Shawline

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I purchased an old smc pentax m 35mm 2.8 lens last week and Im realy enjoyng using this little lens and wonderd if any of you guys used the older lenses at all.They offer great value for the money in my opinion this one set me back a whole £30 LOL.
Ian

There are some lovely old lenses around, and using primes forces you to think more about composition. And if you're not in a rush, the absence of full exposure automation is no drawback.

In this case, I would have preferred to see the lighthouse over to one side of the picture (Rule of Thirds stuff), and I also think some attention to Levels would give the picture more bite. It's a bit flat at the moment.

But, overall, a nice scene.

G

Thanks for the input George my photoshop skills are not great freinds are always on to me to shoot raw and get to know the in's and outs of PS but Im too busy taking pics LOL. I am on the look out for another prime say 18 or 20mm to add to the 50mm 1.7 and the 35 2.8 they offer great value for the money as said earlier the two lenses listed here have not cost me more than £40.
Ian

I have various older primes but the SMC-K 135mm f/2.5 is lovely.

As regards the pic, nice shot but move the lighthouse out of centre, perhaps crop a slither off the bottom, and try to adjust levels/curves to give it more punch as George suggested. The sky, for example, looks a bit insipid as it is but I think there is enough there to make it a bit more dramatic/interesting.

Thanks Chris I can see I will need to get my head round Photoshop but may be in the winter trying to get out as much as possible to catch the remains of what was said to be a lovely summer. If you have an old 24mm or wider for sale let me know.
Ian