Search results for 'back focus' - page 417
DIGITAL OR MEDIUM FORMAT FILM
Not all lenses focus in the same way - some turn the other way to others. I have a couple of old Tokina K mount lenses where you turn the lens in the opposite direction to Pentax ones to focus closer.
Posted by Dangermouse on 24/01/2011 - 21:57
DIGITAL OR MEDIUM FORMAT FILM
Let us know how you find it. I've been sorely tempted by one myself as Ilford HP5 is also available in 120 (and I can process that at home). its a brill piece of craftsmanship. but if you do go for one get it with an AE prism otherwise it back to using the good old meters. I am using my mz-50 35mm f...
Posted by shanegeach on 25/01/2011 - 13:02
Anyone in the Chalfont St Peter area ?
Woooooooopeeeeeeeeee someone has found a bit of the bike and it made its way back to the Community Centre , from where the Organiser collected it today and took it up to Chiswick [ where said organiser lives ] and Andrij collected his rack bag this evening :) Tools are largely missing :( but h...
Posted by techno-terminator on 26/01/2011 - 21:32
Anyone in the Chalfont St Peter area ?
When the local secondary school in Chalfont St. Peter used to be called 'Old Jobes' I had my bike nicked from the bike sheds. It turned up the next day when a lady called the school to say that her sons had 'found' a bike outside the school and bought it home. I wonder if those lads ever gre...
Posted by El Dingo on 27/01/2011 - 13:27
Sell your photos
I signed up for this a while back and wondered if any members might find it useful I receive a couple of emails a week requesting photos of various topics and locations around the world. Yesterdays request is for a Soap bubble, I have had requests for photos of the Upper Wye valley, photos of New...
Posted by SteveEveritt on 23/01/2011 - 10:49
Polarising filters at night?
As others have said, they are useful for flattening reflections. I've used one indoors for a photo of a lens before now as it stopped the lighting bouncing back from the glass.
Posted by Dangermouse on 24/01/2011 - 17:20
Postage - How Much!!!
Just received a shock when after waiting for 40 mins for a queue of 6 people to get served in our local post office that they wanted £24 to post the K10D GP, well at least that's what I thought she said as she didn't speak English very well! Now, I'll admit, I don't post much stuff, but the 50-13...
Posted by Unlocker on 24/01/2011 - 17:01
Postage - How Much!!!
I've know of a case where a friend specifically took a day of work to be in for a Parcelforce delivery. The driver dropped a card through the door to say no-one was in - without ringing the doorbell! Apparently this was witnessed by a neighbor across the road. My friend eventutally had to drive to t...
Posted by petrochemist on 24/01/2011 - 22:12
Postage - How Much!!!
My favourite was getting a card (admittedly I was out when the card arrived) so I went on-line to ask for a redelivery. I waited in all day then called to ask where my parcel was. They told me that they didn’t deliver it because the on-line system doesn’t work (yet they still advertise it on the b...
Posted by greynolds999 on 24/01/2011 - 23:12
Selling used equipment....
"My 16-50 DA* and 50-135 DA* are duffers..." This was the title of a post of yours a couple of years back. You were offered advice on focussing, but never came back. Are they duffers, or was it user error? G
Posted by George Lazarette on 28/01/2011 - 00:12
Selling used equipment....
In response to George, I returned the lenses to SRS and they were replaced, 16-50mm went back twice. In response to beardedwombat glad 360fgz got there okay, enjoy.
Posted by kissmekate on 29/01/2011 - 09:00
Would you buy from him?
First, I NEVER did anything he stated. He asked for £10 p&p in the first place for 2nd class RM so I asked (nicely) if that was a mistake. He then came back to me and asked me of using glasses as £10 was for international shipping and if I don't like his prices to **** off. I then checked again an...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 25/01/2011 - 11:03
Would you buy from him?
My understanding is that it is the sellers property until it is in your hands. If its lost in the post its his problem. I may well be wrong though. That's the theory of it and you usually get your money back from PayPal if the item is lost but the hustle of it is just great plus a lot of sellers are...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 25/01/2011 - 12:10
Would you buy from him?
SmutjeUK - I have been an Ebayer now for many years and if it helps listen to this little tale.....................................I bid on a Sigma 28-300 lens from Hong Kong and a "reputable" company - I won the lens for 99p - honest - plus post & packing and paid by Paypal immediately.Over the nex...
Posted by TOZZA27 on 25/01/2011 - 14:06
Would you buy from him?
That really sound familiar. I do not get items from the far east any more as it seems always that they 'get lost' in one way or the other. All they seem to be concerned with is their feedback. The last 4 orders that I had on order from the far east got 'lost'. OK, I got a full refund after abou...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 25/01/2011 - 14:30
Would you buy from him?
Certain "Far East" ebay sellers seem to be some of the most grasping ones around, whether this is a cultural thing who knows (but then again we have all the tales of Chinese firms ripping off Western designs with their government's approval...). I have encountered a seller using shill bidding (t...
Posted by robbie_d on 25/01/2011 - 16:43
Would you buy from him?
One of my favourites was a few years back when I dealt on Ebay in mobile phones. I purchased a Nokia off a seller which was a BIN and paid at once. He decided to send it with no tracking and after 5 days I contacted him to see where it was. After more emailing over a couple of weeks he issued a refu...
Posted by Mike-P on 25/01/2011 - 17:45
First Steps and The Clincher in Photography
My first camera was a Halina long/thin camera where you had to slide the end out to access the shutter button. I cannot remember the specific model but it was in the old 1980's argos catalogue that Kris posted a link too (fairly) recently. EDIT: here is a link to the argos page - it's the one at...
Posted by matwhittington on 25/01/2011 - 19:07
First Steps and The Clincher in Photography
In the early 1950's mine was the Agfa Sillette compur rapid in its smart brown leather case which I still have. The Pentax ME Super much later kindled my serious interest in photography sending my films away to Wallace Heaton in London for development to be returned to enable a choice for p...
Posted by thoramay on 25/01/2011 - 19:41
First Steps and The Clincher in Photography
First ever - a (very) cheapie Russian 35mm compact (cannot remember the name) nearly 40 years ago. I vaguely remember using Kodachrome 25 and Ilford FP4. The clincher was a Ricoh KR10 SLR with Rikenon 50mm f2 lens. I also had a Takumar 80-200mm zoom. I still have a Ricoh KR10 Super which is in...
Posted by andrewk on 25/01/2011 - 19:43
