[Boris_Akunin]

Pentax: 4 (+1 on the way)
Sigma 17-50/2.8
DA18-135
F35-70
M50/1.7
(on the way: K28/3.5)

Adaptall: 3
SP35-80/2.8-3.8 (01A)
SP35-210/3.5-4.2 (26A)
35-135/3.5-4.5 (40A)

Minolta: 13 (+2 on the way)
MD24/2.8
MC24/2.8 VFC
MC28/2.5
MD35/1.8
MC50/1.4
(on the way: MD50/1.2)
MC58/1.2
MD85/2.0
Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 Macro
(on the way: Soligor C/D 135/2.0)
MD135/3.5
MD200/2.8
MD200/4
MD300/4.5
MD75-150/4

M42: 1
Helios 44-2

Defective lenses: 4
Canon nFD 85/1.8 (slight fungus infection)
Minolta MC 85/1.7 (heavy damage to the front element, oily aperture, accidentally declicked aperture)
Minolta MD135/3.5 (fungus infection)
Schneider-Kreuznach PA-Curtagon 35/4 (heavy fungus infection)

Fixed lenses: 3
Yashinon 35/1.8 in a Yashica 35 CC
Yashinon 80/3.2 & 80/3.5 in a Yashica EM TLR

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Last edited by Boris_Akunin; 08-10-2016 at 03:47 PM.

[monochrome]

Count:

35 K-mount Pentax
11 M42 mount Pentax
6 K-mount Third-Party
4 m42 mount Third-Party
56 lenses

14 Pentax film cameras
7 Pentax digital cameras.

I should stop now and use them

I'm down to 34 K-mount lenses and 9 cameras.

[richardwong]

Pentax: 4 (+1 on the way)
Sigma 17-50/2.8
DA18-135
F35-70
M50/1.7
(on the way: K28/3.5)

Adaptall: 3
SP35-80/2.8-3.8 (01A)
SP35-210/3.5-4.2 (26A)
35-135/3.5-4.5 (40A)

Minolta: 13 (+2 on the way)
MD24/2.8
MC24/2.8 VFC
MC28/3.5
MD35/1.8
MC50/1.4
(on the way: MD50/1.2)
MC58/1.2
MD85/2.0
Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 Macro
(on the way: Soligor C/D 135/2.0)
MD135/3.5
MD200/2.8
MD200/4
MD300/4.5
MD75-150/4

M42: 1
Helios 44-2

Defective lenses: 4
Canon nFD 85/1.8 (slight fungus infection)
Minolta MC 85/1.7 (heavy damage to the front element, oily aperture, accidentally declicked aperture)
Minolta MD135/3.5 (fungus infection)
Schneider-Kreuznach PA-Curtagon 35/4 (heavy fungus infection)

Fixed lenses: 3
Yashinon 35/1.8 in a Yashica 35 CC
Yashinon 80/3.2 & 80/3.5 in a Yashica EM TLR

@Boris - hey that's way down from you used to have

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I'm down to 34 K-mount lenses and 9 cameras.

@Monochrome - sigh, that's almost double my count and I'm trying to keep it down.

[Boris_Akunin]

@Boris - hey that's way down from you used to have

Yeah, a lot of my lenses were just waiting to get tried out on an A7. I'm figuring out which I really like to use right now,
I'm still looking to sell a couple (probably: Sigma 17-50, MC24/2.8 VFC, MC28/2.5, Vivitar 90/2.5, MD135/3.5, MD200/2.8 & the 3 Adaptall lenses)
and get a few that I want to try (e.g. Canon nFD 20/2.8, nFD 200/2.8 IF, Minolta MD35/2.8, Canon nFD 35/2).

If I can cut down the number far enough (and with a healthy profit, I got most of those at bargain prices), I can justify something more expensive like a Canon FD 85/1.2.

My K-5 still gets some use when I need something rugged and weather resistant (I can't exactly set the A7 to interval shooting and leave it out in a thunderstorm...). I'm reminded every time what a piece of [expletive deleted] Sony's Auto-ISO implementation is...

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Last edited by Boris_Akunin; 08-10-2016 at 07:41 PM.

[AquaDome]

I'm not going to count them again, but this week I have added the SMC-Pentax M35/2.8 and M28-50/3.5-4.5

[richardwong]

I'm not going to count them again, but this week I have added the SMC-Pentax M35/2.8 and M28-50/3.5-4.5

@aquadome - let us know how the M28-50/3.5-4.5 is like. I haven't really seen much about it.

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Yeah, a lot of my lenses were just waiting to get tried out on an A7. I'm figuring out which I really like to use right now,
I'm still looking to sell a couple (probably: Sigma 17-50, MC24/2.8 VFC, MC28/2.5, Vivitar 90/2.5, MD135/3.5, MD200/2.8 & the 3 Adaptall lenses)
and get a few that I want to try (e.g. Canon nFD 20/2.8, nFD 200/2.8 IF, Minolta MD35/2.8, Canon nFD 35/2).

If I can cut down the number far enough (and with a healthy profit, I got most of those at bargain prices), I can justify something more expensive like a Canon FD 85/1.2.

My K-5 still gets some use when I need something rugged and weather resistant (I can't exactly set the A7 to interval shooting and leave it out in a thunderstorm...). I'm reminded every time what a piece of [expletive deleted] Sony's Auto-ISO implementation is...

@Boris - how do you like the A7 otherwise, good for landscapes mostly or street shooting?

[ivanvernon]

Somewhere around 50 including an addition this week:

Kiron 105mm f2.8 macro.

