A fine selection of socks. Nicely paired pegs, too!

It took me a minute to realise that the two sets were, in fact, the same. Then another minute to realise that you hadn't reversed one of the shots, just taken it from the other side. Perhaps lockdown is getting to me...

Steve

There's a first time for everything!




Steve

The original P30 has manual and program modes only - I've got one, it was my first SLR. Set the lens aperture ring to A and it's program, otherwise it's manual.

Exposure is centre weighted average. Metering is shown via the viewfinder. Shutter speeds are shown on the LHS. For Program mode, it illuminates what is chosen by the camera. For manual, the one currently set is illuminated (constant), what the camera thinks gives correct exposure is flashing. Adjust shutter speed (on camera) or aperture (on lens) until the flashing goes away. Simple!

Worth noting that my P30 does not have cable release, although some people claim that later versions do. And aperture priority mode was added for the P30t/n. Film speed is read from the canister, if the canister doesn't have the code I think it defaults to 100 (there's no way to over-ride it).

The P30 is built like a tank and has a reassuringly loud 'clunk' when the shutter fires. And if the battery dies while out in cold weather, you can squeeze a bit more life out of it by putting your thumb over the battery compartment screw-in metal door, which warms it up enough for a few more shots (learned that one in Iceland!).

Steve

Doesn't that mean an obligatory 3 times the size, 3 times the weight and 3 times the price?

Steve

Hey, I remember those trains !! Pure nostalgia! We used to live on the other side of the harbour in the days when trains still ran along the road fairly regularly. Driving beside a train was an interesting experience (so my wife says, never had the pleasure myself). And the No Parking and Keep Clear signs really meant something back then. The other thing that caught out carelessly parked summer visitors was that very high tides would flood the harbourside road. People returned to their cars to find salt water above the axles. Happy days!

Thanks for posting.

Steve

Got it!

And got an old micrometer, too. So old that it measures in inches. Inherited from my father in law and hardly been used by me. Perhaps it's time to get it out again.

Steve

Just had a jab. Then a 15 minutes uninterrupted read of Witches Abroad by the late, great T. Pratchett. Everyone else was just sitting, staring and looking bored. Their loss!

Steve

Ah, I hadn't thought of shining a light through the viewfinder. Not sure it would work with a Q though...

These pennies do seem to bring out the worst in highlights, don't they? You need a new, clean penny for its crisp features, then the wretched thing reflects light from lots of tiny surfaces that you didn't know existed.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "0.5 of a degree on the protractor represents 0.05 movement of focus of the lens". Is it 0.05 of the full rotation of the focus ring (from closest focus to furthest focus)?

Yes, it is good here!

Steve

Or a reflection of the difficulties that Covid can cause for a small organisation (Ricoh may be big, but the Pentax bit isn't). Japan is still in a 'state of emergency', most of it will remain so until March 7th. Goodness knows what the situation is in other SE Asian countries that supply or assemble bits and pieces. A quick glance at the WWWeb (so it must be true...) shows that Nikon warned about supply delays due to the impact of the state of emergency while "Apparently, Canon was originally planning to announce a new camera body and a couple of lenses at CP+, which was due to begin on 25 February. However, due to "manufacturing challenges", these plans have now had to be cancelled".

Of course, Pentax may simply be dooooomed... (as usual :wink.

Steve

We don't know what has caused the delays to the 'product parts'. A lot of things are being delayed due to Covid-19. It only needs a production facility to be closed for a while, or key people in a development team to get the bug, and every sheduled date goes out the window. And if there's a delay in getting parts, it makes sense to spend the time tweaking things (i.e. development) so the final thing is as good as can be. Speaking personally, I think it's remarkable how companies have been managing to keep things going through an incredibly difficult period.

Steve