My five simplified rules for photography:
1. Light
2. Form
3. Texture
4. Composition
5. Extra batteries
Alexander Grigolia
for any information you can offer.
Alexander Grigolia
Arlington, Virginia
I am interested in getting a 50mm/f1.4 Takumar screw
mount lens. There are several versions of that lens
out there (super takumar, super-multi-coated takumar
and SMC takumar). Are they any different in optical
design ? Do they all develop a yellow cast over time ?
Thanks in advance
Alexander
(but IMO not
intrusive) out of focus images. The images have quite
a different look to those taken with the Pentax 50mm
lenses that I have tried (admittedly not the 50/2).
Some like it others don't, I do
Enjoy,
Alexander
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functionality available when the lens is
mounted on, say,
a PZ-1p, for example?)
Not that I am aware of (this lens does not have the
focus limiter)
Don't ask me a thing about power zoom :-)
Enjoy,
Alexander
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mix it up with the hot shoe adapters F and FG that do
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Thanks for the suggestion. However, I don't think
this will work for what I'm trying to do
tripod thread. Does anyone know if this
even
exists? I've search BH, Adorama, KEH, etc. to no
avail. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Manfrotto (Bogen) makes such a kind of thing
http://www.manfrotto.com/product/templates/templates.php3?sectionid=223itemid=72
Enjoy,
Alexander
focuses down to 1.4 m (vs. 1.8 for the
Sigma) and the tripod collar (of the Pentax) is
removable so it does not get in the way when shooting
free-hand.
Enjoy,
Alexander
I was in a similar situation choosing between the
Sigma and the Pentax.
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Hope this proves helpful.
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On Saturday, September 25, 2004, at 09:05 AM
It appears that Pentax IS coming out with a new lens line (or two)!
The SMC Pentax-D FA appears to be the new top-of-the-line lens series.
It is designed for digital quality but also covers an entire 35mm
negative! The new SMC Pentax-D FA 50mm 100mm macros are just the
first to be announced.
With all the talk about should I purchase the * istD now or later I
think I should announce that I've finally done it! Yes, after years of
waiting . . .
I've just received my new Pentax LX. And it's beautiful!
I also purchased the SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4 standard lens and the SMC
Pentax-M
Don't let the clown face fool you . . .
Of course it's a digital camera . . .
Just like my old Kodak Brownie was a digital camera . . .
You simply use the first digit on your right hand to press the shutter
release!
Alex Grigolia
that this is pure nonsense.
Alex
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Hi, I've been lurking around for a while soaking up
the information.. I have a zx-7 and a zx-5n and have
been looking at flash units. the one that catches my
eye is the 280T, i like the swivel and bounce
capablities and the GN is in my range, are there any
things bad about this flash I should know
here's the list of Scala labs in the US and abroad.
http://www.agfa.com/photo/products/film/professional/bwrevfilm/scalalabs/
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IIRC, Scala uses a proprietary process and must be
returned to be
processed. Similar to Kodachrome in this respect.
Bill
-version, in the
long run?
Previous camera cameras of the K and M-series were
also based on different chassis (e.g. KM/KX/K1000 vs.
K2; ME vs. MX etc.)
Alexander
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The information that the Sf-10 two segment meter used
distance information for exposure evaluation is from
the sales brochure. It was also confirmed by a Pentax
employee I talked with (I have no experience with the
Sf-10).
Alexander
It had access to distance information
For my part, for snap-shooting a 85mm and 35mmm/2 two
lens outfit works great.
Besides, I understand that you prefer the
characteristics of the 50/1.4 (or 50/1.2) over that
of the 43/1.9 ltd. So I am almost sure you will like
the FA* 85/1.4 (more than the 77mm).
Enjoy,
Alexander
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Alexander
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diction - you
can probably derive hundreds of rules from these 10
images.
Quite obviously, it does not work like this.
Photography is about seeing, awareness, imagination
and understanding (I mean understanding the story
behind the picture) ...
Enjoy,
Alexander
on the market.
Enjoy,
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/1.8 ltd. lens is almost 4x as expensive as was
the K-series 28mm/2), and if your only option was
to
buy new, what would you choose: this one or a cheap
ZX/MZ-something plastic body? I think the market
has
already given the answer.
Alexander,
I don't think the market has given the answer
?
Alexander
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The MZ-S camera body gets into the way with the
bellows. Insert an extension ring between bellows and
camera body.
