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It's a beautiful lens, wonderful IQ.

Comment by Jonathan-Mac posted on FS: Pentax K 35mm f3.5 SMC at 12/03/2014 - 15:31

johnha wrote:

In those days an AF SLR was expensive and manual focus ones were insignificant. How that has changed.

An AF film SLR? Yuck!

Comment by Jonathan-Mac posted on Used equipment prices at 11/03/2014 - 05:49

Prague is gorgeous, there's lots to photograph. See all the usual tourist stuff but try not to eat/drink in the centre, it's very expensive. A 5-minute walk away from the centre will get you to much cheaper places but with very good quality. The food in Prague is superb.

Comment by Jonathan-Mac posted on Visiting Prague at 10/03/2014 - 21:51

Mike-P wrote:
All of my DA LTD primes, total waste of money.

I love my DA limiteds.

I have a few old lenses I should get rid of but they're worth very little. I might put them up for sale here soon. I do have trouble letting go of lenses, evven if I have a lot of duplication in the focal lengths.

Comment by Jonathan-Mac posted on Least used lenses - and your reasons for keeping at 10/03/2014 - 21:47

I always shoot RAW for two reasons. One is that the exposure on my K200D can be all over the place, it's very unreliable. Secondly, because I found a quite dramatic difference in IQ (sharpness, colour contrast) compared to camera jpegs, regardless of the settings.

Comment by Jonathan-Mac posted on tried RAW -- it's rubbish ! at 10/03/2014 - 21:39

johnha wrote:
As a film shooter, the FA77 would be my choice.

I suspect, though I haven't tried it, and also as a film shooter, my choice would be the same. My bank account (and wife) do not agree though, so the wonderful DA 70mm will have to do for now. For film I have the M 85mm.

Comment by Jonathan-Mac posted on the merits of the 70mm vs 77mm at 10/03/2014 - 08:01

Sigh......

IMGP8085 por Jonathan_in_Madrid, en Flickr

We got the ISO and exposure compensation dials moving quite smoothly and everything seems to work fine. Just as well because a K2 CLA at Harrow costs 86 quid.

Comment by Jonathan-Mac posted on Opinions on Pentax K2 & ISO dial repair please at 07/03/2014 - 22:49

Prices for used gear always fluctuate. On the up side, it means it's a good time to buy, though I'm saving for a K3 so I'm resisting most of the things I'd like to snap up (like Lennybloke's entire K collection :lol

Comment by Jonathan-Mac posted on Used equipment prices at 07/03/2014 - 13:40

womble wrote:
I'm looking forward to comparing the K85/1.8 with my M85/2.

As I use them mainly with 'full frame' film cameras like my exes I don't find them fiddly. If I replace my K20D -- which is currently out of action -- maybe I'll use them more on digital.

Best wishes, Kris.

Once you get round to it, I'd be very interested to see what you think of the M & K 85mm comparison, on both film and digital.

Comment by Jonathan-Mac posted on FS: My K series collection (24, 28, 35, 85, 105, 135) at 06/03/2014 - 06:00

Wow, well done. I wouldn't have expected to be able to see that detail with such equipment.

Comment by Jonathan-Mac posted on Jupiter at 05/03/2014 - 21:34

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