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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-29-2013, 11:24 PM
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 | Thematic Spiders
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Another one
Love the green eyes on this little guy!
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-05-2014, 01:21 AM
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Getting in on the act!
Spotted this little gem in a 'junk' shop, asking price was $45 ($40usd), snapped it up and went to find a battery for it. Found a battery and the light meter doesn't seem to work - good thing I bought a pair of light meters at the same time for another $10 :D
Pic using K5, Tak 35/3.5 @3.5 and Yongnuo YN560-II flash.
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
09-15-2014, 08:21 PM
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Thank you for all the memories and fun times we had together. Unfortunately it is time for us to part and a shiny new full frame Canon is currently on its way to me. I'm sorry that I could not have spent these thousands of dollars on a Pentax product, but such a product does not exist.
Please, I hope we still remain friends.
Ben
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-11-2014, 03:08 AM
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Well, seeing as I bought a Spotmatic last week I thought I'd put up a shot from the first film through it - a roll of expired Superia 400.
How do you guys scan? I have an old Canon 600f with the 35mm film insert, but the scans appear to be ridiculously grainy compared with the prints provided by the lab, is this just 'how it is'?
Spotmatic F Superia 400 SMC Tak 50/1.4 @ 1.4 1/60
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-30-2013, 01:21 AM
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| | Thematic Spiders
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Replies: 1,079
Views: 92,854
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and just for good measure...
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-30-2013, 04:32 PM
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Ben78 |
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Forum: Photographic Technique
01-18-2014, 10:29 PM
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I nearly always crop macro. At the extreme magnification of a 1:1 lens on tubes with super narrow DOF you are so focussed on the focus that the composition may miss exactly what you want. Crop for magnification, crop for composition etc
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-05-2014, 03:35 AM
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I picked up a K7 3 months ago after using a K5 for 3 years. I've since flipped the K7 as I just didn't gel with it. The K7's output as a B+W file was fantastic but I just didn't get any love from the colour shots. That said I was happy enough with it that I let my sister take it off my hands. Just grab another K5, you'll get one for not much more than $300 if you shop hard!
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-06-2011, 07:35 PM
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In a similar vain to this thread https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/68137-da-16-45-repair.html the DA16-45 that I recently acquired took a bit of a knock to the front element (it was attached to my K5 inside camera bag and dropped about 6 inches onto a table!)
Based on MA318's post above I figured I may as well take a look inside. I have pulled a couple of lenses apart before but they have been old manual pimes. I've never been one to hold back though!
Attachment 105438
I didn't purchase a replacement focus barrel though I chose to use CA glue (super glue) to reattach the part. If this fails I'll purchase the barrel.
This lens is very simple to work on, just make sure you have a clean workspace that you can lay parts out and work carefully. The whole thing comes apart very easily.
After you remove the metal mount, there is two screws to remove the aperture lever. Under there is another 4 screws to drop the internal barrel out. inbetween the 4 screws is a pair of plates that were probably the hardest part to re-fit - I just laid the lens on its side and used tweezers.
Smallest parts are the aperture contacts and the screws.
Trickiest part was getting the correct alignment of parts to put it back together - and keep the focus ring in the correct location. Only really a couple of ways it can go though.
Anyway it is all back-together now and the lens works as it should. Might keep an extra eye out for these going cheap on ebay now lol! :lol:
Anyone else had a DA anything apart are they all pretty much the same?
Oh yeah one more thing - there is no way to tighten up the barrel so that at 16mm the 'tilt/shift' effect goes away ;)
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