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Forum: Lens Clubs
07-16-2014, 02:18 PM
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A20 / 2.8 Just not quite wide enough on the K3 looking the other way should have brought the A 15mm
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Forum: Lens Clubs
07-16-2014, 02:14 PM
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A 135 / 1.8 over looking the Sydney harbor from old Parliament house garden fountain ,Set in the botanical gardens from WPD outing
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Forum: Lens Clubs
07-02-2014, 02:40 PM
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Thats is a great little lens ,great for travel as well, Nice Bottle brush , are they native to USA
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Forum: Lens Clubs
06-17-2014, 11:42 PM
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A Few shots with the A24 - 50mm / 4 Nice compact Lens IQ is OK . at 24mm and 50mm
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Forum: Lens Clubs
03-04-2014, 02:10 AM
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Which museum was that Jean , wife will be in Paris next month with my daughter , alas i cant go this year hopefully next year
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-25-2014, 12:18 PM
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Nice ones Jean , it gets harder to take candid shots with Short FL lenses as they get older , 300mm does the trick . they grow up so fast so make the most of it while you can :)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-24-2014, 03:21 AM
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I soon will be old enough to justify one of those all wheel drive buggies with trailer
I will send a PM re work
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-23-2014, 12:01 AM
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Pity about the A600 had as similar one from one of the Russian states it was an A 15mm / 3.5 when i received it some one had butchered it to a canon mount , they wanted the lens back before i would get my money back , i was a bit worried but turned out OK in the end ,she said she did not know it was modified . If you want a particular lens post it in the wanted dept and the good folks here will let you know if they see one even if no one wants to see one or you can PM me and i will keep an eye out if you like ,i always keep check on prices , and just to see if there's a better copy than what i have at a reasonable price , Looking at you gear list seems you have most situations covered , not sure how the K500 /4.5 compares to the 600 /5..6 but i woulds think there fairly similar . and if you put a 1.4x convertor on it that makes it a 700/5.6, Will that lens take the A1.4L or use your Tamron converter ,
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Just checking out the specs on the K lens as compared to the A ,the Min focus Distance on the K is to far away for my liking 10 meters on the 500 and 8 meters on the 400 . the A400/5.6 is only 2.8 quite a bit of difference .
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-22-2014, 01:05 PM
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Thanks womble , the big four all have their own special use ,iam very lucky to have them , there are 4 1200 in the forum including mine that i know of ,makes you wonder where the rest are .
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-22-2014, 12:51 AM
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Thanks Chuck and Jean , I mainly took the pic for insurance purposes not so much as a display or i would have set them up a bit nicer , there not normally seen by many people and even my wife does not know what i really have as they look all the same to her
lucky me :)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-21-2014, 02:44 PM
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Thanks Jean , I think you have a bigger collection of Pentax gear than me .Nice camera
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Thanks for the Like Dave , I have to admit i like them as well :)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-21-2014, 02:30 PM
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I do agree with you just collecting for the sake of collecting is not what my lenses are for , This is my hobby and I do use most of the lenses some time or other and i also have no hesitation to bring some lenses to a Pentax outing for others to try out , I never thought i would have all the prime A lenses but i just keep an eye out for them over the years and if the price was in my price limit i was will to pay i would buy it , I could not have brought some of these if not for the generous help of the members of this forum , who either sold me the lens at a sensible price ( Thanks Steve ) or told me about lenses ( thank everyone ) or helped me buy them (Thanks Dave ) . That Said I also see these as an Investment and good value for money i could sell these for more than i paid for them , not many New lenses you buy can say that , I do agree you dont need all these lenses i had this collection for mant years and was quite happy with them photo below , When Pentax failed to bring out or announce a FF camera a lot of lenses came onto the market which i had never seen before at a reasonable price , which got my interest in longer lenses which i always wanted and never thought i would be able to afford, you can get any lens at the right price if you patient and keep a constant look out . I do hope to get a lot more use out of them when i retire which was may aim anyway . I also have most of the A Zooms as well as they are cheap to buy and also great value for money , these i brought to complete my A lens set not because i need them ,but i do use them on occasion when i am in the mood not to have to change primes
I all the A use my lenses on FF camera and the K511s and don't see any difference in having FA lenses same FL as the A series , I also have DA lenses for my K511s camera when i want AF
I dont know what you mean by tasco telescope the A 1200 is a proper FF camera lens , i brought it to use it on small birds but have not had the time to use it as much as i was hoping to but the time will come in the future .
You dont need what i have and i Know i may never be able to use them to their full potential , Its about the photographer not the equipment ,i have seen so many great photos in the forum with modest cost lenses
if your not into long lenses that this is all you need and this is what i had for many years ,Cheers Frank
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HI Mike ,like most of us i have had some since the 80's but only found out about 4-5 years ago that i could use them on DLSR as well , so most of what you see i acquired over the past 4 years , i stayed with the A series because of the A setting so you could adjust all the settings with the camera and all the metering works the best as well , never liked stopped down metering , FA where to over priced for me and most of the time you do need AF in some situations it helps but with what i shoot i prefer manual as AF usually pick what i don't want to shoot
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-20-2014, 09:29 PM
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I would have brought it any way at that price ,:lol: trouble is once you have one A lens you want them all its the only way to cure LBA :) this was taken before i had the A 15mm / 3.5 so its not in the pic ,
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-30-2014, 11:45 AM
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Like the retro look in the last two
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-28-2014, 12:24 AM
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I agree keep them coming :)
Unusual building A 50/1.2
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-26-2014, 03:50 PM
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A 50 /1.2 i like the unuasul head lights on this Morgan
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-21-2014, 03:59 AM
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They certainly pack a lot of buildings in such a small area very nice
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Forum: Lens Clubs
01-13-2014, 03:15 AM
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A 15mm 3.5 , A 20/2.8 . A 200 / 2.8 all @ f 8 from the week end
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-09-2013, 12:17 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-09-2013, 01:27 AM
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Heres one with the A 85 /1.4 this is one of my favorite lenses , my grandson i minded yesterday, @1.4
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-09-2013, 01:23 AM
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Never done a Singles month , some nice shots thanks Bass might give it a go when i have a bit more time , its a good way to learn what a lens can do
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-03-2013, 10:47 PM
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Nice one J beat me to it
Just went outside to take a couple of Test shots with mine
@35mm / 5.6 105mm /5.6 and crop of the 105 shot
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-03-2013, 10:07 PM
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Makes a nice walk about street lens , looking for ward to some pics,cheers frank
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-03-2013, 09:54 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-02-2013, 01:04 AM
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this is a 1.1 crop of the A15mm top shot
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