Hi,
It is truth that old K, M lenses are built very well. My SMC K 135/2.5 is built like a
tank and other my K i M lenses are very good in this respect.
Alek
Uytkownik Pl Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa:
Alek wrote:
Thank you! so for the price K35/3.5 is great and if one can afford to buy FA
On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 02:57 PM, Lon Williamson wrote:
I have never had the nerve to shoot over 1X. How fiddly is doing
this?
You'll definitely want to use a tripod.
Dan Scott
Alek wrote:
Thank you! so for the price K35/3.5 is great and if one can afford to buy FA version
it pays.
I shall try to find old for beginning.
The problem with AF lenses (most of them anyway) is that they are AF lenses; loose,
rattly, and focuses past infinity. Unfortunately, I've
The problem with AF lenses (most of them anyway) is
that they are AF lenses; loose,
rattly, and focuses past infinity. Unfortunately,
I've discovered that initially
tight AF lenses develop looseness over time. It may
well be that some newer AF
designs are potentially beter optically, but
]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
I had read many good things before buying my 30/2.8
and all I can tell is
that I wasn't disapointed by the qualities of this
lens. Although it is
especially sharp, as the MTF tests can indicate, it
has also
On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 01:41 AM, Ken Archer wrote:
Keep looking. They are available. I have been watching ebay for a
couple of years for a K3.5/35. I found one a month ago on ebay for $30
in mint condition. Only the plastic cap had a little silver lettering
rubbed off on it.
On
Well the 30mm is more of a substitute, and a much superior one at that, for
one of the K or M 28mm lenses. That said I can only second the assessment
that this is a great lens. It may be overlooked due to it's relative rarity.
At 09:36 AM 12/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:
In a message dated
Is FA 35/2.0 better than highly recommended K35/2.0 and K35/3.5 lenses?Which is the
best?
Alek
Uytkownik Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa:
On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 08:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FA35/2.0 which is probably very good.
Alek
No _probably_ about it Alek. Just,
Only if you need auto focus. The 35 f3.5 is in a league of its own - try and
buy one in the K mount!
Bob Rapp
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
Is FA 35/2.0
Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
Is FA 35/2.0 better than highly recommended K35/2.0 and K35/3.5 lenses?Which
is the best?
Alek
Uytkownik Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa
is in a league of its own - try and
buy one in the K mount!
Bob Rapp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
Is FA 35/2.0 better than highly recommended K35/2.0
Uytkownik Bob Rapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa:
Only if you need auto focus. The 35 f3.5 is in a league of its own - try and
buy one in the K mount!
Bob Rapp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Who has switched
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
Is FA 35/2.0 better than highly recommended K35/2.0 and K35/3.5 lenses?Which
is the best?
Alek
Uytkownik Dan Scott
one in the K mount!
Bob Rapp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
Is FA 35/2.0 better than highly recommended K35/2.0 and K35/3.5 lenses?Which
is the best?
Alek
if you need auto focus. The 35 f3.5 is in a league of its own - try and
buy one in the K mount!
Bob Rapp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why
As Bob Rapp said, a Pentax-M 35mm f/3.5 is a superior lens, and
better than most other 35 mm lenses from anyone. That is HIS
opinion. It is also my opinion.
I would say that Bob's opinion has been stated by a number of us,
too. I think K 35/3.5 owners are happy owners.
Fred
Keep looking. They are available. I have been watching ebay for a
couple of years for a K3.5/35. I found one a month ago on ebay for $30
in mint condition. Only the plastic cap had a little silver lettering
rubbed off on it.
On Tuesday 10 December 2002 01:04 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 12/10/02 7:05:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As Bob Rapp said, a Pentax-M 35mm f/3.5 is a superior lens, and better
than most other 35 mm lenses from anyone.
That is HIS opinion. It is also my opinion.
I have 35/3.5 lens and agree that it is a very good lens. But one
Hi!
Just for the record my name is Boris :).
