George Lazarette

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George Lazarette
A good, versatile, and readily available flash is the AF240Z.

The 1:3.5 28mm lenses are hard to find. The SMCP-M 1:2.8 28mm is much more plentiful, and whilst not the summit of Pentax lens design, is perfectly satisfactory.

Both can be found on Ebay for £20 - £30.

Please put your location in your profile. It makes it easier to provide relevant advice.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on K1000 Accesories. at 27/11/2006 - 08:49

George Lazarette
You'll find plenty of first-hand user experiences here:

http://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net">target="blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/

Nikon had a problem predicting demand for the D200, which was very hard to find for a while. This is not an exact science. If Pentax had made too many, they might have sunk the company.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on K10D shipped and in user hands at 06/12/2006 - 14:35

George Lazarette
Really Impotent Spider, there's no pleasing some people.

Pentax are working flat out to meet higher than expected demand, and you call it a pathetic launch. What should they do? Build a new factory over-night? Or delay the launch until after Christmas?

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on K10D shipped and in user hands at 21/11/2006 - 18:18

George Lazarette
I very much doubt that the picture was hand-held. SR might give you a usable 1/15 sec with a 77mm lens, or even 1/8, but never one second.

My biggest gripe though was the unnatural subject colours, so there was no way to guage the accuracy of the colour rendition.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on K10D shipped and in user hands at 18/11/2006 - 22:14

George Lazarette
What a pathetic picture.

Over-exposed, no natural colours (like SKIN) to be seen, taken at one second so not very sharp.

Completely uselss for any evaluative purpose whatsoever.

But thanks for the news.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on K10D shipped and in user hands at 18/11/2006 - 11:02

George Lazarette
Yes indeed, though for the highest magnification you need to buy a 200mm macro.

But first sell the house.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Extension tubes! at 16/11/2006 - 22:39

George Lazarette
They move the lens further away from the film plane or digital sensor, and this has the effect of allowing the lens to focus on objects that are close.

It's more convenient to buy a proper macro lens, but if you aren't sure if you want to pay for one, this is a cheaper alternative.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Extension tubes! at 16/11/2006 - 22:14

George Lazarette
Basically, you can only link to a picture from here, you can't post a picture here.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Sorry folks at 16/11/2006 - 22:10

George Lazarette
Quote:
George Lazarette wrote:
That's what Google's for.
Does that mean knowledge and thinking are dead? Will skool lessens in the future just consist of learning to use google?!
Who can say? My impression is that schools gave up teaching some time ago. They have now been replaced by Wikipedia.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Old lenses at 17/11/2006 - 12:04

George Lazarette
38-380

That's what Google's for.

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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Old lenses at 16/11/2006 - 22:37

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