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Looks like a great weekend - wonderful shots everybody!
Comment by hefty1 posted on Whitby Goth Weekend - April 2010 at 25/04/2010 - 11:16
Lovely shot - the bubbles are just perfect!
I took my first portraits with my "new" M85/2 yesterday, but they were with the LX so I have an agonising wait for the film to be developed before I can see what they look like. I have high hopes though!
I took my first portraits with my "new" M85/2 yesterday, but they were with the LX so I have an agonising wait for the film to be developed before I can see what they look like. I have high hopes though!
Comment by hefty1 posted on life is a bubble at 25/04/2010 - 11:09
Mamiya XTL lenses are very rare but not useable on your Pentax unfortunately. Prior to the launch of the XTL Mamiya had used M42 mount lenses, afterwards they changed to yet another different bayonet design giving the XTL system a production span of only around 4 years.
The quality is top-notch so I would imagine there would be a market for buying your camera and lenses (especially the 21/4), or you could just use it yourself as a very nice film set up.
The quality is top-notch so I would imagine there would be a market for buying your camera and lenses (especially the 21/4), or you could just use it yourself as a very nice film set up.
Comment by hefty1 posted on Mamiya Sekor Info at 25/04/2010 - 10:50
PM sent re: LX finders.
Comment by hefty1 posted on M Series 85mm f2.2 Soft Focus at 22/04/2010 - 22:00
And £140 is cheaper than a new camera!
Comment by hefty1 posted on Misadventures! at 22/04/2010 - 21:46
Cayman wrote:
After much debate I actually went for the sigma 20mm. Even after adjusting for ff/bf found it to be almost impossible to get a sharp photo at anything wider than f5.6 so returned it from whence it came with disgust. Have just taken delivery of a used Pentax 20mm which is much much better. Feel free to say "I told you so!"
I'd never do that... After much debate I actually went for the sigma 20mm. Even after adjusting for ff/bf found it to be almost impossible to get a sharp photo at anything wider than f5.6 so returned it from whence it came with disgust. Have just taken delivery of a used Pentax 20mm which is much much better. Feel free to say "I told you so!"
Glad you got what you were after in the end though.
No. You can convert a Pentax lens to work on a Canon with an adapter but not the other way around - sorry!
Comment by hefty1 posted on sigma 50-500 at 22/04/2010 - 11:57
First check it's not focussing *past* infinity. Many older lenses will go slightly beyond infinity if you turn them all the way.
If that's not the case then does the focus feel rough? It's possible that grit can get inside the helicoid and stop it from moving along its entire length.
If that's not the case then does the focus feel rough? It's possible that grit can get inside the helicoid and stop it from moving along its entire length.
Comment by hefty1 posted on manual lens (M 120mm f2.8) infinity focus problem at 22/04/2010 - 11:55
I don't know either lens intimately but here's a couple of general pointers when dealing with third-party lenses:
Prime (fixed length) lenses are generally OK and I'm not aware of any 50mm lens that's particularly bad (except the Meyer Domiplan 50/2.8 ). So I'd say the Petri is probably worth £10.
Zoom lenses are much more of a mixed bag and I believe Miranda was a Dixons own brand (so it could have been made by anyone) and likely to have been the cheapest of the cheap at the low end of the market. It may be worth £5 as a novelty but I wouldn't pay £20 for it.
Good luck
Prime (fixed length) lenses are generally OK and I'm not aware of any 50mm lens that's particularly bad (except the Meyer Domiplan 50/2.8 ). So I'd say the Petri is probably worth £10.
Zoom lenses are much more of a mixed bag and I believe Miranda was a Dixons own brand (so it could have been made by anyone) and likely to have been the cheapest of the cheap at the low end of the market. It may be worth £5 as a novelty but I wouldn't pay £20 for it.
Good luck
Comment by hefty1 posted on 2nd hand lens advice at 22/04/2010 - 11:46
The K10D one is an update to make it more stable when recording with certain SDHC cards. I don't own any SDHC cards so I won't be bothering, but it's nice to see Pentax continuing to support older models in this way anyway.
Comment by hefty1 posted on New firmware updates today at 22/04/2010 - 10:17
