Well after using a fz8 for a while i figured it was time for me to buy a "real" camera. After reading many threads looking at pictures blabla i decided the camera i wanted was a pentax k10d. Looking on ebay i managed to find myself a samsung gx10 (basically the same cam) with both kit len's for £365 (second hand) and i jumped at it.
2 days later i went to a market and found myself a
pentax k55mm f1.8. Got that with some nice lens case's and extension tubes (asahi pentax ones.. but only 1 and 3 are there) and a skylight filter (was on the 55mm 1.8) for £40.
Anyway heres a few images i took earlier using the prime, the subject was in the back of my brothers car on a okish bright day. Shot in JPG and converted to BW in camera. All ive done otherwise is resize the image.
55mm, f1.8, iso140, 1/90
my parrot flying,cropped a bit.. was just messing around
55mm, f11+ (in between f11 and f16), iso100, 1/6 onboard flash set to -1ev.
this other was using one of my kit len's d-xenon 18-55 (pentax da 18-55 renamed). I adjusted exposure a little as it was a bit dark. Again shot shot in jpg.
33mm, f8, iso100, 1/180
Anyway im loving this camera and i honestly think that compared to my little fz8 (which i used to think was big :P) this thing is a monster with realy fast autofocus (ppl say its slow??) and very nice image quality (even with jpg). Im still learning a lot about it and how it works, i reckon it will be a while before i become one with it
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WOOOHOOOoooooo!!