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Posted 25/01/2021 - 13:14
Very Nice - just shows that one of the cheapest Pentax lenses (they often sell for a pittance) is capable of quality results 
LennyBloke
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Posted 25/01/2021 - 14:30
LennyBloke wrote:
Very Nice - just shows that one of the cheapest Pentax lenses (they often sell for a pittance) is capable of quality results
Very Nice - just shows that one of the cheapest Pentax lenses (they often sell for a pittance) is capable of quality results
+1 for this.
Does anyone REALLY need more than a M 28mm f/2.8, M 50mm f/1.7 and M 135mm f/3.5? For sub-£100 (and often a lot less than £100), it's a solid line-up that covers most angles.
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Posted 25/01/2021 - 14:39
Agreed, in the film era, those were the only 3 lenses I owned - and I still use them all today 
Richard
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Posted 25/01/2021 - 15:06
Benz3ne wrote:
+1 for this.
Does anyone REALLY need more than a M 28mm f/2.8, M 50mm f/1.7 and M 135mm f/3.5? For sub-£100 (and often a lot less than £100), it's a solid line-up that covers most angles.
LennyBloke wrote:
Very Nice - just shows that one of the cheapest Pentax lenses (they often sell for a pittance) is capable of quality results
Very Nice - just shows that one of the cheapest Pentax lenses (they often sell for a pittance) is capable of quality results
+1 for this.
Does anyone REALLY need more than a M 28mm f/2.8, M 50mm f/1.7 and M 135mm f/3.5? For sub-£100 (and often a lot less than £100), it's a solid line-up that covers most angles.
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Another gem of a photo captured with a legacy gem lens. Justification for my hobby of collecting older glass and the great satisfaction that comes with using it. Can't recommend it enough.
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(Compulsive Obsessive Lens Buying Addiction Syndrome)
What you need are lenses, more lenses, bigger lenses, better lenses, faster lenses, and when you have these, your pictures will be perfect!
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Posted 25/01/2021 - 16:30
Thanks for your kind words all of you. This lens is one of those recently found in my cupboard, gave it a good clean and that's the result. The others will soon put in an appearance I hope as they all appear to be clean and fungal free. What I take from this is, that using "old" glass is it slows you down and makes you think more about what you are doing.
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Posted 26/01/2021 - 15:38
May be an old M series lens but loads of life in them when they produce images as good as this!
Gareth
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Gareth
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My outfit: K1 gripped - K3ii - two Z-1P - Pentax D FA 24-70mm - Sigma 70-200mm OS HSM - Pentax modified DA* 60-250mm f4 - Irix 15mm Firefly - Pentax FA 35mm - FA 50mm - Sigma EX 20mm - FA 28-70mm f4 - Tamron SP 90mm macro - Pentax AF 540 FGZ II
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Posted 28/01/2021 - 00:01
This business of having to have the latest whizz bang in order to get top results is a nonsense. As LennyBloke kicked off, this is a disregarded cheapo - but only because it is old. This, and other people's offerings prove their worth time and again.
Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass
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Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass
My page on Photocrowd - link
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Posted 29/01/2021 - 19:25
I used a M135 f/3.5 for testing IQ on my KP and K1, it's such a good, sharp lens and easy to focus too.
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