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cameraboy wrote:
I agree & fervently disagree why in heavens sake keep on about old lenses when the world has gone digital I have just sold all my 6x7 gear & my 645 stuff to go completely digital. as John said no quote but how will Pentax (as jethro tull) advance if we keep on living in the past. I an

A quality lens will always be a quality lens irrespective of whether it is used on digital or film. When it comes to manual focus I have yet find any modern lens that is a patch on the "K" and M series

There are some issues... lens coatings are more relevant when using digital cameras compared to film, and for this reason some of the old very wide angle and certainly fisheye lenses are not as practical as a modern "made for digital" lens.

I agree. I did some very informal comparisons between my DA* 50-135mm (at 135mm) and my K series 135mm f/2.5. Apart from issues with the K20D AWB giving the two lenses different WB values they were very comparable.

I won't be giving up my old glass, in fact quite the opposite.

K.

Comment by womble posted on The Three Great Lens Mysteries at 12/01/2011 - 22:31

I agree with Tim.

K.

Comment by womble posted on Drake Manchester Apollo at 12/01/2011 - 17:28

You may also need to turn the body onto manual focusing if you are trying to take an out of focus image (or one where the the point of focus is not central).

You will not get the aperture value on the body as it has no way of knowing what it is (see John's comment about A series lenses).

I have heard that the K-5 stop-down metering with older lenses is more accurate than it was with the K10/K20. I'd be interested to know if this is the case with the K-r.

K.

Comment by womble posted on K-r not working with SMC M 2.8 28mm at 12/01/2011 - 03:06

Congratulations! The PPG was a bit slow over the hols.

fatspider wrote:
thats when mine went in, five of them. Two were "testers" but were rejected, if the third doesn;t make it I'll be extremely unhappy, its one of my fave shots

I have a selection of my favourite images rejected by the PPG, I try not to take it too seriously! It is informative, however, which images get accepted.

K.

Comment by womble posted on Blyth Beach and Huts at 12/01/2011 - 01:48

I was in New York last week too! Central Park is one of my favourite places for photographs.

Very nice series, and I especially like the last one. Was that the Apple store down near the SE corner of Central Park?

K.

Comment by womble posted on More from Gotham. at 12/01/2011 - 01:42

I'm rather pleased to say that three of these images (out of the four I submitted) were accepted to the PPG. Typically, for me, all the monochrome ones were accepted. In fact, six of my last eight acceptances were in monochrome, and the only image rejected in the last nine I submitted was in colour! Whilst thinking of numbers six of those eight were taken using old manual glass, and half of them were shot on film.

K.

Comment by womble posted on Hoar frost at 12/01/2011 - 01:38

Anybody planning on going and if so, which day? It would be nice to meet up with some other Pentaxians.

K.

Comment by womble posted on Pentax at major UK event? at 11/01/2011 - 19:22

Great fun! K.

Comment by womble posted on After holiday shock at 11/01/2011 - 18:23

I'm shooting more and more film, especially now I have a Lubitel 2 and a FED2 to play with.

K.

Comment by womble posted on 2010- here we go again... at 11/01/2011 - 17:37

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What makes this work stand out is the broad tonal scale the artist pulled from the negative and then translated into the print. A rare combination of gift, skill and artistry.

Sadly not. Most of her film was unprinted and much of it undeveloped. Any skill in this area is down to the scanning put into it by the chap who found the images.

K.

Comment by womble posted on Vivian Maier, street photographer and nanny at 10/01/2011 - 12:17

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