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01-04-2021, 12:48 AM - 1 Like   #17641
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QuoteOriginally posted by Neuse River Sailor Quote
Canvas and sail work often involves running long, straight seams. Putting a sacrificial cloth along the edge of the jib for my boat Terry Ann required three stitch lines of 35 feet apiece, and three more of 12 feet. I broke them down into 30 inch sections, but even so, feeding the massive amounts of cloth under the needle made it a real trick to keep the seams straight.

The Sailrite catalog lists a long magnetic seam guide, like a fence for a table saw or router, nicely made of synthetic material, for $31.95. I figured we could make something just as good out of beautiful wood for a tiny fraction of that cost. We consider our time as free, since woodworking is what we do in our leisure, and the cost of materials would amount to next to nothing. We turned up a scrap piece of cherry that had a crack, but enough solid wood to cut out a couple of guides. I bought a box of 120 magnets, which will supply us for life. Each guide took two, at a cost of 9 cents apiece. Trifling quantities of epoxy and polyurethane finished up the materials list. All told, 50 cents apiece would be generous.

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That's a nice story and it's nice to read about people making their own stuff in particular in wood (I'm a hobby woodworker myself). Lest we forget: a nice image!

01-06-2021, 01:55 PM - 6 Likes   #17642
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I just love the super takumar 28/3.5. It just never fails to impress me and it is so much fun just to focus and set the aperture.

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Super Tak 105/2.8 on *ist D:
01-08-2021, 01:07 PM   #17644
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I have a nice collection of Taks. Some of them I am finding extremely difficult to focus with my K3, while others focus reasonably easily.

I have been using the K3 and usually focusing until the red rectangle appears in the viewfinder, and the focusing screen appears focused.

However, some of them, particularly the 50/1.4 do not get focus when that indicator comes on. It seems as though something slightly closer to the camera than the point I thought I focused on is what is actually in focus.

Is this the phenomenon people refer to as front/back focus?

Any pointers for where I would get instructions for how to fix the problem? Of course the camera cannot recognise lenses through the mount so it would need to work on the focal length input done at switch on.

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A quick test of the SMC Takumar 105 f2,8 shot wide open on he Fuji GFX 50r
Seems to be quite acceptable, I will be working my way through 28/35/50/55/105/135 taks to test

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hangin wit the snack stealin villians........super multi coated 6x7 takumar 90/f2.8 on the puny K-50 via adapter.....af360fgz





super multi coated 6x7 takumar 55/f3.5 via adapter to the puny K-50 (they almost the size!)


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Missed adjusting the lens size on the camera for this shit
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01-10-2021, 11:23 AM - 2 Likes   #17648
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S-M-C Takumar 105mm F2.8 on Sony A7

Taken from the backdoor
F11, 1/60 sec, 320 ISO using monopod


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Super-Takumar 50mm F1.4 (eight element) on Sony A7

Taken out the back door last week.
this was wide open at 1.4, (sharpened in post), 1/2500 sec, 200 ISO

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QuoteOriginally posted by tim60 Quote
I have been using the K3 and usually focusing until the red rectangle appears in the viewfinder, and the focusing screen appears focused.
The red rectangle is showing which focus points are in use. The green hexagon illuminates when focus is achieved. It's usually in the lower portion of the VF.
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One is enough. 16 ounces of 9.2% alcohol. SMC Takumar 55mm f/2.

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85mm f/1.8 SMC Takumar on a Pentax Q

Carolina wren and red breasted nuthatch.
Original Q, Q to K adapter, and the 85mm f/1.8 SMC Takumar @ f/4
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If the second one is the nuthatch, it looks pissed.
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If the second one is the nuthatch, it looks pissed.
Yes, the nuthatch was scolding a house finch on a nearby branch. The smallest bird which visits my yard is also the most fearless.

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One is enough. 16 ounces of 9.2% alcohol. SMC Takumar 55mm f/2.
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01-11-2021, 12:23 PM   #17655
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QuoteOriginally posted by paulh Quote
The red rectangle is showing which focus points are in use. The green hexagon illuminates when focus is achieved. It's usually in the lower portion of the VF.
Paul, thanks. I previously used the hexagon and found it seemed to come on over a wide range of focus swing but the red rectangle was much narrower in when it came on.
I will try the hexagon method again to see what happens.
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