Got a New Toy!

NanoKat

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Well, got a sweet little package in the mail today! I'm getting a tax refund and I like to do something "fun" with the $$ I get back, so I decided on a digital SLR this year. The only one that was really in the range of my refund is the one I've had my eye on anyway, so it worked out perfectly! Anyway, it's the Pentax K100D which takes all of my old Pentax lenses (going back to my 30+ year old MX that I still have to this day). Here are some shots I got tonite with various lenses:

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...more to come...trying lots of different lens and flash combos next!
 
Oh... My... God.

Those are some awesome shots!
I am turning green over here from envy.

Please tell us what lenses and settings you used for those shots.
 
WOW...Those really are awesome shots.
They ar elike right out of a national geographic mag.
Keep the pics coming.
 
Awesome kat!!!! Loves it!! yep... Pentax are new favorite cameras!! I love my Optio W20 ;P I'm so happy you finally got your SLR!! woo hoo!

-Jc
 
Oh, and the sps frags are from the Frag Swap Meet last weekend! Let's see, I believe the first and third are from Julio Perez and the second from JC...correct me if I'm wrong guys!

The above photos were taken with the stock 18-55 lens, but with my "little friend" macro adapter from my Fuji that just happens to fit this lens...it's basically an add on "macro adapter" with a "2x adapter" piggy backed onto it. It just gives a lens that has so-so macro abilities a little more punch. The only issue is that the quality of the glass in these types of lenses are far inferior to the ones used in the slr lenses (and the adapters I have are "no name" generic, so they aren't the best). But I like the results for now nonetheless! Oh, and the settings were just the "program" mode on the camera with the flash off. I have yet to dive into the manual settings.

Egads...I just noticed that I'm also showing off my bryopsis algae in the first two sps frag pics! Got a turbo snail that hasn't eaten it and a green sea hare that I haven't seen hide nor "hare" of. Guess that's one of the pains of having a small tank, a foxface or yellow tang would be cramped in there.

Here's some more with the "normal" lens w/ adapter:

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And these are from tonite with my "old buddies" lenses from my prior Pentax cameras (by actinics cause I didn't find my old lenses until the big lights were out):

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They were taken with a Vivitar 100mm 3.5 w/ macro adapter (this is an awesome macro/portrait lens) and a pretty old, but good Vivitar Series 1 28-105 3.8 (this is a good zoom to have around since the digital converts it to 1.5 times the focal length).
 
You are going to love that camera. I have a canon Rebel XT and its cool also. Nice pics!
 
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