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10-02-2020, 01:15 PM   #17101
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QuoteOriginally posted by zkarj Quote
Less work equals less dollars equals less lenses.
That is very true, but too much work means heaps of money for lenses, and no time to use them. Catch-22

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So the spii with the S-M-C 50 1.4 sold for $508 !!!!
To quote Vincini - "Inconceivable"

10-05-2020, 01:44 AM   #17102
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There is no doubt about that GUB, although I have buttoned off with the collecting a lot lately, as I have picked up most of the lenses I was looking for.

Thanks for the confirmation about the K200 f4, my research had shown it is a very good lens. There don't seem to be that many about, but I am prepared to be patient - no rush there, and I am looking to pick up one in near mint condition if I can.

One of the nice parts of the Pentax system is I can use the old lenses on my LX for film shooting as well as with the newer digital cameras, without needing to phaff about with adaptors - really good utility.
I bought several lenses this year, but I've pretty much stopped looking as I haven't had time for much photography lately.

I think my last acquisition was the DA* 50-135 2.8 which I'd wanted for a long time as an outdoor portrait zoom, but then I haven't actually don't much since I've had it, although it definitely is nice.

I haven't really investigated vintage lenses much, as most of the subjects I want to photograph offer me fairly fleeting opportunities, so having AF or at least auto-aperture fits my workflow well, although for macro I do tend to end up fully manual, so vintage lenses might be worth experimenting with there.
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Looks like film bodies are garnering interest these days on TM
Same thing with turntables...Just built a plinth for a Garrard 401...the prices are silly
nostalgia and authenticity in short supply
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Looks like film bodies are garnering interest these days on TM
Given the amount of photography I've managed to do lately, switching to film wouldn't increase the cost much.

Speaking of which, for those who do shoot film, where do you get it, and where do you get it processed these days? I do have a slide/negative scanner, so a few times I've been tempted to get my old P50 out and run a film through it, however I'm not sure where you purchase or process film these days.

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Speaking of which, for those who do shoot film, where do you get it, and where do you get it processed these days? I do have a slide/negative scanner, so a few times I've been tempted to get my old P50 out and run a film through it, however I'm not sure where you purchase or process film these days.
Wellington Photographic Supplies still sell film and process. Southern Cameras in Dunedin is another, and I think Photo.co.nz are also still in the film game
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with a fast ferry going 40 knots you'd be able to do three sailings a day with a sailing time of roughly 5.5 hours. I have no idea why we don't have that option.
I'd almost forgotten about the fast ferries that used to service the cook straight. I remember looking down on them one day as they sped past the traditional ferry. Was fast but had a lot of 'movement' shall we say

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I wonder if it is one of us that successfully scored the 28mm? Pentax SMC 28mm f2.8 F | Trade Me A Richard who sells bras!! -don't know if that is good for our image .
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With the move to mirrorless, legacy lenses from multiple mounts can be used with fairly simple adaptors. This means we're no longer competing just with other Pentax body owners anymore.
Personally I think the mirrorless format is ideally suited to manual focus lenses, as you gain digital zoom and focus aids like focus peaking to help use the lens.
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I'd almost forgotten about the fast ferries that used to service the cook straight. I remember looking down on them one day as they sped past the traditional ferry. Was fast but had a lot of 'movement' shall we say

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With the move to mirrorless, legacy lenses from multiple mounts can be used with fairly simple adaptors. This means we're no longer competing just with other Pentax body owners anymore.
Personally I think the mirrorless format is ideally suited to manual focus lenses, as you gain digital zoom and focus aids like focus peaking to help use the lens.
The best thing about using the K-1 for the old glass is a lot of the other stuff doesn't adapt. Removes the temptation of expanding my buying criteria.
I see the advantage of an EVF in that I use a loupe on my liveview. But I simply don't buy into the concept of putting crap on my sensor just for user convenience and having it compromise Image quality.

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QuoteOriginally posted by richandfleur Quote
riginally posted by MarkJerling*
with a fast ferry going 40 knots you'd be able to do three sailings a day with a sailing time of roughly 5.5 hours. I have no idea why we don't have that option.
I'd almost forgotten about the fast ferries that used to service the cook straight. I remember looking down on them one day as they sped past the traditional ferry. Was fast but had a lot of 'movement' shall we say
I went on the fast ferries a few times, a really good service. They got stopped as they were churning up the sea floor in the Sounds, and causing all sorts of havoc with the marine life as a result. They were allowed to operate at slow speed through the Sounds, but it was uneconomic as they then didn't have that much of a time difference with the regular Cook Strait ferries. So the service was discontinued.

