[Benz3ne]

MF. Just shy of £40 with caps and case. Will buy a perfect hood to suit too.

Have seen two go recently for £70+...

£7 for a perfect hood, happy to pay that.
Also received an O-ME53 viewfinder magnifier today; what a difference it makes!
Oh, and another lens in the pipeline but it’ll be a short while before that ends up with me.

[Reality_Check]

D FA 100mm/2.8 WR Macro and K-AC132U power supply for the K-1. Purchased off of these forums, of course! Still haven't had time to us 'em though :-(

[ehrwien]

Got this one last week:


SMC Pentax-A 1:1,7 50mm

And today I may have overdone it a little when I saw those Whisky specials on Amazon...

[Marcus Rowland]

A fairly crappy car boot fair, but I did pick up a working 100mb Zip drive for a fiver, that's always a good seller. Amazing how many people are still using the things, or trying to recover data from the disks!

[Photos-by-Chas]

Just delivered yesterday was an early Christmas present from my wife, New Pentax K70 with 18-135 lens. Package deal from Cameta Camera. Amazing difference in clarity from my Kx. looking forward to having better resolution in my photos.

[steamloco76]

Buying a bit of a ‘pig in a poke’ bundle. A Ricoh XR10 and four Rikenon P lenses, 28/2.8, 50/1.4, 35-70/4 and a 105/2.8 with Vivitar 283 flash for $125 shipped. I didn’t want to ask too darn many questions and drive the price up, but I believe the 105 is the legendary macro lens by Kiron also sold as Vivitar Series One, Lester Dine and others. I should have the stuff Wednesday or Friday. I let her keep a pile of stuff, including a 400/6.3 preset to keep shipping costs down. Why pay someone to ship useless stuff you can’t resell or use!

[monochrome]

Buying a bit of a ‘pig in a poke’ bundle. A Ricoh XR10 and four Rikenon P lenses, 28/2.8, 50/1.4, 35-70/4 and a 105/2.8 with Vivitar 283 flash for $125 shipped. I didn’t want to ask too darn many questions and drive the price up, but I believe the 105 is the legendary macro lens by Kiron also sold as Vivitar Series One, Lester Dine and others. I should have the stuff Wednesday or Friday. I let her keep a pile of stuff, including a 400/6.3 preset to keep shipping costs down. Why pay someone to ship useless stuff you can’t resell or use!

Honestly, the Rikenon P 50/1.4 is the best lens of the lot. One of the sharpest K-mount 50’s ever. Stellar lens. 9.40 rated.

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[steamloco76]

Honestly, the Rikenon P 50/1.4 is the best lens of the lot. One of the sharpest K-mount 50’s ever. Stellar lens. 9.40 rated.

Hoping it is nice and clean, woman was using a track phone for photos, VGA resolution. I’ve had four Pentax 50/1.4 lenses and only the old M42 Super Takumar impressed me open above f2.8. My M 50/1.4 was a dog. The 28/2.8 seems to be a decent Rikenon too.

[gaweidert]

Another great Rikenon lens is the 50mm f2.0. You can usually get them for under $15 too. 9.33 rating here on the forum. Almost small enough to be considered a pancake lens.

[monochrome]

Hoping it is nice and clean, woman was using a track phone for photos, VGA resolution. I’ve had four Pentax 50/1.4 lenses and only the old M42 Super Takumar impressed me open above f2.8. My M 50/1.4 was a dog. The 28/2.8 seems to be a decent Rikenon too.

What was wrong with it? I’ve never heard the M50/1.4 referred to as a dog - or really any Pentax 50. Were your expectations of the Pentax film era 50’/1.4s aligned with their design ethic? They’re generally considered superb lenses but weren’t deigned to be sharp across the frame wide open. That objective was reserved for the 55/1.8’s and 50/1.7’s. The 50/1.4’s were intentionally soft at the edges when open.

[steamloco76]

What was wrong with it? I’ve never heard the M50/1.4 referred to as a dog - or really any Pentax 50. Were your expectations of the Pentax film era 50’/1.4s aligned with their design ethic? They’re generally considered superb lenses but weren’t deigned to be sharp across the frame wide open. That objective was reserved for the 55/1.8’s and 50/1.7’s. The 50/1.4’s were intentionally soft at the edges when open.

The 50/1.4 M I had, purchased new with the MX I got for my 16th birthday had serious contrast issues. Images shot at any aperture wider than f4 had to be printed with a #3.5 filter when all other frames taken with other lenses on the same roll of film printed easily with a 2.5. Also it was not sharp in the center until F4, and I know how to focus properly, having no issues with the K 85/1.8 I also used at that time. More than likely my M lens was not a good copy. I later bought a used 50/1.4 A lens which performed very nicely from F2 on. I should have kept that one but sold it back in the mid 2000s.

[monochrome]

Another great Rikenon lens is the 50mm f2.0. You can usually get them for under $15 too. 9.33 rating here on the forum. Almost small enough to be considered a pancake lens.

I sold my P 50/1.4 to another member but I kept the f/2 - It is equally sharp and colorful

[Gorgarath]

I just received my first Pentax today. Wasn't expecting it until Tuesday. First time I've ever has more than a P&S. This should be an interesting and fun journey. I picked up a K-7 that seems to be in pretty good shape. I'll have to take it out tomorrow and see how it goes once I have a fully charged battery and some light. (I really wish they'd ring the doorbell when they drop stuff off at the house. I had no idea it was out there until I got back from picking my wife up from work.)

[y0chang]

I bought a beautiful silver like new ZX-5n for 25 bucks to start to shoot film again...but the mirror motor is broke. Its still one of the best feeling cameras I have ever felt.

[Canada_Rockies]

£7 for a perfect hood, happy to pay that.
Also received an O-ME53 viewfinder magnifier today; what a difference it makes!
Oh, and another lens in the pipeline but it’ll be a short while before that ends up with me.

O=ME53 will never leave the viewfinder on my K-3, unless I get something newer when it will installed on the new box.