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Comment by womble posted on Another pointless thread at 01/03/2016 - 14:46
Glad you got it sorted. K.
Comment by womble posted on Copyright thing again at 29/02/2016 - 21:21
RussV wrote:
The MX wasn't just for carrying around and shooting, for more scientific or industrial use it could take a bulk film back and a high speed motor drive, hence the rubberised silk shutter. I've still got my MX.
The motordrive* and the bulk film backs are quite rare and go for a fortune now!The MX wasn't just for carrying around and shooting, for more scientific or industrial use it could take a bulk film back and a high speed motor drive, hence the rubberised silk shutter. I've still got my MX.
K.
*Not the more mundane winder.
Comment by womble posted on Pentax Advertising - the 1970s at 29/02/2016 - 21:14
I like the first one a great deal. I'm less keen on the second one due to the shadow from the mike over her mouth.
Having said that, I never photograph people and am useless at it!
Cheers, Kris.
Having said that, I never photograph people and am useless at it!
Cheers, Kris.
Comment by womble posted on Louise, Live on Stage! at 28/02/2016 - 13:18
bwlchmawr wrote:
Ah, yes lads. If you used to use 35mm film (or, like Kris, never stopped using it) then I'm sure it'll be a welcome return but lots of younger folks are used to seeing the world through APSC sized viewfinders then the wider view might take some getting used to. I can't remember the last time I even looked through a nice, big, bright viewfinder.
On an unrelated matter, I wonder how we'd look at sensor size if 35mm film hadn't been the standard most people used for all those years. Perhaps we wouldn't consider micro 4/3rds as "too small" and "half frame", or APSC as "cropped" and in some ways inferior. The K1 is not going to be as "good" as large format any way... It's all relative, I suppose, and a moot point.
My main interest in being able to use older lenses with their intended coverage. My shift lens would have a new lease of life, as would my K series 15mm f/3.5 lens. It would be fun to use my 85mm lenses for the purpose they were intended. Having said that, I can buy and process a lot of film for £1500! The K-1, "full frame" aside, also feels and handles like a high quality piece of equipment: solid, but not too heavy, carefully thought out controls, nice features and so on. If money was no object, I'd have my order in now. But, money is an object and as my wife pointed out, we spent less on her car than the body alone would cost, without adding in the need for a new standard zoom for day-to-day use and a multiple terabyte hard-disk to cope with the files. I'll probably buy one -- eventually -- but at the moment I think Pentax should be congratulated for bringing out a beautiful, highly specified camera at a price which is competitive with full-frame offerings from other marques.Ah, yes lads. If you used to use 35mm film (or, like Kris, never stopped using it) then I'm sure it'll be a welcome return but lots of younger folks are used to seeing the world through APSC sized viewfinders then the wider view might take some getting used to. I can't remember the last time I even looked through a nice, big, bright viewfinder.
On an unrelated matter, I wonder how we'd look at sensor size if 35mm film hadn't been the standard most people used for all those years. Perhaps we wouldn't consider micro 4/3rds as "too small" and "half frame", or APSC as "cropped" and in some ways inferior. The K1 is not going to be as "good" as large format any way... It's all relative, I suppose, and a moot point.
K.
I'd happily stick No. 6 on my wall. If it was all reds and oranges it would be really Turner-esque.
Cheers, Kris.
Cheers, Kris.
Comment by womble posted on Dunstanburgh Multiple Exposure/ICM at 28/02/2016 - 09:16
Superb. K.
Comment by womble posted on One Light, One Tile, Four Glasses at 28/02/2016 - 09:10
With lenses like the 43mm the K-1 is no worse than the K10/20/7/5/3. It only becomes big and bulky when you add a grip or some of the big new fast lenses. As to going back to 35mm angles-of-view, some of us never left them entirely! Apart from trying to justify spending more money on a camera body than we spent on our car, my biggest quandry is what I would do with my beloved 50-135, or my 12-24...
Just drinking coffee in Watford having been to SRS and the 1pm seminar. Just to echo everyone else: great camera. With a modest lens and no grip, not really any bigger than my K-3. With the grip and the 15-30, a monster!
I especially like the dual spirit levels visible in the viewfinder projected onto the screen (not below or to the side).
Very, very tempted...
I especially like the dual spirit levels visible in the viewfinder projected onto the screen (not below or to the side).
Very, very tempted...
Comment by womble posted on Finally! Pentax K-1 is official... Pre-order and Open Day information at 27/02/2016 - 15:21
Gwyn. Is that Welsh, Dutch, or gobbilldy gook????????????????
What does it mean???????????
CHEERS Vic.
PS. Or have you just been at the J.D.
Vic.