110 lenses

They are brilliant

Thanks Chris, dark red 'lizard' cowhide now ordered

Hi Ken

How have you got on with these?

How difficult is the original skin to remove?

There is on tip I can give you, used 'as is' the adhesive 'grabs' instantly, but if you lick the adhesive (I know, you can try a drop (literally one drop) of Fairy Liquid in a tumbler of water, but spit works much better), then you have around a minute to slide it around to place it perfectly, use an old credit card as a 'squeegee' when in place. It will fix permanently in around 10 minutes.

This method does have the advantage as an excuse for a fine Malt to get rid of the taste (not that there is any)!!

It hasn't arrived yet but I'm expecting it by the end of the week. Although you order on his website you have to wait for him to send you a paypal money request.

Thanks for the tip, I'm thinking that picking up a corner with a scalpel might be the way to pull off the original ones. Not sure if there will be any residue left to pick off, we'll see.

Oh dear. Something else to spend money on

If there is Ken a little Methylated Spirit on a cotton bud usually dissolves the adhesive, then a wipe with kitchen roll. If you find you need something stronger then lighter fluid (petrol) works well.

Both evaporate cleanly, so wipe with the kitchen roll whilst still wet, the idea is the kitchen roll absorbs the adhesive.

They arrived this morning and the whole operation took about two minutes. Interestingly they give you a spare set of covers to practise with which I didn't need. If any daring person would like a set of pale irridescent pink snakeskin covers drop me a PM, they would look great on a white camera.

I picked up a corner of the original ones and they lifted off without leaving any residue whatsoever. Peeled the new ones off the baking paper and carefully dropped them into position pressing home the edges and corners with a wooden skewer. The fit is perfect and every bit as good as the originals. The colour is little bit lighter than I was expecting but nothing to worry about since its a natural material and you might expect some variance.

All in all I'm very pleased with the result which looks quite retro, I'll post some pictures when I get a chance.

Can't wait!

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Have you posted the results anywhere Ken?
Dave

Im a bit pushed for time right now so tomorrow or the next day, hopefully

This is the Q with 110 70mm




and this at f4 using one of the Lensbaby aperture discs

Looks pretty good. Do you think the SR is up to handholding that at say 1/250th?

To answer my own question above - No! Now have the 50mm, the 70mm adapter and Lensbaby aperture disks. Tried out at f4 in the sun and am getting a lot of PF especially with the 70mm. Also struggling with focusing handeheld, can't see the focus peaking in the sunlight. Results very average so far. I think I will have to try the tripod which defeats the benefits rally. Think I may stick to it with its excellent 01 prime and the 300mm DA* on the tripod for its astounding results.
Dave

More shots indoors, I'll try some outside to see if I get the PF too but in the meantime:

Q with 50mm Pentax-110 and Pentax T86 close up lens at f2.8




Q with 50mm Pentax-110 and Pentax T86 close up lens at f5.6 with lensbaby aperture disc




Q with 50mm Pentax F at f5.6 just for comparison




Not much in it really but it is interesting that the two lenses should have the same colour and contrast.

Very impressive Ken.