It’s taken a while to shoot a roll of 36 in the Pentax IQ Zoom 105 WR. It required a trip to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal coupled with a hike in the Garden of the Gods to get the job done! For this test I used a roll of Fuji 200 speed film. The WR stands for Weather Resistant, which is the main reason I also bought this version in addition to the IQ Zoom 200. This version of the IQ Zoom has no mode wheel, and very few external controls, to avoid as many entry points for dust and moisture as possible!
We arrived at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal just after sunrise a couple weeks ago, and thought this grove of trees was very picturesqe. As it turns out I think they were, and my little Pentax works splendidly!
The bison weren’t really cooperating, but I was able to get this nice capture of a pair of them with the Colorado Front Range in the background!
Here we have climber and friends in the Garden of the Gods. The lighting was terrible behind the big sandstone rock formation but the Pentax still did a nice job.
I made good use of the top button that cycles through flash modes, auto, flash on always, and flash off. For these outdoor pictures I used the flash off mode. There’s also another simple little button on top that can select a mode for landscape pictures, assuring that the camera focuses on the distant horizon.
Be sure to visit my Instagram account for the rest of the new images I have taken lately!
If you want to learn about all the great wildlife and landscape photography locations in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, be sure to take a look at my collection of photo books, such as WIldlife Photography in the Colorado Rockies!
This book is filled with dozens of beautiful wildlife images from around Colorado, each one described in detail with tips and tricks for how I captured it!
Also be sure to get your copy of my wildlife adventure trilogy! I have recently published the third in the series, The War On Wildlife, which will also be coming out in paperback soon, probably next week.
Steven W. Krull is a renowned photographer and author who has been photographing and writing of the beauty and wildlife of the Colorado Rocky Mountains for over two decades. Please visit his website at S.W. Krull Imaging to view his work, including thousands of prints for sale, stock images for commercial use, and his library of published books.
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