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Today with your Pentax

Love your photo, RBIV. Great foreground detail in this wide shot.

I'm not sure why, but it looks like I need to make an adjustment to the shim and focus screen in one of my cameras. I'm not sure how long it's been miscalibrated, but I noticed it yesterday and it backfocuses noticeably. I must have chalked it up to bad eyesight or else the problem was masked by narrow apertures until now. Anyway, here's today's catch.

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Post and Chain by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 85mm f2.0 at f2.0, 1/750s, and ISO 100

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Grapes by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 50mm f1.2 at f4.0, 1/350s, and ISO 100
 
I'm not sure what's going on with my camera. I tested it before making the shim adjustments in the viewfinder that I mentioned yesterday, and it tested fine with three different lenses. Spot on, actually. I took the camera out today and it was fine. So, I guess I just had a bad spell of operator error the other day, since I lack any other explanation.

Today it rained most of the time we were outside, so the cameras were kept stowed except for a few short exceptions. I was sheltering under a tree in the second shot. Here's today's catch.

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Pear tree by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 200mm f2.5 at f2.5, 1/350s, and ISO 800

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Vineyard by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-K 17mm f4.0 Fisheye at f11, 1/125s, and ISO 400
 
I have been really busy so only just seen these from last few days. Some great shots captured Jason. Some are really great eg the pear tree shot.

Glad to hear your focus screen is fine.

Regards Dino26323
 
So much for July. It was rainy all day, so only one camera/lens combo was employed for today's effort. Here's two of two shots I took today. See you in August!

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Roundabout by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 28mm f3.5 Shift at f8.0, 1/60s, and ISO 100

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Ivy House by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 28mm f3.5 Shift with 4mm shift at f8.0, 1/45s, and ISO 100
 
Our path was thwarted by a huge puddle, which the dog and I opted to avoid today. That meant a detour into less familiar territory. I'm still experiencing strange problems with focusing with one of my cameras. Manually focusing (of course) and wide open, I get backfocus in the field, but when I come home and test in controlled conditions, it's perfect. Any ideas?

Here's today's catch.

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Courtyard by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-M 85mm f2.0 at f8.0, 1/90s, and ISO 400

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Blue House by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 28mm f3.5 at f8.0, 1/180, and ISO 280
 
Lovely image from the courtyard. Focus seems fine on my monitor. Other than that observation, I have no useful suggestions.
 
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