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Comment by K10D posted on Medium Format 645D at 11/09/2010 - 14:46
johnriley wrote:
My two pence may not be worth while?Quote:
Let me get this straight... you wouldn't be excited by a 200mm equivalent f1.4 ?
Not in the slightest. I wouldn't buy a 200mm-equivalent lens as I don't have a need for one, regardless of the speed.Let me get this straight... you wouldn't be excited by a 200mm equivalent f1.4 ?
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35mm is a classic focal length & many a street photographers mainstay
True, going back to the 1950s. By the 1960s photographers were already moving wider, even as far as 24mm in some cases. Tastes change and I'm not sure we can revisit Cartier-Bresson in the same way as once we might.35mm is a classic focal length & many a street photographers mainstay
The Std lens has for a long time been less than 50mm
However, there exists a user group that uses 200mm+ as a Std lens on the street, purely for isolation. I see this as the norm in day to day use.
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Comment by K10D posted on What primes would we like to see? at 11/09/2010 - 14:36
johnriley wrote:
There's nothing intrisically poor or otherwise in a given maximum aperture. It's just the speed of the lens and it could be a very high quality lens.
These days most lenses are zooms and even a modest £2.8 is considered "fast" so now f2.4 might be considered a fast lens by many photographers.
It's another option and it's to the credit of Pentax that they provide lots of interesting lenses that are not covered by any other marque.
Bottom line, the above is correct.There's nothing intrisically poor or otherwise in a given maximum aperture. It's just the speed of the lens and it could be a very high quality lens.
These days most lenses are zooms and even a modest £2.8 is considered "fast" so now f2.4 might be considered a fast lens by many photographers.
It's another option and it's to the credit of Pentax that they provide lots of interesting lenses that are not covered by any other marque.
Although with a different system, I consider my f/2.8 zooms to be the mutts nuts.
Lotsa money, but slower than f/2.4!
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Comment by K10D posted on DA-L 35mm f2.4 announced at 11/09/2010 - 14:23
OK, question is relevant.
The size of the images on the video imply that they were taken with a MF camera.
For the majority of of current forum members, they have not used film or MF/LF cameras.
The intention was to motivate the photographer. Producing such large size images is not a "done deal" with small format.
Now that the 645 will be available, I deemed it relevant that the link was worth a re-post.
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The size of the images on the video imply that they were taken with a MF camera.
For the majority of of current forum members, they have not used film or MF/LF cameras.
The intention was to motivate the photographer. Producing such large size images is not a "done deal" with small format.
Now that the 645 will be available, I deemed it relevant that the link was worth a re-post.
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Comment by K10D posted on Medium Format 645D at 11/09/2010 - 14:17
johnriley wrote:
In 135 terms, these would be 36mm, 42mm and 202.5mm, none of which seem overly exciting to me (35mm, 43mm, 200mm)
Would you buy lenses of those particular lengths? Or, to put it another way, when (if) you used film, did you buy those lenses?
Yes John, But 36 to 42 would be too close for me. I only had two zooms back then, a 35-80 Series 1 Vivitar ans a 70-210 Series 1 Vivitar.In 135 terms, these would be 36mm, 42mm and 202.5mm, none of which seem overly exciting to me (35mm, 43mm, 200mm)
Would you buy lenses of those particular lengths? Or, to put it another way, when (if) you used film, did you buy those lenses?
At that time, zooms were a compromise.
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Comment by K10D posted on What primes would we like to see? at 11/09/2010 - 14:00
MrCynical wrote:
There's a message in there some where.greynolds999 wrote:
What Pentax really need are much faster SDMs. There's no point in the camera getting the focus faster if the lens can't keep up.
They can't do that without developing ring-SDM - which would mean "MkII" versions of every SDM lens. At the moment Pentax SDM (even in the £1000+ DA* lenses) works the same as Canon's "micro USM" which only goes in their cheaper lenses.What Pentax really need are much faster SDMs. There's no point in the camera getting the focus faster if the lens can't keep up.
One car for racing, one car for school trips, one car for off road and one car for the King's road.
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multi tasking with photography is the ownership of four or so different cameras.
Comment by K10D posted on Possible K-5 Specs !! at 11/09/2010 - 13:54
Previously posted from Qatar.
BUT, we did not have an MF camera then!
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Look at the images and be inspired.....
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BUT, we did not have an MF camera then!
link
Look at the images and be inspired.....
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Comment by K10D posted on Medium Format 645D at 11/09/2010 - 13:41
K10D wrote:
Agreed it is SWM AF and metal mount but hey, what do you want for a hundred and sixty seven quid?
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Just reading this. Apologies to 'Dangermouse" if this was taken as comments directly to you. It was not, but it reads as if it were.Dangermouse wrote:
I don't really see what that blog's point is about it being similar to the 35mm f2. That's a very well-regarded lens, and Pentax are offering what APS-C cameras need here - a cheap, standard focal length prime. I don't think any of the competitors offer such a thing?
So is this link not a similar price and focal length?I don't really see what that blog's point is about it being similar to the 35mm f2. That's a very well-regarded lens, and Pentax are offering what APS-C cameras need here - a cheap, standard focal length prime. I don't think any of the competitors offer such a thing?
Agreed it is SWM AF and metal mount but hey, what do you want for a hundred and sixty seven quid?
link
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Not so sir. Its at Pentax.
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Comment by K10D posted on DA-L 35mm f2.4 announced at 11/09/2010 - 13:05
A great shot and to think I just turned down a five year posting to Shanghai!!!!!
Welcome to the forum.
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Welcome to the forum.
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Comment by K10D posted on Ancient Watertown of Qi Bao, Shanghai at 11/09/2010 - 10:55
Dangermouse wrote:
I don't really see what that blog's point is about it being similar to the 35mm f2. That's a very well-regarded lens, and Pentax are offering what APS-C cameras need here - a cheap, standard focal length prime. I don't think any of the competitors offer such a thing?
So is this link not a similar price and focal length?I don't really see what that blog's point is about it being similar to the 35mm f2. That's a very well-regarded lens, and Pentax are offering what APS-C cameras need here - a cheap, standard focal length prime. I don't think any of the competitors offer such a thing?
Agreed it is SWM AF and metal mount but hey, what do you want for a hundred and sixty seven quid?
link
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Comment by K10D posted on DA-L 35mm f2.4 announced at 10/09/2010 - 16:00
Correct, nothing directly linking the 645D. Who will go out and buy a 645 film.
The "soft" (by forum response)link is in the image sizes on the video.
So basically it has nothing to do with the 645D - the idea is tenuous at best - professionals have been producing images like that from 35mm since the 1960s.
I do not dispute the 35mm capabilities but what would you use given the task?
Now that the 645 will be available . . .
If you want it that bad, it's a flight away.
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