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I'll go for a water droplet, possibly underneath a pipe?
Comment by noddywithoutbigears posted on Can you guess what this is 2 at 23/10/2024 - 16:41
aliengrove wrote:
I bought a Takumar 200m f3.5 preset lens from a forum member recently, I'll see if I can get some shots with it today.
I also have this lens and it's one of the best 200mm I've managed to get my hands on:I bought a Takumar 200m f3.5 preset lens from a forum member recently, I'll see if I can get some shots with it today.
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Comment by noddywithoutbigears posted on Images with Vintage Telephotos at 03/04/2013 - 18:32
The Helios 44 and it's variations has got to be one the the best lens you can buy for less than £20.00. I have two, a 44M-4 and one of the last 44-2's to be made which has a very different barrel design to previous ones, both are superb and spend a lot of time mounted to my K200D.
Comment by noddywithoutbigears posted on Can anyone advise as to the quality of these two lenses please at 04/12/2011 - 13:45
I sold all my old manual lenses a while back, some which I deeply regret and went back to AF but alas as I'm not in the position to spend £300 plus on new AF lenses so I made do with some of the well known budget lenses from Tamron and Sigma. Alas these appeared in my eyes to be a poor substitue to the likes of the M42 Taks, Ms and a gem of a Meyer Orestogor 200mm so I've switched back to the MF lenses. If you put the time in they can be very rewarding and can surpass the cheaper AF lenses in terms of performance. As has already been mentioned shooting moving objects in MF can be a bit of a challange but as a starter shoot at f8 and pre-focus on the spot you wish to take the shot at.
This is one of my older ones shot with a Pentax M 75-150mm f4:
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This is one of my older ones shot with a Pentax M 75-150mm f4:
[IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f343/Noddy750/150mm362.jpg[/IMG]
Comment by noddywithoutbigears posted on MF lenses on DSLR at 14/10/2011 - 10:47
George Lazarette wrote:
The image quality of the earlier cameras was fine, provided you didn't push the ISO. Like JR, I regret disposing of my *ists. They were beautifully small.
I might get another *ist D if I see one at a good price.
I'd have to agree, I'm still hanging on to my K200D which takes better pictures than me, but it does suffer alot of noise when you go beyond and including ISO800.The image quality of the earlier cameras was fine, provided you didn't push the ISO. Like JR, I regret disposing of my *ists. They were beautifully small.
I might get another *ist D if I see one at a good price.
Comment by noddywithoutbigears posted on Great MF lenses but which body to buy? at 17/09/2011 - 08:32
The two manual zooms I wouldn't hesitate to recommend are the Pentax M 75-150mm & 80-20mm both are superb performers and can be picked up for less than £30 each and another plus point they meter really well with the "Green Button" on my K200D
Comment by noddywithoutbigears posted on older zooms at 03/09/2011 - 10:39
I think I'll put my Socialist head on with regards to brand loyalty.
Loyalty in my eyes is a two way process where it is of mutual benefit to both parties concerned. If only one party agrees to being loyal then this creates an imbalance in the relationship which can lead to exploitation by the other party.
Because I've been a loyal customer (not really, but they don't know that)I'm off to write a nice letter to Pentax to ask for a voucher towards the purchase of a K5 as I'm skint at the moment, I'll let you know the amount when I receive it.
Loyalty in my eyes is a two way process where it is of mutual benefit to both parties concerned. If only one party agrees to being loyal then this creates an imbalance in the relationship which can lead to exploitation by the other party.
Because I've been a loyal customer (not really, but they don't know that)I'm off to write a nice letter to Pentax to ask for a voucher towards the purchase of a K5 as I'm skint at the moment, I'll let you know the amount when I receive it.
Comment by noddywithoutbigears posted on If you like Pentax, should you only buy Pentax at 05/08/2011 - 14:58
Stuey wrote:
I have the Sigma 70-300 apo DG Macro - if I remeber correctly the Tamron is better at the long end whilst the Sigma is better at the short end and both are similar in the mid range - the wierd thing is though the Sigma is meant to be better for macro but that only works at the long end
I'd go for the Tamron as they are cheaper and all said and done the IQ is similar
Unless of course you find a Sigma on the cheap - the apo is more expensive than the non apo version.
I've owned both the Tamron and the Sigma APO and for my pennies worth I consider the Sigma the better lens, as unfortunately as is well documented the Tamron did suffer from dreadful CA in certain situations where as the Sigma does not, also when at f11 the Sigma is in it's prime and is capable of producing top quality images. I have the Sigma 70-300 apo DG Macro - if I remeber correctly the Tamron is better at the long end whilst the Sigma is better at the short end and both are similar in the mid range - the wierd thing is though the Sigma is meant to be better for macro but that only works at the long end
I'd go for the Tamron as they are cheaper and all said and done the IQ is similar
Unless of course you find a Sigma on the cheap - the apo is more expensive than the non apo version.
Comment by noddywithoutbigears posted on got the camera, now the lens at 10/07/2011 - 08:10
Out of curiosity I picked up a cheap set of 3 section tubes from fleabay. I was intrigued to see what results could be achieved with this cheap setup. These were all taken with the thinnest No.1 section and all at f5.6, so let the critique begin.....
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Comment by noddywithoutbigears posted on Chinon 50mm f1.4 & Cheap Macro Tubes at 18/06/2011 - 08:09
Epithet Man wrote:
Wow. The traffic stopped for you to take the shot
Must have been the M25 Wow. The traffic stopped for you to take the shot
Comment by noddywithoutbigears posted on Got me a new zoom lens - for a fiver! at 04/06/2011 - 07:15
