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Good on Mike Johnston, he always stirs the pot in the right way - on DA-L 35 f2.4 AL

and a few other things added a week or so ago.

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Super Takumar 35mm F2 - photo newsletter for a 3 years old girl by Markus Maurer

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APS-C lenses, K-7... nice quotes

[Michaelina2]

----- Not everything that counts can be counted - Albert Einstein
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------ Interesting Tidbits Department of Tidbits

"Q: Klaus, why do you consider the K-5 to be superior to the D7000? Other than a couple of extra fps and the in-body IS, it seems to be on-par with the Nikon or even trailing (AF points, metering), while costing $400 more.

A: It's smaller & more rugged. Body-side IS as you mentioned. And more important than anything else - Pentax has a complete dedicated APS-C lens lineup. Nikon has merely isolated solutions here specifically regarding primes."

"I think there's absolutely no doubt that Pentax has, by far, the best APS-C lineup out there. It's not even a close call. Full format lenses on APS-C DSLRs are always a compromise - at least in terms of size/weight."

"Well, I think this one is fairly obvious. Pentax is basically the only manufacturer offering APS-C pancakes. If you want to stay small with primes there's no way around Pentax. The Pentax 60-250 is also unique. There're more. This is basically the advantage of a dedicated APS-C lineup and not some sort of mix."

"The D7000 has "magnesium-alloy top and rear cover". The K-5/7 has also front and bottom plates made of metal. It is also likely that it has more seals.
The K-5/7 is a D300 class body, the D7000 is an upgraded D90 or downgraded D300, whatever you wish."

"Anyway, technically the K-5 seems to be the best new APS-C DSLR of the season. It seems superior to the 60D/D7000/A55/E5 to me at least."

Chief Editor
photozone.de

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I must be doing something wrong.

When ever I attempt a search on key words, key terms, direct quotes, etc. I turn up nothing.

Can anyone help me identify the original source for this exchange and provide a link?

Cheers...

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Keep your eye out for klaus' entries.

Photozone - What? No Olympus E-5 bashing? -

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Andreas/Kuuan posts new Kathmandu images, taken with M42 lenses.

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SimpleViewer, numerous free apps... cool

"SimpleViewer is a free, customizable Flash image gallery. It allows you to display your images on any web page in a professional, intuitive and simple way."

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Curious, DPreview calls the new Pentax lens "the jewel-like SMC DA 35mm F/2.4"
Umm, they must like it?

Must be one pretty little lens.


http://a.img-dpreview.com/articles/photokina2010/Pentax/DSC00830.jpg?1

http://a.img-dpreview.com/articles/photokina2010/Pentax/DSC00829.jpg?1


Pentax: Photokina 2010 Show Report: Digital Photography Review

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DPreview said about Pentax at Photokina "but also on show are two very interesting new lenses - the jewel-like SMC DA 35mm F/2.4 and the versatile SMC DA 18-135mm F/3.5-5.6 AL DC WR.

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The new Pentax H 60mm f/8 "Optical" ;0)

Pentax Japan list of available items.

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How to stress a camera lens by mike johnston

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How to stress a camera lens by Mike Johnston

[georgweb]

Hey Sunny that's a huge link collection, thanks for the hard work.

Here's some more soviet stuff, a PK-mount camera + lenses: Soviet and Russian Cameras - Almaz-103
This camera was supposed to be 'highend'. I only have the 1.8/50 lens, which has sophisticated coatings and is all around excellent.



More PK soviet stuff here: Rare soviet lens(PK-bayonet) list 17.01.2010 (your contribution appreciated).

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thank you Georg. Much appreciated!

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Ozzie Spanner crab fisherman Richard Freeman - way out there off the coast - 60 km - his k20 has been trusty, if not gittin' a bit rusty by now.

Have you your own friendly dolphin tagging along off the coast of Australia? http://bit.ly/gzUowp



http://www.pbase.com/fdvn/image/49618231/original.jpg

http://bit.ly/dFbljB3 Re: Wonderful photo's Richard Freeman


plus more than a half dozen additions to the links