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Forum: Photo Critique
02-01-2021, 03:16 AM
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Very interesting, thank you very much Peter and compliments for your work !
Best regards,
Ben
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-18-2021, 09:03 AM
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Well said @Texandrews ! I like too your definition : " Different animals" ... for the same reasons FA Limited series
don't need automatic diagphram control (!) or a Sdm motor (!) or the absence of ring aperture values (!) or, certainly, to be superfast (!)...
Welcome to a new coating, welcome to WR ...other aspects aren't in their essence...
[The link to "Xigma20_f1.4" was provocative...]
Who knows what Mr. Jun Hirakawa would think ...😉
From the pictures seems, sadly, that this new 21ltd is bigger than "old" 31 ...
Edit:
[Walter Woeltche/Walter Mandler docet];
regarding the optical scheme ... , and in a serious constructive criticism, has the computerized asymmetric design reduced effectively the distance from the distinguishing feature of symmetrical wide-angles (Biogon, SuperAngulon...) ? ... I'm very interested to see what people, here, say ...
Best regards,
Ben-G
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-18-2021, 08:38 AM
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... or like f1.7 😁... a little faster than 31mmLtd
The real limited are FA LIMITED :
31 >> f1.8
43 >> f1.9
77 >> f1.8
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-18-2021, 07:53 AM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-06-2021, 04:37 PM
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Which optical design ?
I hope in a BIOGON scheme ...
best regards from Italy,
( keep calm, be peaceful ! )
Ben
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-04-2021, 03:57 AM
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@angerdan,
Yes, i'm italian, I know very well Marco Cavina works and i'm an "old" (sic!) pentaxian, ... that i've posted is "an image of hope" 😊😉
I would still be happy if this new FA 21mm Limited were as fast as the FA 31mm Ltd ( and with an extraordinary soft manual aperture ring ! ... ).
Best regards from Italy!
Ben
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-03-2021, 07:16 PM
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Welcome(!) Mus,
Your camera is ... marvellous!
Best regards from Italy!
Ben
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-03-2021, 02:56 PM
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Yes i think the same: it's a very sad thing the loss of aperture ring ...
I hope that they will not reduce the aperture to f2.8 ...
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Forum: Pentax K-1
01-03-2021, 10:44 AM
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@gatorguy ... again ?! ...
"Any harm to my camera..."?
... sincerely this is not my case ...
"my K-1" is not mine, "my K-1" is your camera, is the camera of all of US that love PENTAX ...
@gatorgui, the word "SILLY" is offensive ...
Please, sincerely, ... STOP ! ....
best regards,
Ben-G
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Forum: Pentax K-1
01-03-2021, 09:28 AM
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Obviously ! Who don't know that "The most recent update will include all the prior fixes..."
I know it (!), but i'm not interested in other updates than 1.43 because i use my K1 only for my SMC Fa Limiteds ...
Other upgrades essentialy were done, such as described by RICOH, for new Hd fa star 50mm & 85, I don't want instructions on camera for lenses that I don't use ...
@gatorgui : is my request of this old update file firmware to other
Users in this forum a legit request ?
Or, if you prefer, an illogic / absurde request ?
"SHOULD YOU USE..." or simply "i could use..."? Or "why don't you prefer to use ... ?"
noblesse oblige,
Ben-G
Ps. : Yes, i SHOULD follow the Stephen Obermeier way ...
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Forum: Pentax K-1
01-03-2021, 07:30 AM
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Where can I download this 1.43
Upd ? On official site there are now only 1.5 xxx firmwares ...
Can someone help me ?
Best regards,
Ben
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
12-11-2020, 06:56 AM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-11-2020, 05:39 AM
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-11-2020, 04:49 AM
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Dear Pentaxians,
do you know where to find a free copy of this manual ?
Thanks ...
best regards,
Ben
Honeywell Pentax Takumar Lens Manual
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/10-pentax-slr-lens-discussion/75772-honeywell-pentax-takumar-lens-manual.html
[I' m very glad and grateful if someone that
has "illo tempore" downloaded and can upload again the file (108Mb)...]
Ps: The file is 108Mb...
