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Comment by womble posted on How did I get so close? at 16/02/2010 - 18:43
C&C as always. Best wishes, K.
Comment by womble posted on Atlantic Sunrise No. 3. at 16/02/2010 - 18:38
Mike-P wrote:
I think the DA* 300mm does cover FF but is obviously not much good on film bodies that need a lens with an aperture ring.
Which is all but one of my film bodies if I want Av or manual...I think the DA* 300mm does cover FF but is obviously not much good on film bodies that need a lens with an aperture ring.
Oh well, not going to happen any time soon so I shall stop wondering about it.
K.
Comment by womble posted on Pentax F*300mm IF ED Lens at 16/02/2010 - 18:21
axl wrote:
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Not officially, no, although people have experimented and found some DA lenses do at smaller apertures. I do not know for that specific lens.womble wrote:
£480.00 seems really quite reasonable to me! Personally I would prefer one of these to the DA* because then I could use it on my film bodies too.
K.
Doesn't the DA* cover FF image circle?£480.00 seems really quite reasonable to me! Personally I would prefer one of these to the DA* because then I could use it on my film bodies too.
K.
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K.
Comment by womble posted on Pentax F*300mm IF ED Lens at 16/02/2010 - 15:35
Bobbinalorry wrote:
Excuse me butting in chaps but do any of you have experience or knowledge of 'Auto Chnon 1:2.8 f=35mm' please?
No, sorry. Try the manual focus forum?Excuse me butting in chaps but do any of you have experience or knowledge of 'Auto Chnon 1:2.8 f=35mm' please?
Cheers, Kris.
Comment by womble posted on Pentax-M 28mm f3.5 - worth owning? at 16/02/2010 - 15:30
Broadside is lovely, and my local seems very good at keeping it.
I tried "Crabbie's Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer" this evening and ir was surprisingly tasty.
Off to the land of "Bud Light" on Wednesday. Looking forward to the trip but not to the beer!
K.
I tried "Crabbie's Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer" this evening and ir was surprisingly tasty.
Off to the land of "Bud Light" on Wednesday. Looking forward to the trip but not to the beer!
K.
Perhaps they could start doing them in team colours? A blue and orange one with the Denver Broncos logo on perhaps? I might even be tempted...
Comment by womble posted on More coloured KXs coming... at 16/02/2010 - 01:26
A year ago the K series averaged about £170 and the A series about £230. Given the current price rises on second hand lenses I would expect you could add £40 or £50 to that now.
I got mine from ebay attached to the front of an ME, or was it an MG? The seller didn't know the lens was anything special but several people bid on it. The seller probably has an inflated idea now of how much his camera was worth! I had intended to sell it on for a small profit but it is such a lovely hunk of glass (and I mean a hunk, weighs a ton for a nifty fifty) I cannot bare to part with it.
There was a thread about these lenses a little while back where there was some disagreement as to whether wide open they were "painterly" or merely soft! Either way, by f/2 it is pretty sharp.
K.
I got mine from ebay attached to the front of an ME, or was it an MG? The seller didn't know the lens was anything special but several people bid on it. The seller probably has an inflated idea now of how much his camera was worth! I had intended to sell it on for a small profit but it is such a lovely hunk of glass (and I mean a hunk, weighs a ton for a nifty fifty) I cannot bare to part with it.
There was a thread about these lenses a little while back where there was some disagreement as to whether wide open they were "painterly" or merely soft! Either way, by f/2 it is pretty sharp.
K.
Comment by womble posted on re: Pentax 50 f:1.2 at 16/02/2010 - 01:16
I find it helpful to think of it like this...
Imagine you have a postcard. It doesn't matter what focal length lens it was taken on. Now take a scalpel and cut out a postcard-shaped hole in the middle, 2/3rds the area of the whole. The whole postcard represents what you would have got using a 35mm camera, the bit you have cut out represents what you get when putting the same lens on an APS-C digital camera.
The only wrinkle is that if the lens is designed for APS-C, the corners of your postcard are likely to be dark.
HTH. Kris.
Imagine you have a postcard. It doesn't matter what focal length lens it was taken on. Now take a scalpel and cut out a postcard-shaped hole in the middle, 2/3rds the area of the whole. The whole postcard represents what you would have got using a 35mm camera, the bit you have cut out represents what you get when putting the same lens on an APS-C digital camera.
The only wrinkle is that if the lens is designed for APS-C, the corners of your postcard are likely to be dark.
HTH. Kris.
Comment by womble posted on Confused again! at 15/02/2010 - 23:57
8 pages of beer talk and counting. I haven't seen this much excitement over the Pentax gear we are all supposed to be banging on about. Still, my favourite tipple from my European travelling days was the Leffe Blond, from Belgium.
Regards
Have you tried ADNAMS Innovation yet?
Good luck in the land of Budweiser,not a beer I'd recommend!
Last time I was offered a Bud I declined and had water instead. About the same taste and alcohol content but no calories.
Best wishes, K.