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Posted by cabstar on 14/11/2012 - 17:39
Spyder LensCal
suzzy, There is nothing wrong with the spyder lenscal. Suggest that if Algernon can calibrate off a cardboard box, then he is far better than most camera technicians. A dot screen printed cardboard box is excellent for focus testing. Interference with the dots causes them to appear as diagonal ...
Posted by Algernon on 15/11/2012 - 11:40
why oh why pick pentax ?
Pentax was recomended to me by a chairman of an amature photography society. I made a request for advice when purchasing my first digital slr and for an entery level camera I was told the Pentax K100 D was a good bet this was also the choice of one or two pro's who are also members of the society. I...
Posted by philstaff on 15/11/2012 - 15:43
why oh why pick pentax ?
Some years ago I was using a Minolta XD7. Great camera, but on holiday my family just couldn't use it; too heavy, manual focus, etc., I popped into Jessops in York and after listening to the salesman 'pushing' Canon and Nikon for no other reason than 'They're what everyone buys', I said, 'Ok, wh...
Posted by JohnX on 15/11/2012 - 16:07
why oh why pick pentax ?
Some years ago I was using a Minolta XD7. Great camera, but on holiday my family just couldn't use it; too heavy, manual focus, etc., I popped into Jessops in York and after listening to the salesman 'pushing' Canon and Nikon for no other reason than 'They're what everyone buys', I said, 'Ok, wh...
Posted by generator on 15/11/2012 - 16:39
why oh why pick pentax ?
Just pick one up, it feels right. It is as simple as that for me. I have owned many cameras but always go back to Pentax. A friend who owns a Canon 500d which I can not hold as I have a full set of fingers said to me "You should have gone Canon, they have more lenses. Look on Ebay." I said "I only p...
Posted by Hammerlee on 15/11/2012 - 18:15
why oh why pick pentax ?
Mistake, partly, though not one I regret. As a schoolboy in the days of film, I admired the Pentaxes and Nikons of the time, but had only budget for a Praktica (won a holiday cruise with it, so it did the job!). For various reasons my interest in photography was then put on hold for a few decades,...
Posted by CMW on 15/11/2012 - 18:34
why oh why pick pentax ?
When I was younger so much younger than today, I would have loved to own a Pentax. 50+ years later I could afford a Pentax so bought a K20D knowing how many quality lenses were being almost thrown away with film cameras as people didn't realise they could be use on DSLRs (unlike Canot). Also bac...
Posted by Still27 on 15/11/2012 - 19:40
why oh why pick pentax ?
Back in the 70s I was using a half-frame Olympus Pen D until my father-in-law gave me his 1967 Spotmatic and a few Takumar lenses which he could no longer manage after smashing up his right arm in a car crash. Over the years I got another Spotmatic body and some more M42 lenses. Being a late adop...
Posted by wasleys on 15/11/2012 - 21:07
why oh why pick pentax ?
Started with a Zenit-E in the 70s and then a Chinon, next a Pentax LX and at that point there was no turning back :D Built up a big collection of K series lenses – then a long long long …. very long wait until Pentax finally went digital and re-discovered the Pentax bug with a *istD. I guess there i...
Posted by Dave_Evanson on 16/11/2012 - 02:21
why oh why pick pentax ?
As a student my Dad had given me a ME, and I'd since built up a small collection of lenses, (& a P30T). So continuing with Pentax seemed logical, when I was finally after a DSLR. I'd stopped using the Pentaxes when I went digital with a series of compacts, but their limitations almost stopped me do...
Posted by petrochemist on 16/11/2012 - 07:19
why oh why pick pentax ?
Why did I go Pentax? Okay, here we go. I had (still have) a Praktica SLR. I went to Peru and got great shots. However I found it a bind to MF, certainly when shooting the condors. When I got back home, I decided to invest in an AF SLR with metering etc. I went to City Camera in Croydon (before they...
Posted by Offertonhatter on 16/11/2012 - 22:18
why oh why pick pentax ?
When a student, I spent much of my first term grant on a Pentax MX and happily used it for the rest of my days shooting with film. Although I tried out digital point and shoot cameras and video, I held back buying a digital SLR until I could afford a really good one, and one also capable of taking...
Posted by ronniemac on 19/11/2012 - 23:44
why oh why pick pentax ?
Ok lets be really honest here why do you like Pentax cameras better then any other makes and why you picked Pentax in the first place? But you must tell the truth. I have been into and photographing for 22 years and had a few cameras in my time but to be honest never had a Pentax until my girl frie...
Posted by Smeggypants on 22/11/2012 - 06:20
why oh why pick pentax ?
I'll be perfectly honest and say that I don't know if I like Pentax cameras over any other makes. My first SLR was a Ricoh KR-5 which I bought in 1985, which had a Pentax Lens mount and after realising snapping was for me, I upgraded it to a Pentax SF1 for reasons of lens compatibility. For reaso...
Posted by andrewk on 22/11/2012 - 10:12
why oh why pick pentax ?
Similar question ot someone who was doing a grad project on DSLR marketing and products and specifically Pentax and asked why - these were my responses : Quote: - In a market that is dominated by the heavy hitters of Canon and Nikon, what characteristics of the Pentax brand are appealing to you ...
Posted by Frogfish on 22/11/2012 - 10:36
why oh why pick pentax ?
Although I'd never owned a Pentax film camera when I decided that I wanted to go into medium format I tried both the Mamiya 645's and the Pentax 6x7. The Pentax was just that bit too big for my hands but amongst railway photographers the medium format choice was between these two makes. I remembered...
Posted by sportyman531 on 22/11/2012 - 15:45
why oh why pick pentax ?
How many Pentax Ads have you seen on TV? I'm not always especially attentive, but I cannot actually remember any. Pentax don't make T.V adverts. Nikon do, however, and for a damned good reason. Their lenses seem to come out on top nearly every time in countless head to head tests, and when you lo...
Posted by The_archaeologist on 03/12/2012 - 20:39
why oh why pick pentax ?
I started my research into a dslr in 2007 time I think it was and remember reading an AP article about the K10D.. "Pentax strikes back!" was the tagline I remember, there was an other sentence that stuck with me as well, which they used to sum it up, "a photographers camera" K20D then came out wh...
Posted by robbiec on 14/06/2013 - 22:40
why oh why pick pentax ?
Why Pentax? When I was a student I had no money and no camera although a friend there was seriously into photography and used Pentax as well as having his own darkroom so I was already a little sold on the brand. Then I started work and had my first pay cheque - which went on an engagement ring, an...
Posted by gwing on 15/06/2013 - 09:48
