The Amazon lady archers had a problem with their right breasts interferring with their bow strings and affecting their accuracy.

They thought it was serious enough for major surgury.

Now Arthur, how serious is that nose squish again?

Liam,

I owe you one - or three.

I hope the eye strain isn't permenant and I sure appreciate the effort!

The two flower shots at F2 and f22 look fine, and just what I'd expect from this lens.

I look forward to receiving mine and hope to do as well with it on my "K"lunker 1000.

Enjoy your beer - you've certainly earned it!

Cheers

Liam,

You never have to ask me whether you should post your pictures - I'm a fan!

Thanks!

As always, John and Spider - thank you.

I also have two f1.8's in 55mm which I've acquired while buying two of my Spotmatics. One is a Super Tak and the other a Super Multi Coated Tak.

Can you compare these with the SMC 50mm's you've just listed?

Unless this is really apples and oranges, of course.

Cheers

Hi Folks,

If my research is correct, when Pentax sold K mount film cameras in the 70's, they offered two options for the basic 50mm M lenses - 1:1.8 and the cheaper 1:2.

We've all gone after 1:1.7's, 1:1.4's and (gasp) 1:1.2's as time and money permitted.

What I'm wondering is, was there anything terribly wrong with the 1:1.7 or specifically the 1:2?

The reason I'm asking is that I'd like to set up a beginner system for my youngest daughter who wants to learn the basics of film - but is somewhat rough on gear. I have a 1:2 coming in from eBay which I plan to mount on an old K1000 body, but I don't want to discourage her if the pictures are of poor quality.

Any and all opinions will be most appreciated.

Thanks

So,

I guess there were no gear acquisition resolutions?

What lens did ya get, huh?

More importantly, what lenses are you gonna get?

Hey folks, George is back in the game!!!!!

Let's talk CAMERAS!!

Happy, happy!!

Sigh...

So, we head for a third page which would normally make this a really important CAMERA-related topic.

The discussion isn't even making much sense any more.

I vote we wish them well and let it go already.

Liam, John, Brian - please post some nice pictures for us.

George! Where are you?

Cheers,

I'm with you Spider.

I'd hate to see THIS forum's information diluted and scattered over various sites. We seem to handle the whole spectrum just fine.

I'll stay here as long as I'm welcome. Can't see the new guys wanting anything but the latest digital discussions anyway.

Mac (Old M42, K Mount & Film Guy)

Cheers to the Rileys!

And everybody else on this great forum!

Now I'm off to Nog a few Eggs.

Just to expand on Don's always excellent advice.

If you're only shooting face or torso shots, consider using just your slide screen with an assortment of small, dyed bedsheets (Tie-dyed if you remember the 60's). I've been getting away with this rig for years - and it's portable.

I find that the background is so out-of-focus that it simply provides coloured bokeh to your portraits.

You can pick up old screens for a song (and shipping unfortunately) on eBay if there isn't one in a family closet somewhere.

Cheers,