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Comment by Lubbyman posted on FS: SMC Pentax-F 135mm F2.8 [IF] at 03/08/2021 - 22:23
Another vote for the 16-85mm. It's a very good lens and goes well with the 55-300mm - everything from wide angle to long telephoto covered with 2 lenses. And £490 is £100 less than the price at SRS Microsystems etc, so don't say where your shop is or the lens might have gone by the time you get there!.
Regards
Steve
Regards
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on £400 free lens spend at 03/08/2021 - 22:10
takuman wrote:
At last. I have been offering up prayers to St. Veronica that this temptation would be removed from me.
Pleased to have been of service to St. V. in helping you resist temptation. Next time, though, you're on your own...At last. I have been offering up prayers to St. Veronica that this temptation would be removed from me.
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on FS: SMC Pentax-F 135mm F2.8 [IF] at 03/08/2021 - 18:12
Excellent shot - and impressively quick reaction from you as well as the camera!
Was that the only in-focus shot of the 3 you took, or were all in focus? Were they single shot mode or multi-shot with tracking? How much did the lens contribute to the speed and accuracy of focus? Questions, questions, questions... (What I'm really wondering is whether it would still be as impressive if it were a DA*300mm + TC and a bird in flight.)
Steve
Was that the only in-focus shot of the 3 you took, or were all in focus? Were they single shot mode or multi-shot with tracking? How much did the lens contribute to the speed and accuracy of focus? Questions, questions, questions... (What I'm really wondering is whether it would still be as impressive if it were a DA*300mm + TC and a bird in flight.)
Steve
Superb, yet again. Surely this one didn't stand still and pose for you??
I'm envious of your ability to bring things like this cricket into the kitchen. Wouldn't be allowed in my house...
Steve
I'm envious of your ability to bring things like this cricket into the kitchen. Wouldn't be allowed in my house...
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on Speckled Bush Cricket on Yarrow at 01/08/2021 - 13:46
pschlute wrote:
I am not usually a fan of IR, but these two are stunning.
Agree 100%.I am not usually a fan of IR, but these two are stunning.
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on IR with a K5iis at 30/07/2021 - 14:48
Nicely done (as usual)
What did you bribe it with to get it to stay in just the right place and pose??
Steve
What did you bribe it with to get it to stay in just the right place and pose??
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on Lesser Stag Beetle at 29/07/2021 - 16:59
The *istD was £1,400 when reviewed by ePhotozine in Sept 2003. That's £2,330 in today's money (assuming RPI inflation). With a price like that, and being late to the DSLR market, Pentax was clearly doomed...
Steve
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on AP publishes a full review of the K-3iii at 25/07/2021 - 19:43
Two shots taken 4 days apart. Life in the undergrowth can be nasty, brutish, and short. I think it's the same creature in both, I only saw one of them during much time spent hunting bugs and bees. Taken with what has become my usual garden bug hunting kit - K3 + Irix 150mm + 1.4TC.
Thoughts and comments welcome, as usual.
1. Life in the Sun
2. Death in the Shadows
Steve
Thoughts and comments welcome, as usual.
1. Life in the Sun
2. Death in the Shadows
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on Life and Death in the Garden at 24/07/2021 - 20:41
What is it about camera lenses that can reduce camera owners to gibbering wrecks over an item that they don't really need, will seldom use, spend numerous hours thinking about what they will do with it when it arrives, and then put it on a shelf........and look at it.
Steve