[Benz3ne]

Just catching up on this one now. It's been a bit of a poor month from me in terms of burning out early. I stopped taking photos around the 20th of October. That being said, this lens certainly deserves more air-time. It works well on extension tubes and, in my opinion, seems to favour the subdued styles of images, though can reproduce colour pretty nicely. I'm absolutely not unhappy with the lens or it's performance, especially with the first image below;



It handles B&W rather nicely, which I think is where it's most comfortable. Contrast and sharpness is good from around f/4-5.6 up to around f/8.



Lastly, it's great for glowy, soft, dreamy photos. I think this is where you could have some fun; convert to black and white (contrary to my image below) and there should be plenty of intrigue.



Only negatives for me were minimum focus distance and length of throw. The former is because I'm not used to it and the latter is, as you guessed, because I'm not used to it. It gave me a refreshed perspective on what's around me, but I do like to get up close and personal with subjects. Great lens for the £17 or so I spent on it.

[Minimonster]

Best end of month review I have read, well done on getting through

Thanks! It sold in under 2 days on eBay. I almost feel bad about having not mentioned how awful it is in the description...

[iheiramo]

Thanks! It sold in under 2 days on eBay. I almost feel bad about having not mentioned how awful it is in the description...

Good you got rid of it. I have srious problems in selling stuff that I think is not good. And I find it hard to sell good stuff as, so I rarely sell anything

[Cerebum]

[quote-iheiramo;4801349] I'm glad you got rid of him. I have problems selling things that I don't think is good. And I find it difficult to sell good things like, so I rarely sell anything [/quote]

I had to have a purge to pay for my KP. That was painful. My olympus stylus 1s compact bridge and Schneider kreuznach edixa tele xenon 135mm will be the most sorely missed, although, I was frustrated with the Olympus because the IQ was not quite good enough (the same sensor as the MX-1) it was fantastic for street though. I still have my favourite lenses including my beautiful old aluminium preset Zeiss 50mm f2.8 tessar which I plan to pair up with the KP (or K3 if I can't get the KP to sing) for next months single in

[iheiramo]

I had to have a purge to pay for my KP.

I haven't seen my credit card fully paid since I bought K1ii year ago
There seems to be holidays, new stuff, taxes and horse expensies that prevent me from clearing that remaining 1000€ from my credit card. I have high hopes that this month I can finally pay it all. Still happy thought that I took that 1400€ deal as it's still clearly the lowest price I've seen for the camera and it's been joy to use

[Cerebum]

I haven't seen my credit card fully paid since I bought K1ii year ago
There seems to be holidays, new stuff, taxes and horse expensies that prevent me from clearing that remaining 1000€ from my credit card. I have high hopes that this month I can finally pay it all. Still happy thought that I took that 1400€ deal as it's still clearly the lowest price I've seen for the camera and it's been joy to use

I have seen a used K1 at £995, but new is always way more my problem is that if I bought a K1 I would then need the lenses to go with it ..... And a new computer to process the larger raw files lol

[iheiramo]

I have seen a used K1 at £995, but new is always way more my problem is that if I bought a K1 I would then need the lenses to go with it ..... And a new computer to process the larger raw files lol

When LBA really kicked in I was already into M series and also K1 was on the market, so I made consious decicion to stick to FF glass, so I would be ready when the time to upgrade camera would arrive. Only exception is DA21ltd, which I thought to buy with good price and got because M20 was so hard to find and other options were so expencive. I kind of regret it now, 'cause I didn't use it much and have trouble to sell it even close what I paid for it. Haven't decided if I should keep it for my family to use or should I push it away with some low ball offer.

Luckily I don't need to worry about computer. I have a better computer from work than I could justify myself and we are even allowed to install whatever we like. One of the reason why I can't chance job

[garywakeling]

I have seen a used K1 at £995, but new is always way more my problem is that if I bought a K1 I would then need the lenses to go with it ..... And a new computer to process the larger raw files lol

That won't save you, the new APS-C body will require your purchase soon, either that or the K1.........

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When LBA really kicked in I was already into M series and also K1 was on the market, so I made consious decicion to stick to FF glass, so I would be ready when the time to upgrade camera would arrive. Only exception is DA21ltd, which I thought to buy with good price and got because M20 was so hard to find and other options were so expencive. I kind of regret it now, 'cause I didn't use it much and have trouble to sell it even close what I paid for it. Haven't decided if I should keep it for my family to use or should I push it away with some low ball offer.

Luckily I don't need to worry about computer. I have a better computer from work than I could justify myself and we are even allowed to install whatever we like. One of the reason why I can't chance job

Lowball offer ...... 10Euro............

there you go, now you have to keep it as lowball offers make you sad

[iheiramo]

Lowball offer ...... 10Euro............

there you go, now you have to keep it as lowball offers make you sad

Sorry, made me laugh.

In our local snowbording forum we have 3€ standard offer when ever someone is selling something without price request

[garywakeling]

The first week of the month was stellar for me. The combination of an excellent lens and some great opportunities resulted in some of the best shooting I've ever done. One of my shots was my highest-ever rated on explore and got more than 450 faves. I know they're just internet points, but it was encouraging.

What a great feeling to have when a lens surprises and delivers such a good result, well done