Peter Elgar

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Peter Elgar
Thanks John -- well I got it some years ago from a Gent here in Brentwood who had PENTAX as a Retirement present -- he let me have it with a 1960's SV and a 150mm f4 Super-Takumar and Extension tubes all for £ 25-00 !
I think it is a 1970's lens -- the 'second version' of the 35mm f2 Super-Takumar -- the 'third version' with the 49mm filter thread was the Dog of a Lens --it cost me £ 69-00 from David S. H. Leung Camera dealer of Goodmayes. My 'Selfie' is ME taking it in our Bathroom on the toilet seat on some old blue blind I use, with natural light and my daughter's Olympus mju 760 digital I won in a competition and David Bailey presented the prizes in a Gallery in London -- I gave camera to my daughter.

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on My K10D + M42 lens at 04/03/2014 - 12:34

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Here is my 2007 bought K10D with a 35mm f2 Super-Takumar I use with the Screw/Bayonet Adapter -- it is very sharp even at FULL APERTURE unlike a later version I had bought in the 1980's with the 49mm filter thread which was a real DOG of a lens and needed stopping down to f11 at least !
It is DUSTY --it is a WORKING CAMERA -- not one for a glass cabinet and I do not keep 'Scrubbing' at a lens every time there are a few specks on it!

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on My K10D + M42 lens at 04/03/2014 - 09:08

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Hello Max -- I almost married a French Girl in the 1960's but she went off with 'Bernard' a 'Friend of the Family' and he had more money than me !
You have some catching up to do -- I have been a PENTAX user since 1961 ---

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on Brand new Pentax user at 27/02/2014 - 13:09

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I was given over 60 cassettes of 2006 dated Fuji Sensia 100 from an Upminster Camera Club member who bought it new for a 'safari' and didn't use it then stored it in his loft for years -- so it was NOT 'Cold Stored'.
Yesterday I gave my P30Nan outing loaded with a cassette for 'Cross-processing' I left it rated at 100 ASA and cut the film then processed in well-used C41 for standard time-- resulting 'negs' were all Cyan-Green but on scanning in my old Epson 1650 flatbed + Vuescan Pro I got a strange 'Red-Orange colour -- I did a small amount of 'correction' in Levels in PhotoShop 7 and on one I did a 'Posterisation' ; 50mm f1.7 SMC Pentax-M.
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Comment by Peter Elgar posted on Cross-Processed Sensia with P30n at 13/02/2014 - 13:30

Peter Elgar
Hope your film is FRESH and not outdated as all you will get 'pushing' outdated film is a horrendous FOG level and huge loss in definition -- I give my outdated films MORE exposure and slightly LESS development because of that.

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on Pushing Film. at 28/01/2014 - 12:51

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Always wanted to get to Beamish -- not been there yet but got to Black Country Museum two years ago -- didn't use my PENTAX but my 1956 Agfa Isolette III so cannot show the results here. The 'Characters' never mind to be photographed -- I sent Black Country some B&W darkroom prints on old paper and got a nice letter back -- they were pleased !

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on beamish at 21/01/2014 - 15:29

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Yes-- thanks for that 'link' but the widower who gave me his wife's CG-5 after she died also gave the book but that site IS really useful. Camera is in MINT condition with case, Chinon flash, gadget bag and a Sirius zoom which has FUNGUS inside.

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on Chinon CE-5 SLR + 50mm F1.9 Chinon + Vivitar 75-150 & lots more £34.50! at 08/01/2014 - 13:05

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I was given a Chinon CG-5 ( not sure what is the difference with that and the 'CE-5' )but the 50mm f1.9 Chinon lens is really good, useable at full aperture.

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on Chinon CE-5 SLR + 50mm F1.9 Chinon + Vivitar 75-150 & lots more £34.50! at 07/01/2014 - 16:45

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years ago I WON a Asahi Pentax Helicoid Extension tube in ' Pentax Club Magazine' when it was run by Ron Spillman -- had £25-00 of Pentax gear of my choice so I got that and some pentax Club filters for my £25-00 prize.

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on helicoid extension tube at 04/01/2014 - 11:16

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Thanks for viewing Folks -- I was worried that some of the 'running' ones had 'movement' as although I had set 400 ISO ( ASA) the shutter I set was too slow at 1/250th -- should have set 1000 ISO (ASA) as 'noise' is never a question in newspaper repro when the image is made up of 4 coloured dots, Yellow, Magenta, Cyan and Black.

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on Traditional Boxing Day events ( England) at 31/12/2013 - 19:35

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