Can't be very good, I saw no mention of an aperture simulator. Kenneth Waller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Juan Buhler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO: Hogafication > Ah, your very own Pentax "H" Limited! > > Were you in the list back in 2000? > > http://www.jbuhler.com/HLimited/index.html > > :) > > On 1/14/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm a big fan of Holgas and other toy cameras. The other day I pulled a >> lens off a Holga, drilled a hole in a Pentax K body cap, and glued the >> lens into place. As a result, my K mount bodies are now focus-free and >> have that nice Holga-ish look that comes from using a single element >> plastic lens. >> >> A couple of samples: >> >> http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070113/IMGP0006.htm >> >> http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070113/IMGP0015.htm >> >> And a shot of the modified camera: >> >> http://markcassino.com/b2evolution/media/IMGP2613.jpg >> >> Yeah - I should of been more careful to get the writing on the lens to >> line up right. >> >> It's not as fun as a real Holga - the APS sensor really is sitting on >> the relatively sharp 'sweet spot' of the lens. The 60mm lens is a short >> telephoto on the *ist-D or K10D, vs being a wide angle on the medium >> format body. I also had to add the vignetting in photoshop. But now I >> can indulge my Holga impulses whenever... >> >> Oddly enough - the *ist-D and K10D seem to meter fine with the Holga >> lens (I should mention that the aperture is part of the lens assembly.) >> But my Mz-S for some reason can't handle it - it reports an exposure >> that about 15 stops off. Same with the LX - but the real time metering >> on the LX works correctly (the film camera report an expose that is way >> too long.) >> >> - MCC >> >> -- >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> Mark Cassino Photography >> Kalamazoo, Michigan >> www.markcassino.com >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com > a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
