Many thanks.

I never really felt limited by the ISO. I noticed the limitation in focal length and it would have been nice to have something wider and also longer (though for longer focal lengths the ISO 400 limitation might have resulted in blurred images) but I would have spent time changing lenses and I was there more to enjoy the music and atmosphere than to take pictures. I do love the simplicity of a single fast standard prime.

Yes, there's quite a lot of noise and in a few photos I used noise reduction to reduce it a bit but didn't want to go over the top and lose sharpness or atmosphere. The noise doesn't bother me in most cases. Scanning (at least with my scanner) introduces more grain than would be present in a good print but I'm not going to print myself and then scan, which would be the work-around.

Welcome to the forum, I hope you find it interesting and entertaining

This summer I went to my first ever music festival, at the grand old age of 37. I didn't want to take a digital camera (though I did use my phone camera a bit) because I didn't want to risk theft, dropping, losing or rain damage (yes, it rains at music festivals, even in Madrid), so I decided to use one film camera and one lens, to keep it simple.

The SFXn goes up to 1/4000s which is helpful as I needed to use ISO 400 film to get shots at night but wanted to have good control over aperture and shutter speed during the day too. The M 50mm f/1.7 is a great normal prime for the purpose - small, light, very sharp and if it got lost it would be easy to replace.

I used Lomography CN 400 and Fuji Superia Premium 400 (of which I bought a couple of rolls in Japan this summer, as it's only available there).

So here are a selection of my favourite shots from the event. I like the results overall and I especially feel that film is good at capturing atmosphere and stage lighting at this kind of event.



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Lomography CN 400 054a (MSPs) by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Superia Premium 400 005a (Ryan Adams) by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Superia Premium 400 002a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Superia Premium 400 007a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Superia Premium 400 008a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Superia Premium 400 016a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Superia Premium 400 025a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Superia Premium 400 034a (Benjamin Booker) by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Superia Premium 400 035a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Lomography CN 400 071a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Lomography CN 400 073a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Mad Cool 2017, SFXn, Lomography CN 400 057a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr

DA sent to propose a swap as part-exchange.

I'm still waiting for a compact, APS-C-only 35mm f/1.4 but I don't see one coming. Really what I want is the image quality from the DA 35mm limited with an extra couple of stops. Can you imagine???

I'd sell almost whatever it took to get the funds for a lens like that.

The lens used doesn't really depend on whether you're in a tight space or not, but on what you want to include in the shot (which is always the case). Being in a tight space does not mean that what you want a shot of will necessarily require an ultra-wide angle. In fact, I fins the opposite is true - I'd be far more inclined to use an ultra-wide in a wide open space in order to convey that space in a photo.

For narrow streets I'd be inclined to use a standard (35mm-ish on APS-C) or something wide but not too wide, such as the 21mm. I find that using anything wider for a shot of a street results in too much wall and road and not enough of what makes that street interesting (if you see what I mean).

Many, many people (especially Americans visiting the relatively narrow streets of Europe) say "oh, you must have an ultra-wide in Europe" but that's really not the case. Ultra-wide angle lenses are generally over-used these days and their benefits over-sold. Many images (probably even the majority) taken with them would have been better with a narrower field of view.

Bienvenido al foro

The latest version is 1.16 and it can be found in the link below, which also details the changes made in all firmware versions. I don't think there's any need to upgrade to 1.02 before further upgrading to 1.16. Normally only the most recent version is made available and others are removed to make sure only the newest version is installed.

http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/digital/k-5_s.html

It's usually a good idea to always have the latest firmware installed to avoid any potential compatibility problems with items such as lenses, teleconverters etc and also to fix any minor bugs which have been identified.

Looking at the list of changes, the most important ones are for improved reliability of recording to SDXC cards and for improved low-light AF.

I love taking photos of abandoned places. Urban or rural decay.

These are very nice shots, though I'd say there's maybe a little too much contrast in some of these and I suspect some would also be excellent in black & white.

Many thanks everyone. It's a shame I couldn't take the 645 (too much weight) for better quality but the little MX performed very well and some shots I wouldn't have been able to get on medium format.