Hello pentidur,
Your comment is very complimentary, and I thank you for it, but I do not consider myself an artist in the sense that I have not contributed anything to Art. I take photos for myself above all, because I like them (sometimes not really), but mostly to freeze a moment, a memory, to thwart my failing memory.
Photography for me is like some who fish: I watch for the right time to hook the right image, the right framing, the right light sometimes, the unforeseen rarely. It's also a way of getting away from it all while being present.
The material really doesn't matter. I could have taken the same images with other brands of cameras. Only here, I already had my Leica optics. But Pentax optics (especially the Limited series for its compactness) are of excellent quality. Even more so, the K-1 camera, for someone who uses manual optics, is the best of the digital SLR cameras. The Pentax camera is unique and I could keep it forever.
As my eyesight wanes and EVF cameras start, IMHO, to become qualitative, I opted for a Panasonic DC-S1. So, I have two excellent cameras, very different for sometimes different uses, but complementary at the same time. And as I work with these two cameras indifferently, I opted for the Cobalt Image profil (C. Métairie does it better in France but I had already set my sights on Cobalt), in order to standardize the images, in color or in B&W. Moreover, these profiles allow for much more subtle nuances. I mainly work on Repro profiles, which require more work but which are so much more qualitative.
Because of the Covid19, overworked, I had great difficulty finding inspiration, this desire to shoot. But the pleasure of holding the Pentax in hand, the flexibility of use of the Panasonic DC-S1, these four days of vacation (for 2 years) with one of my brothers who lives in the Basque Country, partially made up for it with me, the pleasure of seizing these moments.
Best regards.



El Capricho de Gaudí, Panasonic DC-S1, Leica Vario-Elmar-R 35-70/4 @ 43mm, 8.5x11 crop.


El Capricho de Gaudí, Panasonic DC-S1, Leica Vario-Elmar-R 35-70/4 @ 45mm, f:4.5.

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« Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt. » Albert Einstein.

But it's simply not allowed to show pics made with other cameras than PENTAX/ RICOH in this forum.

Hi Teiki Arii,

nice to hear from you again and see new pictures.
I hope you had a nice vacation.

Do you use Cobalt profiles with rawtherapee? Or do you use Lightroom?
Sadly they are not available for darktable.
Who is C. Métairie in France? I can't find something about it.

Best regards to Spain
Ralph

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Beste Grüße
Ralph

Meine freuen sich auf Besucher.

Hello Wickie,
you are perfectly right but these pictures are here to justify my speech..

Hello Ralph,
I use the cobalt profiles with DxO PL4, LR (>7.3) but never tried them with RT...
Christophe Métairie profiles can be found there: http://www.cmp-color.fr

Ralph, I never lived in Spain but near the border, close to Perpignan.

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« Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt. » Albert Einstein.

Hi Teiki Arii,

thank you for your fast reply and best wishes to "near the border"!
Have a nice evening!

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Beste Grüße
Ralph

Meine freuen sich auf Besucher.

Hello


@ Santander, Pentax K-1 (II), Leica Apo-Summicron-R Asph 90/2 @ f:2.8.

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« Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt. » Albert Einstein.

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« Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt. » Albert Einstein.

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« Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt. » Albert Einstein.

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« Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt. » Albert Einstein.

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« Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt. » Albert Einstein.