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Comment by johnriley posted on Are they made of gold, now? at 03/04/2010 - 09:48
We buy them inexpensive ones from eBay and try to teach them how to be careful.
Accidents can and will happen and we accept that.
Accidents can and will happen and we accept that.
Comment by johnriley posted on Starting Them Young at 03/04/2010 - 09:46
This is one of those iconic images. Brilliant shot.
Comment by johnriley posted on Was it art ? at 02/04/2010 - 23:51
The 16-45mm is quite reasonable, but has more distortion than the 12-24mm. The 17-70mm I have no experience of.
Comment by johnriley posted on DA* 16-50 question. at 02/04/2010 - 22:30
This is why it's quite important to know how a lens has been designed and what it's purpose is. For lanscapes this would be very satisfactory, possibly even desireable for some, but for architecture it isn't suitable at all.
Unfortunately manufacturers do not explain the design parameters of their lenses, so we sometimes buy inappropriate lenses for our needs.
The 12-24mm is virtually rectilinear for those who do architecture. It doesn't look as though the 16-50mm is.
Unfortunately manufacturers do not explain the design parameters of their lenses, so we sometimes buy inappropriate lenses for our needs.
The 12-24mm is virtually rectilinear for those who do architecture. It doesn't look as though the 16-50mm is.
Comment by johnriley posted on DA* 16-50 question. at 02/04/2010 - 21:54
We now have a lineage of Pentax Users in the family!
Sue and myself we can take as read, but daughter now has a Pentax E60, eldest Grandaughter(eight) has a Pentax T30 that I used to use. Second grandaughter(nearly 3) has on the way a Pentax E10 that she will be using under guidance.
The young ones use them when we go somewhere suitable (Martin Mere planned for Monday) and the 8 year old is actually very good. She has a nice eye for a balanced picture even now.
Start them young indeed!
Sue and myself we can take as read, but daughter now has a Pentax E60, eldest Grandaughter(eight) has a Pentax T30 that I used to use. Second grandaughter(nearly 3) has on the way a Pentax E10 that she will be using under guidance.
The young ones use them when we go somewhere suitable (Martin Mere planned for Monday) and the 8 year old is actually very good. She has a nice eye for a balanced picture even now.
Start them young indeed!
Comment by johnriley posted on Starting Them Young at 02/04/2010 - 20:27
Many congratulations!
Comment by johnriley posted on Congratulations JudithAnn at 02/04/2010 - 20:20
edumad wrote:
But were there not store brands at those times? 60's onwards?
There are many many brands from Japan in M42 mount and most are clearly on a lower league (dunno about original price though).
But certainly with regards to OEM, there were good and not so good, but not so much a consumer versus a professional lens.
Am I correct?
When comparing different marques yes, absolutely. Within the same manufacturer, most lenses would be expected to be of a certain standard.But were there not store brands at those times? 60's onwards?
There are many many brands from Japan in M42 mount and most are clearly on a lower league (dunno about original price though).
But certainly with regards to OEM, there were good and not so good, but not so much a consumer versus a professional lens.
Am I correct?
The exception would be "cutting edge" designs, such as the first Pentax Fish-eye, where it was revolutionary to have such a lens without needing to lock the mirror up to use it. Some compromises would be happily accepted.
Comment by johnriley posted on 400mm prime options at 01/04/2010 - 17:46
No worse than having 85mm, 100mm, 120mm and 135mm lenses. There will be different intended applications for each focal length, albeit quite subtle in some cases.
Comment by johnriley posted on Sigma 180mm F3.5 EX DG Macro Lens at 01/04/2010 - 15:32
edumad wrote:
The Asahi S-M-C Tak F5.6 is considerably cheaper (AFAIK so is the Tele-Tak) than the Asahi Pentax SMC F5.6, SMC-A F5.6, SMC-A* F2.8 or SMC-FA* F5.6.
Same goes for the Tamron Adaptall-2 400mm F4 (which I never found for sale).
I would expect so. Although the earlier screw thread lenses are in fact a very good option being of the highest quality of their day. The concept of different qualities of lens (consumer/professional) came much later, probably as more and more less experienced users came into the SLR fold.johnriley wrote:
Takumar is a brand name of pentax and all the lenses were originally marked Takumar. A screw thread Takumar, Super Takumar or SMC Takumar lens is a top class lens.
Later on a few "budget" Takumar (Bayonet) lenses were made by Pentax, but not in very long telephotos.
I think my writing was not clear, when I said "cheaper of the bunch", I meant cheaper of the second bunch.Takumar is a brand name of pentax and all the lenses were originally marked Takumar. A screw thread Takumar, Super Takumar or SMC Takumar lens is a top class lens.
Later on a few "budget" Takumar (Bayonet) lenses were made by Pentax, but not in very long telephotos.
The Asahi S-M-C Tak F5.6 is considerably cheaper (AFAIK so is the Tele-Tak) than the Asahi Pentax SMC F5.6, SMC-A F5.6, SMC-A* F2.8 or SMC-FA* F5.6.
Same goes for the Tamron Adaptall-2 400mm F4 (which I never found for sale).
Comment by johnriley posted on 400mm prime options at 01/04/2010 - 15:28
I bought mine in 1975 for £13 so allowing for inflation it`s not very much different. Without actually checking i`m pretty sure the Olympus equivalent is much dearer still.
Regards - Pete.
I just think a new batch was made and the manufacturer charged rather more than last time. I doubt that Pentax decided to make a killing on such a random and minor item.