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stiff lens
You're not the only one ! My 200mm f4 SMC Takumar is also so stiff I need two hands to wrench the focus ring round -- it's been like that for years. In the summer sometimes I leave it out in the hot sun -if there IS any to loosen the lubricant.:cry:
Posted by Peter Elgar on 04/11/2009 - 18:55
stiff lens
Before you try anything else... Hold it under a hairdryer for a couple of minutes and let it get hot to the touch, then just turn the focus ring back and forward a few times to loosen it up - that will often do the trick and requires *no* skills whatsoever (other than the ability not to drop a ho...
Posted by hefty1 on 04/11/2009 - 23:41
Best non macro lens for closeups
I suspect this has been covered many time so please point me to the thread but, I wonder in the prime range of lenses available [any make] which would give the best IQ for taking images with a view to heavy cropping /enlargement?? my reasoning is the a "dedicated micro lens" is silly money. bu...
Posted by adwb on 05/11/2009 - 12:16
Best non macro lens for closeups
Anvh, thank you just beat me to editing my question to include the focal length, I suppose ease of use as in weight has to come into it for hand held shots, and a nice long focus movement,although I find it is often better to move back and forwards if the object will stay still for me. alistair
Posted by adwb on 05/11/2009 - 12:40
Best non macro lens for closeups
Like Tim said 50mm f/2 with extension tubes is an good option, you can also reverse mount the 50mm f/2. I'm not sure how close it will focus but I can say it does focus very closely. I would not go for zoom with a macro function, the macro function isn't really macro but it means that the lens c...
Posted by Anvh on 05/11/2009 - 13:12
Help! SMC Pentax-A 50mm should work on K-m / K-2000?
I urgently need some help. I have a brand-new Pentax K-2000, bought a month or two ago. Today I received a lens I bought from an ebay seller - its an SMC Pentax-A 50mm f1.7 prime lens I bought to replace a similar 50mm SMC Pentax-M f1.7. Basically I wanted to use the automatic aperture so I would...
Posted by mungler on 05/11/2009 - 17:02
Help! SMC Pentax-A 50mm should work on K-m / K-2000?
if the lens is on 'a' setting and your setting the aperture on the body or in one of the automattic modes it should work. the aperture ring, off the 'a' modes should turn easily and click into the f stops nicely. if it feels weird turning, send it back. if turns properly, try cleaning the contacts....
Posted by Don on 05/11/2009 - 17:08
Help! SMC Pentax-A 50mm should work on K-m / K-2000?
Yes you do have to No you don't. If the lens has an "A" on the aperture ring and you set it to "A" then nothing further needs to be done. The camera will give you full function, although obviously a manual focus lens will still be manual focus.
Posted by johnriley on 05/11/2009 - 17:31
Help! SMC Pentax-A 50mm should work on K-m / K-2000?
Thanks all. Don and John Riley are correct (sorry Mike-P) - it should indeed work with factory settings with the aperture ring set to 'A'. I have in fact just proved this to myself by attaching an SMC Pentax-A 28mm f2.8 to the camera. It works correctly. I noticed something else - with the ...
Posted by mungler on 05/11/2009 - 17:40
Lens purchasing dylema, help before I drive my wife mad!
Hi, In a similar situation. Looking at the lenses you have already you cover all the lengths. If you spend your money on several lenses you will only get a marginal improvement. 18-55mm to Tamron 17-50mm for example £340 ish. Half your budget gone. The one area I wanted to look at was port...
Posted by dougf8 on 05/11/2009 - 18:40
Lens purchasing dylema, help before I drive my wife mad!
How can you manage without a wide angle lens? Get a 12-24 from Amin if he has any left. You haven't lived (photographically) until you've gone wider than 28mm FF which is about 18 on APS sensor. No brainer in my view. Mike I had not considered anything quite so wide, do the images tend to be d...
Posted by Technoblurb on 05/11/2009 - 20:29
Lens purchasing dylema, help before I drive my wife mad!
Going back to the 35mm macro. Its wide enough to give you a chance to do a landscape. 1:1 macro will let you get a nice beastie close up. Prime f2.8 will give you a bit of bokeh and speed. And its not 2kg. Go up to 50mm DFA Macro, you get into portrait territory but you start to loose the lan...
Posted by dougf8 on 05/11/2009 - 23:09
Lens purchasing dylema, help before I drive my wife mad!
Sounds like good advice Doug, I will take all the suggestions given and have a look through some reviews. The looks a good deal I was pondering if it was worth a punt and if I would still make my money back if I did not like it.
Posted by Technoblurb on 05/11/2009 - 23:18
Lens purchasing dylema, help before I drive my wife mad!
My turn! Sell off all your current lenses, very quick look around suggest around £200 return, lets say £150, budget now £800. DA 16-45 = at SRS DA 55-300 = at SRS or they currently have a used one for £209. DFA 100mm Macro = at PC World, but you will have to be quick I guess. Sl...
Posted by Unlocker on 06/11/2009 - 00:06
Lens purchasing dylema, help before I drive my wife mad!
Sounds like good advice Doug, I will take all the suggestions given and have a look through some reviews. The looks a good deal I was pondering if it was worth a punt and if I would still make my money back if I did not like it. I have the 100mm macro. it and the 50mm1.4 combined with the 16-45 ...
Posted by Don on 06/11/2009 - 01:59
Lens purchasing dylema, help before I drive my wife mad!
Re that snake Stefan, you would not have managed to get me that near to it. It looks close but with 100mm you get 1:1 at 30cm focus distance and that is no 1:1 shot but more of a 1:2 at a mere 40cm... the piece of glass between it helped the most though :wink: All I can say is that the DFA100 is ...
Posted by Anvh on 06/11/2009 - 11:58
Lens purchasing dylema, help before I drive my wife mad!
Going back to the 35mm macro. Its wide enough to give you a chance to do a landscape. 1:1 macro will let you get a nice beastie close up. Prime f2.8 will give you a bit of bokeh and speed. And its not 2kg. Will be hard pressed to get a 1:1 macro of a beastie with the 35mm unless you are supe...
Posted by Mike-P on 06/11/2009 - 14:13
Lens purchasing dylema, help before I drive my wife mad!
Going back to the 35mm macro. Its wide enough to give you a chance to do a landscape. 1:1 macro will let you get a nice beastie close up. Prime f2.8 will give you a bit of bokeh and speed. And its not 2kg. Will be hard pressed to get a 1:1 macro of a beastie with the 35mm unless you are supe...
Posted by dougf8 on 06/11/2009 - 22:16
K Series 35mm f3.5
I picked one up on E Bay for £25 a while back on a BIN. I would say £30 is a good price. Dave
Posted by Blincodave on 07/11/2009 - 21:34
Pancake lens or quality compact ??
Having just come back from a wekk walking in the lake district (in the rain) I have come to realise that the K100D 16-45mm combo is really way to big for walking photography - well for me anyway. So started thinking about what to use instead. Initial thought was K100D plus DA40mm. Main problem is l...
Posted by Donut on 08/11/2009 - 16:37
