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Comment by Mannesty posted on what's wrong with my prints? at 11/06/2011 - 22:42
Unless you are really ham-fisted, I doubt you'd get the film loading wrong
Comment by Mannesty posted on what's wrong with my prints? at 11/06/2011 - 21:24
If it's an older MX, ME, Super-A etc, the seals rot down to a black goo and need to be replaced.
When was the last time you used the camera, and were the prints OK?
Is it possible that you didn't close the back properly?
Comment by Mannesty posted on what's wrong with my prints? at 11/06/2011 - 18:31
. . . I'm really suprised that hardly anyone has pointed to the DA-35mm 2.8 Ltd macro'...
I'm not denying it's a very good lens, but whilst most macro newbies start off with flower and other static subjects, it's not long before they notice that flowers attract small bugs, and the 35mm is too wide IMHO.
I think the focal length favoured by the majority of macro shooters is around 100mm.
Comment by Mannesty posted on recommend a macro lens please at 11/06/2011 - 17:39
Get yourself some PecPads and Eclipse fluid and do it yourself.
Comment by Mannesty posted on A dot in photos of my K-5 at 11/06/2011 - 14:51
TTL flash employs feedback from a sensor inside the mirror box which measures the light reflected from the film/sensor surface. Could your *istD TTL sensor have some foreign body inside it perhaps?
Can you beg, steal, or borrow an older Pentax TTL flash and try that, say an AF280T or similar?
Comment by Mannesty posted on Using *istD with standard TTL flash at 11/06/2011 - 13:04
Comment by Mannesty posted on Macro lens, close-up filters or ?? at 06/06/2011 - 22:24
In my opinion, there is no real substitute for a dedicated macro lens.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Macro lens, close-up filters or ?? at 06/06/2011 - 17:46
Is there a big difference between 1:1 and 1:2?
I know it's 1/2 the magnification but what do most people use etc.
All of my macro lenses can produce 1:1 magnification. With tubs and/or bellows, greater magnifications are possible with trade-offs.
Comment by Mannesty posted on recommend a macro lens please at 06/06/2011 - 13:52
Fortunately I anticipated every eventuality and spread my shots across 3 memory cards ( even though I have never had an SD card fail before ) so the shots lost are only about 30% of what I did.
Much better to have two identical, or near identical, bodies and use them both on a shoot.
Having a spare body in case one breaks is OK, as long as you know that the one you are using has broken in some way.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Potential disaster, please help :-( at 06/06/2011 - 08:51
Changing seals is incredibly easy, well worth doing yourself.
Yes it can be a DIY job if you can get a pre-cut seal set for the A1.
I've successfully put new seals on an ME and a Super-A, but only because I was able to find pre-cut seals.