Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)
I would think focus stacking would greatly reduce the necessity of a tilt shift lens for most photographers. -Original Message- From: Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info Sent: Apr 11, 2015 10:39 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field) Sorry - I should have checked current availability before posting the link. They were asking $528. On Apr 11, 2015, at 10:33 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently someone bought it already, what price were they asking. I believe that the company making the new K mount tilt/shift lens is Samyang, and theirs is a tilt/shift not just shift. additionally the Samyang is 24mm so it's AOV is actually wide angle on APS-C, as opposed to true normal for the Pentax, which would make it more useful. But really with the K mount Full Frame just over the horizon, you should really buy both... On 4/11/2015 10:08 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: I received an ad from KEH yesterday; in short it said “come look at all our Pentax stuff!” So I did. As I browsed through I saw this: https://www.keh.com/242007/pentax-28mm-f-3-5-smc-shift-k-mount-manual-focus-lens-built-in I have heard of the k-mount 28mm shift lens; this is the first I have ever seen for sale. I was sorely tempted for 10-15 minutes and then remembered that I have enough toys to play with already. But it would still be interesting to learn how to use such a classic tool. BTW, I have recently seen new k-mount tilt-shift lenses from another source, I don’t recall the brand. Higher priced than this used Pentax from KEH. stan -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- 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. -- 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.
Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)
Apparently someone bought it already, what price were they asking. I believe that the company making the new K mount tilt/shift lens is Samyang, and theirs is a tilt/shift not just shift. additionally the Samyang is 24mm so it's AOV is actually wide angle on APS-C, as opposed to true normal for the Pentax, which would make it more useful. But really with the K mount Full Frame just over the horizon, you should really buy both... On 4/11/2015 10:08 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: I received an ad from KEH yesterday; in short it said “come look at all our Pentax stuff!” So I did. As I browsed through I saw this: https://www.keh.com/242007/pentax-28mm-f-3-5-smc-shift-k-mount-manual-focus-lens-built-in I have heard of the k-mount 28mm shift lens; this is the first I have ever seen for sale. I was sorely tempted for 10-15 minutes and then remembered that I have enough toys to play with already. But it would still be interesting to learn how to use such a classic tool. BTW, I have recently seen new k-mount tilt-shift lenses from another source, I don’t recall the brand. Higher priced than this used Pentax from KEH. stan -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- 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.
Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)
On 4/11/2015 10:08 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: I received an ad from KEH yesterday; in short it said “come look at all our Pentax stuff!” So I did. As I browsed through I saw this: https://www.keh.com/242007/pentax-28mm-f-3-5-smc-shift-k-mount-manual-focus-lens-built-in I have heard of the k-mount 28mm shift lens; this is the first I have ever seen for sale. I was sorely tempted for 10-15 minutes and then remembered that I have enough toys to play with already. But it would still be interesting to learn how to use such a classic tool. BTW, I have recently seen new k-mount tilt-shift lenses from another source, I don’t recall the brand. Higher priced than this used Pentax from KEH. stan Amazon lists a Rokinon 24mm tilt/shift lens in Pentax K-mount for $749.00. http://www.amazon.com/Rokinon-TSL24M-P-Shift-Pentax-Cameras/dp/B00EFS0ZMQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=photoie=UTF8qid=1428774129sr=1-2 http://preview.tinyurl.com/n2me6xb -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- 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.
Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)
Sorry - I should have checked current availability before posting the link. They were asking $528. On Apr 11, 2015, at 10:33 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently someone bought it already, what price were they asking. I believe that the company making the new K mount tilt/shift lens is Samyang, and theirs is a tilt/shift not just shift. additionally the Samyang is 24mm so it's AOV is actually wide angle on APS-C, as opposed to true normal for the Pentax, which would make it more useful. But really with the K mount Full Frame just over the horizon, you should really buy both... On 4/11/2015 10:08 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: I received an ad from KEH yesterday; in short it said “come look at all our Pentax stuff!” So I did. As I browsed through I saw this: https://www.keh.com/242007/pentax-28mm-f-3-5-smc-shift-k-mount-manual-focus-lens-built-in I have heard of the k-mount 28mm shift lens; this is the first I have ever seen for sale. I was sorely tempted for 10-15 minutes and then remembered that I have enough toys to play with already. But it would still be interesting to learn how to use such a classic tool. BTW, I have recently seen new k-mount tilt-shift lenses from another source, I don’t recall the brand. Higher priced than this used Pentax from KEH. stan -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- 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.
Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)
I received an ad from KEH yesterday; in short it said “come look at all our Pentax stuff!” So I did. As I browsed through I saw this: https://www.keh.com/242007/pentax-28mm-f-3-5-smc-shift-k-mount-manual-focus-lens-built-in I have heard of the k-mount 28mm shift lens; this is the first I have ever seen for sale. I was sorely tempted for 10-15 minutes and then remembered that I have enough toys to play with already. But it would still be interesting to learn how to use such a classic tool. BTW, I have recently seen new k-mount tilt-shift lenses from another source, I don’t recall the brand. Higher priced than this used Pentax from KEH. stan -- 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.
Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)
Are you sure?? I was told the shift lens fixed perspective, not focus. James On 12/04/2015 6:34 AM, Ken Waller wrote: I would think focus stacking would greatly reduce the necessity of a tilt shift lens for most photographers. -- 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.
Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)
james wrote: On 12/04/2015 6:34 AM, Ken Waller wrote: I would think focus stacking would greatly reduce the necessity of a tilt shift lens for most photographers. Are you sure?? I was told the shift lens fixed perspective, not focus. Correct. Focus stacking would reduce the need for the tilt part of tilt/shift. The old Pentax 28mm shift lens did shift only, no tilt. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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.
