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A 3 Lens System
Afternoon everyone, hope you are all away taking wonderful photographs over the bank holiday weekend. Ive got a couple of holidays coming up in the near future, and I would like to pack as light as possible. I currently have K20D with Pentax 12-24 lens, tokina 28-70 2,8 lens, Pentax F50 1.7 & S...
Posted by MattMoore on 24/04/2011 - 16:59
A 3 Lens System
Afternoon everyone, hope you are all away taking wonderful photographs over the bank holiday weekend. Ive got a couple of holidays coming up in the near future, and I would like to pack as light as possible. I currently have K20D with Pentax 12-24 lens, tokina 28-70 2,8 lens, Pentax F50 1.7 & S...
Posted by testdasi on 25/04/2011 - 10:40
A 3 Lens System
Yesterday I went out with two lenses and a brace of MZ-5n, one each, colour and bw film. Some lens swapping took place over the two rolls. Some filter swapping too, as the haze inclined me towards using a polariser and/or yellow filter. At no time did it occur to me that I might have wanted t...
Posted by Sandehalynch on 25/04/2011 - 11:21
A 3 Lens System
If you want a pocketable set up (ie. camera+lens around neck, one lens in its pouch in each pocket) then the DA12-24 is too chunky I'm afraid - I've tried it and it just doesn't want to go, even without the hood on. The D-FA100 (another excellent lens) is a bit of a tight fit too. If travelling ...
Posted by hefty1 on 26/04/2011 - 18:49
A 3 Lens System
Thanks again for the replies guys. The reasons behind swapping the 105 for a Pentax 100 are 3 fold. Firstly is the weight, second filter size and thirdly is the WR. This will go in hand very nicely with the WR of the K20D for times when the weather is less than perfect. Currently I'm going wit...
Posted by MattMoore on 26/04/2011 - 22:06
A 3 Lens System
i feel quite similar to the op. i use a 3 prime kit. the two ones that always come are the 15mm and 31mm. i often grab either the 70mm or a 135mm pentax-m to keep it company. thanks to a recent suggestion on the forum, i use the 31mm with a 58mm-49mm step down ring to keep myself at 49mm throu...
Posted by gillbod on 27/04/2011 - 20:17
A 3 Lens System
I was thinking of using the same setup on my 31mm. Does the step-down ring cause any vignetting [on an APS-C camera]? i feel quite similar to the op. i use a 3 prime kit. the two ones that always come are the 15mm and 31mm. i often grab either the 70mm or a 135mm pentax-m to keep it co...
Posted by Digby22 on 29/04/2011 - 22:14
swap
i have a smc A 70-210 in very good condition only a very slight ding on the filter ring no haze or fungus swap for a 50-200 WR or FA 28-200 or something similar
Posted by reso on 26/04/2011 - 20:48
A difficult question
I've had a Chinon 50/1.4 in PK mount which offered respectable IQ and I sold for £30. It is rumoured that the Chinon PK mount lenses were made by Tomioka, who are pretty well respected. The XR Rikenon is believed by some to have been manufactured by Pentax and has a pretty good reputation. The a...
Posted by sorted78 on 27/04/2011 - 05:57
A difficult question
Scratches on the front element act like a starburst filter :shock: It is actually the same thing except the starburst filter has more scratches for marketing reasons. Leica used to suggest painting out front element scratches with matt black paint :shock: Best thing is avoid any lenses with scrat...
Posted by Algernon on 27/04/2011 - 09:19
ND filter advice for DA Ltds
I'd appreciate any advice folk have on ND filters for the DA Ltds. I can feel the landscape bug biting hard now, and at some stage I'll want to set myself up with ND filters and (hopefully) ND grads for the DA 21 (and DA 15, bank balance willing)... but the design of the DA Ltds (size, hoods etc...
Posted by Northgrain on 28/04/2011 - 16:47
ND filter advice for DA Ltds
I have given my grad filters away, I haven't used them at all on digital and find that all kinds of PP techniques give far better results... and this from a 'photographic purist'.
Posted by gartmore on 28/04/2011 - 17:52
ND filter advice for DA Ltds
I bought a one stop and two stop circular ND Grad off these guys! http://www.hiltonphoto.co.uk/products/bw-graduated-neutral-density-nd-filters.html I can highly recommend them. Check they have stock though or you'll have to wait for a long while... Like I did... The square filters don't play t...
Posted by jules on 28/04/2011 - 18:32
ND filter advice for DA Ltds
I briefly tried square filters with the Cokin "A" system about ten years ago, but just didn't find I got on with them. They just seemed very clumsy if you're in the habit of moving around with a camera and of course have to be removed before you can refit the lens cap. Putting a socking great square...
Posted by Dangermouse on 28/04/2011 - 20:24
ND filter advice for DA Ltds
I briefly tried square filters with the Cokin "A" system about ten years ago, but just didn't find I got on with them. They just seemed very clumsy if you're in the habit of moving around with a camera and of course have to be removed before you can refit the lens cap. Putting a socking great square...
Posted by gartmore on 28/04/2011 - 20:32
ND filter advice for DA Ltds
Yep, I've just been looking! Is there a listing somewhere of what filters Pentax have offered over the years? I've got a 49mm yellow filter for B&W but no idea what else they made.
Posted by Dangermouse on 28/04/2011 - 20:38
ND filter advice for DA Ltds
One of my treasures is a 49mm Pentax CPL mint in box for, I can't remember exactly, but less than a tenner. You just have to keep looking, I had a spell of buying SMC UV and Skylights in every size ever made - see another thread. :oops: Generally and going way back to M42, Pentax made the most po...
Posted by gartmore on 28/04/2011 - 20:58
ND filter advice for DA Ltds
I think 49mm, 52mm and 58mm would cover everything I own. I only really use lenses with 49mm and 52mm threads for normal day to day stuff, hence my cheap ND filters being in 52mm although I have CPLs for all three sizes. They're not bad at all considering they were £5 ebay HK cheapo things, but I'm ...
Posted by Dangermouse on 28/04/2011 - 21:54
ND filter advice for DA Ltds
With the 645 they were 58mm. I might be wrong. 645 lens filter sizes vary across 58mm, 67mm, 77mm, 82mm. A couple of the cheapest models were 58mm.
Posted by rparmar on 28/04/2011 - 23:58
ND filter advice for DA Ltds
Hoya have always been a major Japanese glass manufacturer ( I'm sure I remember seeing Hoya wine glasses in a Tokyo shop) - maybe they always made the Pentax glass? I'm on holiday in Hong Kong at the moment and saw a Hoya eyeglasses display in an Opticians yesterday. That was a first for me, I don't...
Posted by thoughton on 29/04/2011 - 06:02
