More lenses that were owned by our friend Vic Cross. Shipping £10 any quantity, usually via DPD. Payment via PayPal please.

007 Sigma AF Tele 400mm f/5.6, Built in lens hood is loose in its action, otherwise good condition. £50.00 SOLD



008 Sigma EX 50-500mm f/4-6.3 APO DG, exterior looks well used, no actual damage, glass clear. £250.00



009 Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC Contemporary. £90.00 RESERVED Awaiting collection



010 Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Tele Macro 1:2 £60.00



011 Tamron SP AF Di 90mm f/2.8 Macro, Mint, with box, looks like new £120.00 SOLD



Everything appears to be in good working order, but full refund if unhappy for any reason.

Welcome back! Enjoy the rediscovery of Pentax!

Sorry Mike, you were beaten to it, but 002 and 006 are now sold, awaiting payment.

I'm sure we all remember the late Vic Cross, a member here for many years. His son has asked me to find new homes for some of Vic's kit and I will be putting some items perhaps on eBay or elsewhere. However, first of all they will be offered here as I'm sure Voc would have preferred to see them in the hands of other members.

Here's the first batch, looking at vintage third party lenses. All are fully functional and fungus-free. I've put in prices, reasonable offers would be considered, and a standard shipping price of £10 for any quantity. I'll be mainly using DPD so delivery will be next day. Should you find anything amiss then a full refund will be given, but as far as I can see that is unlikely as Vic looked after everythig very well. UK only, no shipping anywhere else.

001 Auto Chinon 50mm f/1.7 £10.00



002 Vivitar 24mm f/2.8 MC £20.00 SOLD



003 Auto Chinon 50mm f/1.9 £5.00



004 Auto Chinon Zoom 28-70mm f/3.5-4.8 Macro MC £15.00



005 Tamron AF 28-105mm f/4-5.6 £20.00



006 Sigma Filtermatic 18mm f/2.8 £30.00 Includes original metal lens cap SOLD



Payment via PayPal please, I'll send the details via PM. More to follow very soon.

Well done Gareth, and well deserved.

Our monthly competition #140 - Love is looking a bit thin at the moment - is there no love out there? We've had Valentine's Day and even an extra day in February to show that little bit of love.

So we're going to make a special effort and get the cameras shooting pictures that depict Love. Be great if we all had a go and made the competition bristle with romantic images! There's time!

The only thing I can say is that the HD coatings do seem to be better at eliminating flare. So if we wanted flare effects they would be easier to generate with SMC than HD ones would be.

Rounded apertures will produce different bokeh effects, which might or might not suit. The trend seems to be towards rounded apertures, but if we want star effects then perhaps we need the older sharp edges.

Lenses have different characteristics and some of them are neither better nor worse, but just different.

Yes, very interesting selction. I didn't know we had electric cars with home recharging in 1912!

Perhaps the address on the envelopes will offer a clue as to who did the processing for Fujifilm. They might still be operating so they could be asked.

If necessary, the films will be E-6 process, so they could be dealt with by any lab offering that, although at a cost. Still, looking at the price of slide film these days it might be worth trying a film out to check if they are still OK.

I did have a GR for a while, and the choice was the higher quality of its APS-C format against the smaller format but much more useful MX-1. As a general, carry around camera, the MX-1 beat the GR hands down on versatility so that's the one that stayed and still stays in my jacket pocket. In all the ten years or more that it has been in use it has never missed a beat and still works perfectly. Its lens is also fantastic quality, the review is here on Pentax User, and the loss in quality compared to the GR is much less that we might expect.

https://www.pentaxuser.com/review/smc-pentax-mx-1-6-24mm-f-1-8-2-5--lens-review-...