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What Tripod plate do you use?
I've contacted the UK distributor for Novoflex as I like that mount but ... there are at least three (very slightly) different versions of it that mount to the tripod with different fasteners. Nothing about this on the Novoflex website. It looks like the version they fit to their own Ball NQ head ma...
Posted by Algernon on 13/02/2014 - 18:26
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The amazing part is, Rico also had a SLR which then disappeared. Now they are back in business. Regards, Horst
Posted by Horst on 15/02/2014 - 11:14
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The amazing part is, Rico also had a SLR which then disappeared. Now they are back in business. Regards, Horst Ricoh made several SLRs. My first SLR was a Ricoh KR-5, which I bought 2nd hand in 1985. I've still got it. :)
Posted by Smeggypants on 15/02/2014 - 12:09
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Very interesting. Thanks for that link. For old codgers like me, it is always nice to look back and see some of the things we bought and the many thing we would have like to have bought 1965 I still had my Vitomatic IIa which I bought on the never-never about 2 months after I arrived in Austra...
Posted by Horst on 17/02/2014 - 08:52
Flash with filter
Hi, I'm normally not to keen on using the flash. However sometimes it is the only way. It always looked to me to cold. i tried to use various White balance settings, but this didn't seem to work that well. Plus I then forgot to set it back to dayligt during normal operation. I bought this Ti...
Posted by Horst on 15/02/2014 - 08:13
Buying from the east
A few years back for a lens that was £270 the handling and duties etc came to £85, that was FedEx that was used that time, had to pay before they would deliver.
Posted by InFESTation on 15/02/2014 - 21:27
Photographing the moon
Why do people want to spend so much time and energy taking photo`s of a big drab ball of rock in the sky:shock: please enlighten. Cheers Dave My Wife purchased me an bit of land on the Moon a few years back. I like to check make sure I've not got squatters :wink:
Posted by Whizzkiddwill on 18/02/2014 - 13:26
Photographing the moon
Why do people want to spend so much time and energy taking photo`s of a big drab ball of rock in the sky:shock: please enlighten. Cheers Dave My Wife purchased me an bit of land on the Moon a few years back. I like to check make sure I've not got squatters :wink: Think you will need a hubble bub...
Posted by FAT8BIKER on 18/02/2014 - 13:33
Photographing the moon
Why do people want to spend so much time and energy taking photo`s of a big drab ball of rock in the sky:shock: please enlighten. Cheers Dave My Wife purchased me an bit of land on the Moon a few years back. I like to check make sure I've not got squatters :wink: Scuse me...a nice Nigerian gentl...
Posted by spinno on 18/02/2014 - 13:54
Photographing the moon
Why do people want to spend so much time and energy taking photo`s of a big drab ball of rock in the sky:shock: please enlighten. Well for me, it's because it's a technical, rather than a creative problem to solve - mostly I don't do creativity too well. As anyone who's tried will confirm, wi...
Posted by ChrisA on 18/02/2014 - 14:11
Photographing the moon
What were the capture settings please? TAv setting with manual focus, 500mm ISO 3200 shutter:1/1000 Aperture:F14 No exposure compensation. Toby. I'm still learning with all the options available on the K-5. A regular minefield. Also, the image has been cropped (obviously) to show as large as possi...
Posted by Billywhizz on 18/02/2014 - 20:45
Video
Thanks for the mic tips I was on that I have a K5 and a K5-11s and have just bought a Kx from here for the kids to use. my thoughts were for going off camera for my sound and using mobile phones with external mic adapters and a clapper board or using the on-board sound as a guide . Lens wise I pl...
Posted by webba on 23/02/2014 - 12:58
Video
Hi, Things to watch out for: Check that the stabilisation is actually mechanical. I believe it is on the K5 series so that should be fine. On the K-30 and MX-1 (?) it appears to be electronic, which works fine up until a point where it frankly gets all jello and nauseating. Very disappointe...
Posted by richandfleur on 24/02/2014 - 20:45
Video
A quick test Very cool, nice depth of field. That illustrates what I meant about it being acceptable to introduce out of focus points at times in video :wink: Those manual focus lenses really come into their own for this type of video work, where you want to dynamically control the focus ...
Posted by richandfleur on 25/02/2014 - 02:41
Q7 with K Mount Adapter?
Has anyone had experience of using this combination? I would imagine it would be a case of the tail wagging the dog, all that hefty glass with nothing on the back of it. I ask because I may be doing some long trips next year and something lighter than my K5 could be useful. Thanks for any replies.
Posted by ISO on 04/03/2014 - 18:04
Q7 with K Mount Adapter?
I was having a look at the Pentax adapter at the NEC and it's easy to see why it costs so much more than the Chinese versions. I have tried the Q with various K lenses and it works very well. However, it takes a bit of practice to nail the focus every time. The Q7 won't offer quite the same m...
Posted by johnriley on 05/03/2014 - 00:01
Used equipment prices
K30s were certainly selling for much more than that not all that long ago. The price of old manual glass shot up about four years ago. As a buyer who rarely sells, I'm glad the prices are coming back down again! K.
Posted by womble on 09/03/2014 - 20:41
Used equipment prices
Prices of SMC-Takumar lenses have gone silly, mostly down the the mirrorless brigade wanting them. The Canon shooters are snapping up SMC-Tak 85/1.8s (40yr old manual focus lenses needing adapters) for much more than a new EF85/1.8 would cost - then raving about them. Then again the new prices of...
Posted by johnha on 09/03/2014 - 23:19
Used equipment prices
Prices of SMC-Takumar lenses have gone silly, mostly down the the mirrorless brigade wanting them. The Canon shooters are snapping up SMC-Tak 85/1.8s (40yr old manual focus lenses needing adapters) for much more than a new EF85/1.8 would cost - then raving about them. I really don't understand why...
Posted by LennyBloke on 10/03/2014 - 11:10
Used equipment prices
I think part of it is that a lot of lenses have shot up in value disproportionately over recent years. I know how much I paid for my F50/1.7 in the early '90s, the prices they're selling for now is much much higher. I remember (before ebay) when you couldn't give away a K mount lens - it wasn't wort...
Posted by johnha on 10/03/2014 - 23:24
