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The 40mm DA Ltd arrived this morning, first time in years that I've been hammered by HMRC. So £45 including Parcelforce's handing fee reduced my savings to just £20 over some our chum's prices. Thats life! Anyway what an eccentric delight it is, with the option of 30.5mm filters screwed into the...
Posted by gartmore on 06/07/2007 - 13:37
Bell & Howell lenses
By a genuine mistake a seller on ebay sold me a Bell & Howell 80-205 lens thinking it was Tamron. Is this a good lens worth keeping? It only costed me £10.25 but the seller offered all the money back plus the postage that will cost me. Never heard of these lenses before. It looks clean, nice...
Posted by mediter on 06/07/2007 - 17:35
Bell & Howell lenses
Bell & Howell are a very old optical firm that made lenses for cine and still cameras, plus cine projectors and all sorts of other things. The sort of lens you have though is likely to be from their later period when they branded lenses imported from Japan and sold them at the lower cost end of ...
Posted by johnriley on 06/07/2007 - 18:11
Bell & Howell lenses
Thank you for your comments. I will send it back and put the £10 towards something more useful. Originally I bid for it because the seller described it as Tamron lens with Adaptall2. I was after the adaptor not the lens. However, all it had was the cap of the Adaptall 2. The seller thought that i...
Posted by mediter on 06/07/2007 - 20:52
Hmmmm what would you buy?? Sigma or Pentax?
Dan, Thanks for posting those charts. Obviously the Cannon stinks - as does the reviewer. What is great though, is the the chart on the right, which shows the typical results of most Pentax lenses in my opinion. There have been several forum members who are coming to grips with sharpness an...
Posted by Mac on 28/10/2008 - 10:38
Favorite Pentax "ODD" lens? (Image)
I love my old manual 85mm soft focus. what odd or special lens do you love? ds2, 85mm, 1/4000, f2.2, iso 200 image resized for humanitarian reasons, but otherwise unretouched.
Posted by Don on 08/07/2007 - 22:31
Favorite Pentax "ODD" lens? (Image)
And DAMMIT Pete, I don't want to hear any comments about how the Canon soft focus lens is sharper than the Pentax!!! javascript:emoticon(':twisted:')
Posted by Don on 08/07/2007 - 22:42
Favorite Pentax "ODD" lens? (Image)
And DAMMIT Pete, I don't want to hear any comments about how the Canon soft focus lens is sharper than the Pentax!!! Only in JPG... :) My special lens is a Sigma :shock: Not that it's optically all that amazing, probably. It's the Sigma A 28-200 F4-5.6, manual focus, and it's special for s...
Posted by ChrisA on 08/07/2007 - 22:58
Auto Chinon F/1.4 50mm - worth anything?
You'd sell a pentax manual focus 50mm f1.4 well enough, but I doubt that a Chinon would go for more than a fiver, if it went at all.
Posted by johnriley on 11/07/2007 - 15:05
Auto Chinon F/1.4 50mm - worth anything?
I'll probably put it back in a box and forget about it. Thanks for the info.
Posted by susanc on 11/07/2007 - 15:12
Auto Chinon F/1.4 50mm - worth anything?
I'll probably put it back in a box and forget about it. Thanks for the info. At least try it. Most 50mm primes, whatever the manufacturer, are pretty good. G
Posted by George Lazarette on 11/07/2007 - 17:19
Auto Chinon F/1.4 50mm - worth anything?
I'll probably put it back in a box and forget about it. Thanks for the info. At least try it. Most 50mm primes, whatever the manufacturer, are pretty good. G I have a Chinon f1.7 Manual. I put it on my K10D and the camera will not take a shot in any of the modes, Tv Av Program, manual or anythi...
Posted by ibcsweb on 03/03/2009 - 11:39
SMC A 50mm f1.2
And . . . the SMCP-A 50mm 1:1.2 is manual focus and only 1/2 stop faster than the SMCP-FA 50mm 1:1.4 . . . which is auto focus and half the price of the 1:1.2 from (if they still have any). Is it really worth the money? The FA 1:1.4 . . . most definitely is. I'm not so sure about the A 1:1.2...
Posted by Mannesty on 16/07/2007 - 21:34
SMC A 50mm f1.2
Also, if it does go, in the manner you describe, are they repairable? I've had my A 50mm 1:1.7 since my very first camera (a Super A), so I'm quite attached to it. It probably will break in the manner George described and yes, they are fixable if you have the patience. The fix is very simple, ...
Posted by Mannesty on 17/07/2007 - 12:47
Lens help needed.....
You could try searching this forum for the answer to this question which has been asked countless times before. The simple answer is, any Pentax Bayonet (K Mount) lens will fit and will work with your camera. Some older lenses will impose restrictions on how you can use them with your camera. ...
Posted by Mannesty on 14/07/2007 - 14:57
18-55 da hood
Hi Ken, Peter is right - we buy direct from Pentax (although I also buy non-Pentax stuff from Intro as they distribute various well known brands) I'm not sure who you spoke to here - I can get you a hood but as has been suggested its £29.99. I haven't got them seperately, but I am more than...
Posted by Chris@SRSWATFORD on 17/07/2007 - 12:51
m42 adapter without the spring attached
I've got an M42 to pentax adapter with the spring detached. That's good, right? If I understand correctly it just means I have to be aware when focusing that I don't unscrew the lens+mount from the camera. Thanks for any advice. By the way, it's Jessops brand, is that going to be fine with infin...
Posted by George Lazarette on 18/07/2007 - 13:27
m42 adapter without the spring attached
I have now tried the mount but I think it's too easy for the lens to fall off without the spring thingie, it's an 85mm 1.8 takumar and the aperture ring is stiff with a firm focus so it wants to drop off fairly easily. Thanks for the tips!
Posted by davidxgreen on 20/07/2007 - 08:20
SMC-M 100mm f2.8
Hi all, new to this forum and DSLR photography. I have been watching this forum for a few weeks now and would like to compliment you all on your knowledge and patience with us newbies. I have only just been bitten by the pentax bug after purchasing my first DSLR a K100D and now im hooked. I'm lo...
Posted by George Lazarette on 19/07/2007 - 07:54
SMC-M 100mm f2.8
I did mean to mention that the lens you have is not a macro lens but a normal telephoto. If you really want to get very close for small insects and other small subjects then a proper macro lens will be marked as such. "Macro " zooms do not substitute for a proper macro lens as they do n...
Posted by johnriley on 19/07/2007 - 08:02
