Greetings from Romania. There are a few of these beasties around the barn this year. All taken with a K20D and a SMC-M 100mm f/2.8 lens and extension tubes.


31mm extenstion tube.



31mm extension tube



65mm worth of extension tubes



Best wishes, Kris.

It is that time of year again. I am off to Romania on the 1.50am flight tomorrow (and I do mean 'am'!) and will be away for six weeks. The bar in the village had an internet connection last year which was slow but better than nothing so I'll try and drop by when I can.

This should be the last season on my project. Life will be very different when I return as I have just moved into a new flat (next door to my old one!) and hopefully my lady love will have a visa to be able to come over from the US more-or-less permanently.

Have a great summer! Kris.

Zooms are generally quite difficult to work on unless you really know what you are doing, and AF lenses even more so. The F35-70 is a lovely little lens but not that rare and fairly cheap. Unless it is essentially free I'd keep looking for another example. Often the best place to find them is attached to the front of an SF7/SFX/SFXn.

Best wishes, Kris.

The K1000 is the Pentax version of the hair shirt. Perfectly good cameras but no frills whatsoever. As the hatter said, many a student has cut their teeth on them. As a result they sell for a little more than some other more refined models.

An alternative to the K1000/MX is the KX. Built like a tank but with similar refinements to the MX. As much as I love the MX, it is rather prone to dents and dings so check carefully if you think of getting one.

K.

My last rolls of K64 will be used on the last season of my excavation. I probably won't bother with slides for recording excavations after that, I'll just use BW film and digital. I feel rather sad about it.

The man who shall not be named used a donkey to carry his LF gear up the mountains. I was carting my gear on my back and boy was I tired at the end of the day. Mind you, I only have two LF lenses so quite a weight saving there, but the tripod, ohh the tripod. Definitely need a donkey...

Sadly all the white fluffy clouds were behind me and refused to drift into shot!

Glad everyone likes the mono as I do too. I should have taken the 5x4...

K.

BTW, the tilt is definitely the trees because if you get them straight the surface of the lake becomes ideal for unassisted water skiing...

K.

Much better, IMHO...

K.

Nice set but I especially like the 3rd one. K.