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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Help please choosing Image for grading at 23/06/2007 - 12:45
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Oh, come on, I'm just going over my LBA... you guys please, don't make me fall again by thinking "if so many intelligent people do it, it's got to be good"...
In fact, I'm curing my LBA by... buying the lenses I want. And sacrificing some of my good lenses to have the ones I trully desire.
I'm almost there... I'm only missing a 77 Limited and a DA* 16-50...
Actually, this works. I haven't bought a lens for over a year. The only one I want is the 16-50, and it's not available. Oh, come on, I'm just going over my LBA... you guys please, don't make me fall again by thinking "if so many intelligent people do it, it's got to be good"...
In fact, I'm curing my LBA by... buying the lenses I want. And sacrificing some of my good lenses to have the ones I trully desire.
I'm almost there... I'm only missing a 77 Limited and a DA* 16-50...
But July is almost upon us.
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on LBA - a new and virulent strain - I think at 24/06/2007 - 11:21
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Finally succumbed and bought the 40mm DA ltd for a great price (£162 inc shipping from NYC, BNIB) cant wait to smuggle it into the house; this I am sure you can all understand but at the same time I bought a marine housing (new in sealed box) for my Optio S50 for £50. I'm sure these were listed at around £300 when current, its beautifully engineered and pretty impressive looking with its 14 spring-loaded stainless steel buttons and flourescent green bits and detachable flash diffusion panel and optional wide-angle lenses and under-water strobes and waterproof to 40m... trouble is, I'm not much of a swimmer! How can I stop this habit? Will a stereo kit for the Spotmatic be next?
Seriously though, does anyone have any experience of either?
Ken
I have lots of experience of LBA.Finally succumbed and bought the 40mm DA ltd for a great price (£162 inc shipping from NYC, BNIB) cant wait to smuggle it into the house; this I am sure you can all understand but at the same time I bought a marine housing (new in sealed box) for my Optio S50 for £50. I'm sure these were listed at around £300 when current, its beautifully engineered and pretty impressive looking with its 14 spring-loaded stainless steel buttons and flourescent green bits and detachable flash diffusion panel and optional wide-angle lenses and under-water strobes and waterproof to 40m... trouble is, I'm not much of a swimmer! How can I stop this habit? Will a stereo kit for the Spotmatic be next?
Seriously though, does anyone have any experience of either?
Ken
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on LBA - a new and virulent strain - I think at 22/06/2007 - 17:38
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Maybe Sigma are fitting them all with USM for you K10D users? Well you can dream......
I shouldn't be at all surprised. If they are even half-quick, they'll beat Pentax to it.Maybe Sigma are fitting them all with USM for you K10D users? Well you can dream......
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Hi, and has anyone seen a Sigma 50-500 in the UK recently? at 15/07/2007 - 13:01
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............... and most potential customers like it.
Amazing................ and most potential customers like it.
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Re developed website testing required by you guys at 21/06/2007 - 23:32
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Try changing your resolution temporary see if that solves it. My monitor is set to 1440 x 900 I recommend 1152 x 768 is the absolute minimum. Higher is better
Pete
I was speaking metaphorically. By "out of focus", I meant that you were not focussing on the important thing, which is showing your pictures. Just show the pictures; anything and everything else is just a distraction.George Lazarette wrote:
Pete,
Your site is out of focus.
The intention is presumably to show your pictures (which are good). Concentrate on that. Everything you add, whether dubious graphical effects or neanderthal noise, can only dilute the impact of the pictures.
G
Hi GeorgePete,
Your site is out of focus.
The intention is presumably to show your pictures (which are good). Concentrate on that. Everything you add, whether dubious graphical effects or neanderthal noise, can only dilute the impact of the pictures.
G
Try changing your resolution temporary see if that solves it. My monitor is set to 1440 x 900 I recommend 1152 x 768 is the absolute minimum. Higher is better
Pete
Your pictures deserve better than flashy graphics and primitive muzak.
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Re developed website testing required by you guys at 21/06/2007 - 22:35
Pete,
Your site is out of focus.
The intention is presumably to show your pictures (which are good). Concentrate on that. Everything you add, whether dubious graphical effects or neanderthal noise, can only dilute the impact of the pictures.
G
Your site is out of focus.
The intention is presumably to show your pictures (which are good). Concentrate on that. Everything you add, whether dubious graphical effects or neanderthal noise, can only dilute the impact of the pictures.
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Re developed website testing required by you guys at 21/06/2007 - 21:06
You might be interested in what this chap is selling:
http://tinyurl.com/257jpg
About a dozen M42 lenses in very good condition.
G
http://tinyurl.com/257jpg
About a dozen M42 lenses in very good condition.
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Using M42 lens on Pentax K10D at 21/06/2007 - 21:42
Adapters are always available on Ebay. However, the correct adapter sits flush with the lens mount. Some unscrupulous vendors sell what they claim is an M42 - K adapter but it has a wide flange which means it sits proud of the mount, and prevents infinity focus.
Bad: http://tinyurl.com/2ytcl9
Good: http://tinyurl.com/22lu5e
Every M42 and K bayonet lens will crop the image to give a field of view on digital equivalent to a lens with a focal length that is 1.5 times longer.
There are metering problems with non auto-aperture lenses on the K10D - basically the meter reading will be incorrect except at full aperture. Of course, it's easy enough to meter at full aperture and then for every stop you go down on the aperture, you should halve the shutter speed.
Personally, if money were tight I would buy the K10D with the kit zoom and then add the 50-200mm when funds allowed. There are of course much better lenses available, but at a price.
To get the best from the camera, save up for a Limited lens. You won't believe how good they are. But to get a taste, every Pentax 50mm lens is superb, too, and much cheaper.
Here are the twin bibles of Pentax:
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/
http://stans-photography.info/
The latter is a bit out of date, but still a mine of useful information.
G
Bad: http://tinyurl.com/2ytcl9
Good: http://tinyurl.com/22lu5e
Every M42 and K bayonet lens will crop the image to give a field of view on digital equivalent to a lens with a focal length that is 1.5 times longer.
There are metering problems with non auto-aperture lenses on the K10D - basically the meter reading will be incorrect except at full aperture. Of course, it's easy enough to meter at full aperture and then for every stop you go down on the aperture, you should halve the shutter speed.
Personally, if money were tight I would buy the K10D with the kit zoom and then add the 50-200mm when funds allowed. There are of course much better lenses available, but at a price.
To get the best from the camera, save up for a Limited lens. You won't believe how good they are. But to get a taste, every Pentax 50mm lens is superb, too, and much cheaper.
Here are the twin bibles of Pentax:
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/
http://stans-photography.info/
The latter is a bit out of date, but still a mine of useful information.
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Using M42 lens on Pentax K10D at 21/06/2007 - 19:02
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Why would anyone buy a K10D body from Jessops for £30 more than a K10D + 18 - 55 lens :
Perhaps the MD sets the prices.Why would anyone buy a K10D body from Jessops for £30 more than a K10D + 18 - 55 lens :
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Hard times for Jessops at 24/06/2007 - 15:27
Blue suits sea creatures.
G