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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Spam at 25/10/2011 - 22:33
So it seems that the people who complain about this lens don't own it. They've just read a few "tests".
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Bad review for DA* 16-50mm at 14/10/2011 - 10:23
Actually, they do go wrong eventually, being made very cheaply, but if you buy two you'll have a spare if one packs up.
Beer in my local pub is now nudging its way over the £4.00 barrier. Makes lots of things look cheap.
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Beer in my local pub is now nudging its way over the £4.00 barrier. Makes lots of things look cheap.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Problem with two flash guns at 14/10/2011 - 10:12
I do think some people are being a bit dim.
PRICL is the name of a company, like Unilever.
Pentax is a brand, like Persil (which is owned by Unilever).
If Unilever sell Persil to Procter & Gamble, the latter are not going to give it a new name (Progsil, anyone?) and throw away the value of the brand.
Ricoh are not crazy. If they were, they would not have included the Pentax brand name as the first word in their new company name.
And nor did Hoya change the brand name, remember.
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PRICL is the name of a company, like Unilever.
Pentax is a brand, like Persil (which is owned by Unilever).
If Unilever sell Persil to Procter & Gamble, the latter are not going to give it a new name (Progsil, anyone?) and throw away the value of the brand.
Ricoh are not crazy. If they were, they would not have included the Pentax brand name as the first word in their new company name.
And nor did Hoya change the brand name, remember.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Forum name, Change? at 14/10/2011 - 10:08
Algernon wrote:
Unless a user has done thorough comparison tests against the best lenses available, because the differences are so minute the opinion of the user is I'm afraid worthless. You can't
compare one item against itself
Hmm.Unless a user has done thorough comparison tests against the best lenses available, because the differences are so minute the opinion of the user is I'm afraid worthless. You can't
compare one item against itself
I happen to own the three FA Limiteds, and I also own or have owned a number of other top class Pentax lenses.
I don't do "thorough comparison tests"; I just look at the pictures, and compare them with the results I get from my other lenses, good and bad.
It was by this method that I concluded that my copy of the 16-50 was a very good lens.
Furthermore, and we have discussed this here before, there is more to picture quality than lens tests can tell you. You can't objectively measure bokeh; and the subtle combination of contrast and colour that makes a good lens special also eludes measurement.
You appear to be the sort of person who buys a car on the basis of an article in a magazine, rather than taking a test drive and making up his own mind.
Each to his own, but I prefer to trust my own judgement, and that of others with experience.
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Bad review for DA* 16-50mm at 12/10/2011 - 01:25
The tests are not all we have (unless it's a brand new lens, and this is not).
Forums like this provide the real-world experiences of owners who have had a lens for a much longer time than that of a typical tester.
I had a 16-50 for three years (until I destroyed it), and it was hardly ever off the camera. If it had flare issues, I never noticed them. What mattered to me was that it was one of the few lenses I have owned from which the pictures could sometimes be mistaken for those taken with a Limited lens.
Being a bit poor at the time of its demise, I replaced it with a 17-70, which, whilst a good lens, is not in the same class.
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Forums like this provide the real-world experiences of owners who have had a lens for a much longer time than that of a typical tester.
I had a 16-50 for three years (until I destroyed it), and it was hardly ever off the camera. If it had flare issues, I never noticed them. What mattered to me was that it was one of the few lenses I have owned from which the pictures could sometimes be mistaken for those taken with a Limited lens.
Being a bit poor at the time of its demise, I replaced it with a 17-70, which, whilst a good lens, is not in the same class.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Bad review for DA* 16-50mm at 10/10/2011 - 01:20
ronniemac wrote:
I recently acquired a Z-1 and took it out with two rolls of film, the first time I've done that for quite some time. It is a wonderful camera, and offers a good deal of automation if you want it, but also full control and functionality when that's the preference. I highly recommend it, even if it is not a lightweight.
For simple manual photography I have the miniscule MX and robust KM.
The cost of these cameras is zilch in comparison to the cost of digital SLR.
Not when you include the cost of film and processing.I recently acquired a Z-1 and took it out with two rolls of film, the first time I've done that for quite some time. It is a wonderful camera, and offers a good deal of automation if you want it, but also full control and functionality when that's the preference. I highly recommend it, even if it is not a lightweight.
For simple manual photography I have the miniscule MX and robust KM.
The cost of these cameras is zilch in comparison to the cost of digital SLR.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Should I go for a film SLR? at 04/10/2011 - 23:48
Totally, absolutely, 100%.
No Pentax flashgun has any trigger voltage issues.
In fact, very few flashguns do. This issue is hugely over-hyped.
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No Pentax flashgun has any trigger voltage issues.
In fact, very few flashguns do. This issue is hugely over-hyped.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on AF200t flash with K7 at 01/10/2011 - 00:19
George in Georgia USA wrote:
Are you saying we're flashers?
Absolutely, if you have an LX, you want to look like a pro.
Some years ago it was said that, to be taken as a professional, you needed a leather jacket, a Pentax, and a surly attitude. The jacket and attitude are optional.
Concerning the power pack, somewhere I ran across a post describing how to modify the AF400T TR power pack to power the current DTTL flashes. As I recall it was little more than changing out the connector, but ... since the power pack delivers several hundred volts care would be in order. The ideal would be a link, male connector to plug into the power pack's cord, and female to connect to the DTTL flash, allowing one pack to power both series. Any DIY types out there?
Yes, the AF080C ring flash is a nice bit, but hard to find. Pentax's current ring flash is a fortune!
What I'd like to know is why the first Pentax DSLR used off-the-sensor flash determination akin to the LX's off the film method, and all the rest, including my K10D, use the current pre-flash method. Anyone know?
If I were a cynic, I'd wonder it were to see a new line of flashes....
IF, you were a cynic?George Lazarette wrote:
If you want to know about flash, ask a George!
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Brother George -If you want to know about flash, ask a George!
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Are you saying we're flashers?
Absolutely, if you have an LX, you want to look like a pro.
Some years ago it was said that, to be taken as a professional, you needed a leather jacket, a Pentax, and a surly attitude. The jacket and attitude are optional.
Concerning the power pack, somewhere I ran across a post describing how to modify the AF400T TR power pack to power the current DTTL flashes. As I recall it was little more than changing out the connector, but ... since the power pack delivers several hundred volts care would be in order. The ideal would be a link, male connector to plug into the power pack's cord, and female to connect to the DTTL flash, allowing one pack to power both series. Any DIY types out there?
Yes, the AF080C ring flash is a nice bit, but hard to find. Pentax's current ring flash is a fortune!
What I'd like to know is why the first Pentax DSLR used off-the-sensor flash determination akin to the LX's off the film method, and all the rest, including my K10D, use the current pre-flash method. Anyone know?
If I were a cynic, I'd wonder it were to see a new line of flashes....
I am sure that the 3 packs all produce the same output. It's just the connections that are different, and they are rather specialised. Pentax had no interest in supplying adapters, so they are almost certainly a 3rd party product, if they exist at all.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on New Flash with an LX or SuperA at 30/09/2011 - 16:14
If you want to know about flash, ask a George!
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on New Flash with an LX or SuperA at 29/09/2011 - 22:23
Any text with two spaces after a full stop always looks awful, which is probably why they don't allow it
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