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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-01-2024, 07:36 AM
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Hoping to do a bit better this month - I only managed 3 pictures last month. I'll be using the Cyclop 85mm night vision lens. It has a fixed f1.5 aperture.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
03-01-2024, 11:23 AM
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I'll be playing with the Schneider Kreuznach Componar 75mm enlarger lens this month.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-01-2023, 05:07 AM
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In with the Helios 44K-4.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-04-2023, 09:28 AM
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I'm having a long weekend in Mr Monster's territory - the Lancaster area. Ribblehead viaduct, Leighton Moss nature reserve, the Lancaster canal and something else tomorrow. Didn't bring the laptop so will post a few day's of photo's on Monday.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-27-2023, 02:19 AM
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I always enjoy MoNovember. This month I'll be using a Meyer-Optik Primotar Gorlitz 135/3.5 preset lens. A slightly zebra version. It has a 15 blade iris, so should be some opportunity for wierd blur. The preset ring is a bit loose so a certain amount of care will be required.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-28-2023, 07:05 AM
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I'm in with something a bit lighter than the DFA 150-450 beast. Probably the Cosinon 50/1.7 or the Pentacon 50/1.8. I have some film to use up, so I may put one of them on the K1000 and do a bit of contrasting and comparing.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-31-2023, 09:49 AM
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I've been waiting for this for a couple of weeks now. Luckily it has arrived just in time for the September SIC.
 Pentax DFA 150-450mm by Kevin Etheridge, on Flickr
Pentax DFA 150-450mmf4.5-5.6 ED DC AW
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-28-2023, 10:11 AM
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I have a week off at the beginning of August and we are planning to visit the north of Norfolk. A lot of wide open spaces and sea. The Sigma 24mm wil be good for that and would have been a contender for the month, but it was singled in April. I shall also bring a Sigma 70-300 DG for wildlife in the nature reserves - so that will be Augusts lens.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-05-2023, 03:05 PM
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I'm back from my hols in Greece and this month I'm going to carry on with the Tair 11A 135\2.8 as it only got half a month in June.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-02-2023, 09:22 AM
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After a rather poor showing last month I'll be in with the Tair 11A 135mm, one of my favourites. It will be a short month, though, as I'm off on a beach holiday for the last couple of weeks and I won't be bringing the K1. The trusty Olympus Tough TG4 will be brought out of hibernation for that.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-10-2023, 04:00 PM
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Nice to see you back in the game.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-30-2023, 09:54 AM
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May's lens will be a Miranda 28-70mm. I bought it from Dixons (remember them, old people in the UK?) about 40 years ago to use with my K1000. It was reasonably OK on film, but works very well on digital.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
03-31-2023, 09:31 AM
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The Pentacon 80mm f2.8 projector lens is a bit of a challenge with it's wafer-thin depth of field, and a tendency towards a blue\purple cast in low light. It's also a bit soft. It can produce "bubble" bokeh, but that has pretty much excaped me this month. Where it can shine is with the addition of extension tubes to go close-up. It smears out any out-of-focus colours in an interesting way, although the thin DOF can still be challenging. Some favourites for the month:
The obligatory gate
 Gate by Kevin Etheridge, on Flickr
Wood Anemone
 Windflower by Kevin Etheridge, on Flickr
Pen Holder
 A pocket pen\pencil holder clip thing by Kevin Etheridge, on Flickr
Muscari
 Muscari by Kevin Etheridge, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
03-31-2023, 09:18 AM
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I was thinking about hauling out the big guns and using the Photosniper, but in the end decided to go with the Sigma 24/1.8 EXDG Macro. I'll save the Photosniper for later in the year.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
03-02-2023, 05:15 PM
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This month's lens will be a Pentacon 80/2.8 (fixed) projector lens. It was my first 'frankenlens' and was glued rather inexpertly into a mount then screwed into a helicoid and then the whole lot screwed into a an M42 to PK adaptor. With the result that it's probably not square to the sensor and it focusses well past infinity. The depth of field is very narrow. So it may be flatlays and distant landsapes this month. Should be challenging.....
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-01-2023, 04:34 PM
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This month's lens will be the Tamron SP 60-300 Macro (23A). The macro function will give me opportunities for indoor shots in the evenings if I don't manage to get out during the day.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-28-2022, 04:00 AM
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I'll be playing with the Jupiter 11A 135mm f4 Preset in January.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-28-2022, 03:54 PM
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I'll be having a play next month. Probably with the Cosinon Auto MC 50/1.7
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-31-2022, 11:57 AM
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I'll be playing in MoNovember, the lens of choice being a Helios 92 projector lens. (92mm with a fixed f2 aperture)
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-27-2022, 03:21 PM
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September came to a halt for me fairly early as I had a two week holiday in Greece without the K1 and work has been busy since then. The Meyer-Optik 200\4 that I was using in September is a fun lens to use, so it's getting rolled on into October.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-30-2022, 03:54 PM
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The Helios 44-K-4 is proving to be the least favourite of the Helios 44's that I have. The focus is slightly off (or my eyesight is getting worse) and it won't stop down when the photo is taken. Other than that, I'm pleased that I kept to the (accidently started) square theme, and even managed a single dominant colour in most of the pictures.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-30-2022, 03:39 PM
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Septembers lens will be the Meyer-Optik Orestegor 200/4. It's not been on the camera for a while. It will be a short month though because I'm away to Greece for a couple of weeks in September and the K1 is not coming with me. I have an Olympus Tough TG4 for beach and underwater pictures.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-01-2022, 01:21 AM
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July didn't really happen for me, photography-wise, so must try harder in August. This month's lens will be an old favourite, the Helios 44K-4 58/2.
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