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T140 wrote:
They make good compacts.

I still have a RDC5000 somewhere, really good camera in it's day.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Ricoh to buy Pentax at 01/07/2011 - 12:33

Blythman wrote:
Will I be able to post pics on her taken with my old Ricoh XR-X, which I admit to usually picking up in preference to my P50?

.....and a fine camera the XR-X is too.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Ricoh to buy Pentax at 01/07/2011 - 11:53

TheVicar wrote:
Can I ask another silly question. I have one of these, and there is a 'CLAMP' switch on it. I've tried moving it but it doesn't seem to do anything. What's it for?

It's to lock the lens at the desired focused position i.e. so the focus does not shift.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Pentax SMC-D FA 100mm f2.8 Macro at 01/07/2011 - 11:31

They've made some good cameras over the years, I always did like the XR-7 but unfortunately never had the chance to own one. The RDC5000 was a very good compact digital in it's day.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Ricoh set to purchase Penatx at 01/07/2011 - 10:25

I'd concur with what Matt wrote here, but add that the Tamron does have an aperture ring if that's your choice of lens, manual focus will lack damping though and the focus ring is at the front of the lens, a little cumbersome IMHO. The build quality/ergonomics of the early K,M & A series lenses is far better.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Which Lens at 01/07/2011 - 07:22

geclinke wrote:
Don't know about the sigma, but the tamron does suffer from purple fringing in high contrast situations.

I'm not sure that would be the case with film, it may be an issue with the digital sensor more than the lens.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Which Lens at 01/07/2011 - 07:15

Dangermouse wrote:
The older zooms often seem to go cheap. I know I found an M 35-70mm (absolute cracker of a lens, fast, sharp, only minus is the weight of the thing)

I still have mine for the MX, great lens, combined with the M 24-35/3.5 and Pentax-A 70-210mm f4 it covers 90% of the needs on my film kit and all take 58mm filters.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Any ideas what this lens is? at 01/07/2011 - 07:05

Hi Dave AFAIK yes.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Looking for Teleconverter for D*300mm lens. at 30/06/2011 - 21:41

Looks like Saturday, just checked.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Cheshire Steam Fair at 30/06/2011 - 21:40

Shaun you tell us, you're running the poll.

John

Comment by johnwhit posted on Cheshire Steam Fair at 30/06/2011 - 21:39

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