Great set of shots John.

Been running CH Products stuff for over 10yrs but you definitely notice the extra resolution with the newer magnetic sensors. CH = a DA plastic vs this as a Takumar purely on the tactile side for smoothness in operation but with DFA* resolution

Thanks, pretty involved then as you would be well versed in the process. So someone starting out, effectively triple or quadruple that time.

Out of curiosity John, how long does it take you on average to create the MTF data for an Ephotozine test?

K-1 & Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/25

Day 3 of my challenge to use the above lens for a month. I've been flight simming or space simming since the mid 80s (David Braben's Elite) and over the last 9 months have been slowly upgrading my HOTAS (Hands On Throttle and Stick) to something more current than the kit I've had for the last 10 years or more. This arrived yesterday after spending 2 months in the post. Originally Russian built by someone of a legend in the simming community name Roman Bauer, he has since gone onto become chief engineer of a high end sim equipment manufacturer called Virpil. It is fairly large as you can see, that is a DFA*50 beside it but it is extremely robust with heavy duty cams and magnetic sensors. Should last me through till my reflexes and eyesight go.


Riveted by Robbie Corrigan, on Flickr

A sizing comparison

Sizing by Robbie Corrigan, on Flickr

Thanks all for popping by and having a look. Feel free to give me pointers

If I had perhaps a 1/4 of the skill / talent that I know exists here I'd consider it. I've been through a lens journey for sure and what I like does not necessarily equate to the broader Pentax fold. Saying that I'd be open to collaboration if someone could advise me on how to test a lens. To me, what I'm looking for in a lens is something that has decent resolution, strong micro contrast and excellent handling of OOF transitions. Then you have the intangibles, the stuff you can really measure but you can see in the image, the pixie dust, the 3D pop. So would say the audience here agree with that?
And then it'd be a case of dialling down the strong Irish accent

I think we should convince Mr Riley to create a YouTube channel - the only reason Cameraville is where it is, is because he had a captive Pentax user base jumping on any sort of review. Or maybe a Pentaxuser channel?
Plenty of really experienced photographers here with vast amounts of knowledge to pass on.

Heaven forbid
I had a 31 like that, worn everywhere and decidedly used looking but the glass was perfect, better even. Well wear on your new lens
I'll send you a little something via PM as a welcome

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. He takes so many pictures with so many lenses that I doubt he has much time for processing