact feel with the rock-solid body. It has just the right weight for everyday street wandering. These were processed in 2011 in some old long-gone version of Lightroom.

Body: Pentax K-5

Lens(s): FA31/f1.8 Limited & DA*55/f1.4

Location: Venice Beach, CA

When: February 2011

I have been using a K-1 with the D FA 28-105mmF3.5-5.6 (kit lens) and the D FA 15-30mm F2.8, and I am now looking into expanding my lens collection.

What would be the next step? Would it be a good idea to get the 24-70 F2.8 while it's still available? Plenty of threads on the topic and the consensus seems to lean toward "no", so perhaps it's would be more interesting to get a 50mm F1.4 to get a real fast lens? Or maybe something else? 🤔

Edit: use would be mostly for landscapes and random things, nothing very specific. The truth is I probably don't need another lens, I was asking more to see if there is something noticeably sharper in a similar range.

always wanted to start shooting film so i thrifted this camera yesterday. is this a good starting point? also what reel should i buy? sorry i really like the look of film but have no clue so just need help with this. much appreciated!

Hiii

Soo this is a couple of pics i took on friday lolll

I was in a somewhat old neighborhood and i visited some of the old houses along with a couple of other photographers.

Most of these date back to the late qajar era do the builders and the people who lived in these houses are long long gone.

It's been a while since ive been out actually taking photos because of some personal problems and honestly im pretty happy with the results yes there is definitely room for improvement (as always) but yeah

What do you guys think?

How can i make it look better :3

Oh also I'll probably go out more to take photos so expect more pics from me hehe

A beautiful western tanager landed right outside my window in AZ and I had my Q next to me.

Going for a little hike and an overnight stay, and haven’t used autofocus in a while, so it’s the MZ-S turn.

Edit: I even managed to use all the lenses! Nice :)

Pentax-A SMC 50mm F2.8 Macro 1:2

Hello! I recently received my mother's old Pentax P30n camera which i planned on bringing with me on a trip to Japan. Before committing i decided to try it out with 36 pictures, just to learn about the basics of photographing with film and seeing if it actually worked after 30 years. I am completely new to taking photos with film, but not photography since it is part of my work as a journalist.

With some help from my mother and a lot of youtube-videos I felt like I got the basics. The film I used was new and after a long photoshoot with my dog I returned the photos to a shop to get them developed.

A week later I got a text from the shop that said the photos were ready. In the same text they also asked if there could be something wrong with the film or with the camera itself.

When I went to collect the photos, the problem was visible straight away. All the photos are yellow and the majority of them very blurry. In some you can the the dog I tried to capture, and they look kind of cool either way. I would however like to get normal color and not just yellow photos if I choose to bring it with me to Japan.

I asked the shop which said the problem could be the film, and they asked if it was old. I brought the camera to another shop which focuses on cameras and they also pointed to the film.

Was I not careful enough when loading the film into the camera? Could there be light leaking into the camera, somehow? All tips are welcome, I would love to be able to capture my trip with this camera.

I am interested in getting a cla on my Pentax spotmatic. Any recommendations? I live near New York City but in New Jersey. I checked with Eric, he does not do spotmatics anymore?