Alexander
Feroze Kistan wrote : ---
Hi Andre,
All the manual says is Note that Auto bellows A
cannot be used with this
camera because it cannot be fitted
according to the
same (high) standard.
Today, the consumer is feeded with junk lenses while
the right stuff has become excessively expensive
considering the prices from the eighteens.
Alexander
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I am quite pleased with the results.
Enjoy,
Alexander
Bob wrote:
Hi Thibault
The 30mm is probably one of Pentax's most
under-rated lenses and one of
their best. I have one and have been singing great
pleasures of joy since I
bought it. I am sure
to the the 3D-effect Pål is so
enthusiastic about.
However, it is quite a difference to the milky,
softy and low contrast out of focus images of the 1.4
and 1.2 50mm lenses. Which one is better? It depends
...
All the best,
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to show quite
well defined edges, are evenly illuminated and not
look smeared out. At least this is my impression.
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characteristics or not. But that is a totally
different matter ...
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To the best of my knowledge (I don't own one) the 77
uses a fixed rear element (FREE) focusing system.
Since this is also associated with a distance change
between single lens elements, the focal lenth will
also change during focusing (don't ask me how much).
Enjoy,
Alexander
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though the degree of unsharpness of the background is
slightly lower (as it is a shorter focal lengths).
Alexander
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If or not this is important depends a lot on
indivudual Therfore some
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There are excellent unterwater housings for Pentax
from uk-Germany:
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I highly HIGHLY doubt there is one for the
and the distance indicated at
the distance scale of the lens correponds to the
actual film to subject distance.
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is needed for mounting the
lens reversed. I don't know the M-bellows but I
~think~ it works similar to the A-bellows unit.
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this is not a problem for me.
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. Cheaper lenses (e.g. the A28/2) have
plastic barrels while the more expensive ones have
metal all-barrels. IMO there is not much difference in
the built quality between the all-metal A-lenses and
the M-lenses.
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at shorter distances there is a
distinct lack of sharpness at the edges of the image.
I would recommend the the 18-er.
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I wrote:
However, the apparent viewing distance of the f-stop
window is such close (by far closer than the viewing
distance of the screen) that the f-stop number is
factually invisible during shooting.
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Your post is really puzzling to me, for I see the
of the camera body
(flash cable connection). In this case the auto sync
feature will be disabled (you also won't get the flash
ready confirmation in the viewfinder) but the TTL
flash will work (so Aaron is right) ...
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Alexander
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The grip is not mandatory. The Ni-Cd packs M (MX) and
LX will work without any problems with the motordrive
MD of the K2DMD.
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I really doubt that our existing Pentax
lenses will ever be useful on a full frame Pentax
digital camera.
Why? What would prevent these lenses from being used
on a full frame digital camera?
Alexander
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ring between body and
bellows.
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It works, but the disadvantage is you can't move the
rear part (where the camera is mounted) along the
rail. Yet focusing works by moving the front part and
the entire camera-bellows along the rail.
Alexander
Bruce wrote:--
Alexander,
You are probably right. I just don't have any
Jason wrote: ---
Alexander,
You are right. That is a good idea and would provide
some (which is more than I have now!) albeit limited
functionality. Given the length of the distance
between the bottom of where the lens attaches and the
base of the camera (even w/o the BG-10
distance of only 4m. I would
recommend adding a K50mm extension tube or a
'helicoic' (adjustable) extension tube K. This will
decrease the minimum focusing distance to 2.8m or so.
Alexander
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From memory (maybe a year ago), Alexander, I think I
decreased the close focus distance with this lens
dramatically with even just a short (maybe 10mm-12mm)
extension tube. Someplace around here I've got one of
those short, medium, and long set of stacking tubes,
and I think
. Such later
versions seem to exist only for K-lenses that do not
have an ´M'-equivalent.
From what I have seen these second versions have
constantly higher serial numbers.
Enjoy,
Alexander
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because of this.
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Shel wrote:
and Alexander Krohe wrote:
From what I have seen these second versions have
constantly higher serial numbers
Actually I was not referring to the serial numbers of
the K-series 50 mm lenses (which are different from
the serial numbers other K-lenses). I was referring to
the serial
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Actually the Voigtlander Apolanthar 125mm is not a RF
lens. It is an MF lens available for almost all
current 35mm SLR systems. Its specifications look
rather interesting (can be focused down to 1:1)...
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know the cost is horrendous, but they will
come down sooner or later).
