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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-10-2024, 12:25 PM
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You ended up with something interesting and unique, and still got to watch the show without the camera. No regrets!
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
04-04-2022, 01:44 PM
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It's a skill I have acquired from my father. He was so good at it that he would buy the same tool twice! (Actually, come to think of it, so have I...) :o
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-13-2022, 01:45 PM
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KX & K50/1.4, shooting Fomapan R100 processed in DR5Chrome. (Ross Sea Antarctica from ships helicopter)
Phil.
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Forum: General Talk
10-24-2021, 05:45 AM
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Three Mercari Lots seller photos
KM with SMC 50/1.4
KX with generic 28/2.8, Vivitar 80-200 F4, SMC 55/1.8
P30 with SMC-A 50/1.4,Sigma 70-210 4~5.6 and Acheiver flash
Total for all including 6% PA tax and shipping $252.43
The SMC K mount 50/1.4 is the only manual focus Pentax/Takumar 1.4 50mm not in my lens collection. Hoping the KM is cleaner internally than the one I currently own. I couldn’t pass up the P30 with A 50 1.4, it was under $50:shipped.
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Forum: General Talk
10-23-2021, 04:12 PM
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Yes, my internet research shows that there were four Sony Alpha (A-mount) cameras with the 14.2 mp sensor: the 290, 350, 380, and 390. The one to buy is the 390 because it has other features than the sensor that make it better than the other three. The 380 is same as 390 except ergonomically inferior to the 390, and the 290 and 350 use old style cards that fit into pins which are easy to bend, effectively ruining the camera. (My card is a SanDisk Extreme III 4.0GB Compact Flash unit.) All the other Sony Alpha CCD cameras used the 10.2 mp sensor: A100, A200, A230, A330, A300, etc. (This is not an exhaustive list as there were several variations of these cameras with the added letters W, S, and K /N as suffixes. (A person having more time and curiosity than I could investigate further to determine the meaning connoted by these letters.) All these cameras are flimsy compared to Pentax, and probably would not survive the kind of adverse handling and weather that Pentax users have come to expect. They are not tactile delights to use, but still perform well and have certain advanced features such as live view and in-body stabilization. I find myself being more careful in handling the cameras in ways that I do not think about with the K-1 or 645N/D/Z or even the old K-10 for that matter.
My interest in these cameras arose from my interest in flower photography and the need for accurate rendering of delicate color variations, particularly in my dahlias. There are those who assert the superiority of the CCD sensor in rendering colors.
There are numerous lenses that work with the Sony Alpha cameras: Minolta Maxxum, Sony A-mount, and several Sigma, Samsung, Tamron, and perhaps other third-party lens makers. I suppose there may also be adapters to allow still other lenses to be used with the Alpha cameras, but I can see little sense in using these with the number of Alpha mount lenses already available. I have just begun using the Alpha cameras, so do not have much to report about lens quality, though I have found the Maxxum 35-70mm to be quite good. I will attach a few shots taken with it and the 390 just this morning. I plan to make a few comparisons of it with the Leica 35-70 though I cannot do so using the same camera or even sensor size to do so, so my results will be particularistic to say the least. Well, all this old equipment is inexpensive to purchase on the internet, so it is a fairly innocuous pastime in any event. I will be interested in any results you may feel like reporting upon.
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Forum: General Talk
10-26-2021, 07:30 AM
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I swore I'd never buy from Shopgoodwill.com again...I've forgotten how many times I've said that...but then a lot like this comes up...
 DSCF1604 by Ben McGann, on Flickr
 DSCF1609 by Ben McGann, on Flickr
 DSCF1611 by Ben McGann, on Flickr
 DSCF1614 by Ben McGann, on Flickr
The KSX Super works great and the lens is good. The Retina Reflex doesn't work, I didn't expect it to, I was just after the lens. The Minolta isn't worth the price of the battery. The Super D (second version) seems fine, the lens has oily blades but is otherwise fine.
Bought this on Facebook for the finder and accessory shoe. Now my Soligor TM can magically become a Miranda TM,
 DSCF1607 by Ben McGann, on Flickr
My Canon F1n was feeling lonely, all my other FD Canons are electronic.
 DSCF1605 by Ben McGann, on Flickr
Saw this on Facebook at a really good price. And I have a thing for mid-century rangefinders with bespoke lens mounts...The Paxette mount is M39, but with a 44mm focal flange for the leaf shutter. RareAdapters has a Fuji X-mount adapter...
 DSCF1619 by Ben McGann, on Flickr
 DSCF1617 by Ben McGann, on Flickr
The lens has 12 aperture blades...
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-25-2021, 05:39 PM
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Yep as with all the f2 Zuikos the prices can get pretty insane (have you seen what the 40/f2 goes for now!?).
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Backlit | Central Plateau Conservation Area
Hasselblad SWC/M (38mm Biogon) and Portra400
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Forum: General Talk
12-02-2020, 11:29 AM
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Our flowers are gone, but snow has arrived so we can start to recall the best way to get good white shades and shadows.
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Forum: General Talk
12-01-2020, 07:10 AM
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Two of the new additions, a pair of Takumars...Super-Takumar 135/2.5 (5-Element) & Tele-Takumar 200/5.6
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-13-2020, 11:54 AM
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Leica M4-2, 7Artisans 35mm f2, Kodak ProImage 100
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
07-01-2020, 08:40 PM
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Some "street" photos from around the city with expired Kodak HD200 film.
Pentax LX, A50/1.2
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-07-2020, 05:26 PM
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Pentax ES. Kodak Ultramax 400
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-29-2020, 04:48 AM
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More way-back machine stuff. Proof that I've had a camera in my hands most of my life. c1979-1980 in Monument Valley. My dad's baby blue 1969 Bronco and my mom with her own camera are in the foreground. I had just inherited a well-used Kodak Instamatic C-126. Scanned from a drugstore print of the same vintage - the colors now nearly gone.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-17-2020, 08:18 PM
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Some E100 audio porn:
Phil.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-06-2020, 01:04 PM
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Pines on the beach around sunset
Camera: Pentax 67 II
Lens: smc Pentax 67 165mm F:4.0 LS (hood, Y2 filter)
Exposure: 3" @ F/8
Film: Fomapan 200 Creative standdeveloped in Rodinal 1:100
Camera: Mamiya C220F Professional (+ paramender)
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 65mm F3.5 (Seiko shutter) (yellow filter)
Exposure: 1/125 @ F/8
Film: Fomapan 100 Classic stand developed i Rodinal 1:125 (30' + 30')
Big Brother is watching you
Camera: Mamiya C220F Professional
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 65mm F3.5 (Seiko shutter) (yellow filter)
Exposure: 3 min. @ F/8
Film: Fomapan 100 Classic stand developed i Rodinal 1:125 (30' + 30')
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-30-2020, 04:13 PM
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MZ-S & FA35/2, shooting E100:
Phil.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-19-2020, 06:34 PM
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Spring is here.....
(MZ-S & A135/1.8, shooting new E100)
Phil.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-17-2020, 04:27 PM
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I've always told my Irish friends, that when some jerk makes me very mad, that if I was Irish, I'd spit green.
But I'm Scottish so I spit plaid, eh?
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-14-2020, 09:04 PM
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-04-2020, 08:42 PM
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After more than 2 decades without use, I sent my Yashica Mat124G for a CLA and took it out in the field!
Commercial scans. Waiting for the negatives to try scanning on my own. Added a hint of contrast in photoshop. I'm a sucker for high contrast :)
Thanks,
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