Kiwi Pentaxians

**pixelsaurus** · 11-17-2015, 08:25 PM

Originally posted by Arpe

Yeah I like it, shame it's a bit cold.

Not a southern man then?

Arpe · 11-18-2015, 04:19 PM

Yeah nah. Few years as a scarfie there though.

Transit · 11-19-2015, 01:51 AM - **1 Like**

One for Gub, giving the SuperTakumar 50/1.4 a run
focus somewhere near the ants back left leg

wide open usual big crop

**GUB** · 11-19-2015, 11:41 AM

poetry in a picha

Transit · 11-19-2015, 12:55 PM

Originally posted by GUB

poetry in a picha

a sonnet or someit

Transit · 11-19-2015, 05:00 PM

Good grief my 3 Takumar 50s all need maintenance
two have front wobbles and one is binding focus

Is there a secrete tool you guys use for the front trim ?
Do you use a plug, a bung, end of yer crutch ?
Jeeze must I turn up a wooden one with o ring groove ?

**NZ_Ross** · 11-19-2015, 05:11 PM

Originally posted by Transit

Jeeze must I turn up a wooden one with o ring groove ?

Could be a whole new line of business for you Pete

**GUB** · 11-19-2015, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by Transit

Good grief my 3 Takumar 50s all need maintenance
two have front wobbles and one is binding focus

Is there a secrete tool you guys use for the front trim ?
Do you use a plug, a bung, end of yer crutch ?
Jeeze must I turn up a wooden one with o ring groove ?

Bath plug

Transit · 11-19-2015, 06:31 PM

Originally posted by NZ_Ross

Could be a whole new line of business for you Pete

I knew I'd come right in the end

---------- Post added 11-20-15 at 02:32 PM ----------

Originally posted by GUB

Bath plug

business hopes dashed

Transit · 11-19-2015, 08:16 PM

M 50/4 macro,M50/1.4, M50/17 and some K1000 thing

That M macro is rarely seem down here.

**NZ_Ross** · 11-19-2015, 08:42 PM

Originally posted by Transit

M 50/4 macro,M50/1.4, M50/17 and some K1000 thing
That M macro is rarely seem down here.

Thanks for the heads up Pete

Class A · 11-19-2015, 10:07 PM

Originally posted by Transit

Is there a secrete tool you guys use for the front trim ?

I once used a toilet paper core with a Blu-Tack rim applied.

Not sure whether the diameter would be right for the lenses you are targeting.

**zkarj** · 11-20-2015, 12:07 AM

Originally posted by Arpe

I too am a trend-setter. I used to take panorama pics, then stick them together in the photo album. Now I've had my old negatives scanned I can sticth them together properly! Look much better without the cut lines between them!
eg this one of OU in '84. The negs were a bit rooted.

Nice! Sure it's not up to today's top standards, but it's plenty good enough to enjoy.

Originally posted by Arpe

I'm so glad I finally got around to getting them done, I didn't do them myself though! I still spent an age touching them up cos some of them are very degraded.

I just checked and I have scanned 2,351 so far – about 3/4 of the way through the B&W negs before starting on the slightly more numerous colour ones (and not including slides which my brother must still have).

Apart from dealing with some of the challenging films where the scanner software can't cope with finding the frames (especially the bloody half-frame ones – hand cropping 74 frames in Photoshop is not fun!) I've found it a simple enough process. Oh, and when I upgraded the Mac to El Capitan and the scanner software wouldn't do more than a frame at a time without a prod. But generally, I've loved discovering them slowly, and wondering what's coming up in the next films is keeping me motivated.

My goal for now is to get them all scanned and backed up to multiple locations. I've done basic cleanup on some that took my fancy but my brother is the master retoucher. What I am doing, apart from mastering them in Lightroom as 16bit, 4800dpi TIFFs, is whacking out some much smaller JPEGs which go into my iCloud photo library and thence some are shared to the family. I managed to share one of my Mum & sister sitting in an Air NZ DC-8 while Mum was in Europe, visiting my sister.

Transit · 11-22-2015, 03:42 PM

I see the DA*300/4 is down to $2730 (+gst) in Newzild
hell I got my van for that...and if vehicle equivalence is legit then
a 645Z (body) costs more than all vehicles I've ever owned

quick count up that's 9 cars/vans, 4 road bikes and 2 trikes
says more that I'm cheap

Arpe · 11-22-2015, 04:20 PM

Originally posted by zkarj

Nice! Sure it's not up to today's top standards, but it's plenty good enough to enjoy.

I just checked and I have scanned 2,351 so far –...

Crikey! I got about 1000 done. Took about a year to go through retouching.
Yeah not up to today's standrards but still very enjoyable to look at.

