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Posted 31/08/2017 - 15:38
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JAK wrote:
Agreed about quick release tripod mounts. Seems each manufacturer to their own! I suppose if one has a broken tripod, but still have the QR mount it might be worth getting that tripod. Not much point otherwise. I wonder where all the old QR mounts go?!
So it is! It can be a pain where characters get changed into smilies, maybe I should just learn to use brackets less, but I'm sure they'd still manage to mix up messages....
petrochemist wrote:
[quote:3496ace15f="droopsnoot"]or simpler third party versions around $8 ).
That's cool! [quote:3496ace15f="droopsnoot"]or simpler third party versions around $8 ).
Agreed about quick release tripod mounts. Seems each manufacturer to their own! I suppose if one has a broken tripod, but still have the QR mount it might be worth getting that tripod. Not much point otherwise. I wonder where all the old QR mounts go?!
Mike
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Pentax:K5ii, K7, K100D, DA18-55, DA10-17, DA55-300, DA50-200, F100-300, F50, DA35 AL, 4* M50, 2* M135, Helicoid extension, Tak 300 f4 (& 6 film bodies)
3rd Party: Bigmos (Sigma 150-500mm OS HSM),2* 28mm, 100mm macro, 28-200 zoom, 35-80 zoom, 80-200 zoom, 80-210 zoom, 300mm M42, 600 mirror, 1000-4000 scope, 50mm M42, enlarger lenses, Sony & micro 4/3 cameras with various PK mounts, Zenit E...
Far to many tele-converters, adapters, project parts & extension tubes etc.
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Pentax:K5ii, K7, K100D, DA18-55, DA10-17, DA55-300, DA50-200, F100-300, F50, DA35 AL, 4* M50, 2* M135, Helicoid extension, Tak 300 f4 (& 6 film bodies)
3rd Party: Bigmos (Sigma 150-500mm OS HSM),2* 28mm, 100mm macro, 28-200 zoom, 35-80 zoom, 80-200 zoom, 80-210 zoom, 300mm M42, 600 mirror, 1000-4000 scope, 50mm M42, enlarger lenses, Sony & micro 4/3 cameras with various PK mounts, Zenit E...
Far to many tele-converters, adapters, project parts & extension tubes etc.
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Posted 31/08/2017 - 18:48
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See what Jean Poitiers got for €25 in France - a DA 55-300 F4.5-5.8 ED WR post #10452 in virtually new/mint condition
Got to be pretty much the find of the Century - or at least 2017!
Got to be pretty much the find of the Century - or at least 2017!
K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)
Posted 31/08/2017 - 18:55
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jeallen01 wrote:
See what Jean Poitiers got for €25 in France - a DA 55-300 F4.5-5.8 ED WR post #10452 in virtually new/mint condition
Got to be pretty much the find of the Century - or at least 2017!
Of the millennium...
See what Jean Poitiers got for €25 in France - a DA 55-300 F4.5-5.8 ED WR post #10452 in virtually new/mint condition
Got to be pretty much the find of the Century - or at least 2017!
K3, K3 II, 100MM 2.8 Macro, Sigma 10-20 3.5, Sigma 17-50 2.8, Nikon D7500, Tamron 150 600 G2
Posted 31/08/2017 - 19:32
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I must persuade myself to go to a few car boot sales (if I can get up in time) - but I somehow doubt that I will find anything "interesting" (in the context of this thread)
K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)
Posted 01/09/2017 - 12:24
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Last year I bought a Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 with an old film camera for €25. Both work perfectly and are in excellent condition.
It wasn't a K mount unfortunately, which meant I had to start buying more Canon (film) gear. Obviously there was no other option
It wasn't a K mount unfortunately, which meant I had to start buying more Canon (film) gear. Obviously there was no other option
Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X and Panasonic L digital
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
Posted 01/09/2017 - 12:58
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JAK wrote:
I wonder where all the old QR mounts go?!
Mine's somewhere in Chester, between the multi-storey car park on Pepper Street and the bridge at the bottom of Lower Bridge Street. Or it was, anyway. That was in 2010, so it's probably not there any more.
I wonder where all the old QR mounts go?!
