Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs...!! As we say up here in the north.. I'd honestly never noticed the pin. I will be be removing the said item immediately.. !! Thanks for the link John.. Certainly a lot smaller a pin than the one I had on a 135mm lens donkies years ago, for a ME Super..!! lol

Quick try out.. Your correct John the "P" seems to have no function. Certainly on the K1 at least... Just shows F-- Doesn't operate equal to the "A" function. But I dont mind that. I was happy to use it full manual mode.. Makes you stop and think sometimes what you are doing....




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A while back I wanted to see what the rant about film lenses was all about...lol And to fit to my K1 at the time I needed a cheap wide angle lens. As all my APSC lenses were vignetting. So to fit to my K1. I bought this Vivitar 28mm f 2.8 lens for a fiver. Certainly not expecting too much.

But Sssh...! Dont tell anyone, I loved it.. Even the manual focus didnt put me off...lol Well you have a bit more time when your landscaping...lol

Anyway back to the point. Just been reading this blog on the lens... http://photografica.robinparmar.com/vivitar.html and couldnt work out which model I own ? It brought up to me a few points..
1 How do you identify the Pentax K mount version on a lens...?
2 Does the R/pk mean it was a Ricoh lens ? Tere was no pin in the mount,..
3 What does the "P" mean on the aperture ring.. I should know this...!!
4 Maybe it isnt a Pentax lens at all. Just has a Pentax mount...?

Seems its a Komine made.. Worked that out at least....lol

And note to self.. Might be a good idea to clean the lens a bit before posting images on the net....!!

Im maybe not supposed to but I prefer the second one... !! Though I do like both. Really want to give this long exposure stuff a go.. Well Done Gareth.. Keep posting them...Love your work..

Great set of images Bill.. Different as has been pointed out already...

Here's my twopeneth's worth....

Dont understand the crop on Milton Keynes...!! The interest for me is the bloke with the umbrella under the bridge... No need for whats above... But its your image and I respect that..

Like Blackpool..! But I would I am from the north...lol But would like to see a touch more blur to the steps, as the water by their side has been smoothed.. And direct the eye straight to the pier..

Rhyl.. Like this a lot.. Would love to see BW version...

Belfast. Prefer lady walking into the image rather than out of it....!

To end I love the Plymouth Hoe shot.. Which I would duely copy if it wasn't so bloody far away...!!

All brilliant stuff.. !! Im in awe..

There's a test on youtube between it and the FA50/1.4, you might find it interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTq2bKK2AXU

The FA50/1.7 has better reviews for sharpness so I'll see how that works out. The FA43 isn't really all that sharp wide open itself so you'll find that a bit of a hindrance in low light.

At f/1.6, the DA*55 has excellent sharpness, and is not bad at f/1.4 either.[/quote]Yes I saw his review some time back. To be honest, it's this that has brought about the change in atitude to my FA50 1.4. I need something faster than f2.0. But have no way of testing all the various options. Hence me asking for view here. I moved up to the K1 for help in this scenerio too as a lot less noise in the full frame images. So the wider Iso range has helped about a stop too.

If you could that would be appreciated

Thanks for all the input guys it really is appreciated, I have still no idea what to do... Which generally means ill do nothing,, Lol !! Narrowed it down to two. I think.
The 43mm limited or the DFA 50 1.4. Though I thinl the 1.4 wins on all aspects. At almost half the price the 43mm has its attractiveness...

Or the other option.. Of course. Wait for the launch of the new 85mm..? Which I would love to capture some portraits with... But hey one worlds end at a time...

Thats part of the problem. Im not exactly at one with the prices JPSS charge..!! (My issue I know !!) After dealings in the past. So I consider it best to invest that charge to another unit. The Smc FA1.4 has been seeing action for a lot of years now, so to speak..


And other than the gigs. Now doesnt get used so much. As I find my DFA 24-70 more versatile and just as capable.. From f2.8 of course... Old lenses versus modern technology..Theres another debate...lol

I tend to agree with you John... Looking at a few reviews. It seems to be what a lot of the others arnt and thats sharp across the image wide open.. Which will be important to me, when gigging... I just fear. Its just a big heavy clumbsy lens... !!