[simple1]

KP with SMC Tak 50/1.4 @ f/1.4

I’m finding chickens are good practice for manual focusing and framing

[pepperberry farm]

KP with SMC Tak 50/1.4 @ f/1.4

I’m finding chickens are good practice for manual focusing and framing

and I thought I should be happy with the few keepers I get with an AF lens... bravo!

[simple1]

and I thought I should be happy with the few keepers I get with an AF lens... bravo!

Thanks - but it was your posts that got me started on this lens obsession <grin>.

And the wife thinks I’m mental crawling around the yard with the chickens. I did promise to let her know when the voices start...

[paulh]

And the wife thinks I’m mental crawling around the yard with the chickens.

Perfectly normal.

[monochrome]

DA35 Limited, but losing speed...

FA35/2 is a thought... and still readily available...

DA*55/1.4 or Sigma 50/1.4, but gaining size & weight...

of course, there's a bevy of third-party offerings, but if you already have the M50/1.7, what's the point, right?

^^^ This! A real sleeper.

@pres589

[richard0170]

Off to look at ebay and thinking about how I could waste money.

The Ultron would not be a waste of money.

And because I'm taking my gear on runs, I need it to be compact so it's easy to get in and out of my backpack/case

ME Super and SMC M 40mm pancake should be perfect for this - small light and flat. Nice combo.

[richard0170]

Due to SWMBO's irrational desire to decorate my study, things have been quiet for my babies lately. But now we are back into the swing of things.......
K3 and K 50mm f4 Macro

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[richard0170]

And now for some gratuitous PPP (Pure Pentax Porn).......again provided by the naughty combination of the K3 and K50mm f4 Macro

[pepperberry farm]

dinner prep

[pepperberry farm]

[pres589]

Current conditions call for a faster lens than the M 40. I would probably get an MX before the ME Super as I don't want push button controls. Very happy with my Chinon CE-5 and pretty good with my Ricoh XR7.

Maybe I should watch for an Ultron but they seem very costly. Manual focusing experience is keeping me away from the FA 35 and 43.

[paulh]

Taken during a winter walk around the lake - Tamron 28/2.5 (02B) on *ist D:

[richard0170]

Current conditions call for a faster lens than the M 40. I would probably get an MX before the ME Super as I don't want push button controls. Very happy with my Chinon CE-5 and pretty good with my Ricoh XR7.

Maybe I should watch for an Ultron but they seem very costly. Manual focusing experience is keeping me away from the FA 35 and 43.

Yes they are costly but worth it. The MX is a V good alternative to the ME Super. I used to own a FA 43mm (sold due to economic pressure years ago) and used it on my ME Super and Super A no problem, the manual focus is fine, as the lens is very well constructed. I would not worry about it being an AF lens, if you can find one at a good price. Other possible alternatives are:-
1. The original Ultron in M42 mount. Quite a bit cheaper than the SLII. Match it with something like a Fujica ST605/705 or M42 Chinon, for ultimate compactness
2. Olympus 40mm f2 and OM1 - will not be very cost effective though.
3. Minolta MD 45mm f2 and a X/XG/XD series body - relatively cheap but might need a service
I feel your pain here, I love the 40-45mm range FL on FF or film, and spent ages trying to find an alternative to the M40. I got lucky with the Ultron SL in M42, cost about £250 rather than £450 plus duties, for the SLII. I think you should save for either of the Voigtlander or the FA 43mm lenses, you would not regret the purchase.

[goatsNdonkey]

Yes, the Ultron 40 f2 seems about it really. It's unfortunate that it seems basically impossible to mount swap a Konica 40 f1.8 over to k-mount... probably much more wise to just get a Konica body and consider that my running camera.

Off to look at ebay and thinking about how I could waste money.

I have a Konica Full-Frame/Half-Frame Autoreflex body, on which I am keeping a Konica AR to M42 adapter, meaning I can shoot Super Takumars (or other M42s) as well as some of my few Konica AR lenses I usually shoot on my Auto Reflex TC body.

While changing a Konica AR lens to K-mount isn't practical, because of the difference in registration distance. If you don't mind the idea of using the Konica lens on a Pentax body having some optical extension it is possible to create a short extension tube with the Konica mount on the lens side and a K-mount on the side that fits the body. The lens will behave as if it is extended by the thickness of your extender plus the difference between the Konica and Pentax registration distances.

A Konica lens can also be reversed and used on a Pentax body for macro work.

[pepperberry farm]

this lens is going back to Adorama today, for either repair or replacement (I bought it used from them), as it has a horrible over-exposure issue...

I have been experimenting with different hood lengths and just cannot get it to behave...

one of the vignetted shots from my experimentation:



and a sample of the blown highlights this will serve up: