Apart from it being crass sexist exploitation? Not surprised it has survived in Russia, however.

The M50/1.4 is worth £60 on its own! Nice buy. K.

Lovely shots. I especially like No. 4. K.

Or try Alan Marlow.

K.

I try to limit my GAS to Pentax gear (and the odd Soviet thing or two). It looks a nice piece of kit, however. As an ex-typographer, I just love the Gothic Y on the viewfinder housing.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention. You should put some film in your example and go shoot a roll. How about on "roll in a day" day on Saturday?

K.

I'm still using CS3 and Lightroom 1.4...

To go back to the original post. Yes, there are adapters for Pentax to Nikon but with significant loss of functionality and possibly image quality. Your options are:

a) have the K10D repaired.
b) buy a K5, or a K-01.
c) Sell-up and jump ship.

Unless you are the type that enjoys mixing and matching lenses and bodies and are prepared to work around the various short-comings, using Pentax lenses on Nikon bodies is likely to be more of a pain than it is worth.

K.

Judge for yourself. All taken with the S-M-C Takumar 200mm f/4 lens.

[shot on Rollei Retro 80S film]






[shot on Fuji Superior 200]






K.

The Dixons in Terminal 4 at Heathrow had no Pentax gear at all on Weds last, not even a compact.

K.

Personally I love my ES and ESII and have had no problems with the former. The latter was purchased in a "repair or spares" state and sent to Eric in the US. It now works like new. They are a slightly acquired taste, however, as they have no metering on manual and therefore have to be used in Automatic or with a handheld meter. For ease of use, use S-M-C/SMC Takumar lenses which have the extra bit on the mount for full aperture metering. The Spot-F is manual only but I believe will also use the SMC/S-M-C for full aperture metering. The Spotmatic II is a nice solid camera which works well and has the advantage of a hotshoe compared to the original Spot. If you are happy to use a handheld meter (or the sunny 16 rule) The SV (or its bargain cousin the S1a) are nicely made and compact.

K.