It does make a difference with the correct filter.

I suppose you can adjust the white balance in your camera, but it is quite tedious and easy forgotten to be returned to normal.
To much effort.!!

I just bought a Flash holder bracket. This has provision for swiveling the flash.
It should arrive on Wednesday. This will do the job. I hope.

Regards, Horst

Hi, I received a set of Set of ROSCO flash gel filters fro England and mounted one which I thought will do the trick on to my flash gun.

It worked. Saves me a lot of money having to buy screw on filters for all the different lens sizes.

Thanks to you guys who recommended this type of filters.

Regards, Horst

Good explanation, Thanks for that.

Well beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I think it is better looking than the FA version. like I think all the F versions look better than the all the plastic FA's .

I bought this as a set in a pawn shop it came with a F 35-70mm f3.5-4.5 and a SFXn Camera. the lot cost me $AU80.- .
I never used the camera, but quite often the 50mm f1.4 and mainly the 35-70mm. This has really become my favorite, especially since I straight away bought a good lens hood for it.

Regards, Horst

Thank you both for your information.
Pentax must have made a lot more FA's then F's, so it seems.

Regards, Horst

Hi, I own a Pentax F 50mm f1.4 lens.

I can not find any reviews on the net or any prices on Ebay for it.
It seems I have the only one example of it.
All the reviews and Ebay sales are for the FA version.

What is the difference optically between the two?

Does any of you know?

Regards, Horst

Smeggy wrote:

Where do you Drink your pints in Australia?

In a brothel or some sleazy night club den?

or the just see you coming.

I buy a pint of Kilkenny here in Melbourne for about 3 quid.

Regards, Horst

Of course it was never made for Leica cameras.

It was made for the later Japanese rangefinder cameras with Leica screw mount.

The Leica bayonet mount still had the patent going so the other manufacturers took the next best and made it a screw mount.

No self respecting Leica owner would have used this lens or the later Japanese made Voightlanders

For the Leica screw models, which where really only collector items by then, it was no point to fit any other foreign brand except the early English lenses like Taylor-Hobson or the Dallmeyer super-six 50mm f1.9 or of course canon lenses. And of course the original 50mm f1.5 Voightlander and other German made screw lenses
with Leica screw mount which beat the Summicron in quality.

The Canon 50mm f1.2 was even fitted to the Leica M-lenses and also a couple of special Nikons.
I had a canon 50mm f1.2 and used it on my M3 a fair bit. It was a good lens. Contrary to some 'expert reviewers"

Regards, Horst

I have this problem with geese:

Every time I see one ore more of them, I don't see them as they are. Walking and picking etc.

I see them on a great oval plate, plugged and stuffed, coming out of the oven, golden brown with the juices running down.

I can't help it.

Regards, Horst

Fletcher8 wrote:

Why would you need a f1.4 lens, if you always stop it down?

Especially at that focal length you probably don't even have enough dof
even for a portrait.

Instead of the FA85mm f1.4 Yo could look at the FA77mm f1.8.

Regards, Horst

Hi John, Thanks for that explanation and also to Ken.

Regards, Horst