I have lots of Pentax cameras, one digital and a slew of older film cameras. I got the film cameras because I like the design, and I enjoy using them. I also have a digital Canon, two film Canons, a FED2, a Zorki 4, a Lubitel 2, a Yashicamat 124 G, a Horizont panoramic camera and a large format Horseman LE. The Canon (d)SLRs rarely get used, they are my site cameras which I allow the staff to use. If I had a big win on the lottery, I'd probably get a 645D and a Canon 7D with the 18mm tilt shift lens. There is simply no Pentax option for TS made by anybody.

I do really like Pentax, but will use whatever tools are available to do the job that needs to be done. Apart from, perhaps, needing to realise assets at some point, I can see no need to change wholesale from one system to another. I doubt my entire collection of film bodies would add up to a single DA* 300.

K.

Sounds like you got a bargain there then. I have that lens too, as well as the K version.

K.

I always liked the ally case:




K.

Some excellent shots there. I really like the bendy #10, not sure what is real bends and what is fisheye bends! No. 1 seems to have a slightly odd (?pink) cast to the sky, although that might be my laptop monitor. I like the juxtaposition of person and statue in No 3. No. 4 is a bit ordinary compared to the rest.

Good work.

K.

I especially like the second shot with the smoke trails.

K.

Images from around "the barn" (which is where the finds team worked at the Noviodunum excavations) a year after the end of the dig.

All taken with a Pentax LX, one of 28mm/f3.5, 50mm/f1.2 or 135mm/f2.5 lenses and Adox CHS 50 film. Adox CHS films are one of the few absolutely traditional silver halide films left. This is the first time I have used it and I rather like it.

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Best wishes, Kris.

There are a couple of your items I'll be bidding on but they aren't in your list above!

K.

I have a Lubitel 2 I was given for nothing and I am astounded how sharp it is. The lo-res scans I get done by the lab are every bit as sharp as my Yashicamat 124G... Check out my flickr and web sites for examples.



Oops. Sorry. I'm talking cameras. After two weeks of foul lager I am glad to be back in the land of real beer...

K.

Presumably two nutty collectors. The vendor is probably grinning from ear to ear!

K.

Blimey. Very odd bokeh too. I would never have guessed especially as it had a scratched rear element, a fingerprint in the coating and oil on the blades!

K.