The Pentax K1 In the market for one heck of a landscape camera? How about a great studio camera? What about those of us with a tight budget? What if I told you there exists a camera that excels at landscapes, product photography, and portrait work for under $2,000 that's loaded with features and a full-frame sensor? Well, search no more dear readers, that camera is the Pentax K1. Pentax remains a hold-out in the DSLR world and as such has become somewhat of a niche camera brand. The K1 and K1-II cameras are relatively unique in their design when compared to those made by the big three. The Pentax K1 combines the ruggedness and excellent ergonomics of a beefy DSLR with interesting and useful technology to provide an excellent still camera for a great value. Pentax has somehow managed to stuff a 36mp full-frame sensor, in body image stabilization, GPS, a star tracking mode, pixel-shift technology and much more into their flagship camera, and all for under $2,000 at that. The image quality from the camera is stellar. It provides excellent high-ISO performance, great dynamic range, and all-day comfort despite its porky build. So what else makes the K1 such a great camera? Check out my video below for more features and sample photos from the Pentax K1, as well as a few things I didn't like about the K1.
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The Sigma Foveon Cameras Since the year 2000, Sigma Corporation and Foveon have worked together to build very unique digital cameras. Foveon developed the sensors that Sigma used in their digital cameras. What made the Foveon sensors unique was that they employed a three-layer design. The sensors would be stacked such that each individual pixel location would receive all three primary colors. This sensor design would lead to increased sharpness, fewer image artifacts, and brilliant color rendition. In 2008, Sigma acquired Foveon and continued to use their sensor design in their cameras. Over the years, Sigma has produced many different camera bodies using the Foveon sensor design. From small, compact cameras such as the DP0, DP1, DP2, and DP3 with APS-C sized sensors, to the bigger and more robust sd1 Merrill and sd Quattro series. The Quattro-H is the current flagship of the Foveon sensor wonders. It sports an APS-H sized sensor with a resolution that is equivalent to a standard Bayer sensor of 51mp. Sigma Quattro H (Morio [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons) Fujicolor C200 When I shoot film, I always enjoy the process of trying different film stocks. It's awesome having your own "preset" built right into each different variety of film. When it comes to inexpensive "consumer grade" films, I have found a couple that I really tend to favor. Fuji's C200 ranks in my top 3 budget films for a number of reasons. Click "read more" below the photo to find out why!
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