A Wonderful Wife
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Posted 11/04/2018 - 16:31
johnriley wrote:
I've been looking at the SMC Pentax-F 17-28mm f/3.5-4.5 Fisheye Zoom on ffordes website for quite a while, and then I had a birthday. I already had a Wonderful Wife, and she bought it for me.
It works brilliantly on the K-1, so I'll look forward to posting some pictures very soon. It was labelled Ex++ by ffordes, but it's actually spotless, so that suggests we can buy secondhand from them with confidence.
I've been looking at the SMC Pentax-F 17-28mm f/3.5-4.5 Fisheye Zoom on ffordes website for quite a while, and then I had a birthday. I already had a Wonderful Wife, and she bought it for me.
It works brilliantly on the K-1, so I'll look forward to posting some pictures very soon. It was labelled Ex++ by ffordes, but it's actually spotless, so that suggests we can buy secondhand from them with confidence.
She sounds wonderful. My wife is wonderful too but more likely to say “not another b****y lens!”
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Posted 11/04/2018 - 17:12
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Posted 11/04/2018 - 20:30
Happy birthday John! What a great present.
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Posted 11/04/2018 - 21:53
I had an eye on that one!
Congrats on the present
How much was it?
Congrats on the present
How much was it?
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Posted 11/04/2018 - 23:13
£199, which we thought was rather less than the new one is likely to be.
Best regards, John
Best regards, John
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Posted 11/04/2018 - 23:35
Great deal.
I managed to snag one myself - very surprised at the sharpness of the lens. It's a beauty (in terms of IQ, maybe not design).
I managed to snag one myself - very surprised at the sharpness of the lens. It's a beauty (in terms of IQ, maybe not design).
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Posted 11/04/2018 - 23:51
I always thought the F series were a bit ugly, but this one is a sort of hybrid design that looks a bit like an FA series lens. The FA lenses I thought had cleaner lines.
However, the one shot I've fired off so far showed plenty of keen sharpness, although some clearly visible CA. Unfortunately I took the shot before Sue had tidied up, so I'm not allowed to show it!
Best regards, John
However, the one shot I've fired off so far showed plenty of keen sharpness, although some clearly visible CA. Unfortunately I took the shot before Sue had tidied up, so I'm not allowed to show it!
Best regards, John
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Posted 12/04/2018 - 19:40
Another vote for ffordes just bought a tamron 10-24 marked as Ex+++ when it turned up it was as new
k5iis sigma 12-24 ex dg tamron 17-50 2.8 sigma 18-125 hsm pentax fa 24-90 tokina af 70-210 pentax da*200 tamron sp 500 kenko pz af dg 1.5 converter and a flash
k5iis sigma 12-24 ex dg tamron 17-50 2.8 sigma 18-125 hsm pentax fa 24-90 tokina af 70-210 pentax da*200 tamron sp 500 kenko pz af dg 1.5 converter and a flash
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Posted 12/04/2018 - 20:41
johnriley wrote:
I always thought the F series were a bit ugly, but this one is a sort of hybrid design that looks a bit like an FA series lens. The FA lenses I thought had cleaner lines.
However, the one shot I've fired off so far showed plenty of keen sharpness, although some clearly visible CA. Unfortunately I took the shot before Sue had tidied up, so I'm not allowed to show it!
I always thought the F series were a bit ugly, but this one is a sort of hybrid design that looks a bit like an FA series lens. The FA lenses I thought had cleaner lines.
However, the one shot I've fired off so far showed plenty of keen sharpness, although some clearly visible CA. Unfortunately I took the shot before Sue had tidied up, so I'm not allowed to show it!
I sent that post without completing it - there is quite a bit of CA but I believe it's of the easily fixed variety. It's a very sharp lens indeed. Looking forward to comparing it to the DA 10-17, maybe even with the DA in FF mode.
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Posted 12/04/2018 - 20:53
Super lens John... much under-rated imho... have used it a fair bit on the K1... work vwell together... hope you enjoy...
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johnriley
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Tyldesley, Manchester
It works brilliantly on the K-1, so I'll look forward to posting some pictures very soon. It was labelled Ex++ by ffordes, but it's actually spotless, so that suggests we can buy secondhand from them with confidence.
Best regards, John