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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-14-2018, 06:05 AM
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Try the UK! 20% Vat, 3% import duty over £140 and an £8 fee from the carrier
B***ards
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-13-2018, 12:57 PM
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I got the Yashinon 50mm f1.7!!!!!!
you, the of reviewers and Theo the angry photographer were all on the money when you said it is so beautifully sharp. I hope I can do it justice. Two things I found, 1) using f1.7 even on a dull day gets you silly shutter speeds, and b) at f1.7 the DoF is as narrow as a cigarette paper! What a lens. Mine was £32 plus postage and I would recommend it to anyone. I will probably go to my grave with it clutched in an eternal loving embrace *sigh!*
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-11-2018, 06:00 AM
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Today didn't turn out to be takumar day because I got an e Ludwig meretor 50mm f2.8 lump of metal strangeness through the post. It took me a while to work out how the aperture ring works but once I did I was off. I have to say it looks rather cool on the front of my K30 and using it was great fun. Add "the quirkyness of different lenses" to the list of "reasons for LBA. I don't really care if it is soft in the corners because the pleasure of this lens is in using it :)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-10-2018, 11:59 AM
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Update, i just grabbed a Yashika auto Yashinon DX 50mm f1.7 for £30 :D :D :D
LBA rocks
Another reason lba is the dogs, tomorrows lens of choice is a 60yo Takumar 55mm f2. I am very excited :D
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-10-2018, 06:07 AM
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My cassaron is nice, or will be. I like the little touches like the window that tells you if you are in auto or manual. I also have a cassar that is tiny, quirky and tremendous :) there is also an e Ludwig in the post, but my expectations are not high lol.
Re the mamiya. I have posted. Pic. Is this one of the tomiokas? If so, I think it is my first :)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-10-2018, 03:29 AM
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I also like to take one lens, today's is a Mir 1b. I spent an hour last light fashioning a neoprene collar for it, to stop light sneaking in through the adapter. I like the way that using a single prime lens makes you think more about composition. It also helps to get to know it. I try to use all the lenses at some point but some just get more use than others because they are just so nice (mir, Helios 44, Zeiss pancolar, takumars etc.). Yesterday I tried my first purchase of the week, a steinheil munchen edixa cassar 50mm which was disappointing. It has a bit of haze but is quite a quirky little lens so I will either have to find out how to strip it or find someone who will do it, cheap. Last night I added to my collection with an auto- Mamiya sekor 50mm. My slight concern about that one is that some have a wide flange and won't fit on my camera but hopefully that doesn't include the old, manual M42s. Tonight I am hunting Yashinon! Wish me luck
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-08-2018, 12:54 PM
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Wow Monochrome, There are some gems among that lot. Any plans as to what they will do with the money? Cruise perhaps, or maybe your own Caribbean island lol :) I totally get the sales. Having a clear out can be quite refreshing
I have added to my collection this week with the steinheil munchen cassaron 50mm f2.8, an e Ludwig, the Schneider kreuzach 135 and am waiting to see if I get a silver metal Yashika Yashinon 55mm f1.9 LBA is fun :) Although, I did pass on another e Ludwig! I may be beyond redemption, but I am not so out of control that buy duplicates, unless they are better than mine, then are replacements.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-07-2018, 12:43 PM
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Valid points, but with me its just greed lolol :D
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-07-2018, 12:24 PM
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The only person I justify it to is me :) if I can do that the lens is mine ....mine........all mine........bwhwhwhwhwhahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-07-2018, 12:13 PM
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Lol, I forgot the sadness, I get that too. I have three to test this week, two of which are below (lens porn) the black one is a schneider-kreuznach edixa tele xenar 135mm f3.5 and the one on the camera is a steinheil munchen edixa cassaron 50mm f2.8. The steinheil is supposed to be disappointing but I have found it to be great fun with bubble bokeh (leaf pic) the rose is a Takumar 35mm f3.5 flare monster and the mausoleum is a Pentax-m 40mm pancake which was completely the wrong lens for the church I discovered in the woods, but after lots of recomposition it turned out to be a really good session.
As for selling lenses, I may never get to that point. I often buy a lens with a view to selling it on when the object of my desire becomes available, but then I can't bring myself to part with it. As for the quality of my pictures, I get lots of things wrong but for me it is all about process and progress.
Interesting replies :) maybe this should become the MF, LBA acquisitions thread :) I may be solitary in my photography but I am delighted to see I have plenty of company when it comes to lusting after bonkers vintage glass :)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-07-2018, 10:45 AM
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Hi
I was reading another thread which was delving into whether kit can hold us back. I was also replying to another in which I listed recent, random obscure purchases and I began to question why I keep buying.
Regarding reaching the limits of our lenses capabilities, I am not even close. I sometimes test a lens and add it to the ebay list only to revisit in a different frame of mind and find it enchanting. I am not very far into my photographic journey and would probably benefit from company, but circumstances dictate. Also, flitting from lens to lens, as I do, I am probably not getting to know each lens, something I will address in time.
Regarding kit use, I tend to have a spell using primes then, after a week or so hanker after one of my zooms, and vice versa. I rarely carry more than one lens, preferring to select one in the morning and work with it at lunchtime or whenever else I get five minutes. I believe that using primes has helped my overall photography as I have to think harder about composition. Of course, this could be nonsense :) like I said, I am solitary so don't have someone telling me I am talking b®&*ocks again :)
As for purchases (the point of the post (finally)) my first prime was the smc da 35mm f2.4, which I love. My second prime was a Miranda (cosina) 24mm f2.8 macro which is a ka mount, which is also a delight. I absolutely loved the differences in operation and found that I felt added satisfaction from a manual focus lens. Next came a variety of Pentax-m lenses (50mm f2, 135mm f3.5, 200mm f4). I also picked up a cosina mc 135mm which was the first to hit the eBay pile, only to be resurrected. By this time I was addicted to the different handling characteristics of each lens and I think that is key. I am getting stuff based on it being different, which now I come to think of it, is pretty stupid given it should really all be about quality. But then I have (possibly accidentally) some beautiful glass! I have pancolars, preset takumars and lenses like the tak 100mm f4 macro that scores 98% on PF. The thing is, I live and work in a beautiful part of the UK, but every day I cover the same ground. Prior to my LBA I occasionally didn't take my camera because I felt like i had photographed everything. Now I choose a lens then think to myself "OK, let's see what I can get from this"! I recently had a back to basics week with my K3, 18-135mm and some filters where I concentrated on photography techniques rather than lens idiosyncracies but I am jonesing for primes again and today took out my DA 35mm. So that is me. I just love the feel of an alloy tessar and a slim, 60 year old preset Takumar and will probably continue to stock up, despite the fact that with what I have spent, I could probably have bought a couple of limiteds :) is this a common reason for LBA? I suspect there are others, hence the thread. It will be interesting to see who enters the confessional :)
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