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By David Kilpatrick, on August 1st, 2015 At a workshop given by John Denton for The Flash Centre, with Elinchrom lighting and Pentax 645Z demonstration. model Laura posed for a comparison pair of shots using the Pentax with 90mm macro lens and the A7RII equipped I regret to say with a much inferior lens, the basic 28-70mm.
To compare the quality bear . . . → Read More: A7RII versus Pentax 645Z
By David Kilpatrick, on June 10th, 2015
Twenty years ago I was operating one of the first full service digital photo studios in the world. I had already published, back in 1986, the world’s first desktop published commercial periodicals and won the UK Printing Industries Research Association inaugural DTP Awards, in 1987, for this. We’d bought the first Apple laser printer in . . . → Read More: Sharp vintage glass – and subject
By David Kilpatrick, on September 11th, 2012 Pentax’s new K5 IIs – a 16 megapixel DSLR with a proper glass prism giving nearly 100% view and 92% scale – is a variant of the improved K5 announced overnight (British time) without an AA filter.
You might be interested in Pentax when you learn that their new SAFOX AF assembly goes down . . . → Read More: No AA filter for future Sony models?
By David Kilpatrick, on June 23rd, 2011 Although it’s not Alpha, this product announcement – embargoed until 5am UK time, 23rd June, though no doubt by adhering to the embargo we will be a day later than hundreds of websites breaking it – speaks volumes for the impact of Sony’s Alpha system, its interformat lens compatibility, and the future of non-SLR systems.
. . . → Read More: Pentax Q up to battle it out with NEX and Ricoh
By David Kilpatrick, on May 20th, 2009 PENTAX UK is pleased to announce the launch of the PENTAX K-7 lens-interchangeable digital SLR camera. The K-7 combines a variety of advanced functions and user-friendly features to ensure outstanding reliability and capability within a compact, lightweight body (says the press release from Pentax in the UK).
The K-7 joins the current PENTAX K . . . → Read More: Pentax K-7 -720p video, serious competition
By David Kilpatrick, on July 1st, 2008 The parallel development of Carl Zeiss lenses for Sony (AF lenses in the Alpha mount) and independent manual focus lenses for other makes continues. The latest CZ design is a revision of the classic 18mm Distagon last seen in the Contax system, optimised for colour balance and reflection supression with digital SLRs.
. . . → Read More: Zeiss announce 18mm f3.5 – not for Alpha
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