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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-23-2023, 05:23 AM
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There's too much nice gear in this thread !
Something I bought recently myself while waiting for my FiL to have his OP appointment. Been looking for nice one of these that was both affordable and not crusty with corrosion. Did not have to import from Japan either. Am I a snob for wanting an Asahiflex rather than Tower branded one too ?
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-26-2022, 09:06 AM
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I'd love one with that patina. I have a black SP which someone seems to have looked after over the years which is a shame :-)
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
11-17-2022, 07:44 PM
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Pentax 645N / A55 f2.8 E100
Mormon Row - Grand Tetons National Park WY
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
11-13-2022, 10:10 AM
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We're on the road to nowhere. Well not quite - between Salt Lake City and Jackson, Wyoming. Decided to drive from SLC rather than fly direct (from San Francisco). Worth it,
Pentax 645N / Ektachome 100. Slides are bad news to the wallet :-)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-14-2022, 03:04 PM
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Well I was helping a friend move house and so we were clearing the garage. There was a bag of stuff. I asked what it was "late husband's old camera gear". Did I want it ?
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
07-19-2022, 08:17 AM
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A few first shots from the newish to me 6x7MLU and 105mm. Film stock - Cinestill / Kodak XX
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-04-2017, 11:15 AM
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Lens Clubs - Index
I have always enjoyed roaming around the lens club sub-forum and it's many threads. These reflect the diverse experience, interests and obsessions of the esteemed members of PF. The only problem I've had is that due to the way it's grown in terms of organisation it's a bit , let's say, idiosyncratic. The daily updates to threads also means they are constantly moving in terms of which page they are on. It's a mixture of lens or brand specific sections and a big dollop of "this is my special interest". All very good but not that easy if you're looking for something specific and not the best way to find new stuff. So I thought I'd organise it a little bit if only for my own purposes.
So below is a sort of index which you may find useful. Three sections - single lenses , lens types and then a miscellany. It's a bit arbitrary but I hope it helps you find the area you are looking for. Please let me know of the inevitable mistakes - I don't know all these lenses so I may have got something wrong - it's happened before :-)
I will add further short descriptions and thread count - the former to clarify the content and the latter to give an idea of traffic level . Thread count is a moving target so don't expect regular updates !
Date Compiled: 26th February 2017
Single Lens Clubs
(Alphabetical, by lens length, first primes, then zooms)
Cosina 55mm 1:1.2
Hoya 200mm/F3.5 Teleauto Lens
Pentax DA14mm
Pentax 15mm Limited
Pentax-DA 21/3.2 Limited
HD Pentax-DFA 21/2.4 Limited
Pentax K28mm f/2.0 Lenses
Pentax DA 35mm ltd
Pentax DA35 f2.4
Pentax DA 40 XS
Pentax DA 50mm F/1.8
HD Pentax-D FA* 1:1.4 50mm SDM AW
Pentax M50 F4 Macro
Pentax DA* 55mm f1.4 SDM
HD Pentax-D FA* 1:1.4 85mm Lens Club
Pentax SMC Pentax-FA* 85mm F1.4 [IF]
Pentax DA560 lenses
Pentax DFA* 70-200
Pentax HD Pentax-DA* 11-18mmf:2.8 DC AW
Pentax HD Pentax D FA 1:2.8 15-30mm ED SDM WR
HD Pentax-DA* 16-50mm F2.8 ED PLM AW lens club
Pentax Kit Lens 18-55 I or II
Pentax HD Pentax-D FA 24-70mm F2.8
Pentax SMC Pentax-F 35-70 F3.5-4.5
Pentax DA*60-250 Lens Club
Pentax HD PENTAX-D FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW
Pentax HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6 ED DC AW
Pentax HD PENTAX-DA AF Rear Converter 1.4X AW (with any lens)
Pentax Rear Converter-A 645 1.4X, 2.0X (and any lens) club
Pentax Q 08 Lens Club
Pentax Q01 Lens Club
Rokinon 8mm f3.5 Fisheye
Samyang 8mm Fish-Eye
Sigma 10-20mm
Sigma 18-35 f/1.8 Art
Sigma 30mm/1.4 Lens
Sigma 70-200/2.8 lens
Sigma 8-16mm
Sigma EX 180mm F3.5 APO Macro Lens
Sigma EX APO DG 300mm F2.8
Tamron 10-24mm
Tokina AT-X PRO lens
Zeiss Flektogon 35mm lenses
SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135 f/2.8
Specific Brands or Ranges of Lenses
Canon Lens Club
Carl Zeiss T* ZK mounts (Distagon, Planar, Makro-Planar)
Contax Lens
Kiron Lens
Laowa / Venus Optics
Leica Lenses
Lens Baby
Lomography Daguerreotype Achromat
Mamiya Lens Club
Minolta lens club!
