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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
07-20-2017, 02:44 PM
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The year is the Japanese business year, so it ends march 31th 2018. Still a lot of time.
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Forum: General Photography
03-29-2016, 11:52 PM
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Ok, I got my precious so I can spill the beans... :-P
I went to kamepa.ru website and checked the online catalog, found a Helios 44K-4 in the Pentax section, sold as new (there's lots of M42 lenses as well), so I went to the shop as soon as I could.
The shop is almost impossible to find unless you have read the directions in a forum (it's a post on mflenses dot com IIRC), because it's in a back yard (Berezhkovskaya naberezhnaya 14, near Kievsky train station), through a wooden door, down a flight of stairs, through another wooden door (ring a bell first), another door and a corridor, all that with little to no indication (and the little there is, is in cyrillic). Eventually you get to a room full of display cabinets, chock-full of lovingly kept photographic material.
After a fair bit of browsing on the owner's part, I got what I came for, in brand-new condition as advertised, snappy aperture, buttery-smooth focusing ring, no dents, scratches, marks, got Zenit front and back caps too etc.
Lens works well and swirls a bit too so I'm really pleased.
Prices are fair, the I-know-what-I'm-doing kind (unlike souvenir shops, where you can find plenty of dusty Helios attached to dusty Zenit camers for 8000-9000 rubles, about five time the real market value).
If you live in Moscow you probably already know that place, but if you don't, it's
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
06-28-2014, 08:25 PM
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My thoughts, too. Too bad you don't have a DA 70 to pop in the bag for a nice small travel kit.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
06-28-2014, 10:00 AM
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I would also agree with the 15, 31 and 55-300.
You might not even take the 15 off your camera but it would be smart to carry the 31 and the 55-300 also.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
06-28-2014, 09:58 AM
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
06-28-2014, 07:17 AM
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Personally, I would take the 15, the 31, and the 55-300, but I doubt if you'll use the zoom much. Travel is all about going wide and keeping your burden small and light. You probably wouldn't regret even leaving the zoom at home, but then it's not an especially heavy one. Alternatively, you could take the 16-50 and the 55-300 and have the spectrum covered, but if you're like me, you'll end up seeing some magical settings or situations that the 31 would be perfect for and you'll wish you had it.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
06-28-2014, 06:58 AM
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When I travel, I take my 18-135 and my Sigma 30/1.4, maybe my 10-17 for fisheye fun. The loss in IQ is small, the gain in flexibility is huge. When I go out "photographing", I like an all prime kit. What I like to do on longer trips is take my big bag with everything, and load up a smaller bag differently each day depending on the rhythm of the day and leave the big bag at the hotel. My family usually lets me have at least one day of go slow while dad fools with prime lenses, and on the days when we have a lot to do, I stick to the 18-135.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
06-28-2014, 03:56 AM
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Well, I think it depends on what kind of trip it is going to be. Do you think it is going to be rather a dedicated photo trip, and you will have the time and the peace to take photos? Then go with b). If it is more spending time with your familiy, you may want to choose a).
Personally, for me there would be no that much difference between carrying three or four lenses with men. So, considering weight, I would almost always choose the four lenses. More important for me would be if I think that I would really have the time to take pictures. Being away with familiy, do I really have the time to stop, think about composition, change lenses without annoying them too much (or they annoying me ;-) ).
Anyway, whatever you decide, have fun in Tuscany!
And show us some of your pictures :-)
Edit: I just found out what Tuscany means in german and figured out that I have been there...! There are some really beatiful old cities. I don'd know how much of a difference a 15mm compared to a 16mm lens will make, but in some narrow street, you may be happy to have the wider one.
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