I received two 150s via UPS today. Why I received two is a long story that I'll get to later. But the best one is a very nice one, and one of the last 150s according to the serial numbers. I immediately focused on a family member to check the crop. I get a portrait with about half the torso at minimum focust. That's about what I'm looking for. I might use a short extension tube for some extremely tight head shots, but I'll bet that a crop of the minimum focus shot will be very nice. By the way Bill, you were right about the KEH excellent. The glass is absolutely perfect with no dust. Tiny blemishes on the focusing ring, but nothing unsightly. And I love the feel of this lens. It's like a giant versionof an SMC Tak screwmount lens. I'm in love. Now I just need a little bit of sun so I can shoot a few things in my garden. (To my dismay, I found that I don't have a conventional PC cord for my 400FT. I've been using the hot shoe cord with my LX, and I thought the other cord in my bag was a PC, but it's an LX PC with the extra connectors. Gotta find a cord now.) Merry, merry Paul
William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: 6x7 LENSES > > > 150 is too short for ports IMHO. That equiv to a 75 mm lens > > in 35mm. 200 would be much better and possibly even 300. > > JCO > > Depends, believe it or not, on whether you use a prism finder or > not. The 6x7 prism crops a full card size off the viewscreen. I > find I need to use an E or F crop card to match the finder view. > even though the 6x7 neg is a G crop. > I don't own a lens longer that 135mm, so that is the one I use > for portraits, and it does very well for me. > The 150, 165 and 200 mm lenses don't focus closely enough for a > tight head and shoulders portrait on their own, so a set of > extension tubes is needed to do really tight work with the > longer lenses. > I have used all three of the lenses mentioned, and I found the > 165 to be really nice, though it wanted a #1 tube, and the 200 > to be just a wee bit on the long side for the room I was in (I > had about 20 feet from the subject). The 150mm is fine for > portraiture, it is long enough that there is no camelling. > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