11-22-2015, 03:42 PM	#10574
Transit Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Whanganui NZ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,624	I see the DA300/4 is down to $2730 (+gst) in Newzild hell I got my van for that...and if vehicle equivalence is legit then a 645Z (body) costs more than all vehicles I've ever owned quick count up that's 9 cars/vans, 4 road bikes and 2 trikes says more that I'm cheap Last edited by Transit; 11-22-2015 at 04:26 PM.*

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11-17-2015, 08:25 PM	#10561
pixelsaurus Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Te Kuiti, NZ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 986	Originally posted by Arpe Yeah I like it, shame it's a bit cold. Not a southern man then?

11-18-2015, 04:19 PM	#10562
Arpe Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,452	Yeah nah. Few years as a scarfie there though.

11-19-2015, 01:51 AM - 1 Like	#10563
Transit Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Whanganui NZ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,624	One for Gub, giving the SuperTakumar 50/1.4 a run focus somewhere near the ants back left leg wide open usual big crop

11-19-2015, 11:41 AM	#10564
GUB Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Wanganui Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,760	poetry in a picha

11-19-2015, 12:55 PM	#10565
Transit Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Whanganui NZ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,624	Originally posted by GUB poetry in a picha a sonnet or someit

11-19-2015, 05:00 PM	#10566
Transit Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Whanganui NZ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,624	Good grief my 3 Takumar 50s all need maintenance two have front wobbles and one is binding focus Is there a secrete tool you guys use for the front trim ? Do you use a plug, a bung, end of yer crutch ? Jeeze must I turn up a wooden one with o ring groove ?

11-19-2015, 05:11 PM	#10567
NZ_Ross Kiwi Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Timaru Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,225	Originally posted by Transit Jeeze must I turn up a wooden one with o ring groove ? Could be a whole new line of business for you Pete

11-19-2015, 06:01 PM	#10568
GUB Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Wanganui Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,760	Originally posted by Transit Good grief my 3 Takumar 50s all need maintenance two have front wobbles and one is binding focus Is there a secrete tool you guys use for the front trim ? Do you use a plug, a bung, end of yer crutch ? Jeeze must I turn up a wooden one with o ring groove ? Bath plug

11-19-2015, 06:31 PM	#10569
Transit Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Whanganui NZ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,624	Originally posted by NZ_Ross Could be a whole new line of business for you Pete I knew I'd come right in the end ---------- Post added 11-20-15 at 02:32 PM ---------- Originally posted by GUB Bath plug business hopes dashed

11-19-2015, 08:16 PM	#10570
Transit Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Whanganui NZ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,624	M 50/4 macro,M50/1.4, M50/17 and some K1000 thing That M macro is rarely seem down here.

11-19-2015, 08:42 PM	#10571
NZ_Ross Kiwi Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Timaru Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,225	Originally posted by Transit M 50/4 macro,M50/1.4, M50/17 and some K1000 thing That M macro is rarely seem down here. Thanks for the heads up Pete

11-19-2015, 10:07 PM	#10572
Class A Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 11,251 Original Poster	Originally posted by Transit Is there a secrete tool you guys use for the front trim ? I once used a toilet paper core with a Blu-Tack rim applied. Not sure whether the diameter would be right for the lenses you are targeting.

11-20-2015, 12:07 AM	#10573
zkarj Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wellington Posts: 1,290	Originally posted by Arpe I too am a trend-setter. I used to take panorama pics, then stick them together in the photo album. Now I've had my old negatives scanned I can sticth them together properly! Look much better without the cut lines between them! eg this one of OU in '84. The negs were a bit rooted. Nice! Sure it's not up to today's top standards, but it's plenty good enough to enjoy. Originally posted by Arpe I'm so glad I finally got around to getting them done, I didn't do them myself though! I still spent an age touching them up cos some of them are very degraded. I just checked and I have scanned 2,351 so far – about 3/4 of the way through the B&W negs before starting on the slightly more numerous colour ones (and not including slides which my brother must still have). Apart from dealing with some of the challenging films where the scanner software can't cope with finding the frames (especially the bloody half-frame ones – hand cropping 74 frames in Photoshop is not fun!) I've found it a simple enough process. Oh, and when I upgraded the Mac to El Capitan and the scanner software wouldn't do more than a frame at a time without a prod. But generally, I've loved discovering them slowly, and wondering what's coming up in the next films is keeping me motivated. My goal for now is to get them all scanned and backed up to multiple locations. I've done basic cleanup on some that took my fancy but my brother is the master retoucher. What I am doing, apart from mastering them in Lightroom as 16bit, 4800dpi TIFFs, is whacking out some much smaller JPEGs which go into my iCloud photo library and thence some are shared to the family. I managed to share one of my Mum & sister sitting in an Air NZ DC-8 while Mum was in Europe, visiting my sister.

11-22-2015, 04:20 PM	#10575
Arpe Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,452	Originally posted by zkarj Nice! Sure it's not up to today's top standards, but it's plenty good enough to enjoy. I just checked and I have scanned 2,351 so far –... Crikey! I got about 1000 done. Took about a year to go through retouching. Yeah not up to today's standrards but still very enjoyable to look at.