Mannesty

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Mannesty
Me too. I can live with non-OEM rear caps, but not front ones.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Mint and super rare Pentax lens collection - some advise please at 30/04/2012 - 16:22

Mannesty
dougf8 wrote:
Well, it has one bid now, so if that is a good bid, the item will at least sell.
Interestingly, the bidder has bought 19 lenses in the last 30 days and the other 8 items bought in the same period are all related to photography.

A dealer methinks.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Mint and super rare Pentax lens collection - some advise please at 30/04/2012 - 15:30

Mannesty
Mike-P wrote:
... and a non branded front cap.
That'll reduce its value by about £5 then

Comment by Mannesty posted on Mint and super rare Pentax lens collection - some advise please at 30/04/2012 - 15:16

Mannesty
Whilst I wish you well in your auctions, I think your starting prices for some of them are OTT.

You've started them at prices that they may eventually sell for and you'd be well advised to lower them dramatically to generate some bidding interest.

EG: Starting the A* 200mm Macro lens at £950 and expecting it to sell for circa £1000 (according to some posts here) is folly in my opinion.

Good luck with them anyway.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Mint and super rare Pentax lens collection - some advise please at 29/04/2012 - 23:27

Mannesty
I had a dental appointment this morning. In the shopping centre where my dentist is, there was a kind of boot sale.

On one stall I spied a box labelled Nikon D90. Inside it was no Nikon D90, but a Yashica rangefinder (Electro 35 or similar name), a Pentax ME Super, an smcp-M 50/1.7, a Prinzflex 100mm, and a flash to fit Pentax (it said on the box).

How much for this lot, I asked? 10 Euros came the reply.

In hindsight I should have asked them to keep it for me, but I was late for my appointment and I'd left my wallet in the car, which is something I've never done before.

Needless to say, when I came out, it had gone.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Bargain, but I missed it. at 27/04/2012 - 16:34

Mannesty
ZX/MZ7 manual download from here.

Comment by Mannesty posted on WTB MZ-7 manual at 25/04/2012 - 21:29

Mannesty
Excellent choice and I'm sure you'll not be disappointed with it.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Sigma 105mm OR Tamron 90mm at 25/04/2012 - 16:09

Mannesty
Billythebull wrote:
If you want a consistent difference betwen frames in a single direction, you can set the camera to do it automatically by setting the auto-bracketing up and then applying exposure compensation.Comment Image
What is the purpose of repeating somebody else's post without adding your own comment?

Comment by Mannesty posted on Annoying trait with K5 - can this be changed in settings somewhere ? at 23/04/2012 - 17:32

Mannesty
Is the K version optically identical to the M42 version?

Comment by Mannesty posted on Holy Moly at 22/04/2012 - 23:01

Mannesty
Menu 5 > Instant Review > Enlarge Instant review = Off (Unticked)

With this setting, turning the eDial cancels Instant review on the first click. The second click will change the Aperture/Shutter speed/ ISO according to how you have them set up and should give you instant'ish setting changes like your Canon.

Hope that helps.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Annoying trait with K5 - can this be changed in settings somewhere ? at 22/04/2012 - 22:55

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