The F Club!

[enzo]

I have the very cheap 35-80 mm f4.0-5.6 that gives relatively good results :
An astonishing house somewhere in the center of France :

[TourDeForce]

Originally Posted by enzo

I have the very cheap 35-80 mm f4.0-5.6 that gives relatively good results :
An astonishing house somewhere in the center of France :

Ha! Interesting shot, I like it.

France is beautiful, too bad there's so many french there...

I've been trying to find a good sample of the F50mm 1.7, but they always have a damaged filter ring or something wrong with them. (*sigh*)

[enzo]

Originally Posted by TourDeForce

Ha! Interesting shot, I like it.

France is beautiful, too bad there's so many french there...

Thanks for your comment ..... about the shot! Your gallery is as good as your humour

[memira]

SMC-F 28-80 3.5 - 4.5

I really like the color rendering of this lens. I think its one of the most underrated Pentax lenses. Its small, relatively fast and dirt cheap and built like a tank. Currently dont have a better example to post as I'm at work

Another Classic of the F line is the SMC-F 70-210 (second Picture).

I especially like the build and the ruggedness of the F line and theire really nice color rendering. However the clacking when thei hunt is quite distrcting and brutal

[axl]

So,
as I wrote before here are couple of shots with my only F lens. It's F50 f1.7. I obtained it used but in mint condition, for some £30. Could not be happier...
here are two pics of my fiance with this lens. I think this will easily become my favourite portrait lens.
This one I call "pondering"
f2


the second one is on f2.8, with some blown out highlights, but that's entirely my fault. Anyway, I think that in B&W it works quite well...


BR

[jsherman999]

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Nice shots enzo, mimira & axl!

Axl, she's a lovely girl, congrats.


When not out on a shoot with me, my K100DS sits around the house wearing
the F 50 1.7 - I always keep it charged and very handy with a fast-50 for when
I need to grab a quick indoor snapshot and don't want to dig my K20D out of it's
bag.

Here are acouple from today - little guy was on a bit of a tear, crawling up to me,
crawling after cats up & down stairs:




Here's a sanctuary place our smartest cat retreats to when he's in this mood:

[hwblanks]

Here are a few more taken with my F35-70. To me, this is good lens that doesn't get enough love. It generally stays on my K200 which lives in my purse most of the time. At less than $40 price I paid for it, it's a great deal.







This is what it can do in "macro" mode and paired with the Promaster 1.7x TC.


Heather

[Stratman]

Takumar F 28-80 does sports !! This lens is identical to the Pentax F 28-80, maybe just different coatings, but I rather like it...







Not really a sports shot, but definitely worth posting

[axl]

wow, Heather you must have quite a purse to lug K200D around with zoom all the time
I keep K10 with DA40 with me all the time in my work bag...

[jensm]

Not really a sports shot, but definitely worth posting

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I disagree - that's a fair game, and as such a sport :-)

[hwblanks]

Originally Posted by axl

wow, Heather you must have quite a purse to lug K200D around with zoom all the time
I keep K10 with DA40 with me all the time in my work bag...

Yes, my purse is sizable, but the F35-70 isn't that big, though. Sizewise, it's comparable to a smaller prime like the FA50 or DA35. My 43 is supposed to get here today; it may wind up becoming the walkaround lens that stays on the K200.

Heather

[jsherman999]

How's that 43, Heather?

Couple snaps of sunrise before work with K100D + F 50 1.7.

These pumpkins have been shot with almost every lens I own now!

wide open:

[Class A]

Originally Posted by jsherman999

Nice one!
I'm referring to the second image. "Wide open" only refers to the first one, right? BTW, the second one looks noticeably different when viewed with a colour managed Firefox. I like the slightly more subdued (wrong?!) unmanaged Seamonkey version better.

[jsherman999]

Originally Posted by Class A

Nice one!
I'm referring to the second image. "Wide open" only refers to the first one, right?
BTW, the second one looks noticeably different when viewed with a colour managed
Firefox. I like the slightly more subdued (wrong?!) unmanaged Seamonkey version
better.

Thanks!, yes, first was wide open, 2nd was f/4.

What do you mean by 'unmanaged seamonkey' version? I thought seamonkey
was a plugin platform... Like to hear more about what you've got going there.

Anyway, no color PP on that shot, just some picasa sharpening, those colors are
accurate - it was a very beautiful sunrise sky this morning for a few minutes after
dawn.

.

[hwblanks]

[QUOTE=jsherman999;397466]How's that 43, Heather? [QUOTE]

It's great. I've been playing around with a little inside since it's dark now, but I'm hoping to get outside with it tomorrow on the K20.

Heather