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OMG Dropped the K20 !!!!!
I'd be a little worried if I'd taken a shot with the focus screen hanging down. Is the mirror scratched ? Are the mirror or screen out of alignment ? I'd keep a very close eye on AF performance if I were you. Will do yes, seems fine though.
Posted by snappychappy on 04/06/2010 - 19:09
Zoo Photography
Interesting. He uses a very long lens, which gets him close to a distant subject, and throws the background out of focus. The use of f8 allows for a small margin of error with the focussing, whilst not greatly affecting the shallow DoF (f8 is quite a wide aperture with a 400mm lens). In order...
Posted by George Lazarette on 19/06/2010 - 12:49
50 & 24mm Bokeh - Ugly?
Hello Just purchased an old 50mm 1.7 and a 24mm 2.8. Really enjoying them and using them far too much at the wide apertures at the mo, but I have been finding the bokeh (hope I have the terminology right) sometimes a little ugly, but this has only come out on the 50mm so far. No editi...
Posted by smegg on 05/06/2010 - 11:38
50 & 24mm Bokeh - Ugly?
As Gartmore suggested - the quality of bokeh is entirely a factor of the lens. That's why certain lenses, even if they are manual focus, go for so much money. Also, I just sold a 24mm which got softer when I stopped it down. Turned out I was a moron and I had a finger print on the back glass ...
Posted by whelmed on 05/06/2010 - 13:10
50 & 24mm Bokeh - Ugly?
Cheers for the info Stefan, good reading. Hadnt really look to closely at the last picture, but see what you mean now. I was just looking at the interesting flare. The 24mm is really nice, certainly a keeper I think. Focus closer at the range than my kit lens which is useful. Took some test...
Posted by smegg on 07/06/2010 - 12:53
"Why Pentax and not Nikon?"
I chose them for pretty much the same reasons as the OP. Plus the K-m was the best camera around for the money at the time I bought it. The fact that any K mount lens will fit, work, and benefit from shake reduction just makes life so much simpler than Canon or Nikon users who seem to have to choos...
Posted by K10D on 05/06/2010 - 22:46
"Why Pentax and not Nikon?"
I chose them for pretty much the same reasons as the OP. Plus the K-m was the best camera around for the money at the time I bought it. The fact that any K mount lens will fit, work, and benefit from shake reduction just makes life so much simpler than Canon or Nikon users who seem to have to choos...
Posted by robbie_d on 05/06/2010 - 23:01
"Why Pentax and not Nikon?"
[quote:3496ace15f="Dangermouse"]I chose them for pretty much the same reasons as the OP. Plus the K-m was the best camera around for the money at the time I bought it. The fact that any K mount lens will fit, work, and benefit from shake reduction just makes life so much simpler than Canon or Nikon...
Posted by K10D on 06/06/2010 - 07:59
"Why Pentax and not Nikon?"
[quote:3496ace15f="K10D"][quote:3496ace15f="Dangermouse"]I chose them for pretty much the same reasons as the OP. Plus the K-m was the best camera around for the money at the time I bought it. The fact that any K mount lens will fit, work, and benefit from shake reduction just makes life so much si...
Posted by robbie_d on 06/06/2010 - 10:05
"Why Pentax and not Nikon?"
[quote:3496ace15f="robbie_d"][quote:3496ace15f="K10D"][quote:3496ace15f="Dangermouse"]I chose them for pretty much the same reasons as the OP. Plus the K-m was the best camera around for the money at the time I bought it. The fact that any K mount lens will fit, work, and benefit from shake reducti...
Posted by K10D on 06/06/2010 - 10:26
"Why Pentax and not Nikon?"
I have to say that I became a Pentax fanatic after a good friend said he was selling his kit and would I like to buy it for my Daughter`s 18th ? She had mumbled in a teenage way about wanting to try photography and I knew she didn`t want me to give her my disc camera ! He opened the bag and ther...
Posted by TOZZA27 on 06/06/2010 - 16:13
Has Facebook increased desire for Photographs?
I would expand that to "the internet". I don't use Facebook, but I do post here, on Flickr and in the PPG. I am always looking back to see if there are any new comments, what people like and don't like and so on. It has certainly been a big factor in the resurgance in my interest in photography o...
Posted by womble on 06/06/2010 - 15:25
Has Facebook increased desire for Photographs?
Most of what I see posted to FB are about as exciting as - and very similar to - a 2 hour slide-show marathon in the 1970's (...remember them...?). But at least you can walk out on these! There's very (very) little editing or selection - people take 293 photographs of a party and post all 293 of the...
Posted by flossie on 06/06/2010 - 17:01
So it's Sunday in most countries..
I reckon I'm very close to Flossie so that sums up my weather. Was out early on my bike in Richmond Park with the camera (as I am pretty much every sunday) and ended up covered in Mandarin Ducklings (literally) - they have obviously been fed a lot as these ones were sitting on my legs and pecking at...
Posted by matwhittington on 06/06/2010 - 16:57
So it's Sunday in most countries..
Raining lots but no interesting clouds. Just got back from a walk along the river and even the ducks could not be bothered to show up. For the last hour or so I've been messing around trying to take pictures of a swan feather on a white background, not a lot of luck so far.
Posted by Technoblurb on 06/06/2010 - 18:16
Carl Zeiss Jena Info
Is it the same as this one EDIT: PLEASE SEE FOLLOWING POST, I'VE MISREAD THE DESCRIPTION Strange S.No CZ used no's like that in 1938, but Jena did make a lot of odd stuff including specials for the Stasi. CZJ Camera lenses changed to mm from cm around 1952? and being APO I would expect i...
Posted by Algernon on 06/06/2010 - 19:10
Carl Zeiss Jena Info
Sorry ignore the previous post :oops: I've just noticed it's 24cm not 2.4cm which means it must be massive and is either an aerial photography or process lens covering 15cm x 20cm Also it's f/9 not f/1.9 so it must be a process lens. I assume it hasn't got a shutter. These were called APO pre war. ...
Posted by Algernon on 06/06/2010 - 19:26
Carl Zeiss Jena Info
It's a 1937 process lens. Not a lot of use without a shutter (and too awkward to fit) although it could be used on a 5x7 camera with a behind the lens shutter. I doubt if it is all that good. If you have a bellows and some extension tubes you could mount it with Blu-Tak and try it out with your Pent...
Posted by Algernon on 07/06/2010 - 06:57
Carl Zeiss Jena Info
thanks for the info , think it will be going back in its wooden box and back on the shelf for now. regards, tim.
Posted by timcx500e on 07/06/2010 - 16:49
Virus
I had a terrible infection a few months back and was about to reformat my hard drive but I found a very good web site that has geeks who will take your problem on board and see you through to a fix. I identified my problem (which is the first step) and then found a thread in their forum that dealt w...
Posted by mikew on 06/06/2010 - 21:36