If we had the big fast ferries like they use in the Baltic (I went on one from Helsinki to Tallin, Estonia) it would be really good, but for that to be effective they would need the terminal at Clifford Bay operational. Those Baltic Fast ferries are about the same size as our current ferries, but much quicker
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I went on the fast ferries a few times, a really good service. They got stopped as they were churning up the sea floor in the Sounds, and causing all sorts of havoc with the marine life as a result. They were allowed to operate at slow speed through the Sounds, but it was uneconomic as they then didn't have that much of a time difference with the regular Cook Strait ferries. So the service was discontinued.

If we had the big fast ferries like they use in the Baltic (I went on one from Helsinki to Tallin, Estonia) it would be really good, but for that to be effective they would need the terminal at Clifford Bay operational.
With Clifford Bay you then get the seismic issues associated with the area. Quite apart from the earthquakes under Lake Grassmere within the last few years, local iwi have traditions about ground movement in the area, and although it's turned into a story involving a fight between illustrious ancestors, it sounds very much like a metaphor for strong seismic activity, so the area is pretty unstable geologically.

Up until the 1960s, Blenheim had a river port that small ships used, and there were direct Cook Strait crossings. The Wairau Bar was a bit hazardous, but I wonder with modern technology it might be possible to come up with some kind of vessel that could make quick, comfortable crossings.

I know the Russians did quite a bit of work on ground effect craft, but they never seem to have been commercialised anywhere, and I guess their may be both economic and operational reasons why not. They have technical requirements like aircraft, but because they fly very low, they're also affected by sea conditions, and if it's too rough, can't operate.

I don't know if some kind of hydrofoil service might work, as they've been successfully commercialised, although they're still complex craft, and river use would probably require retractable foils which would add cost and complexity.
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I simply don't buy into the concept of putting crap on my sensor just for user convenience and having it compromise Image quality.
Not entirely sure I get this?

Assuming on sensor phase detect AF sensors?
I'm not aware of anyone with a K-70(?) experiencing any IQ issues from this for example.
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Not entirely sure I get this?

Assuming on sensor phase detect AF sensors?
I'm not aware of anyone with a K-70(?) experiencing any IQ issues from this for example.
Maybe not but the Z7 has. It is where the banding comes from and that has compromised utilizing Iso-invariance.
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Maybe not but the Z7 has. It is where the banding comes from and that has compromised utilizing Iso-invariance.
For sure, and I think several others have had it too.
Could be a case of how camera makers deal with it (as above there are many which do not experience this despite also having on sensor AF Phase Detect points) or even about user training.
I've seen similar situations where the use of electronic shutter produces this situation with strobing artificial lighting for example due to CMOS rolling shutter sensor read delays.

It's an interesting one. On a personal level I much prefer the optical viewfinder (especially in the camera price bracket I can actually afford) but I do recognise it's limitations.
From another angle you can argue mirrorless is a more pure camera form, in terms of you get to see exactly what the film is actually seeing, rather than an optical approximation of what's going to be captured.
Both are through the lens but I really love the digital focus aids that just aren't available if the camera computer can't see the actual image. This is great for both manual focus work but also for portraits with focus assistance smarts around face and eye recognition etc.

I think mirrorless is the future, but I'm not exactly sure at what point it will be in my future. Covid uncertainty has rather put the brakes on any major changes right now anyway.
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For sure, and I think several others have had it too.
Could be a case of how camera makers deal with it (as above there are many which do not experience this despite also having on sensor AF Phase Detect points) or even about user training.
I've seen similar situations where the use of electronic shutter produces this situation with strobing artificial lighting for example due to CMOS rolling shutter sensor read delays.

It's an interesting one. On a personal level I much prefer the optical viewfinder (especially in the camera price bracket I can actually afford) but I do recognise it's limitations.
From another angle you can argue mirrorless is a more pure camera form, in terms of you get to see exactly what the film is actually seeing, rather than an optical approximation of what's going to be captured.
Both are through the lens but I really love the digital focus aids that just aren't available if the camera computer can't see the actual image. This is great for both manual focus work but also for portraits with focus assistance smarts around face and eye recognition etc.

I think mirrorless is the future, but I'm not exactly sure at what point it will be in my future. Covid uncertainty has rather put the brakes on any major changes right now anyway.
I think we are on common ground here. I guess I will consider a mirrorless FF when the time comes. but it just seems right to put m42 and K mount glass onto a pentax.
EDIT and remember I am looking at this from the perspective of - Have glass - what to put it on rather than what system do I want to buy glass for.
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.....but the Z7 has. .
What is a Z7 ?
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What is a Z7 ?
An anomaly in the time - space medium best forgotten.
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