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This is an excellent UK based seller for lens caps, used
them many times.

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Comment by Algernon posted on Where to get M42 rear caps? at 11/04/2012 - 10:51

If your collecting evidence I would check if digital photos are acceptable. It might be that you have to use film. You should be able to buy a decent Pentax film camera and lens for about £20. Say an SFX, SF-10 etc.

Comment by Algernon posted on Some advice regarding photographing neighbours garden at 11/04/2012 - 10:17

dfryman wrote:
I don't think I'd pay more than that as it would undo the benefits of being able to shoot cheap M42 glass.

There's a lot of expensive M42 glass as well such as macros and the excellent Tomioka 55mm f/1.2 at around £500

Comment by Algernon posted on Asahi Pentax K Mount Adapter M42 Screw at 09/04/2012 - 19:16

These were made over such a long period of time and at so many different factories it's hard to be sure. The later one's would have been plastic.
The words "Made in" aren't usually on Pentax cameras. Just Asahi Opt. Co. Japan.

There are dedicated sites and Wikipedia that have more information.

Comment by Algernon posted on K1000 production? at 09/04/2012 - 15:28

You were certainly in the right place at the right time there!

Comment by Algernon posted on A few car pictures at 09/04/2012 - 15:17

redbusa99 wrote:
i came across one made by kood it has a flange to depress the pin. some said that you can,t focus to infinity with the flange type but with this one ,when fitted to the body it is flush with the body mating face and the lens focuses fine at infinity. if you can find one it certainly makes using the old lenses easier, you are actually metering at the aperture you wish to use.

The flange is only needed on lenses that don't have an A/M switch and are too hard or impossible to modify such as some Yashica's.... even then the lens wasn't designed to work like that

Comment by Algernon posted on Asahi Pentax K Mount Adapter M42 Screw at 09/04/2012 - 14:50

All very good and all the cars are very interesting, but I also
like No 2 best.

I keep forgetting that they still have races at Oulton Park

Comment by Algernon posted on Motorsport: Oulton Park, April 7 2012 at 09/04/2012 - 14:47

That's all my gear from 35 years ago

Comment by Algernon posted on What's in my bag today at 08/04/2012 - 20:26

King of Flash also trade on ebay. They have the 16GB for £40, but
they have a Class 16 VIDEO version for £23. I wonder what the difference
is? If it's reformatted in camera it should be OK?

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Comment by Algernon posted on Pretec Class 16 567x SD cards at 08/04/2012 - 19:36

Pretec list two Distributors for the UK
http://www.pretec.com/where-to-buy/global-partners

According to Tom's Hardware the Pretec cards aren't much different
to some Class 4 to 10 cards, although a lot of these tests are using
very small files. All we are interested in is how long it takes to
copy and write Jpg+RAW files. I normally time about 200MB copy
to PC (then re-boot)and copy PC to card. The speed depends
on your reader.

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Comment by Algernon posted on Pretec Class 16 567x SD cards at 08/04/2012 - 19:20

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