What's your latest acquisition?

I suppose I should confess to having acquired a Manfrotto 410 geared head for macro purposes. Used, from Ffordes, who were very good at answering questions and checking proper functioning prior to purchase. I got fed up with trying to manipulate a ball head. So now it's gears for everything - the head for rotations, crossed Novoflex focusing racks for linear motion. Rock solid when clamped to a kitchen worktop .

Steve

The K-1 had a shutter count of 8800 when it arrived.

I had a look through the menus and found out that the previous owner's name was still stored in the copyright information section. After a quick google search I realised the camera had belonged to a photographer based in London. I messaged them about the camera to make sure it wasn't a stolen part and thankfully they explained that it may have been one of two K-1s that they once owned. One of them was sold while the other was replaced by insurance.

I suppose a bunch of these eBay sellers just come across random equipment from insurance joblots and sell to make a decent bit of money.
In any case, I'm happy with the purchase so far. I think it might need an AF adjustment so I'm looking into that.

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All the gear with no idea

@Steve - Since getting a Manfrotto geared head I will never go back to ball head. Once you get the hang of it it's quicker to use as well as being accurate and firm.

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Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass

My page on Photocrowd - link

My copy is the SMC but it's my favourite lens ever, just superb.

I've recently received a Ricoh Rikenon XR 35/2.8 in mint condition. It's lovely to use and initial testing shows it's pretty sharp even wide open.

And just this morning I picked up an A 24-50mm f/4. It's not in quite such good shape, a bit of wear & tear and the focusing isn't as smooth as it could be - if anyone knows if that's easy to correct then please let me know. Probably just a bit of a re-lube needed, a don't think it's the result of a knock. Not super sharp wide open but I got it mainly for film use so that's not a big problem. It's also more compact than I had expected. It's one of those weird lenses where at one end of the focusing range the aperture is clearly not fully open and hence the aperture hole is not round, while at the other end the aperture blades open more to give a fully-rounder aperture.

I'm expecting a third Nikon F801S in the next few days to add to my collection of AF film cameras with high maximum shutter speeds, which I'm finding handy and enjoyable these days.

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Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3 & K200D, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X digital
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses

Another year, another lens for the 645. Well happy with last years AF 120mm macro so this year its the AF 400mm. Hard to believe that it's been a year!

A used f1.4 nifty fifty for a forthcoming shoot.

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Chris

www.chrismillsphotography.co.uk

" A Hangover is something that occupies the Head you neglected to use the night before".

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K1 - Sigma 85mm F1.4, Pentax DFA 150 -450 F4.5 / 5.6, Pentax DFA* 24 - 70 F2.8

Samyang 14mm F2.8, Pentax DFA* 70-200 F2.8

K3iii + K3ii + K5iis converted to IR, Sigma 17 - 70 F2.8, Pentax 55 - 300 F4.5 / F5.6 PLM

The DFA*50/1.4 is it Chris

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LennyBloke

Not this time Lennybloke, couldn't justify that sort of expense for a lens I don't envisage using much, time will tell thou

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Chris

www.chrismillsphotography.co.uk

" A Hangover is something that occupies the Head you neglected to use the night before".

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K1 - Sigma 85mm F1.4, Pentax DFA 150 -450 F4.5 / 5.6, Pentax DFA* 24 - 70 F2.8

Samyang 14mm F2.8, Pentax DFA* 70-200 F2.8

K3iii + K3ii + K5iis converted to IR, Sigma 17 - 70 F2.8, Pentax 55 - 300 F4.5 / F5.6 PLM

A very nice sigma 120-400 hsm os
A lot sharper than the original non os model

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k5iis
sigma 10-20 3,5 hsm
tamron 17-50 2.8 cosina 19-35 sigma 18-125 hsm tokina 28-70 pro ii pentax F 35-105 pentax 55-300 sigma 70-200 apo ex 2.8 sigma 120-400 apo dg hsm os
kenko pz af 1.5 tele tamron pz af 2.0 tele and a flash