Sounds like someone has a load of parts left over

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I didn't know about the diaphragm blades, but they are usually used wide open so it doesn't make that much difference. It might at about f/4 - f/5.6

Yes I've got a Tomioka. It's a proper one with Tomioka on the beauty ring. What makes the bokeh so special is that being an M42 lens they had to grind away some of the rear element to work with M42 bodies see this pic (found on flickr not my photo)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/oldstan-on-flikr/4953772497

I've also got the Pentax K and another K mount f/1.2... Porst (I think).

All the flickr photos tagged... tomioka55mmf12
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/tomioka55mmf12

The photo of the keyboard and lenses on this site shows the difference between f/1.2 and f/1.4, but the f/1.4 is a Chinon which has much better bokeh than Pentax lenses. It could also have been made by Tomioka being M42.

https://pucci-studio.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/auto-chinon-55mm-f12f14-m42.html
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There's no difference between the Pentax 1.2's K or A. The Tomioka 55mm f/1.2 is about the bestest

http://flickriver.com/search/tomioka+55mm+f%252F1.2/

Most of the stuff we've seen is on APS-C ..... FF should be more interesting.

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You can't do this with an f/1.4

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/122-lens-clubs/74819-post-your-1-2-photos-1-...

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Once considered a heavy weight amongst photograph editors Picture Window Pro v7 is now available FREE. The interface is a bit dated and processing is slow, but I think it works in 48bit. It handles DNG's OK using DCRaw. 32 or 64bit available.

There is also a Beta of v8, but it hasn't got a RAW converter. You need to use TIFF's. Sounds fairly incomplete at present.

The Forum is worth looking at.

http://www.dl-c.com/

The author also wrote the famous spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3 which in turn revolutionized computers.

A Tutorial....
http://www.normankoren.com/PWP_intro.html

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My first digital (Nikon 600) in 1999 came with Adobe Photoshop on a CD Obviously it wasn't downloadable and like most software was licensed only to the original owner of the camera.

I think I paid about £600 for the camera which was quite basic (fixed lens) and reported to be a re-badged Panasonic. Most people moan about paying that much for a better camera nowadays.

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Raw Therapee (Free) is the best for pixel shift. One of the programmers is very keen on it. See examples here.....

https://www.clubsnap.com/threads/the-pixel-shift-diaries.1656234/page-6

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This is annoying. Just logged onto a newspaper site and Outbrain has offered links to Shark and VAX cleaners ...... They are watching my every move

They really suck!

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Just entered Dyson into Google and it gives you the words that have been most used in previous searches..... Right near the top was Dyson hoover

That's exactly what I want a Dyson hoover how did Google know that!

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When you think about it If half of DSLR owners bought a mirrorless out of curiosity or for video.......true mirrorless sales would actually be zero

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