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Does anyone have a 28mm PKA fit lens they now have no need for? I want to use it, primarily for macro work attached to bellows, but I fancy the idea of using it as a walk-about lens, hence the desire for a PKA mount.
I have some spare cash rattling around in my Paypal account, so that would be the preferred method of payment.

Comment by callumj posted on WTB 28mm PKA at 16/12/2010 - 22:13

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Tinseltown in the rain - The Blue Nile
Tutu - Miles Davis
If my bass could talk - Stanley Clarke
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
The colour of spring - Talk Talk

Comment by callumj posted on Favourite albums of all time at 16/02/2010 - 23:16

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It's been years since I last saw it, but I remember being gobsmacked and a little confused after watching it.

Comment by callumj posted on Top ten films at 16/02/2010 - 23:03

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My tuppence worth.
Again, in no particular order:

2001 A Space Odessy
A matter of life and death
The third man
The tin drum
Slaughterhouse 5
Midnight cowboy
The ladykillers (original)
Being there
The life of Brian
Mon Uncle

Comment by callumj posted on Top ten films at 16/02/2010 - 22:54

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My first camera was a Topcon RM300, a rather plasticy affair, which used to shed parts of itself periodically. Still, it did feature a K mount, although I could afford any lenses for it.

Comment by callumj posted on Your first camera at 07/01/2010 - 22:30

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I'm hoping Santa will bring me a shiney new Metz 48 AF-1 at Christmas, so I think I'll be going down the flash road (just need to construct some kind of flash bracket). I'll see how I get on outdoors, in brighter available light, in the the meantime.
Thanks, so far, for all your advice and suggestions.

Callum.

Comment by callumj posted on Auto bellows M metering at 07/12/2009 - 22:52

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Greg,
The aperture is certainly stopping down, a quick look at a virtually black viewfinder confirms that. I'm just wondering if, maybe, there isn't enough light to get an accurate reading. As I said in my original post, I've just got them and had only a brief play about with them (in a very subduely lit lounge).
One thing a forgot to mention, was that, when I tried using the flash in anything other than x-sync, I get grossly underexposed shots when the lens is stopped down and grossly overexposd shots if I leave it wide open.
I think I'm going to have to put an evening aside and try and get to grips with them. The thing is, I do have experience with bellows (used to own a lovely set of Minolta auto belows III, shift and swing, which were even nicer than the Pentax set).

Comment by callumj posted on Auto bellows M metering at 06/12/2009 - 22:19

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Greg,
Yes, I have taken the aperture ring off "A" and stopped down to f16 or f22, I have then shut down the aperture (the auto bellows have a handy lock on the aperture stop-down button), then I have pressed the green button. The trouble is, I get exactly the same shutter speed even if I don't shut down the aperture!

Callum

Comment by callumj posted on Auto bellows M metering at 05/12/2009 - 23:35

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I've recently acquired a set of Pentax Auto Bellows M off ebay, and I'm struggling a bit with metering. With my trusty A 50mm attached my K10d only seems to offer me Aperture priority, manual, X-sync and bulb.
Obviously aperture priory isn't going to be of any use as there is no mechanical or electrical linkage and the green button seems to max out at 1.5 secs whether the aperture is wide open or stopped down, resulting in grossly under exposed pictures.
I have set the camera to permit aperture control and also set the green button to adjust the shuter speed with set aperture, but to no avail.
The only way I get reasonable results is using the camera set to X-sync (and using a sheet a A4 paper to bounce the built-in flash) and simply by guessing the exposure in manual.
What am doing wrong?
I've added one of my more successful shots.
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Comment by callumj posted on Auto bellows M metering at 03/12/2009 - 22:25

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PM sent.

Comment by callumj posted on K100D & DA18-55 for sale, under ext warranty to June 2010 at 13/11/2009 - 23:58

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