:-)
Patrick
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There are film inserts that can be pre-loaded. Thus,
film reloading is fairly quick (no mid-roll change
possible, though).
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Look these links;
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/metering/metering.htm
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/metering/exposure.htm
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Alexander Krohe wrote:
The LX measures light in two different ways:
-- For the viewfinder indication, the LX measures
the
light that is reflected from a secondary mirror
onto
the metering cell (this value is stored in the
camera
CPU
the secondary
mirror.
The shutter speed indicated in the viewfinder gives
only an approximation to the automatically chosen
speed. The manual clearly states this.
Hope this is more or less correct.
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I would make the decision AF or MF lens according to
your photographic preferences. For my part, I wouldn't
buy an MF telephoto lens anymore. AF offers much more
flexibility particularly for telephoto shooting of
(fast) moving subjects.
Enjoy,
Alexander
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TIA,
It's an 81A warming (brownish) filter. It is a tiny
bit denser than a 1A skylight.
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a industry inside friend who supplied
the information. Anyone who has his post from back
then and care to repost it?
Pål
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Sorry I cannot find it at the moment, but my strong
impression is that he mixed it up with the then to be
released Contax N1 ...
Alexander
to a contemporaneous 35-210/3.5-4.5 Tokina
lens (it might even be a re-badged Tokina). It was
sold only over a very short time. I've never tried
one, so I can't comment about it's performance. But
for the Tokina, I don't think it was a great performer
...
Hope this helps,
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that can't at least
accept halogen lamps of 250W.
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of the degree of
line distorsion - this probably make the usage of the
lens less difficult).
However, I am still intrigued by the idea of a
circular image with an angle of 180 degree view in all
directions.
Alexander
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loud.
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camera with 3.34mp CCD.
See
http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/news/2001/200123.html
Cheers,
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camera?
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a shoulder and a hip
strap. The two straps allow secure carrying when
driving and distribute the weight over different body
parts. Thus driving is comfortable (I would not
recommend backpacks).
There are also hip packs (702, 705 and 707).
www.tamrac.com
Drive carefully,
Alexander
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by these
lenses.
To avoid this you need a "cylindrical projection"
(with the viewer in the center of the cylinder) as is
provided e.g. by the Seitz roundshot camera.
Also fish-eye lenses do not show such kind of
elongations of close subjects near the edge.
Alexander
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Hi, thanks to all who share their MZ-S impressions.
How do you rate the noise of the motor drive? Is it
particularly quite or is it more on the noisy side?
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"Versatility and freedom of choice isn't their thing.
They want that everybody thinks like they do."
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look the same?
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lenses...
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item ...
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I still don't have an exact idea how the "hold"-switch
on the back of the MZ-S works. It is not a hyper-mode
button. Did anybody find out how it works?
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light coming in the lens is split and only some of it
makes it to the imager and some of it makes it to the
viewfinder.
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Alexander Krohe wrote:
--- Wieland Willker
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I was thinking about obtaining the 100mm macro,
but
now I am hesitating. I actually don't
buy a 100mm macro but a 60-70mm macro.
Only at magnifications of 1:1 the focal length
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Alexander Krohe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote;
The 15mm/3.5, the 18mm/3.5 and the 28mm/2 (K-series)
designs are (almost) identical to those of the
corresponding Zeiss/Contax
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Pål Jensen wrote:
I remember that Pentax advertized in National
Geographic in the 70's for the 15/3.5. They claimed
it sold 7 a year world-wide.
I saw the same advertisement in Popular Photography
in the beginnig of
the 80's, 81 or 82, I
e focusing mechanism
(needs adustment in quite a few samples).
I can pick up the *F*
version for about $10 less used compared with the
*FA*
version.
Thanks in advance,
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There may not be an exact definition of a Tessar
lens. One optics text
does call many of these "Tessar form" lenses, but
the classic Tessar lens
is a 4-element lens, with a max aperture of f/2.8
or f/3.5. An example
of a lens that is not a
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lens had the designation 24-90/3.5-4.5 AlIF. However,
the press releases dont't give any speed for this
lens. This means the production model might differ in
specifications.
In the same way, all "specs" of the MZ-S that are
derived from looking at the prototype model are
speculations.
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Sadly, Pentax is not making 52mm filters.
They do. They do make filters
" K and M lenses. However, the 30mm delivers
much finer color tones. IMO it is a great lens.
Alexander
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