The wedding ring.

It's that Primotar again - but stopped right down this time.
Peculiar Trioplan bokeh is all well and good but this lens isn't a one-trick pony. Stopped down it becomes quite
sharp and you have to search hard for any trace of CA. The camera was suspended from a tripod to get it
almost on the floor with some scrunched up newspaper beneath it to dampen any swinging.




This is where you really do need that flippy screen!
Just noticed the spelling error - too late

Great technique and a lovely outcome! And without the "flippy screen", even better!

Nice one David. This is stopped right down? Goodness.

It was about 6 or 7 feet away from the camera too. I threw my keys across the floor and found I had to back away from them. It's an amazing result on a big screen. As to 'flippy screen', this was a K1, which has such a marvel. The new thing apparently won't have one. You can't put a ref converter on a modern K eyepiece 'cos it won't fit so unless you are willing to scrape your chin across the floor you've had it!

I got a Chinese one quite a while ago and use it regularly. It fits the K3 OK. Have eyepieces changed since then?

Steve

My ref-convertor M (or is it an A? I don't remember...) fits my K-3 fine with no problems. The older ones (K-series cameras and before don't fit. Ever since the M-series cameras (ME, MX etc.) the eye-piece has stayed the same size. Some things are a snugger fit. The magnifying eyepiece I used now is quite tight to get on the K-3, but the old dioptre correction eyepieces I have for the MX etc. fall off at the drop of a hat.

K.

Try one of these?

Great idea Aitch! I've tried the Chinese 'Seagull' one with the multiple adapters - it's awful. I've been looking for a Pentax 'A' one for years and not found one yet. There are dozens of K versions. The M version is slightly too narrow but can be filed back - that's what I currently use when necessary.

Nice focus, and title corrected.

Interesting. That's the brand I got a long while ago and find it OK (newer versions have appeared since then, though, and might be significantly different). It's plastic, not very robust, needs to be treated gently and not exactly engineered to the standards of Pentax kit. But it does the job for me and is OK for something that was cheap and doesn't affect the image quality. A top notch, really nicely engineered model that's made for modern DSLRs would be nice, but ...

Steve

Thank you for the correction John.