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Comment by womble posted on looking for a 1.4 or 1.8 prtrait lens at 27/05/2010 - 17:23
thoughton wrote:
PS the most annoying thing about the Tamron mirror is that it focuses a little beyond infinity. Someone on this forum said that most mirror lenses do this, apparently it is to allow for expansion in the mirror in warmer temperatures.
Most modern AF lenses do this too. Took me a while to get used to it when manually focusing. PS the most annoying thing about the Tamron mirror is that it focuses a little beyond infinity. Someone on this forum said that most mirror lenses do this, apparently it is to allow for expansion in the mirror in warmer temperatures.
K.
Comment by womble posted on 500 mirror at 27/05/2010 - 17:20
Sorry to revive a very old thread...
I have now had four rolls of film slightly fogged, presumably by airport scanners. I tried to get the UK security people to hand search my film on the way out for the current trip but no can do. It seems to mainly be a problem with Kodak Tri-X 400. I'll be curious to see how the Tri-X 100 roll film and Delta 100 35mm films fare this trip. I don't know whether they have upped the power or something since the original thread in 2007.
Any ideas how to avoid this? As Peter said, there used to be x-ray proof bags but I guess that nowadays they might create more problems than they solve!
I tried to find something online with UK policy about this but no luck.
One extra worry is that I am planning at least one trip with my Horseman 5x4 camera and it will be a major problem if I have to buy and develop the film in the US.
Best wishes, Kris.
I have now had four rolls of film slightly fogged, presumably by airport scanners. I tried to get the UK security people to hand search my film on the way out for the current trip but no can do. It seems to mainly be a problem with Kodak Tri-X 400. I'll be curious to see how the Tri-X 100 roll film and Delta 100 35mm films fare this trip. I don't know whether they have upped the power or something since the original thread in 2007.
Any ideas how to avoid this? As Peter said, there used to be x-ray proof bags but I guess that nowadays they might create more problems than they solve!
I tried to find something online with UK policy about this but no luck.
One extra worry is that I am planning at least one trip with my Horseman 5x4 camera and it will be a major problem if I have to buy and develop the film in the US.
Best wishes, Kris.
Comment by womble posted on X Rays at Airports at 26/05/2010 - 17:59
I am suffering from BPBA. (I know that isn't a TLA and is therefore not trendy.) Bit-and-pieces buying addiction is trying to get the correct lens hoods, cases, cables and bits and pieces to go with the lenses and cameras I already own. Mind you, I have been wandering around Stanton, North Dakota (population maybe 1000?) with a Lubitel 2. Getting some very funny looks from the locals....
K.
K.
Comment by womble posted on LBA confessions at 26/05/2010 - 17:33
I'd be very tempted by Peter's 24 if I didn't already have the K version...
Comment by womble posted on Pentax A 24mm/28mm at 20/05/2010 - 20:07
Mannesty wrote:
Colour rendering, contrast, saturation, close focussing. Sharpness is excellent if stopped down a bit from wide open.
Not that the A28 is a slouch...Colour rendering, contrast, saturation, close focussing. Sharpness is excellent if stopped down a bit from wide open.
Comment by womble posted on Pentax A 24mm/28mm at 20/05/2010 - 19:34
I think we can agree on damn all then...
Comment by womble posted on Depth of field? Who needs it? at 20/05/2010 - 19:22
The Horseman is not too bad, the "Titan" tripod it sits on is about the entirety of my baggage allowance.
Not sure what the landscape will be like. I think images of pancakes come to mind!
K.
Not sure what the landscape will be like. I think images of pancakes come to mind!
K.
Comment by womble posted on Another pointless thread at 20/05/2010 - 17:42
I know the feeling. A week in Nowheresville, North Dakota teaching geophysics should give me some chances to take photos. Just the K20D and some lenses? Perhaps throw in the LX, or the ES? Maybe even try another couple of rolls through the Lubitel 2? The joke amongst my friends and acquaintances... Kris, the man who travels with more lenses than socks... This time tomorrow I should have boarded.
K.
K.
Comment by womble posted on Another pointless thread at 20/05/2010 - 16:55
... and what is wrong with 49 mm filter diameter? Smaller filters are a lot cheaper.
K.