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News Video

“Bentax” Beatles Pentax Advertisement Among Others

I noticed this video on a forum posting at dpreview.com and thought it was amusing. Apparently the Beatles had a fondness or some type of advertising deal with Pentax back in their heyday. Here is the video on Youtube: If you do a search in Japanese on youtube, you find quite a few other unusual […]

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News Opinion

Older Wide Aperture Glass Compensated Behind The Scenes?

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/an_open_letter_to_the_major_camera_manufacturers.shtml I noticed this link a few minutes ago. It’s an interesting article and I suggest a visit to check it out. Using facts from the DxO group, the author suggests that large aperture lenses are not being fully utilized by current digital camera sensors due to a failing in their design. Light rays coming […]

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Action Nature Photography

Fall Leaves

Fall is in full force now. Strong winds and leaves everywhere. I took a few images today with the K-7 and FA 50mm f1.4. These images below are in the range f1.6 to f2.0. I was looking to get some action shots, but of course once I went outside the wind didn’t pickup much. “3rds” […]