Nikkor Lenses
Pentax 110 System lenses on APS-C cameras
Pentax A Series
Pentax Auto-Takumars
Pentax DA Limited Club
Pentax DA Limited Zoom Club
Pentax DA zoom club
Pentax DA*
Pentax D-FA WR
Pentax DFA Zoom
Pentax F Series
Pentax F* & FA*
Pentax FA Limited
Pentax FA Un-Limited
Pentax Irix lens
Pentax K Series
Pentax LTD
Pentax M Series
Pentax Q Lens Adapted To
Pentax Takumar
Petri Lenses
Raynox Macro
Revuenon
Ricoh Rikenon K-Mount Lenses
Samyang Lenses
Sears Lenses
Sigma Lenses
Sigma Telephoto Zoom
Soligor club
Tamron
Tamron Adaptall Mount Club
Vivitar Series 1
Vivitar Series 1 Macro Club
Vivitar Lens Club
Voigtländer LBA
Yashica Lens
Zeiss M42 Lenses
Zuiko Lenses
A Fabulous Miscellany
ƒ1.2 Photos
20 mm Lenses
24mm Club - Any and All 24mm
28mm Lenses
35mm Lenses
50mm Lens
55mm Lens
58mm Lens Club - Bring your Biotar, your Helios, your Tak 58mm... bring 'em all!
85mm f2 or faster lenses
100mm to 105mm lenses
Mid-Telephoto Club 100mm-200mm
135mm lenses
The 200mm... the seemly unloved these days focal length club
300mm plus lenses
Cheap AF 28ish-80ish zoom lens
Cheap, Nasty, Inferior & Underrated Mother Of A Lens
DCL (dirt cheap lens)
Dead Lenses
East German Lenses
Enlarger Lenses
Fisheye Fever
Inexpensive AF telephoto club ($200 for 200mm)
Leaf Shutter Lens Club (LS)
Lens Fetish Club
Macro by any means necessary
Macro lenses
Manual Zoom Club
Medium Format - Any Medium Format Lens
Medium format f 2.8 lens club
Other Format Adapted Lenses
Pancake lens club
Pentax 40mm and 43mm Lens Club
Pentax Lenses on FF
Pinhole Lens Club
Post your Smooth Trans Focus Lens Images
Preset Lenses
Radioactive Lens
Rediscovered lenses
Soft lenses
Soviet Lens Club - MIR lens
Soviet lenses
Starburst Lens Club
The "Keeper" Lens Club -- You'll regret it if you sell it.
The "lonely lenses" club :O
The *any and all* lenses
The 'Hey this lens has glass elements in it' Lenses
The impossible lens
The Mirror Lens
The Off-Brand
The Pixie Dust Lens
The Projector Lens
The tilt shift lens
Tilt/shift-Van Gog
Tokina Bokina 90mm Macro & More
Wide Angle K-Mount Club |
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-09-2022, 06:37 PM
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Might be cheaper getting my eyes lasered. It'll work out cheaper.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-26-2022, 06:51 PM
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It's like an itch I had to scratch. I had planned on getting a K1 but I'm really a sucker for medium format. So it had to be this baby. Took me a while to find a nice one. It was missing the shutter ring but the vendor told me that in advance so am about to print a new one. Will print a r/h grip too.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-06-2021, 04:37 PM
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My latest and oldest film Pentax camera purchase. Has now had a CLA and fixed the sticky mirror. Not sure why but this feels rather better than my old and original K1000. It might be because the Spot is a black one and they're inherently better cameras :-)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-11-2021, 09:00 AM
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Hello neighbor (Novato here). Did that weatherproofing come in useful with the rain this week
I suspect you might well be right. I'm currently working my way through the lens reviews but it's also a question where I will use the K1. At the moment I shoot the Sony when I want that fast AF and the guaranteed (mostly) digital quality that is needed for some applications. I use a Fuji X100T when I'm out with family and friends and want no faff. The K1 is probably going to end up being used for landscape, DSLR scanning and possibly some astro. TBH it's been a while since I shot with a "proper" DSLR so I need to re-establish where that FL sweetspot will end up being before I think about more modern lenses.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-11-2021, 02:46 PM
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Seems it's already been done :-)
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Forum: Sold Items
03-11-2021, 02:19 PM
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My wife would like to send her congratulations to the buyer of the K1........
