Never Say Never...

Advertisement Incredibly, this blog has now been running for more than two years. During that time I've written 250 posts and posted hundreds of photographs, almost all taken with Pentax equipment.

When I started it, I didn't really have anything in mind other than to jot down a few thoughts and let people know what I thought of the K10D, my purchase of which was the catalyst for the whole thing.

As you'll all have noticed, posts have dried up completely in recent weeks. This is mainly because I've hit rather a dry period in my photography. There have been other distractions and I'm also just recovering from a bout of double pneumonia which was a lot of fun. In truth, though, I haven't taken many photographs at all over the last couple of months. I think we all go through spells like this from time to time and I'm sure I'll get the bug again soon.

But from the point of view of the Pentax Photography blog, it's likely that almost all of my future photography will be done with the Nikon D700. That means that when I do start shooting again, it'll mostly be Nikon pics that emerge. I had hoped to keep shooting with the K10D but the D700 is just so much better (just as well considering how much it cost me) that it's likely the Pentax will only be used occasionally.

Up until about 12 years ago, I shot exclusively on black and white film using 35mm, 6x6 and 6x9 cameras. There was a lull of about six or seven years before I got back into photography with a Minolta A2. The move to the K10D was made a couple of years later. I found the Pentax was much more responsive than the A2 and subsequently stopped using the Minolta. It's pretty much the same story since I bought the D700.

On A4 prints taken in decent light, I wouldn't expect to see much difference between the K10D and the D700 but that's not the only factor in play. Older photographers will remember that although a Practika with a Pentax M42 screw mount lens could take images just as good as a Nikon F2 with a Nikkor lens, there were still plenty of other reasons to prefer the F2. So, whenever I reach for a camera, it's always the D700.

Since most of my photographs will now come from the D700, there will not be much material for the Pentax blog and, therefore, it's not likely to see much in the way of new posts in future.

However, I'm still working on putting together an online gallery of my black and white work (another project that is sadly behind schedule but still alive) and the plan is to transfer both the Pentax blog and the one I have for the D700 to the new website. When I bought the D700, I had the option of combining the Nikon and Pentax blogs at that stage and probably should have. It's not been easy trying to feed two separate blogs dedicated to different marques!

The upshot of all of this is that whilst Pentax-related posts are likely to be few and far between in future, it's never wise to say never and they will definitely appear from time to time on the combined blog on my gallery. When the gallery is up and running, I'll post a message to that effect so please keep checking back for that news.