I've submitted a number of shots taken with the SMC Pentax 85/1.8. I marked the lens as unknown and listed it in the comments. They took a few of these. One is even in the collection. And it's not bright and colorful, by the way. Paul On Mar 17, 2007, at 8:40 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
> Bong Manayon wrote: > >>> Maybe the chances of an acceptance rise when you use a rare >>> lens or one lens/body with no entries yet? >> >> Hi. I thought about that in some of my shots. A lot were taken >> using >> a SMCP K 135/2.5 which was not on the database and selectable in >> their >> pull-down menu. But they were accepted anyway with the lens >> tagged as >> "unknown" (they had me make a notation on the "notes" section). >> >> But I also submitted a couple using a K2 and both were declined. >> There are still no shots using K2s represented in the Gallery as of >> this writing. So I'm still wondering... > > It doesn't seem as if they're favoring any type of equipment in the > selection process, even if the gear isn't represented very much. I > don't think it would make much sens to go on anything other than the > images themselves at this point and that appears to be what they're > doing. > > BTW: I just noticed today that their lens series list doesn't include > the original "K" k-mount lenses! I had to list my K 15/3.5 as the "A" > version. > > Also, Bong, I noticed that you and I are the only two people to have > submitted photos shot with the MX at this point :) > I have to admit that yours is a much nicer shot than mine. That "Salt > Shaker Caps" image is a stunner! > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
