The M Club!

**dunerunner** · 02-17-2012, 10:11 AM

Originally posted by Voytech

M50/1.7 on K1000

Great shot Rick. Love that M50/1.7!
Here is one from mine, as close as it will focus.

Last edited by dunerunner; 02-21-2012 at 08:31 AM.

fearview · 02-22-2012, 04:00 AM

LX + M 20 F4 + Elitechrome 100

Jonathan Mac · 02-22-2012, 08:43 AM

Originally posted by fearview

LX + M 20 F4 + Elitechrome 100

Great colours.

What caused the vignetting?

**dunerunner** · 02-22-2012, 03:46 PM

Three panel Pano with the M50 1.7 shot at F8

LeGuillotine · 02-23-2012, 06:02 AM

These are with M50 1.7 or M40-80:

LeGuillotine

kaiserz · 02-23-2012, 09:23 AM

LeGuillotine reversed M 50 1.7?

LeGuillotine · 02-23-2012, 10:13 AM

No, just some extension.

kaiserz · 02-23-2012, 10:15 AM

Ahh Ic, great shots BTW, and mann! the first one is giving me the creeps! are those baby spiders on its back?

LeGuillotine · 02-23-2012, 10:29 AM

Originally posted by kaiserz

are those baby spiders on its back?

Yes they are. Another view:

Allmost every macro shot is taken with M50 1.7 or M40-80:

Insects and spiders - a set on Flickr

LeGuillotine

kaiserz · 02-23-2012, 10:47 AM

Ohh man!!! !@!@#!@# I used to play with spiders before (Spider fighting Spider fighting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) And I hold them and took care of them, but that is just giving me the creeps!

LeGuillotine · 02-23-2012, 11:32 AM

Spiders are okay, but personally the are far more disgusting creatures:

Pentaxor · 02-24-2012, 08:40 AM

you guys give me the creeps.

abacus07 · 02-24-2012, 09:13 AM

the baby spiders pic is pretty cool. here are a few from the M135. some are crops (no tubes) and some had 10-30mm's of tubes added. The butterflies were a little skittish so I could have used a little more reach than the 135 but it worked. And most of the cheap 200/300 options have long min focus distances.

I stayed in Maolin last weekend at a guesthouse. At 10pm the father was looking for a new species of frogs (12 different ones lived there) because he heard a different croak. Soon we were all looking at the frogs. The next day I visited Purple Butterfly Valley where they spend their winter.

LeGuillotine · 02-24-2012, 10:00 AM

Nice shots abacus. What do You like about M135? I'm going to buy tripod from local dealer, we were talking this and that. He told me that he have K1000 + M135 + M28 2.8?? somewhere in his storage, he maybe borrow those lens for me for free and with no time limit.

LeGu

abacus07 · 02-24-2012, 10:40 AM

Originally posted by LeGuillotine

Nice shots abacus. What do You like about M135? I'm going to buy tripod from local dealer, we were talking this and that. He told me that he have K1000 + M135 + M28 2.8?? somewhere in his storage, he maybe borrow those lens for me for free and with no time limit.

LeGu

The M135 and M28 are a couple of the most common Pentax lenses made AFAIK. There are better (but not by a lot) 28's and 135's but very few that come close to the price vs performance that these two offer. the M50/1.7 that you have is the 3rd (and best imo) out of the set that were commonly sold in the 80's. I haven't reviewed any lenses (plans to do so...) here but I would probably give the 28 and 135 solids 8's and the 50 a 9. What I like about this set is that it is small, cheap ($50ish each) and they take really, really good pictures. I typically carry the DA15 and the 28/50/135 around even though I have several lenses that have better even reputations (such as the K24/2.8, K35/3.5, tak105). I also use the DA40 quite a bit but I have been trending back to the A50/1.7 (same optics except there is aperture control from the camera).

At the top of my list right now is the M100f4 macro since one drawback of the M135 is a long min focus distance.

Another photo from the butterfly valley. I didn't want to crop this any further since he was a long way away.

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02-17-2012, 10:11 AM	#3151
dunerunner Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: The Black Hills Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,109	Originally posted by Voytech M50/1.7 on K1000 Great shot Rick. Love that M50/1.7! Here is one from mine, as close as it will focus. Last edited by dunerunner; 02-21-2012 at 08:31 AM.

