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Pentax User Plus member
If there will be further magazine editions available in the future, I will probably join (however that is not made clear). After all when I joined PU originally, the magazine didn't appear on my doormat the second I paid my subscription. In fact it was a few months! Back issues would be nice t...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 28/04/2011 - 13:58
Pentax User Plus member
[quote:3496ace15f="johnriley"]I have lost my subscribed symbol, even though I have paid until the end of December 2011 and have not claimed a refund That happened to me as well and until I paid to be a Plus member it was gone. Once I paid, it was back. I think you are naturally biased towards PU Adm...
Posted by Mannesty on 28/04/2011 - 22:36
Pentax User Plus member
I was considering signing up to the magazine a while back, the reason I didn't was purely that all info I needed was here on the forum. From what I've seen about the new PU sub I shall wait until it's clear what is included over the basic membership. That doesn't mean I won't sign up, but ther...
Posted by Hardgravity on 29/04/2011 - 08:42
Pentax User Plus member
Hi Dave, Yes I'm going to ask if it's possible tomorrow when I'm back in the office, Thanks Josh
Posted by joshwa on 03/05/2011 - 20:49
Pentax User Plus member
Hello, I'm just back from 11 days off. Yeah really sorry about this, IT hit the on button before we were ready and then you guys found out and started paying. We're going to do an offical launch very soon and everyone who has paid by that date will get their full year from that date. If you...
Posted by PentaxDan on 03/05/2011 - 20:53
Pentax User Plus member
I have just joined, waited for formal notification and I was able to downlod the PDF magazene 2010 issue 4! I am happy! Though the download did take a little longer to open than I expected, it did open and the scan quality is great - thanks PU! I will be downloading some of the back issues prior ...
Posted by beakynet on 05/05/2011 - 10:55
Iris cleaning
Hi Guys, I've been asked to clean an old lens for someone. It's a Domiplan 2.8/50 automatic lens. (M42) The glass is perfectly clear but the aperture iris sticks, and after a few "jiggles" i can get it to move - as if through treacle. Inspection of the blades (though either front or back l...
Posted by Frogherder on 22/04/2011 - 12:02
Iris cleaning
Firstly, as it's a Domiplan you have little to lose. These are commonplace on eBay, etc and rarely fetch more than £5-10 - if you were to completely destroy it then finding a replacement would be neither difficult nor expensive. The most effective way I've found of cleaning oily blades is Fairy L...
Posted by hefty1 on 22/04/2011 - 14:02
Iris cleaning
Many of the Meyer lenses were designed intelligently; iow, a relative amateur can take them apart and put them back together again. I don't know the Domiplan but it may be that the iris will unscrew as a unit once you've unscrewed the rear cover. Once you've removed it, soak the unit in Ronsonol u...
Posted by Sandehalynch on 22/04/2011 - 16:46
Iris cleaning
So far I've managed to loosen the 3 small grub screws (Ithink its Locktite of maybe 40 years of muck) and the rear lens has dropped out. Not literally I can now see the back of the blades - not touched them in view of previous comments. I suspect the next stage is to separate the depth of fiel...
Posted by Frogherder on 22/04/2011 - 17:51
Iris cleaning
I can't be specific as I've never tried dismantling a Domiplan, but you're right insofar as force is never the way. As a general rule, when you get to a point where nothing else seems to come apart, turn the lens over and start from the other end. You'll probably find that once the front parts ar...
Posted by hefty1 on 22/04/2011 - 18:36
Scam Site?
These people are back again, this time they have lifted content from Yorkshire Cameras and Digital Depot. This post from DD on talkphotography this morning. Hi Everyone I know most of you are aware of scam sites and know what to spot but I wanted to bring you to the attention of someone th...
Posted by Steep on 24/08/2011 - 11:00
Scam Site?
I wasn't having a go at these guys. I was just saying that I wouldn't buy from any site which didn't have a verifiable landline and address listed. It was more a point that this thread started because of a website with suspect or unverifiable information, and that this one isn't much better. ...
Posted by retrogamer1990 on 23/04/2013 - 20:17
Sandisk "blue" SDHC card or "Extreme"?
Tesco by me has Sandisk Ultra 15mb/s 4GB for £9 odd ;) I have a couple of them from when I first got the DSLR, because I couldn“t afford all Extreme (class 6). I think I paid about the same for the Ultras back then, I“m pretty sure they“re discontinued now. They“re a little slow but not bad. I“...
Posted by Jonathan-Mac on 28/04/2011 - 08:16
Iris Cleaning - The final chapter (I hope)
First Thanks to all who offered advise on my previous topic "Iris Cleaning". I've now stripped and rebuilt the lens and am moderately happy with the results. The blades are not as "snappy" as I expected but moving freely at least. I suspect the return spring is a bit soft- not surpising after 40 od...
Posted by Frogherder on 26/04/2011 - 10:39
Iris Cleaning - The final chapter (I hope)
Thanks again Hefty - At least it is actually working now. Not as well as I had hoped, but as you said Domiplans always did have a very poor reputation for IQ I was a little puzzled by the tapered image particulary as I spent ages squaring everything up - I wonder if it's because I dropped out the b...
Posted by Frogherder on 26/04/2011 - 12:01
Iris Cleaning - The final chapter (I hope)
Takumar 55mm f/1.8 That was the lens fitted to one of my first SLRs (a Pentax, but I can't remember the model). It was second hand in the early 70's as I recall and I took it everywhere. I only gave it away some years ago when I had a DSLR for my 60th as it was only collecting dust. I didn't think i...
Posted by Frogherder on 26/04/2011 - 15:13
Camera Insurance - need quote for claim
Have spoken to insurance co (Glover and Howe) who requested this info - will go back to them and see if there is any way around this. Only place I know locally is jessops who want £35 just to look at it.
Posted by Darkman on 26/04/2011 - 16:18
50-200 wr
From the brief time I spent with them I'd say the older lens has fractionally better IQ but the newer one is much easier to use. The 70-210 is manual focus and has a push-pull zoom that I never got on with. My copy also suffered from zoom creep with the lens held in anything but a horizontal posi...
Posted by hefty1 on 26/04/2011 - 19:35
Wildlife tips needed for Minehead area please!
Going to be spending the bank holiday weekend in the Minehead area and planning to shoot some wildlife whilst down there, the only problem is not sure where the best places to look are! Would love to come back with a kingfisher shot if possible, so would appreciate any recent sightings, but open ...
Posted by Unlocker on 27/04/2011 - 10:49
