Two from Reeth yesterday

Actually enjoyed using some M glass on the K1 yesterday. I didn't take any AF or A glass out with me.

Two more images, the first with an 85mm f/2 and the second with a 17mm f/4 FE

The 85mm definitely helps compress a scene and the FE is pretty good if held level.







Best regards

My M 85mm was my first 85mm lens and it is such a small marvel I haven't moved it on. Works very well on film and digital.

You picked a great day to travel with a bonus of it being quiet. I'd stay away from the Southern dales for the time being: it was like Bournemouth beach here yesterday,,,,

How easy is the M lens to focus on the K1? I have a KatzEye split prism focussing screen in my K5 and this makes the world of difference. I'm not sure if I'd miss the screen or not come the day I finally upgrade to a K1.

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Nigel.

Getting older and grumpier. Taking longer to decide which lens to use today.

K5 with auto-everything lenses
A collection of manual primes to keep me in touch with the pleasures of doing it old-school.

This was my very first 85mm lens too Nigel Absolutely loved it on film, but it was overshadowed when I went digital by the likes of the A*85mm f1.4 - but as proved by several on this forum it is a very capable high quality lens.

It's not as easy to focus as faster versions, but using liveview it's quite easy

The first image is another good candid shot Gary

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LennyBloke

Thanks for the feedback gents. With everything in manual for the 85mm, as I see it appear focused via the viewfinder, I just press the rear AF button and turn the lens focus ring back & forth till the camera beeps. I've never really had any soft images using M glass doing this on a DSLR.

The 17mm FE was set to f/8 and hyperfocal so I didn't touch the focus ring at all after that.

Best regards

Nice to see the commando in your shots Gary, I had one back in the day.
stay safe

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C&C welcome.
Don.