if you're going to fondle it, make sure you lock the bathroom door. And keep the noise down.
B > > If you will indulge me... > > With all of the emphasis these days on digital and "Image Quality", it > seems that many have forgotten (if they ever even lived at a time when > they could KNOW it) what a satisfyingly tactile experience photography > was. We have been robbed of much of that tactile experience by our > automatic and autofocus digital cameras today. We don't get the > satisfying "pop" of the back when we would load or unload film. We've > lost the satisfying tactile experience of advancing the film lever and > cocking the shutter, or the act of rewinding the 35mm film into it's > canister. > > Now few of us want to "chuck" our plastic-bodied, autofocus lenses and > digital cameras and go back to film - at least on a regular basis. But > we can recapture some of that feeling by putting some vintage glass on > our Pentax DSLRs. In my opinion, a m42 to K-mount adapter (that allows > infinity focus) is one of the truly "must have" accessories. My > personal preference is for the genuine Pentax brands that require no > tools to remove. As most of us know, this opens up the world of m42 > Takumar glass to you and your Pentax DSLR. > > I'm especially thinking of this recently, as I obtained a beautiful > black Spotmatic and had it CLA'd by Eric. It feels so great in my > hands. I just received an equally gorgeous S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 > for it, with caps hood and case. What a beautiful piece of kit that > is! Along with it I got a very nice chrome Spotmatic F (my first F) > with SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 and S-M-C 35mm f3.5 - all looking as if > they were rarely used. There is a feeling I get when handling this > equipment that is missing when I pick up my plastic-bodied Pentax-F > autofocus lenses and that I have the feeling would be missing even if > I owned the new Pentax Limited lenses. The heft of the lens. The > buttery smoothness of the focusing action. The all-metal screw-in lens > hood with white lettering imprinted around the end. Certainly that > tactile experience has very little to do with producing excellent > images - but that feeling is an aspect of photography that I > originally fell in love with and that I feel again as I handle them > now. > > The closest I can come to that feeling is shooting my DSLR with those > superb Takumar lenses on it, and in keeping a film body along for > those occasions when I want to recapture that feeling in total. The > ability to use this quality glass (easily) is one of the main reasons > that I originally went with Pentax for my first DSLR (even though I > owned no Pentax glass at the time). > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
