[todd]

DA 15 Classic all the way!

Edit: Just ordered my own special "HD coating" for my DA 15 Classic...

Hoping to find some interesting use for an ND1000 filter during the October challenge...

My first gear acquisition since March (when I got the trio of A's that I just spent the last three SIC's with)... Six months! That has to be a personal record...

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[monochrome]

Great score, and that Will be nice to see.

I have been exceptionally lucky this summer - K400/5.6 @ a stupid low price from the auction site, and this negotiated purchase here. Frankly, I am finished buying old lenses now.

Finished buying battery chargers, too.

[photolady95]

I'm not sure about October yet. I'd like to play but still have three more computers to fix. Anyway, I'm not even sure which lens would work. I still have the new camera with the original 18-55mm and a new to me 28-80mm. But as you all know, I'm a tele-zoom shooter. I'll think more on it and let you know before the 1st.

[blackcloudbrew]

I think I have October figured out. I may change at the last moment but...still going with two cameras K5 (and sometimes the K3) and Q7.

On the K5 I will be using the HD 70 Limited f2.4, should be fun

On the Q7 (now returned to the fold after 4 months in the shop), as I've gone in sequence through all 8 Q-system lenses, I'll be shooting with the Macro-Takumar 50mm f4 lens with a M42 to Q mount adapter. Might prove quite interesting.

[UncleVanya]

I think I have October figured out. I may change at the last moment but...still going with two cameras K5 (and sometimes the K3) and Q7.

On the K5 I will be using the HD 70 Limited f2.4, should be fun

On the Q7 (now returned to the fold after 4 months in the shop), as I've gone in sequence through all 8 Q-system lenses, I'll be shooting with the Macro-Takumar 50mm f4 lens with a M42 to Q mount adapter. Might prove quite interesting.

I think you should move the 70 and 50 back and forth, a day with the 70 on the K series, a day with it on the q, alternating which lens is on which body... Though that might make your head spin. This assumes you have the K to q adapter and that it has an aperture control option on the adapter for that DA series lens.

[ZombieArmy]

I think I'm gonna get involved in my first single in this month!

Going to use my Takumar Bayonet 135mm f2.5

[Tsuken]

PS. In the opening post, selfie day is listed as "Wednesday September 21;" I assume that to be an error unless someone has invented a time machine.

No(w) it isn't



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I think I'm gonna get involved in my first single in this month!

Going to use my Takumar Bayonet 135mm f2.5

Cool. Welcome

I love that lens

[mattt]

Auto Rrrikkenon 28mm f2.8 EE - a normal fov will feel so strange.

[dakight]

I think I'm gonna get involved in my first single in this month!

Going to use my Takumar Bayonet 135mm f2.5

Welcome to the party!

[graeme83]

Back in for October, think I'm gonna for the Pentax-M 100 macro. Used it a bit this month, both on film and digital and I like it alot, keen on doing a month with it.

[wolfiegirl]

I'm in. still undecided.

Pentacon 50/1.8 seems like it might be the go, but it's not a concrete decision yet.

I'm missing telephoto, so maybe the Takumar 135/3.5, or a 70-210ish zoom might be nice also.

Dunno...

[hypernotactive]

I bought a used DA15 a few days ago. This will be a good way to get to know It.

[Sandy Hancock]

OK, here's the pitch for my cunning plan.

I have a bunch of lenses, all of which have had the Single In treatment at some stage over the last three years or so. There is a K-mount DSLR with a 36x24 sensor on the horizon (or so I read somewhere ). I have read plenty about FF compatibility of DA lenses, and seen some images, but I want personal verification. I tried it with my LX, but there is no way of controlling the aperture on the new lenses. Now I have a PZ-1, which should allow me use the DA's properly.

I have in the past taken on some slightly more ambitious SI projects, including two and even three way comparisons - not strictly within the parameters of the challenge, but the powers that be didn't complain.

So, how about EVERYTHING IN OCTOBER? One lens each day on both APS-C and film, starting with my 10-17 and working through to the 300, then repeating. I should get through them all twice. The digital images will go up on the day, but the corresponding film images will obviously have to wait for due process(ing). It may even add some suspense

If I recall correctly, Tim (blackcloudbrew) did something like this a while back, but sensibly restricted himself to digital. If the overwhelming opinion is that this proposal is an egregious departure from the path of righteousness I will repent; otherwise the gloves are off!

Now, to find a 2CR5 battery and some film. Would the regular film shooters recommend colour negatives or reversal? My recollection is that negatives preserve highlight detail better, while slides prefer to be slightly underexposed.

[severalsnakes]

So, how about EVERYTHING IN OCTOBER?

I think this sounds really interesting! To be super successful, though, I think it has to be fairly scientific. As in, I think you have to shoot the same subject/same PoV on APS-C and full frame... I find it very satisfying for my (very mild) OCD to imagine this progressing from shortest focal length to longest. Hmmm...

[g026r]

As I said in the other thread: smc Pentax-A 28mm f2.8.

Edit: And go for it, Sandy!