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philstaff wrote:
johnriley wrote:
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Quite a lot of top photographers used Olympus
They did for a while and the picture of them all gathered together looked pretty impressive in the advertising. They all went back to Nikon and/or Pentax 67 though. I heard that the Olympus kit wasn't up to the rigours and they were fed up of it failing in heavy professional use.

In those days the field leaders were Pentax and Nikon, with Canon coming up strongly behind them....
So how did Pentax fall so far behind the other two John.
Ian
marketing.
Pentax thought building good cameras was enough.

ask any unemployed photographer if making good images is enough...
it isn't, you got to market...

Comment by Don posted on Old vs New at 12/07/2010 - 22:28

Don
I'm sure that lens was manufactured with lens mounts AVAILABLE for all those mounts but the seller doesn't have a clue what he's saying.
You are dealing with someone that is dangerously stupid and you might have an aneurysm trying to get any factual info from him but try this:

"What (be specific) camera did you have that lens attached to, last time you used it?"

Comment by Don posted on how does this fit all these Minolta, Nikon, Pentax, Sony, and work? at 12/07/2010 - 21:57

Don
I took a cheap pc to hotshoe adaptor I had layin around, cut off the pc socket and soldered on the mini jack it has worked flawlessly for years now.

Comment by Don posted on elinchrom el skyport radio slaves at 12/07/2010 - 21:05

Don
pentax I read that somewhere as well...

Comment by Don posted on pentax ff camera? at 21/06/2010 - 19:00

Don
I hope they don't go copying everybody else on the 4/3 system... I'd be happy to see a kx with fixed pelicile mirror and a leaf shutter lens....
but the idea of a big sensor, kmount hefty sized 4/3 styled camera would surely be unique and sellable would it not?

Comment by Don posted on pentax ff camera? at 21/06/2010 - 18:50

Don
hey, I know some of you guys are not mathematically challenged like me.... and some of you guys are cronic measurebaters... (kidding of course)
so I'm hoping you guys can help me out here....

I've been seeing a new pentax camera in my dreams....
sort of a pro orientated 4/3 system on steroids....

a pentax 645-d sized sensor maybe, in a smaller body, no mirror, that fits pentax full frame lenses....
it looked like the old fuji 645 rangefinder, in my dreams....

is that even conceivable it could work with existing ff 35mm lenses?

Comment by Don posted on pentax ff camera? at 21/06/2010 - 18:21

Don
do a search on Hoya and Pentax and Merger...
then decide on who butters your toast, before you drop your money....

Comment by Don posted on Which polarising filter is best at 21/06/2010 - 15:35

Don
mikew wrote:
Go on then how do manage to light a black face and white face satisfactorily? I was wondering this when watching the wedding photographer march my white friend about a graden with his black bride.

Mike
put the black closer to the lights. you can burn in black in post, but if you blow the highlights... you got nothing to work with...

also if you got the means, a rosco polarizing sheet over your light and a polarizer on your lens works wonders for black skin...

Comment by Don posted on 50mm f1.7 M: More Wedding Pics at 17/06/2010 - 16:56

Don
next best thing to a beauty dish, imho is the trusty silver umbrella.
polaris/sheppard makes an accurate affordable meter.
any radio slave should work ok...

Comment by Don posted on Light meter + Beauty dish recommendation at 15/06/2010 - 21:17

Don
I have three cameras. one has a pentax grip.

in the studio and on the job the one with the grip gets used most.

Comment by Don posted on To grip or not? at 10/06/2010 - 02:17

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