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Comment by womble posted on FS: Genuine Pentax K 18mm f/3.5 at 14/05/2010 - 12:47
Do you really mean 48mm? That size is very unusual and most commonly met on Canon cameras of the 1960s. Do you mean 49mm?
Best wishes, Kris.
Best wishes, Kris.
Comment by womble posted on FIlters for sale at 14/05/2010 - 12:34
TOZZA27 wrote:
Blimey - good old Daily Mail !!
Don't get me started on the Daily Mail... What did the Incredible Hulk used to say, something like "don't get me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry...":Blimey - good old Daily Mail !!
Comment by womble posted on Another pointless thread at 14/05/2010 - 12:31
TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!
Comment by womble posted on Pentax turns a Profit at 14/05/2010 - 12:29
I bought a grip thinking it would be helpful for (a) second battery (b) place to spare store card and remote and (c) the extra controls.
(a) just as easy to carry a spare
(b) I never fill up my 8 gig card.
(c) Having spent 25 years plus happily using the one shutter release I found that I forgot to use the extra one. I also often found the camera "doing something odd" which turned out to be me knocking the extra controls by accident.
The one thing I haven't cracked is where to put the little remote release. I am always mislaying it!
One last thing. As I use a tripod a great deal, I find the extra bulk/weight of the grip unhelpful. I'd rather use the extra space in my bag to stuff in another couple of primes.
Best wishes, Kris.
(a) just as easy to carry a spare
(b) I never fill up my 8 gig card.
(c) Having spent 25 years plus happily using the one shutter release I found that I forgot to use the extra one. I also often found the camera "doing something odd" which turned out to be me knocking the extra controls by accident.
The one thing I haven't cracked is where to put the little remote release. I am always mislaying it!
One last thing. As I use a tripod a great deal, I find the extra bulk/weight of the grip unhelpful. I'd rather use the extra space in my bag to stuff in another couple of primes.
Best wishes, Kris.
Comment by womble posted on Crossroads at 14/05/2010 - 12:15
davidtrout wrote:
By the late 1960s the top press camera was the Pentax Spotmatic which had replaced the twin lens Rollies which in turn had replaced the earlier plate cameras.
My experience on newspapers in the North East of England was that the Pentax Spotmatics ruled well through the 1970s before they were usurped by Nikons. The Nikon FM2 became popular on my newspaper.
Nikon then ruled until the Canon EOS models came out in the 1990s. Since then Canon seem to have dominated the newspaper world although there are still a lot of Nikons in use by journalists.
david
That was more-or-less my impression. I vaguely remember the Nikon F3 being "the press camera" in my early days in photography. It would be nice to have some hard facts to back up my impressions though.By the late 1960s the top press camera was the Pentax Spotmatic which had replaced the twin lens Rollies which in turn had replaced the earlier plate cameras.
My experience on newspapers in the North East of England was that the Pentax Spotmatics ruled well through the 1970s before they were usurped by Nikons. The Nikon FM2 became popular on my newspaper.
Nikon then ruled until the Canon EOS models came out in the 1990s. Since then Canon seem to have dominated the newspaper world although there are still a lot of Nikons in use by journalists.
david
Thanks and best wishes, Kris.
Comment by womble posted on Icons of Photography at 14/05/2010 - 12:08
I would go for the K20D myself. I upgraded from the K10D mainly for the lens adjustment feature but find myself now using ISO200 as standard rather than ISO 100. The two control wheels makes for excellent and easy control: Av mode, ISO on one wheel, aperture on the other. Although I find it big compared to, say my MX, it isn't huge and I have more-or-less given up on using the battery grip.
Best wishes, Kris.
Best wishes, Kris.
Comment by womble posted on Crossroads at 14/05/2010 - 12:04
polchraine wrote:
Did the Polish president and his entourage die in the crash? or were they executed?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1278175/Footage-Polish-air-cra...
Discuss ... is the footage real? or is it faked? Members can normally identify fake still images - what about video?
No, they are being held in a secret camp in Siberia by a clone of Stalin while he plots a new Red Revolution.Did the Polish president and his entourage die in the crash? or were they executed?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1278175/Footage-Polish-air-cra...
Discuss ... is the footage real? or is it faked? Members can normally identify fake still images - what about video?
Comment by womble posted on Another pointless thread at 14/05/2010 - 10:17
I have just been reading Amateur Photographer's column "Icons of Photography" in the May 15th issue. This column is normally my favourite in the magazine.
The article this week is about the the Canon FT released in 1966. What I find interesting is that the author talks about Canon and Nikon in the 60s as if the current "canikon" dominance was already the case. For example: "What the Canon FT had that the others, apart from Nikon, did not was Canon's entrenched and unassailable reputation for quality and reliability..." I can see how the breech lock system and the quick load film would appeal to press photographers, but they came in with the FT.
Now, I was just a babe in arms in 1966 but my impression was that the jostling amongst the "big five" Japanese camera manufacturers was much more even at that date (and even into the 80s although by then Canon and Nikon seem to have cornered the press sector of the market). My question is, therefore, was the "big two" situation quite so clear cut in the 60s or has the author back-projected the current situation back into a period where things were actually a bit more fluid?
Best wishes, Kris.
The article this week is about the the Canon FT released in 1966. What I find interesting is that the author talks about Canon and Nikon in the 60s as if the current "canikon" dominance was already the case. For example: "What the Canon FT had that the others, apart from Nikon, did not was Canon's entrenched and unassailable reputation for quality and reliability..." I can see how the breech lock system and the quick load film would appeal to press photographers, but they came in with the FT.
Now, I was just a babe in arms in 1966 but my impression was that the jostling amongst the "big five" Japanese camera manufacturers was much more even at that date (and even into the 80s although by then Canon and Nikon seem to have cornered the press sector of the market). My question is, therefore, was the "big two" situation quite so clear cut in the 60s or has the author back-projected the current situation back into a period where things were actually a bit more fluid?
Best wishes, Kris.
Comment by womble posted on Icons of Photography at 14/05/2010 - 10:15
No need to be sorry, we all miss threads and then repeat them at some point.
So dpreview.com lives up to its nickname of "depressing review" then?
K.
So dpreview.com lives up to its nickname of "depressing review" then?
K.
Comment by womble posted on Is the latest kid on the block EVIL? at 14/05/2010 - 01:30
Best wishes, Kris.