02-22-2012, 04:00 AM	#3152
fearview Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Jakarta Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,067	LX + M 20 F4 + Elitechrome 100

02-22-2012, 08:43 AM	#3153
Jonathan Mac Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 10,911	Originally posted by fearview LX + M 20 F4 + Elitechrome 100 Great colours. What caused the vignetting?

02-22-2012, 03:46 PM	#3154
dunerunner Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: The Black Hills Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,109	Three panel Pano with the M50 1.7 shot at F8

02-23-2012, 06:02 AM	#3155
LeGuillotine Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Finland, Kotka Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 183	These are with M50 1.7 or M40-80: LeGuillotine

02-23-2012, 09:23 AM	#3156
kaiserz Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NoVa The "burg" Photos: Gallery Posts: 899	LeGuillotine reversed M 50 1.7?

02-23-2012, 10:13 AM	#3157
LeGuillotine Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Finland, Kotka Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 183	No, just some extension.

02-23-2012, 10:15 AM	#3158
kaiserz Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NoVa The "burg" Photos: Gallery Posts: 899	Ahh Ic, great shots BTW, and mann! the first one is giving me the creeps! are those baby spiders on its back?

02-23-2012, 10:29 AM	#3159
LeGuillotine Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Finland, Kotka Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 183	Originally posted by kaiserz are those baby spiders on its back? Yes they are. Another view: Allmost every macro shot is taken with M50 1.7 or M40-80: Insects and spiders - a set on Flickr LeGuillotine

02-23-2012, 10:47 AM	#3160
kaiserz Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NoVa The "burg" Photos: Gallery Posts: 899	Ohh man!!! !@!@#!@# I used to play with spiders before (Spider fighting Spider fighting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) And I hold them and took care of them, but that is just giving me the creeps!

02-23-2012, 11:32 AM	#3161
LeGuillotine Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Finland, Kotka Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 183	Spiders are okay, but personally the are far more disgusting creatures:

02-24-2012, 08:40 AM	#3162
Pentaxor Veteran Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,513	you guys give me the creeps.

02-24-2012, 09:13 AM	#3163
abacus07 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Taiwan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,075	the baby spiders pic is pretty cool. here are a few from the M135. some are crops (no tubes) and some had 10-30mm's of tubes added. The butterflies were a little skittish so I could have used a little more reach than the 135 but it worked. And most of the cheap 200/300 options have long min focus distances. I stayed in Maolin last weekend at a guesthouse. At 10pm the father was looking for a new species of frogs (12 different ones lived there) because he heard a different croak. Soon we were all looking at the frogs. The next day I visited Purple Butterfly Valley where they spend their winter.

02-24-2012, 10:00 AM	#3164
LeGuillotine Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Finland, Kotka Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 183	Nice shots abacus. What do You like about M135? I'm going to buy tripod from local dealer, we were talking this and that. He told me that he have K1000 + M135 + M28 2.8?? somewhere in his storage, he maybe borrow those lens for me for free and with no time limit. LeGu

02-24-2012, 10:40 AM	#3165
abacus07 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Taiwan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,075	Originally posted by LeGuillotine Nice shots abacus. What do You like about M135? I'm going to buy tripod from local dealer, we were talking this and that. He told me that he have K1000 + M135 + M28 2.8?? somewhere in his storage, he maybe borrow those lens for me for free and with no time limit. LeGu The M135 and M28 are a couple of the most common Pentax lenses made AFAIK. There are better (but not by a lot) 28's and 135's but very few that come close to the price vs performance that these two offer. the M50/1.7 that you have is the 3rd (and best imo) out of the set that were commonly sold in the 80's. I haven't reviewed any lenses (plans to do so...) here but I would probably give the 28 and 135 solids 8's and the 50 a 9. What I like about this set is that it is small, cheap ($50ish each) and they take really, really good pictures. I typically carry the DA15 and the 28/50/135 around even though I have several lenses that have better even reputations (such as the K24/2.8, K35/3.5, tak105). I also use the DA40 quite a bit but I have been trending back to the A50/1.7 (same optics except there is aperture control from the camera). At the top of my list right now is the M100f4 macro since one drawback of the M135 is a long min focus distance. Another photo from the butterfly valley. I didn't want to crop this any further since he was a long way away.