Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-10-2021, 01:48 PM
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I ordered a used Pentax AF-540 FGZ so thought I'd download the manual for it.
96 pages, filled with all the information you could want about the flashgun.
44 more pages for the K1 manual (unreal).
Glad I bought the book though, I am only about 2/3rds of the way through it.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-09-2021, 11:47 PM
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Thanks all for your answers and I will be taking most of them onboard.
Personally I feel the K1 manual is based for beginners, there is little substance in the information given.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-09-2021, 01:50 PM
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Thanks for the info, purchased the ebook.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-09-2021, 12:35 PM
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Thanks, but I can't access those pages.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-09-2021, 12:02 PM
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Just bought a used K1 and was disappointed to find that the manual was only 140 pages when the manual for my K5 is 380+ pages.
Now, I have only glanced through the K1 manual so far but it seems to gloss over many subjects whereas the K5 manual gave a much more detailed description.
Is there another manual available to fill in the blanks?
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
10-27-2011, 04:53 AM
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-26-2011, 01:42 PM
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Hi Alan, How are you enjoying the LX? I have just got mine back from Miles along with my Super A. I am struggling with them at the moment as I find it hard to see past my OM4T & Ti, the spot metering and highlight/shadow options are just fantastic for shooting in manual.
Had a bit of luck this morning though, bought a very nice Tamron 90mm SP with a PK mount from ebay and when it arrived the mount was a PKA.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-26-2011, 01:30 PM
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Pretty sure you would get £200 for that without too much trouble.
The camera looks lovely. The lens was well respected in the 80s.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-26-2011, 01:03 PM
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I have as recent acquisitions an LX and Super A. Although I have not had much use from them yet, I am not feeling the love so much from the LX preferring the Super A to it, it may be because of the grip on the Super A, but it just feels nicer to use than the LX, although without wishing to start an argument, neither of them feel as good in use as my OM4T or Ti.
Great test report though.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
10-25-2011, 11:24 PM
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
10-25-2011, 12:26 PM
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Hi all,
Just joined these forums after receiving my two Pentax film bodies back (LX & Super A) from having a CLA. I have no images to show yet as I have not yet put a film through any of my five Pentax SLRs (2x ME Supers and a Spotmatic SP).
I also have an extensive Olympus Film Outfit as I suffered a bout of nostalgia and bought a couple of OM2ns before seemingly buying up a collection of Olympus SLRs and lenses which were all at very low prices from a famous auction site (now have an OM1n, 4x OM2n, OM2SP, OM4T and OM4Ti).
I only have a single DSLR and that is a Hasselblad H1D which has an Imacon Ixpress 528C 22MP Multishot Digital Back and 35mm, 80mm & 150mm HC lenses.
I also have a couple of Fuji Digital cameras that I use for holiday snaps.
As for my photographic pedigree, I started in Photography in 1979 and for many years worked as a Weekend Warrior shooting weddings and portraits, In 1993 after being made redundant from my work for the MOD I became a full time Wedding and Social Photographer primarily using Hasselblad 500CMs and Nikon F3s, but by 1998 I was becoming disillusioned with working for myself and when the opportunity came up to work for the local Water company I took the plunge (pun intended) and over the next two years ran my photography business down culminating in my giving photography up completely for a couple of years.
In 2002 I started taking photography more seriously again and bought a Nikon D100 as I was able to use my collection of Nikkor lenses with it, this was followed by a D70 with 18-70mm kit lens and a few years later a D200. In 2008 I decided to swap systems to Canon to enable the purchase of a Full Frame Canon 5D, I then built up a nice Canon system with a number of L lenses, but still hankered after the larger negative available from a Medium Format camera and so picked up a 500CM system and bought a Epson V750 scanner which has the facility to scan most film formats.
I have just been offered a large amount of darkroom equipment, so am seriously considering having a darkroom again although this will take a little persuading of my wife that it is justified.
So that's about it, and if you are still awake, well done.
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