Currently I have a K10D with the battery grip and I am totally loving it! With the higher resolution, shake reduction, and environmental seals it has been a worthwhile upgrade from the *ist DS. Below are a list of lenses and accessories I current use on my Pentax bodies.
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- Peleng 8mm F/3.5 Fisheye Lens
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- Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC
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- Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro
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Pentax SMC FA 31mm f/1.8 AL Limited |
Pentax SMC FA 50mm F/1.4 |
Tamron SP AF90mm F/2.8 Di Macro |
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Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 EX APO IF |
PREVIOUS CAMERAS I HAVE USED:
Pentax *ist DS.
This was my first D-SLR and it opened up a whole new world of photography for me. I started with a lot of manual focus lenses 50mm F/2, 135mm F/2.8, etc and progressively upgraded to more autofocus lenses. It is a 6MP body, fully auto, can shoot at 3FPS, and can take the abuse of the different conditions I subject it to!
Sony DSC-F717:
This camera is 5MP, 6X optical zoom, and a unique twisting body feature which attracted a lot of attention. The best thing was the manual zoom/focus feature which was way ahead of its time in prosumer cameras at that time. The video images were very clear and the audio was very clear. However, it was a very awkward shape to store and quite big with the lens sticking out the side. The image quality was really good except when shooting at the sun directly.
Toshiba PDR-M700:
With 10X zoom, 3.2MP and manual focusing and full manual exposure this camera was very impressive and certainly delivered excellent results. I mainly used this camera during my 1B term during class catching all my classmates sleeping during Materials class! The video mode was pretty good and the length of the video was only limited by the capacity of the memory card. With the manual mode the camera could take amazing macro shots.
Canon FT:
This is my dad’s camera from his university days. The amazing part is that everything still works on it and the pictures that come out are amazing. I started using this camera when I was a little weary of the 2.8X optical zoom on the PDR-4300 and wanted to explore other shooting options. Film was really difficult to use because everything had to be manually adjusted, metered without being able to see the result instantly. However there was also a different type of fun in the anticipation and mystery in the roll of film. Well I started buying all these lenses for it and ended up with:
Canon 50mm f/1.8
Canon 35mm f/2.8
Canon 100mm f/2.8
Sun 300mm f/8.0
3X Telephoto and Macro converter
Vivitar 80-200mm f/3.5-5.6
A wonky brass shell fish-eye lens with a dramatic blue tint, lens flare, and distortions
Toshiba PDR-4300:
This 4MP camera is the official beginning of my photographic journey. Even though we had no idea when we bought the camera, it possessed the most advanced manual functions that encouraged me to experiment with the different modes and trying different options. This camera was also very tough, surviving a bike crash, spilled superglue in the same compartment, drop from chest height onto a sandy, wooden platform, and numerous bumps against hard objects while inside my backpack. Finally, my mom (the terminator) dropped it during a dinner and now it can’t recognize whether the battery compartment is closed or not.
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