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Comment by philstaff posted on SMC M lenses at 20/05/2016 - 22:53
johnriley wrote:
Older lenses can be superb. The M series are beautiful to use, silky smooth in operation and very often great optics as well. Not all designs from the film era in general will look good on digital. Not all lenses will be good anyway as they are quite old now and can have been severely mishandled in their lifetimes.
Get a good one though and it might surprise you.
What would you suggest John as a nice landscape lens and for general use.Older lenses can be superb. The M series are beautiful to use, silky smooth in operation and very often great optics as well. Not all designs from the film era in general will look good on digital. Not all lenses will be good anyway as they are quite old now and can have been severely mishandled in their lifetimes.
Get a good one though and it might surprise you.
regards Ian
Comment by philstaff posted on SMC M lenses at 20/05/2016 - 21:18
Hi all forgive me if this is a daft question. Does the old lenses give as much in terms of sharpness, Col and over all IQ quality as the more modern day lenses. I ask this never owning the newer lenses but do have a selection of the older SMC M type. I have been happy with the IQ of the old lenses. But wonder if there might be any benefit in upgrading to the newer models.
Regards Ian
Regards Ian
Comment by philstaff posted on SMC M lenses at 20/05/2016 - 15:35
Used this lens on the K110 D and KR without any problems. The cameras bleeps also to confirm focus.
Regards Ian
Regards Ian
Comment by philstaff posted on pentax smc m 1.7 50mm on K50 at 15/05/2016 - 13:41
Some nice ones in there. I had the GX 20 camera. But there was a pixel problem with it and they would not fix it. Also the camera was no longer in production so could not be replaced. I was very sorry to not have it longer.
Regards Ian
Regards Ian
Comment by philstaff posted on Pensthorpe at 15/05/2016 - 13:30
bwlchmawr wrote:
I still use mine and the pictures are just fine. I read somewhere that the K1ooD had a very weak anti-aliasing filter. Could you really tell, hand on heart, when looking at pictures on a screen, what camera it was taken with?
I have always been very happy with the camera. Have some lovely photos from it over the years.I still use mine and the pictures are just fine. I read somewhere that the K1ooD had a very weak anti-aliasing filter. Could you really tell, hand on heart, when looking at pictures on a screen, what camera it was taken with?
Regards Ian
Comment by philstaff posted on Back to Basics at 14/05/2016 - 14:08
vic cross wrote:
All very interesting, BUT where is the worm???????????????????
CHEERS Vic.
I did not hang around to find out LOL.All very interesting, BUT where is the worm???????????????????
CHEERS Vic.
Comment by philstaff posted on Back to Basics at 14/05/2016 - 14:05
joostdh wrote:
Pixel shift requires to move the sensor about. Obviously that is built in to the K-3 and K-1 - for the SR - but not in the 645Z.
Pentax documents the challenge of building the sensor shift tech for a full frame sensor on the special K-1 site. As the sensor is heavier and larger than the one in the aps-c camera, simply upscaling everything was not an option.
This is not to say they can't do it for a MF sensor but I'm sure it would provide a considerable challenge.
Pixel shift requires to move the sensor about. Obviously that is built in to the K-3 and K-1 - for the SR - but not in the 645Z. Pixel shift requires to move the sensor about. Obviously that is built in to the K-3 and K-1 - for the SR - but not in the 645Z.
Pentax documents the challenge of building the sensor shift tech for a full frame sensor on the special K-1 site. As the sensor is heavier and larger than the one in the aps-c camera, simply upscaling everything was not an option.
This is not to say they can't do it for a MF sensor but I'm sure it would provide a considerable challenge.
I think the pixel shift is only on the K3 11.
Comment by philstaff posted on K-1 Dynamic Range at 14/05/2016 - 13:40
.... Does the old lenses give as much in terms of sharpness, Col and over all IQ quality as the more modern day lenses........ I have been happy with the IQ of the old lenses. But wonder if there might be any benefit in upgrading to the newer models.....
Yes the benefits of an upgrade are worthy for some situations, but if you're happy why change