Last week I tested a new camera to me, a Pentax SF10. Not a great camera by any means. This is an example of how Pentax engineers sometimes really, really miss the mark with a camera. It presents limited controls, counter-intuitive settings, and is particularly noisy in every operation. The winding motor sounds like a bus. Not a great camera. And another problem, the camera only rewound eight shots, then jammed. Back at the office I used my coat as an impromptu light bag to release the film, but it failed and 16 shots were unusably foggy. I have some farmer's reducer to mix in the future, so I may try and reduce these negatives (along with some others) to see if they can be saved. In the interim, here are some shots that weren't ruined.
1/125th, f5.6. Carpe Diem. Not sure why there's a bird involved.
1/250th, f8. Yup. Another Bay Bridge photo.
1 second, f32. After the K2's decent water breaking on rocks results, I decided to try and repeat the performance with the SF20. This camera's results were significantly less worthwhile, though. The shutter bangs around in this like a toddler with drying pans. I submit that even with a decent tripod there would be unacceptable camera shake on long exposure shots with this camera.
1 second, f32. A better result.
