Arctic Exposure

Reporting from the Arctic
 

Belly Dancing

Alta Magedans arranged a belly dancing show yesterday on May 1st., and I was there to photograph it.

Pentax K-5, Samyang 85 mm 1:1.4 Aspherical IF Multi-Coated

All the pictures from the show can be seen in the gallery of the local news paper here in Alta, Altaposten.

I'm using an 85mm f/1.4 from Samyang here which is all manual focus. It's a great lens, but it can be hard to find proper focus when things move too face, so I'm curious to how it would have been doing this with the K-01 which has focus peaking so you're more certain about where focus really is.

Also, it would have been interesting to try the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for this kind of photography as it should be focusing fast enough for it.

Filed under  //   Alta Magedans   K-01   Pentax   Samyang   belly dancing   f/1.4   k-5   manual focus   sigma  
Posted May 2, 2012
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Reisacrossen 2012 (Day 2)

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These are my pictures from Day 2 of Reisacrossen 2012.

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Filed under  //   18-55mm AL WR   2012   70-200mm   Nordreisa   Pentax   Reisacrossen   Storslett   Tamron   action   cross   f/2.8   jumps   k-5   motorsport   snow   snowmobile   speed  
Posted April 20, 2012
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Reisacrossen 2012 (Day 1)

Last weekend I drove to Nordreisa to photography the snowmobilecross even that was held there. It was two days with lots of sun and lots of snowmobiles making a lot of beautiful noise!

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The pictures from this event is further below in this post

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Filed under  //   2012   70-200mm   Nordreisa   Pentax   Reisacrossen   Storslett   Tamron   action   cross   f/2.8   jumps   k-5   motorsport   snow   snowmobile   speed  
Posted April 19, 2012
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Finnmarksløpet 2012 Begins

Today was the start of Finnmarksløpet 500 km and 1000 km in Alta city center, City (yes, the center is called City :P). I won't be driving after the 1000 km as I had planned due to financial reasons, but I'll be photographing and recording some video of what happens here in Alta and maybe the closest check points as well.

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See the full article for todays pictures.

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Filed under  //   1000   18-55mm AL WR   500   Arax 35mm   Pentax   Sigma 105mm   dog sled racing   dogs   finnmarkslopet   finnmarksløpet   k-5   kilometer   km   racing   sled   sled dog racing   tilt/shift  
Posted March 10, 2012
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The Borealis Festival of 2012 Starts

I got there a bit late, so I didn't get a good position to photograph and get the pictures I wanted, but I got some pictures still :)

Pentax K-5, SMC Pentax-A 50 mm 1:1.4, SMC Pentax-FA* 24 mm 1:2.0 AL (IF), Samyang 85 mm 1:1.4 Aspherical IF Multi-Coated

And tomorrow Finnmarksløpet 2012 starts. I won't be able to follow the 1000 km as I planned, but I might go to some of the closest stops, we'll see. In any case I'll get the start of both 500 and 1000 km tomorrow, which is right here in Alta, and the restart for the 1000 km at Sorrisniva just outside of Alta. It will be fun!

Filed under  //   85mm   A 50mm   FA* 24mm   Pentax   Samyang   alta   borealis festival   finnmarkslopet   finnmarksløpet   k-5  
Posted March 10, 2012
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Nokia Leaps Ahead

This isn't the usual kind of stuff I post here. But it's such a big leap forward, and I really want this item, so I thought I'd write up a little article about it. The article is a bit long, but there is a lot to say.

Nokia has announced a new phone. A phone with camera technology they have been working on for about five years it seems.

It's the Nokia 808 PureView, the successor of the Nokia N8 (which the N9 isn't).

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Filed under  //   808 PureView   MeeGo   N9   Symbian   Windows Phone   camera   megapixels   n8   nokia   phone   photography   smartphone   technology   tripod mount   white paper  
Posted February 28, 2012
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Arctic Sea Fog (a.k.a. sea smoke)

It's very cold here these days. Today it's -24 Celcius and a slight breeze. So there is plenty of sea smoke in Altafjorden now, so I had to try and capture it.

I also recorded a short video from today:


Remember to watch in fullscreen in 1080p

Pentax K-5,SMC Pentax-DA* 16-50 mm 1:2.8 ED AL [IF] SDM,SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135 mm 1:2.8 ED [IF] SDM, Røde Stereo VideoMic

Filed under  //   16-50mm   50-135mm   Pentax   Røde   Stereo VideoMic   arctic sea fog   cold   f/2.8   frost   ice   k-5   low sun   photo   sea smoke   video  
Posted February 5, 2012
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A bit more on the Pentax K-01

Some Pentax users in Singapore has been lucky enough to have used a pre-production model of the K-01, and they're liking what they see: Latest Photos of the K-01 from Pentax Singapore User Group

And Mark Roberts have written some thoughts he has about the camera and who the target demographic of the Pentax K-01 is in his blog entry Pentax Launches K-01 Mirrorless Camera, World Misses the Point. I think he has a good point here. But I also think people will warm up to it.

Filed under  //   K-01   Mark Roberts   Pentax   Pentax Forums  
Posted February 4, 2012
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The Sun is Coming

The sun is closing in on where I live now. I think it hits my house some time during February, and it will be beautiful. It was glowing beautifully on a mountainside today with a nice blue color in the clouds above it. The sun has been gone for a couple ofmonths until a few days ago, and it's very nice getting it back now.

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Pentax K-5, SMC Pentax-DA* 16-50 mm 1:2.8 ED AL [IF] SDM

Filed under  //   16-50mm   Pentax   f/2.8   k-5   polar night   polar twilight   sun  
Posted February 3, 2012
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The Pentax K-01 Hands-On Video

First, here is a website that lets you compare the size of the camera vs. other cameras. The link goes directly to a comparison of the K-01 vs. the K-5: CameraSize.com: Pentax K-5 vs Pentax K-01.

They do say that the sensor is similar tot he K-5, but not the same. The Pentax Forums say in their announcement that it is the same, so I'm not sure which is correct here, but I'm leaning towards the Pentax Forums on this one.

Here is a video by the Canadian The Camera Store:

Here is also a search for "Pentax K-01" on YouTube so you can see more videos about the camera as they are added to YouTube: Pentax K-01

Filed under  //   Hands-On   K-01   Pentax   Pentax K-5   The Camera Store   size comparison  
Posted February 3, 2012
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