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thoughton wrote:

If that's not a far-fetched justification for LBA, I don't know what is
+1.

Comment by edumad posted on A good deed. at 13/06/2010 - 12:10

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What you might want to do is take and ND grad for sunsets.
Cheap Cokin P type mount off ebay, and something like a KOOD pro shouldn't break the bank but provide new functionalities.

Dust protection is really the only use I can see for another filter. The rocket blower should take care of most dust but definitely not all. Using a very soft brush is very useful, last resort is the cloth.
Good filters are expensive, and a filter of that size and good quality to enrich colors (e.g. CPL) would be expensive and not essential since that can be tuned in camera or in post.

Even for protection I am very reluctant to use a UV filter. But you might encounter severe dust while on safari, and rather than continuously cleaning the lens element, it might be better to clean a UV. I you do buy it, spend money on it because you don't want to degrade the image.

Comment by edumad posted on 170-500mm Filter for Safari? at 13/06/2010 - 12:06

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Thanks guys for the well (good?) wishes.

Comment by edumad posted on Farewell... kind of. at 12/06/2010 - 22:14

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Now thats a camera bag that does not look like a camera bag.

Comment by edumad posted on Pentax for the ladies at 12/06/2010 - 19:36

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Will do

Comment by edumad posted on Farewell... kind of. at 12/06/2010 - 19:34

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I was in Camerabase today taking a last hopeful peek at their wares and selling some stuff (not a good idea price wise, but still...)
There were two other customers there and I could not refrain myself from paying attention once I heard "Pentax". Apparently this fellow with a K20D was checking out some M lenses, but they couldn't work out how to work with them.
"Exposure problems..." "aperture"
I approached the guy as he was leaving to inquiry about his predicament.
The issue was the aperture ring control activation. I soon sorted that out and the guy bought an excellent condition SMC-M 50mm F1.4.

Its nice to help people , but I cannot but wonder if he will end up buying more lenses to experiment now that he can use them. Could I have started a case of LBA?

Comment by edumad posted on A good deed. at 12/06/2010 - 19:33

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All sold.

Comment by edumad posted on Manual focus lenses: 28mm, 135mm at 12/06/2010 - 19:20

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Sold!

Comment by edumad posted on Sigma Pantel 135mm F2.8-F64 at 12/06/2010 - 19:20

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All sold!

Comment by edumad posted on Get off my arse at 12/06/2010 - 19:20

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Remaining items no longer on offer. Going with the other heaps of stuff to the charity shop.

Comment by edumad posted on Freebies at 12/06/2010 - 19:19

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