I on the other hand :-)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-14-2020, 02:38 PM
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Recent auction haul on Goodwill. I was only really after a film p&s and don't really like the more bulky Pentax compacts so this one caught my eye. Just happened to come with an SLR and two (kit) lenses. Just waiting on some batteries now. I suspect they've been in the camera for a fair few years but fortunately no sign of leakage or corrosion.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-14-2020, 05:10 PM
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I would say it "emerges" rather than pops up. I prefer that to popping up and not going back in it's hole ...
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-14-2020, 02:48 PM
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$28 actually - plus shipping of course...:)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-02-2020, 10:26 AM
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I had heard that a dab of alcohol in this area could often help...
yup - switching around the ISO (well probably ASA) away from the 100 setting does seem to generate normal readings. I guess the previous owner left it on 100ASA for a decade or so :-)
- a bit of alcohol and a turning the exp comp dial quite a bit seems to have sorted it thanks. The ME-Super can come to the ball......
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-02-2020, 12:35 PM
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Did someone mention a case :-)
Here's a helpful eBay link - sorely tempted
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-01-2020, 09:32 AM
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For a complete set - $80 are you kidding ? I'd have bought it and I'm not a huge fan of 110 film. Given that the film stock is available I'd have definitely bought it :-)
Pricewise I'd day for a full kit it was a bargain.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
11-01-2018, 08:44 AM
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I feel like I need to put it on a felt cushion :-)
Film arriving today (mix of Ilford b&w and some Kodak colour).
Urgent need to get lens and body caps and some filters.
---------- Post added 11-01-18 at 08:50 AM ----------
I'm turning into my old dad. Buying more cameras and lenses than I need and going off into niche photo pursuits and interests. He'd also be fascinated by the latest tech with the ability for PP and the capabilities of the modern digital realm gear. He'd probably still be using his Spots and old Leicas but it's a huge regret that we can't chew the fat over such stuff. I hope you enjoyed your Dad's birthday and here's to many more !
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-20-2019, 02:23 PM
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I seem to have bought a Pentax Super Program camera and SMC-A 70-210 for the shipped price of $21
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-17-2019, 05:24 PM
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Er yes thanks for that - you seem to have encouraged me to go out and buy the same stereo adapter - I really don't need any more GAS encouragement thank you :-)
It's due here on my birthday so I suppose that's some justification. Now I have to go and buy some slide film too...
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-18-2018, 06:41 PM
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Pentax ME Super and MEII Winder (oh I so wanted that winder). SMC-M 50mm F2 and some Fujichrome tranny film.
The lovely colour is down to a Cokin tobacco filter and possibly a grey grad for good measure. Cokin was quite the thing at the time. Easy to laugh at now but for me at least that (and being film) it gives me a real nostalgia buzz. That may also be due to it being my first sojourn abroad. 1981 - Lac Leman -Geneva. I was 23 :-)
I bought and got refurbed a replacement ME Super, the original having died in the 90s. The MEII Winder I had a carried on working until I put it on the refurbed ME-S. Boo-Hoo - I'd kept it for 30 years. Now too cheap to be worth repairing.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-02-2019, 07:28 PM
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One of my first shots with this. Think I need to get some b&w filters for this.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-04-2018, 09:54 AM
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This was quite some time ago but as Suomi is getting a mention - a rather old film shot - almost certainly on my ME Super. Judging by the colour certainly the SMC M 50mm I had/have.
I used to work for a Finnish company and travelled there regularly from 1992 to 2004. Miss that country and it's people. This shot was 1995.
Have recently started using it again. What a perfect package.
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