[onlineflyer]

Somewhere around 50 including an addition this week:

Kiron 105mm f2.8 macro.

You're going to love that lens.

[Boris_Akunin]

Overall, I'm quite pleased with it. The EVF is good enough for me. I found the Fuji X-E1's too sluggish, this one I can live with.
The half-press point on the shutter button doesn't feel well-defined and the C2 & C3 buttons could be placed better but overall, I like the handling.
It's well balanced with my smaller primes and with a bit of [ÜBUNG] and the right custon setup, manual focus works very well.

It doesn't feel anywhere near as solid as my K-5, wouldn't trust it to take the kind of abuse but it'll do for most situations.

The biggest issue is the terrible auto-ISO implementation - especially compared to Pentax' - I wish I could at least change the minimum shutter speed.
There's no auto-exposure mode that really works well in changing light. In A- and M-mode, I always have to watch out for the shutter speed dropping to 1/60,
in S-mode I have watch for the ISO bottoming out. I wish I could assign the auto-ISO's min shutter speed to a dial (tying it to the focal length and setting the ratio with a dial would be great too).

good for landscapes mostly or street shooting?

It works very well for landscapes, the tilt screen with peaking & zebras is great to get framing/exposure/focus just right.
I miss my K-5's interval mode though and I don't trust the A7's weather sealing with more than a little drizzle.

General street shooting with peaking works very well, once you know how to interpret the peaking but catching a moving subject at close distances is a pain (I can't really blame that on the camera, though).
I wish Eye- ad Face-AF would work in manual focus mode - like catch-in-focus on Pentax - but that wouldn't help Sony sell their overpriced lenses...

[ivanvernon]

You're going to love that lens.

Thanks, hoping to give it a workout this weekend.

[richardwong]

Overall, I'm quite pleased with it. The EVF is good enough for me. I found the Fuji X-E1's too sluggish, this one I can live with.
The half-press point on the shutter button doesn't feel well-defined and the C2 & C3 buttons could be placed better but overall, I like the handling.
It's well balanced with my smaller primes and with a bit of [ÜBUNG] and the right custon setup, manual focus works very well.

It doesn't feel anywhere near as solid as my K-5, wouldn't trust it to take the kind of abuse but it'll do for most situations.

The biggest issue is the terrible auto-ISO implementation - especially compared to Pentax' - I wish I could at least change the minimum shutter speed.
There's no auto-exposure mode that really works well in changing light. In A- and M-mode, I always have to watch out for the shutter speed dropping to 1/60,
in S-mode I have watch for the ISO bottoming out. I wish I could assign the auto-ISO's min shutter speed to a dial (tying it to the focal length and setting the ratio with a dial would be great too).




It works very well for landscapes, the tilt screen with peaking & zebras is great to get framing/exposure/focus just right.
I miss my K-5's interval mode though and I don't trust the A7's weather sealing with more than a little drizzle.

General street shooting with peaking works very well, once you know how to interpret the peaking but catch a moving subject at close distances is a pain (I can't really blame that on the camera, though).
I wish Eye- ad Face-AF would work in manual focus mode - like catch-in-focus on Pentax - but that wouldn't help Sony sell their overpriced lenses...

@Boris - sounds like you're enjoying the A7 and you gotta like the small size! The quirks of it seem like you've found your way around. I'm a creature of habit and like my K3 still and even though I wish I could try out the A7 funds will always be the dearth of me in this hobby lol.

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Somewhere around 50 including an addition this week:

Kiron 105mm f2.8 macro.

Way to go Ivan you're approaching probably the average around here

[AquaDome]

@aquadome - let us know how the M28-50/3.5-4.5 is like. I haven't really seen much about it.
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It has good color and contrast as long as you keep bright sky out of the shot. It isn't Sigma sharp, but it is sharp enough. Bokeh is smooth and creamy, not psychedelic like the M35/2.8 or the A50/1.7.

[richardwong]

It has good color and contrast as long as you keep bright sky out of the shot. It isn't Sigma sharp, but it is sharp enough. Bokeh is smooth and creamy, not psychedelic like the M35/2.8 or the A50/1.7.

Nice shots, subdued colouring?

[AquaDome]

Nice shots, subdued colouring?

Maybe from metering being slightly off due to split-prism focusing screen. Also, maybe I didn't adjust white balance from the studio lights at work. JPGs are straight out of the K-3.

[Michi Joel]

Time to update: 18 lens
New 645 and 75mm f2.8 ... ^^

Pentax Q7 (200g)
- 02 (5.5-15mm f2.8-4.5) (96g)
- 06 (15-45mm f2.8) (90g)

Pentax 6x7 (1750g):
--- Takumars 55mm f4, 105mm f2.4 y 200mm f4.

Pentax 645 N
- Pentax-A 75mm f2.8

Pentax ME Super (445g) y MZ-7 (380g):
- Sigma MC 24mm f2.8 Super-Wide II (250g),
- Reveunon 55mm f1.2 (340g)
- Pentax-M 135mm f3.5 (270g)
- Pentax-A* 300mm f4 (850g)

- Tokina AT-X 28-70mm f2.8 (760g)

Pentax K3II (785g)

- Sigma 10-20mm DC EX (465g)
- Pentax-F 28mm f2.8 (180g)
- Pentax-F 50mm f1.7 (205g)
- Pentax FA 100mm f3.5 macro (220g)
- Pentax DA 40mm f2.8 XS (52g)
- Pentax DA* 16-50mm f2.8 (565g)
- Pentax DA* 50-135mm f2.8 (765g)