"Mandarin" is the best of the bunch in my humble opinion. I had to check twice it wasn't a drawing, and there is some sort of optical illusion going on. Very interesting indeed.

With the others I find myself wanting the verticals vertical, but then that is a very much a womblian quirk.

K.

Bump.

There is nothing difficult about flickr!

K.

I had a hood but it seems have gone AWOL. I keep hoping it'll turn up (especially now I have the 200mm as well) but no sign of it. I might just have to stump up for another.

K.

That is the old-style right angle finder which fits everything up to the K series cameras (K2, KM, KX and K1000). The M series cameras onwards up to and including the K7 have a slightly larger viewfinder. Sadly genuine Pentax refconverters for M onwards go for silly money. There are third party ones available on ebay but I haven't used one.

K.

I was out using my ES and my "new" S-M-C 28mm f/3.5 lens today (see this thread and this one) and took a few snaps of my gear while I was about it.

1. Detail of the ES. Taken using a Jupiter-9 85mm lens mounted on a K20D with an extension tube. Note the wacky bokeh on the X of Pentax!



2. The ES mounted on a tripod with a right-angle finder, the 28mm lens and a green filter. Taken using a K20D with a SMC-M 100mm f/2.8 lens.



3. Wider view of the same set-up.



4. Same set-up, but showing what I was photographing.



Best wishes, Kris.

While I was out in the junk yard today I took some more of my KX and LX in action, and a non-Pentax camera!

1. KX in macro mode. Fitted with a SMC "K" 135mm lens, extension tube and right-angle finder.



2. Ditto.



3. LX with the same lens set-up as above but with a FE-1 magnifinder.



4. Ditto.



5. My Yashica Mat G TLR. This was taken with a Pentax camera and so is just about ok to post. Well, that is my story and I am sticking to it.



Best wishes, Kris.

I spent some time up at the junkyard today. The light was a bit flat, sadly, and I was mainly shooting film as I realised that I have too many cameras with half a roll left! I did get one or two shots which seemed OK though.

1. Wheat sheaf. K20D, SMC "K" 135mm lens and extension tube.




2. Dozer. K20D and the Mk 1 kit lens, processed in Lightroom 3 beta. What do you think of the toning?




Best wishes, Kris.

I liked his table top studio set up though. Shame about his choice of dSLR.

K.

This chap on flickr has some lovely photos, mainly of screw mount Pentaxes but also a few other things including some Olympus Trips. Nice if you like that sort of thing.

K.