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Fantastic and unusual photographs.
Comment by Algernon posted on Homecoming at 08/10/2012 - 07:45
Last week I had a Ploughman's Lunch!!
He's been after me ever since..
He's been after me ever since..
Comment by Algernon posted on Another pointless thread at 07/10/2012 - 21:04
womble wrote:
I fitted a katzeye screen to my K20D. The best thing I ever did.
K.
Really!! I fitted a katzeye screen to my K20D. The best thing I ever did.
K.
Comment by Algernon posted on Katz Eye Split prism at 07/10/2012 - 21:00
As long as the Ricoh pin is the rounded type it's not usually
a problem.
a problem.
Comment by Algernon posted on PK fit lenses at 07/10/2012 - 18:16
They never performed very well in the test reports in the film days and most Chinon users had a Pentax 50mm on their cameras. As a Pentax user since the Spotmatic days I was always on the look out for good lenses in Pentax fit. Non of the K mount camera manufacturers had anything worth using. Some independents such as Vivitar had the odd decent lens.
The difference is less these days on digital sensors even with a K-5 it's hard to separate one lens from another.
There was a very good supplement to AP one year which had lens tests for all 50mm's I can't remember if Chinon were in it, but Pentax were and they were very close to the top of the list along with the CZ (West German) 50mm Contax lenses etc. Well worth trying to find a copy.
Makes like Chinon, Tamron, Tokina, do have some lenses which have very nice bokeh as do the East Germans and Russians which is why I use them.
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The difference is less these days on digital sensors even with a K-5 it's hard to separate one lens from another.
There was a very good supplement to AP one year which had lens tests for all 50mm's I can't remember if Chinon were in it, but Pentax were and they were very close to the top of the list along with the CZ (West German) 50mm Contax lenses etc. Well worth trying to find a copy.
Makes like Chinon, Tamron, Tokina, do have some lenses which have very nice bokeh as do the East Germans and Russians which is why I use them.
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Comment by Algernon posted on Chinon lenses at 07/10/2012 - 17:22
I wouldn't take to much notice of what people say on the net,
they are competent lenses but apart from the 55mm Tomioka f/1.4's
and f/1.2's they aren't as good as say the Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7's.
Just took this one with the 50mm f/1.9 on the K-5 at f/4
from jpg with a bit of sharpening, because of the reduction
to 800w had to set -10 adjustment to get the green light
properly. Also had to crop otherwise the fuschia
was too small.
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they are competent lenses but apart from the 55mm Tomioka f/1.4's
and f/1.2's they aren't as good as say the Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7's.
Just took this one with the 50mm f/1.9 on the K-5 at f/4
from jpg with a bit of sharpening, because of the reduction
to 800w had to set -10 adjustment to get the green light
properly. Also had to crop otherwise the fuschia
was too small.
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Comment by Algernon posted on Chinon lenses at 07/10/2012 - 15:30
Ricoh only took over on the 1st Oct. 2011 so if they filed the
patent on the 3rd it was something Hoya had done anyway.
patent on the 3rd it was something Hoya had done anyway.
Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax 70-200mm f/2.8 at 07/10/2012 - 14:15
Has no one noticed that this is a patent from 2 years ago....
Patent filing date: October 3, 2010
So it would have been Hoya at a time when they certainly
wouldn't have been considering FF
The new Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 looks nice!
link
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Patent filing date: October 3, 2010
So it would have been Hoya at a time when they certainly
wouldn't have been considering FF
The new Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 looks nice!
link
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Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax 70-200mm f/2.8 at 07/10/2012 - 12:01
Why would they release this lens when most people have an
excellent 3rd party equivalent They won't sell
many. A lot of Pentax patents never get put into production,
such as the ones for mirrorless lenses.
Pricewise the excellent 80-200mm f/2.8 was listed at
£2,000 in 1996....... so this one should be a lot
dearer
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excellent 3rd party equivalent They won't sell
many. A lot of Pentax patents never get put into production,
such as the ones for mirrorless lenses.
Pricewise the excellent 80-200mm f/2.8 was listed at
£2,000 in 1996....... so this one should be a lot
dearer
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Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax 70-200mm f/2.8 at 07/10/2012 - 08:38
Was that a lesson in how NOT to make a video
This ones much better:
Homage to David Hamilton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMJyqTONlQA&feature=related
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This ones much better:
Homage to David Hamilton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMJyqTONlQA&feature=related
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Comment by Algernon posted on Rankin Edition at 07/10/2012 - 08:23
