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16-50
I had two duffers. My third example seems to be god so far. Let's all bow our heads and pray to the lens.:lol: Did you just get back from the pub Don :lol::roll:
Posted by Clarky on 25/09/2008 - 23:01
16-50
Went out for a quick walk today, somewhere i hadnt been before Wont be going back because there was little to photograph, but here are some shots anyway: Not HDR, just some shadow/highlight adjustments. Mmm, bokeh! Mmm, sharpness!
Posted by ikillrocknroll on 28/09/2008 - 00:09
16-50
Wont be going back because there was little to photograph A really good exercise would be to go back and find all the images you missed. Get in close, really start to look and see endless potential. For a start, close ups of parts of that car could give you endless variation. We all tend to skim ...
Posted by johnriley on 28/09/2008 - 09:33
28mm shift
The trouble may well be that 28mm on digital is not very wide. I know you don't want me to say it, but Photoshop does indeed offer one possible solution. The other one is to use the widest lens you can get (the 12-24mm in my case) and keep the camera back absolutely vertical. You will get lots of...
Posted by johnriley on 25/09/2008 - 22:26
28mm shift
Hello Kris, I've got one of those. In my film days it was just about my favourite lens. I would even carry it on backpacking trips as the only lens on an LX. I agree with John that 28mm on an APS-C sensor is not that wide and so it has limited use for architecture. I also found that the ma...
Posted by Bob and his Pentax on 26/09/2008 - 01:25
28mm shift
Im pretty sure there are 2 forum members who have one.. One I think is gartmore I do ideed, without a doubt the finest lens I own, but as everyone has pointed out about as much use on a digital body as a 50mm Shift would be on a film one! I'd imagine that when shifted the light would be falling on...
Posted by gartmore on 26/09/2008 - 08:54
28mm shift
Tilt/shift needn't be complicated; a set of bellows could be adapted to move up and down / left and right / skewed with a little ingenuity and some cogs / toothed rails. The problem is that the whole mechanism would move the lens further from the camera so you'd lose infinity focus - not a problem i...
Posted by hefty1 on 26/09/2008 - 14:18
28mm shift
[snip] If you buy on to use on your LX then get a gridded focus screen as well for two reasons, the microprism/split image turns to a big black dot when you shift and the lines will help you straighten the verticals. Tripod use is recommended I have one of those screens for my LX which I fitted...
Posted by womble on 26/09/2008 - 22:41
interchangable lenses
You mean that you haven't tried yet? In the beautiful world of Pentax, cameras are backwards compatible with any lens manufactured by Pentax. So just snap it on and start shooting. For manual lenses: - Set the K200D program switch to manual - Select your aperture on the lens - Press the gre...
Posted by terje-l on 29/09/2008 - 11:39
interchangable lenses
You mean that you haven't tried yet? In the beautiful world of Pentax, cameras are backwards compatible with any lens manufactured by Pentax. So just snap it on and start shooting. For manual lenses: - Set the K200D program switch to manual - Select your aperture on the lens - Press the gre...
Posted by laxy123 on 29/09/2008 - 11:57
Evaluating the 18-55 mm kit lens
As hefty1 said in another topic: Like all budget lenses, the trick is in finding where its strengths and weaknesses lay and then play up to the strengths. I would like to ask those of you with more experience how to find the strengths of the lens. I started my DSLR experience with a K100D and th...
Posted by terje-l on 29/09/2008 - 14:25
Evaluating the 18-55 mm kit lens
You need to be sure that a lens is focused propery to judge it fairly. You could try focusing manually and focus bracketing - that is taking several shots with slight adjustments of focus. Then choose the sharpest shot. My 18-55 mk I was a bit soft towards the edges of the frame, whereas my m...
Posted by iceblinker on 29/09/2008 - 14:52
Evaluating the 18-55 mm kit lens
Hefty, I fully agree with what you've said about the 18-55 MK1. Here's another observation regarding this lens: I went to a large combined 80th birthday party and music fest Friday night. As I was playing a lot of the time, I handed my K110D with the 18-55 kit lens and my AF280T flash set o...
Posted by Mac on 29/09/2008 - 22:10
adaptall 2 PKA
I have (the 103A) And I think it's about time I tried it out. Will do the trick? It says nothing about infinity focus etc. is there anything I need to look out for in adapters? I bought the smc m200 1:4 shortly after and never got round to trying the Tamron, should I bother? It would be...
Posted by Darkmunk on 29/09/2008 - 16:55
Wide angle lens for airshows
Pentax has three wider zooms than your kit lens, other than the 17-70mm you mention. 10-17mm Fisheye, 12-24mm, and 16-45mm. The latter is not much wider than your kit lens but produces superior quality images. The 17-70mm has only SDM focussing with its KAF3 mount (screw AF drive has been omitted...
Posted by Mannesty on 30/09/2008 - 10:02
M42 Super Takumar 135mm 1:2.5 vs 1:3.5
There is more and more interest in wonderful old screw mount lens lately and I'm a huge fan of M42 (still use Spotmatics quite often). With my move into DSLR, I've been having great fun with my collection of "Taks". My favorite portrait lens in the good old days was my 2.5, 135 with its 58mm f...
Posted by Mac on 30/09/2008 - 12:56
M42 Super Takumar 135mm 1:2.5 vs 1:3.5
16 blade iris - now THAT should make for some bodacious bokeh. I used to have an excellent 200mm twin ring stop-down focus type telephoto f4 - f32 with a 32 blade iris, and I gave it away. Kicks own butt - hard. It was of Japanese origin and I think the name was Minerva or something like that. I...
Posted by Mac on 03/10/2008 - 13:38
M42 Super Takumar 135mm 1:2.5 vs 1:3.5
Martin, I wouldn't dream of doing that to my beloved 180mm macro :lol: but I am in the process of converting an M42 bellows to a K mount, just for the hell of it, and because I can. I think. 8):lol:[/quote] Clarky, You know those cheap over-the-flange adapters? Work a treat on tubes and bellow...
Posted by Mac on 03/10/2008 - 13:40
M42 Super Takumar 135mm 1:2.5 vs 1:3.5
Martin, I wouldn't dream of doing that to my beloved 180mm macro :lol: but I am in the process of converting an M42 bellows to a K mount, just for the hell of it, and because I can. I think. 8):lol: Clarky, You know those cheap over-the-flange adapters? Work a treat on tubes and bellows, who care...
Posted by Clarky on 03/10/2008 - 13:56
SMC A 50mm 1.7
Help !! Just tried my old pentax manual focus 50mm f1.7 on my new K10d - fired a couple of frames off without problems and then the shutter refused to fire - tried the 18-55mm kit lens and the camera works fine. Also tried the lens on my Samsung GX1S -same thing -shutter won't fire. Any ide...
Posted by haydnw on 30/09/2008 - 22:14
