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Comment by womble posted on in love with DA* 300 ...BUT monopod or tripod at 28/06/2011 - 08:33
I don't do much street photography but the best results I have had so far were with a Pentax MX and a SMC-K 135mm f/2.5 lens. Alternatively, I use my FED2 rangefinder with the Industar 26m fitted. With Kodak BW400CN film loaded you can set the metering in advance and put the lens at some suitable hyperfocal distance and shoot.
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Comment by womble posted on Lens for Street Photography at 28/06/2011 - 07:30
The HP5 will be fine. The Delta 3200 might suffer a little but I doubt it. A few hours won't make much difference.
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Comment by womble posted on A hot day for film at 27/06/2011 - 22:35
At £150 for the A50/1.4 he wasn't going to sell them here...
Comment by womble posted on FS: A50 f1.4 / M135 f3.5 / F70-210 f4-5.6 at 27/06/2011 - 22:01
I've been keeping an eye on those sales. As a K series fan there are one or two or thirteen lenses I'd like. Unfortunately, the opening price is about what I'd expect to pay and there are no bargains to be had. Still, I am going to have to be strong or I may have a hole in my bank balance.
BTW, some time back I was asking about the wooden tripod supplied with the older long lenses. The 2000mm comes with one, the first I have seen on ebay.
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BTW, some time back I was asking about the wooden tripod supplied with the older long lenses. The 2000mm comes with one, the first I have seen on ebay.
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Comment by womble posted on Wana buy a lens? at 26/06/2011 - 13:51
Like many things with modern cameras there are multiple ways to get the same result. Perhaps because I learnt photography on an ME Super I switch the camera into manual mode with the sorts of awkward lighting situations described above, it never occurs to me to use AE-L. No better, no worse, just different.
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Comment by womble posted on A winning photo and a party with Prince Charles at 25/06/2011 - 18:22
Surely the K5 is now the nearest like-for-like replacement? The K20D was the top of the Pentax range when it came out...
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Comment by womble posted on Pentax K20D 2 lens kit at 25/06/2011 - 18:06
I'd like accurate metering with older lenses. Although the take a shot-> look at histogram -> adjust exposure -> repeat until happy route works, fast it isn't!
I believe the metering is better with the K5 but I don't have one to check!
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I believe the metering is better with the K5 but I don't have one to check!
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Comment by womble posted on The ideal DSLR at 25/06/2011 - 18:04
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