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The Chinon lenses were not top-of-the-line products, so this zoom may not be exciting optically. Worth 99p though, possibly slightly more, just to find out what you could expect from such 1970s lenses.

Comment by johnriley posted on CHINON 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 ZOOM LENS at 15/03/2010 - 14:29

Dr. Mhuni wrote:
Looking at your photo after I'd chosen it I belatedly twigged that you must have PP-ed this, John. I noticed the illuminated part of the boat was wrong (unless it actually was from a light on the boat). It also explains what I was a bit perplexed by when I was considering it originally - that the figures around the boat didn't look very compressed. Out of interest, what focal lengths did you use for the two shots?

Anyway, kudos on a great PP job!

It was shot at 300mm from the same spot, just turning slightly for the two shots. There was an access problem getting the sun behind the ship, so I put together what it should have looked like, so to speak.

Comment by johnriley posted on Discussion thread Weekly Comp #140 A trick of the eye at 15/03/2010 - 11:28

I thought there might be problems using varifocals, so I've simply got normal and computer screen glasses. The shorter focusing ones are ideal for use with older cameras without dioptre adjustment and the normal ones are fine for everything else.

Comment by johnriley posted on varifocals and viewfinder at 15/03/2010 - 08:48

paulgee20 wrote:

Cheers John, is there not an easier way though?
Paul

Sadly no, not in the forum. You can, however, upload directly into the Gallery if that helps?

Comment by johnriley posted on Uploading to Forum at 14/03/2010 - 22:24

cardiff_gareth wrote:
JohnRiley - stunning sunset with that boat - where is that :

This was the Riverdance that was thrown up onto the beach at Lytham some months ago. I'm not sure if it's still there, but it was quite an attraction.

The sunset is from the same beach on the same evening, but looking in a different direction as the sun did not set behind the boat.

Comment by johnriley posted on Discussion thread Weekly Comp #140 A trick of the eye at 14/03/2010 - 22:15

Look at the Your Photos section and one of the first two posts describes how to upload images into the forum.

Photobucket seems to be less troublesome than Flikr.

Comment by johnriley posted on Uploading to Forum at 14/03/2010 - 22:08

You might find a SMC Pentax-F 50mm f1.7 for about the right price - eBay is one answer, but also the Classified Ad pages of Amateur Photographer. A few months back I picked up one of these from one of the dealer adverts for just £90 and it was excellent.

Comment by johnriley posted on Inexpensive nifty fifty with autofocus? at 14/03/2010 - 19:24

Sorry to be pedantic, but the batteries are different. They may be the same size but the specs are different - 1500 mAh for the Minolta and 1620 mAh for the Pentax.

I think it's misleading to say they are the same in that the same means identical in every respect, which they are not.

Comment by johnriley posted on pentax k7 at 14/03/2010 - 17:39

paulgee20 wrote:
As the Pentax battery is actually a Minolta NP400 there are plenty of places to purchase one elsewhere, (presuming of course the K7 is using the same in the 10's/20's.)

Paul

The Pentax battery is not a Minolta NP400 and in any event the K7 battery is different from the K10D/K20D battery.

Comment by johnriley posted on pentax k7 at 14/03/2010 - 16:38

The best quality is obtained by using a lens hood with no filters at all. The dedicated lens hood for a lens usually is the most efficient.

The Cokin filters are not the best quality and may well still be uncoated. There is a Cokin lens hood and it's a horrible unwieldy affair IMHO.

Circular multicoated glass filters are the best if you need to use filters.

Comment by johnriley posted on Something I don't understand about Cokin filters at 14/03/2010 - 10:25

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