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Best picture I've seen for quite a while - brilliant stuff!
Comment by hefty1 posted on After holiday shock at 11/01/2011 - 00:36
And there was me thinking I was the only one doing it! My lenses get treated to green Zig-Zag papers though - only the best will do...
Comment by hefty1 posted on Lens cleaning paper - thoughts? at 11/01/2011 - 00:14
The Vivitar lens codes are only valid up to a certain point (mid 1980's I think), after that there was no consistency in the numbering and no way of knowing who made which lens unfortunately.
The only thing you can say with any degree of certainty is that the lens wasn't manufactured by Vivitar themselves, as they've never had any manufacturing facility that I'm aware of.
The only thing you can say with any degree of certainty is that the lens wasn't manufactured by Vivitar themselves, as they've never had any manufacturing facility that I'm aware of.
JAK wrote:
...Why would Pentax omit this information?
Because in order to stay in business they want you to buy new lenses rather than old ones (on which they receive no cut). ...Why would Pentax omit this information?
Comment by hefty1 posted on K5/7 and M lenses at 05/01/2011 - 16:43
Until the arrival of the Internet the only other photographer I'd spoken to was my Dad. As mentors go at least he was easy to get hold of...
Comment by hefty1 posted on My first mentor at 31/12/2010 - 13:39
Smeggypants wrote:
Would you pay £2700 for an F1.0 ? I certainly wouldn't!!
Personally no, but compared to what Leica want for a similarly spec'd Noctilux that sounds like a bargain! Would you pay £2700 for an F1.0 ? I certainly wouldn't!!
Comment by hefty1 posted on Ebay auctions at 31/12/2010 - 10:31
Does she need a zoom? If not then the Ricoh GR-D has an excellent accessory finder that slips in the hotshoe.
Comment by hefty1 posted on Compact with viewfinder- do they exist? at 30/12/2010 - 20:21
Ever since Mitzee had been unveiled as HG's real wife...
Comment by hefty1 posted on Add another line at 30/12/2010 - 20:08
Algernon wrote:
I missed off my only 6x7 camera the Koni-Omega Rapid...snip
There's a camera I'd like to try. I have a feeling though it would be too heavy for me - that's why my Linhof went via eBay.I missed off my only 6x7 camera the Koni-Omega Rapid...snip
Mannesty wrote:
... 9: *ist ...
In all my time on this forum I think that's probably the first I've even seen mention of an *ist - how does it compare to the other film bodies and the *istD?... 9: *ist ...
Comment by hefty1 posted on The top ten! at 30/12/2010 - 20:06