NOT these:
http://pentax-manuals.com/manuals/m42/supertak_lens_manual_s.pdf
http://pentax-manuals.com/manuals/m42/takumar_lens_manual_s.pdf
pww : Pentax
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-02-2020, 07:54 AM
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... or it's most probably the case to say that " we are there now all together for us ! " 😉
... and we are waiting a little for another marvellous SMC Fa Limited lens :
a georgous 21mm with an aperture ring, a godronated ring focus and a terrific optical Biogon scheme !!!
Best regards from Italy!
Ben
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-04-2020, 06:20 AM
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I hope in a new ricoh GRX with a module for the new L-Mount
( Leica/Sigma/Pana ) ...,
I'm dreaming ...
Best regards from Italy,
Ben
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-04-2020, 06:09 AM
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I'm falling in love !!! VERY GREAT CAMERA !!! ... the price, if you find it (!), is stellar ... (sic!)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-02-2020, 02:35 AM
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#1 i've already the K-1, exclusively acquired for the ltd "three amigos";
#2 yes (even though I have the only necessary FA LIMITED lenses);
#3 relative ... ;
#4 Digital Camera/Lenses with their failures of automatic electronic control of diaphragm and autofocus motors ( sdm, plm, ...) are fixed expenditures, not an investment ;
#5 I don’t need it even i thought that, for Pentax, are absolute necessary production against apsc mirrorless of other brands... ;
6# I want a digital Pentax 67 with a no-bayer sensor and also a crop-mode for ff lenses ... and even the choice between a colours and a monochrome version ;
#7 not only for the climate change : better a cycle !
#8 idem : "I have a nice printer that will print as large as I want - but I don't print that often." ;
#9 "j'adore" OVF !!! ... and i think that, just now, is a great strategic choice for industrial production of cameras... and this is not a paradox.
"Death to EVF"? No.. i prefer to say:
" LONG LIFE TO THE OPTICAL VIEWFINDER !!!" ;
#10 No, ... for now; but apart this obviously subjective position and in any case, as Mies van der Rohe said :
Less is more
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
08-02-2020, 01:53 AM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
08-02-2020, 01:52 AM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Photo Critique
08-02-2020, 01:35 AM
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Marvellous shot ... i'm really fascinated by colours and composition.
" The unexpected colours of life"
... could be the title of a best seller with this great image as cover. Who writes the plot of the novel ?
😉
Best regards from Italy,
Ben
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
08-01-2020, 03:32 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-31-2020, 04:05 PM
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par même :
"what if Pentax gives us a k-1 style camera that can take digital 6x7 images ?"
A fabulous Pentax 67 III with a new Foveon sensor of 100 Mpx ...
What else ?
😉
Best regards from Italy !
Ben
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
07-30-2020, 06:53 AM
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SOLVED !!!
The lubricant, this night, has done his work.
Now the push button is free (!!!), i've dropped it, at the first, with alcohol denat with a dental floss, then with abundant and directly sprayed Arexon lubricant "Svitol" leaving it, for twelve ours, in vertical position second the axis of pin-hole and laid on a folded sheet of absorbent paper.
On the paper today some yellowish traces ... probably dirty solidified grease, now the push button is free, fluent; i can even rotate it, and present a very light resistance to the pressure and operates a fluent action of the lever inside the adapter.
Luckely no rust (!) ... it's amazing how few invisible dirt blocked the push button axis, ... such as welded !
Thanks also to the valuable assistance of Giorgio Melgrati.
Thanks again very much to the valuable suggestions of "hyyz"!
Best regards from Italy,
Ben
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
07-29-2020, 02:21 PM
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... damn(!), i can't resolve...
The push-button is welded ... seems to have, internal/external, a different cross section dimension ... internal is bigger and concentric ...solidified grease? rusty?... alcohol denat drops failed...
Uhm... tomorrow is another day!
Good night from Italy,
Ben
Anyone knows where can i find a "decent" manual use of this piece ?
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A bit better than manualibs:
https://www.cameramanuals.org/pentax_pdf/pentax_6x7_lens_adaptor.pdf |
