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Pentax SMC-M 40mm f/2.8 "Pancake" lens: comments?
I have one and used it a lot back in my film days, mainly for architectural photography (together with my 28mm). I have not used it since going digital.
Posted by Hyram on 14/07/2009 - 08:41
Polarising filter with DA*16-50
The price at SRS has gone up significantly recently - so the others will probably follow soon. I would go for the Pro 1 D - get the 77mm and if you have a DA*50-135 get a 77-67 step ring so it can be used there too. I am not suggesting that the ones at CameraWorld are not Hoya, but there were ...
Posted by polchraine on 14/07/2009 - 16:30
Polarising filter with DA*16-50
I would go for the Pro 1 D - get the 77mm and if you have a DA*50-135 get a 77-67 step ring so it can be used there too. @polchraine: Thanks for the info. Do you know if it is possible to fit/use the lens hood on the DA*50-135 if a 77-67mm step ring is used? I've taken a look - it seems it may be po...
Posted by mpjx on 14/07/2009 - 16:37
lens prices ???
They've all increased quite significantly (camera prices too), due to the Yen/Pound exchange rate. Got to wait for the economy to pick back up! Although you can bet they'll be slower to come down than they were to go up...
Posted by AlfaFoxtrot on 14/07/2009 - 21:26
lens prices ???
Just going back to the point of reducing margins to increase sales, by and large this does not work. Financially it can be a disaster. You are buying turnover, which is no good. You need profit. I have seen two companies at least, from close experience, disintegrate through the low margin approac...
Posted by johnriley on 14/07/2009 - 23:29
Pentax D FA100 macro information please
Hi Just got a 100mm macro and I'm not sure if all is well. When the lens is manually focused to the stop, the focus collar seems to continue to revolve. Is this normal. When I tried the clamp, the camera switches to manual focus ok but the focus collar still changes the focus. Is this how it ...
Posted by doingthebobs on 15/07/2009 - 12:39
Pentax D FA100 macro information please
It works like it used to, the clamp is simply to stiffen the focus so that the focus point stays the same but that you can still adjust it with some force so it doesn't lock completely. When doing macro I find it handy to use manual focus and sometimes AF ro bring it near the point. If you take ...
Posted by Anvh on 15/07/2009 - 14:34
Pentax D FA100 macro information please
Thanks for the reassurance. I thought that the word 'clamp' would lock the focus. I shall now get out and give it a good workout with confidence!
Posted by doingthebobs on 15/07/2009 - 17:12
Pentax D FA100 macro information please
Thanks for the reassurance. I thought that the word 'clamp' would lock the focus. I shall now get out and give it a good workout with confidence! It locks it to the extent that if you're doing copystand work you can apply the clamp and know that the focus won't "creep" under the weight of the fron...
Posted by hefty1 on 15/07/2009 - 17:16
A golden oldie - Tamron 400mm f7.5
I closed my eyes, took a breath and then a big leap in the dark the other day and put a bid on a vintage (as in 1960's) Tamron 400mm f7.5 t-mount lens on Ebay. To my surprise I won it for only for only a little over £20. :shock: It arrived this morning. I must admit, I wasn't expecting too mu...
Posted by andrewk on 15/07/2009 - 14:27
A golden oldie - Tamron 400mm f7.5
From your comment I understand that you mounted the camera on the tripod with lens hanging off the front. You could be putting a lot of strain on the threaded socket. Is there no way to mount the lens on the tripod? You understand correctly, I did mount the camera on the tripod with the lens han...
Posted by andrewk on 15/07/2009 - 19:58
A golden oldie - Tamron 400mm f7.5
The wind dropped this evening, so I took a few more shots of the bush. I *think* this one is pretty much in focus. It is a crop at 100% from a much larger frame. If you can put up with the faff involved with manually focussing wide open and then stopping down manually before taking a shot ...
Posted by andrewk on 15/07/2009 - 20:18
Super Tak 85mm 1.8 - is this a reasonable price?
Hi folks, Was browsing around the web late last night, and found a Super Takumar 85mm f1.8 in M42 for £95. I think this is the SMC Takumar but the picture of the lens is facing the wrong way so I can't see exactly what it says. It has the scalloped focus ring. It allegedly has clean optics, b...
Posted by thoughton on 16/07/2009 - 08:13
Super Tak 85mm 1.8 - is this a reasonable price?
It's arrived, and I flippin' love it! :D I took it out this afternoon and had a great time with it. This shot is wide open and seems nice and sharp to me (around his right eye), but as expected very short DOF : The short DOF again: Already missed a shot due to that :? Got thi...
Posted by thoughton on 19/07/2009 - 01:22
Super Tak 85mm 1.8 - is this a reasonable price?
Yea, I shot for many years with the M 2.8/35mm and 2/85mm. Great travel set. Sold both, and my beloved KX (but tempted sometimes to buy it back). Still, having invested in the 645 system—which I love—I find I have less use for the equivalent of the 35mm (which is 55mm). A change apparently in my...
Posted by smolk on 08/03/2011 - 01:44
Super Tak 85mm 1.8 - is this a reasonable price?
Yea, I shot for many years with the M 2.8/35mm and 2/85mm. Great travel set. Sold both, and my beloved KX (but tempted sometimes to buy it back). Definitely worth doing. I use my KX as the backup body for everything, as it doesn't need batteries to function and is built like a tank. It was last...
Posted by Dangermouse on 09/03/2011 - 15:53
28mm F2.8 Hoya HMC manual lens
Simon, it's a pity I didn't see your post earlier. I have this lens, I bought it 20 years ago, when I was shooting film with a Praktica. I got it second hand from LCE. I was not particularly impressed with it then. When I got a M42-K adapter for my K100D, I tried out the Hoya, and was still disap...
Posted by richard64 on 21/07/2009 - 21:51
28mm F2.8 Hoya HMC manual lens
I used a Hoya 28mm a few times a while back (not sure if it would be the same model). It gave reasonable results at wider apertures but when stopped down produced flare in the middle of the picture. Michael
Posted by wasleys on 21/07/2009 - 22:32
Ditching the 50mm 1.4 for a sigma 17-70
I tend to agree that you should hang on to the FA50. I think everyone should have at least one prime lens and if you are only going to have one then an FA50 is the obvious choice. Using a prime lens makes you think a lot more about the composition of the shot and I think this experience become...
Posted by GlynM on 18/07/2009 - 09:31
Using DOF scales on old A series primes?
As some of you know I've just entered into using manual focus having just bought both a 50mm & 28mm A series lens. It would be nice to be able to use the DOF scales but I guess with the cropped sensor of the K20D this isn't going to work correctly. How to people tend to use these manual lenses, p...
Posted by simonkit on 19/07/2009 - 10:51