Real name: Mike Edwards. My homage to seventies Vauxhalls: www.firenza.net
Camera - Pentax Kx, 18-55 kit lens, 18-200 Sigma, 50-500 Sigma, 500mm Tamron mirror
Camera - Pentax Kx, 18-55 kit lens, 18-200 Sigma, 50-500 Sigma, 500mm Tamron mirror
Posted 01/09/2017 - 15:36
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droopsnoot wrote:
Ha, strange place to leave it! I usually leave it on the camera so I know where it is. I was fortunate with my Manfrotto, it had two QR's in the box! Suppose someone else must have gone without. I also purchased a spare one for my old Slik while they were still current.
JAK wrote:
I wonder where all the old QR mounts go?!
Mine's somewhere in Chester, between the multi-storey car park on Pepper Street and the bridge at the bottom of Lower Bridge Street. Or it was, anyway. That was in 2010, so it's probably not there any more.I wonder where all the old QR mounts go?!
John K
Posted 02/09/2017 - 19:21
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I was able to get one - this was just around the time of the tsunami that affected a lot of photography-related companies in Japan, which was the reason that Jessops gave for not being able to get one after three weeks of trying, as if they were going to send off to Japan for one little accessory.
Real name: Mike Edwards. My homage to seventies Vauxhalls: www.firenza.net
Camera - Pentax Kx, 18-55 kit lens, 18-200 Sigma, 50-500 Sigma, 500mm Tamron mirror
Camera - Pentax Kx, 18-55 kit lens, 18-200 Sigma, 50-500 Sigma, 500mm Tamron mirror
Posted 02/09/2017 - 19:44
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Found an MG with a 50mm f/1.7 for a fiver a couple of years ago. Lens fine but body doesn't always cock the shutter. Think it just needs a drop of strategically placed oil.
John K
Posted 03/09/2017 - 00:09
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I once found on eBay a pentax AF body don't recall which but with it was an f 50mm 1.4, f 28mm 2.8 and an f 135mm 2.8 happy days oh and the price £100 inc postage
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Currently on a Pentax hiatus until an FF Pentax is released
Posted 21/09/2017 - 18:49
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I found an MX and ugly 50/1.2 (yes, the fast one) for £30. Lens sent to Michael Spencer for a £30 clean and all was well.
Posted 21/09/2017 - 19:26
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Oh, well done. I've been keeping an eye open for that one in case I can think of a use for it, and my heart leaps every time I see one. Then I realise it actually says "1:2", not "1:1.2".
Real name: Mike Edwards. My homage to seventies Vauxhalls: www.firenza.net
Camera - Pentax Kx, 18-55 kit lens, 18-200 Sigma, 50-500 Sigma, 500mm Tamron mirror
Camera - Pentax Kx, 18-55 kit lens, 18-200 Sigma, 50-500 Sigma, 500mm Tamron mirror
Posted 30/10/2017 - 19:10
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I found a Spotmatic advertised online with a '49mm' lens (odd I thought but I took a punt). Turned out to be an excellent SMC-Tak 50/1.4 with a working SP2 attached for about £25.
In the '90s I found my local branch of a large electronics/photo emporium to have an F50/1.7 for £20*. Apparently they'd had one SFXn, the lens and an AF240FT flash as a 'kit' but someone had bought the camera and flashgun separately and the lens was 'end of the their line'. I snapped it up - took it home and chucked it onto my SFXn - bought a month earlier from... my local branch of a large electronics/photo emporium...
* sounds like a good deal now - but probably not with 20+ years of inflation added!
In the '90s I found my local branch of a large electronics/photo emporium to have an F50/1.7 for £20*. Apparently they'd had one SFXn, the lens and an AF240FT flash as a 'kit' but someone had bought the camera and flashgun separately and the lens was 'end of the their line'. I snapped it up - took it home and chucked it onto my SFXn - bought a month earlier from... my local branch of a large electronics/photo emporium...
* sounds like a good deal now - but probably not with 20+ years of inflation added!
Posted 31/10/2017 - 01:31
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I spotted a CZJ Biometar 80mm f/2.8 lens in the M42 fitting on the Ffordes website. It cost me £79 but I bought it because it looked so damn cool. I sold it off after keeping it on a shelf gathering dust and picked up a very respectable amount of money for it.
All the gear with no idea
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I took a gamble, made a silly offer as I thought Canon could probably fix it and he accepted. When it arrived I simply pushed the focus limiter switch to the correct position and all was fine.