You might say I switched from Zenit ET to PS to Video and then
finally back to Pentax. So in one sentence my story was just written.
For more you can visit my web page at GeoCities.
My main reason for choosing Pentax was backward compatibility with
On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 12:23 AM, Lon Williamson wrote:
Simon King makes sense with his twelve points UNTIL:
My name is Simon, and it's been 3 weeks since my last Pentax
purchase...
The 12 Steps
(1 thru 10, yes, we've all been through that, but goldangit:)
11. Seek through
I switched to Pentax because the famous Alpa Reflexes don't work in the
cold. And I happened to have an ME Super knocking around.
Don
Dr E D F Williams
http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams
Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery
Updated: March 30, 2002
On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 08:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FA35/2.0 which is probably very good.
Alek
No _probably_ about it Alek. Just, FA35/2.o which is very good. vbg
Dan Scott
Hi!
Well, I wanted a SLR, but hadn't the money to buy a new one. My father
had 2 old lenses (Pentax 135mm and 50mm) which he gave to me, and so I
ended up buying a used ME body...
that's it... but I'm very happy how it turned out ^_^
bye Katrin
On Thursday, December 05, 2002 9:59 AM, Lon
Hi John,
Welcome to the list.
Another Brit - we'll soon be challenging the yanks for top spot ;-)
Not a million miles away, either - I'm just the other side of Oxford from
you.
Best,
Cotty
My name is John Whicker. I live in Aylesbury, UK, not far from London. I
have lurked here for quite
Hi, my name is Arnold Stark, and I shoot Pentax because Pentax gives me
excellent, beautiful lenses and good, small bodies at prices that I can
afford. My first SLR was a Ricoh KR10-X with a Tokina zoom in 1988, but
within 7 months I had picked up a Pentax-A 1:1.4 50mm, a Pentax-A 1:2.8
28mm,
I switched to Pentax because 126 just didn't cut the mustard.
Peter
And they didn't do a 1000mm lens for it either, right?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 05 December 2002 10:42
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
I switched to Pentax because 126 just didn't cut
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From: Peter
Subject: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
I switched to Pentax because 126 just didn't cut the mustard.
Wouldn't it have been easier to change mustards?
William Robb
And they didn't do a 1000mm lens for it either, right?
lmao
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From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PDML Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:58 AM
Subject: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
For me, Pentax was a no-brainer. My wife shot a K-1000 as a reporter
for half a decade, so
At 12:19 AM 05/12/2002 -0500, you wrote:
Bravo! Someone who can actually read the title of a thread, and one of the
few who responded that did switch to Pentax.
I did notice that no one has yet mentioned switching brands for Pentax AF
gear.
BR
Me, I did.
I switched from Minolta AF when the
Hi, my name is Farmina Manahesh Robertson, and I shoot Pentax
because __
[Ooh, it's my turn?]
Er, hello. My name is Fred. And I've been shooting mostly Pentax
for quite a while now. [I don't have to be here, since I can easily
give up photography anytime I want to.]
Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why this obsession with feel?
Good question. Focus feel has never been visible in any photograph I've ever
taken.
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 10:04:58 -0500
Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why this obsession with feel?
Good question. Focus feel has never been visible in any photograph
I've ever taken.
It's probably two things: something that feels good inspires
Hi,
What was the price of A50/1.4?
Alek
Uytkownik Arnold Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa:
Hi, my name is Arnold Stark, and I shoot Pentax because Pentax gives me
excellent, beautiful lenses and good, small bodies at prices that I can
afford. My first SLR was a Ricoh KR10-X with a Tokina zoom in
Good point. My Sigma 70-300 APO (the older MF version)
has _terrible_ feel, flares badly, wobbles, and is butt-ugly.
But I find it a useful lens and am unlikely to ever
purchase another 70-to-Something zoom. In fact, the major
reason I purchased the Pentax A 35-70 f4 last week was to
use both in
And Pentax gear is better than Minolta's? Some people believe that MZS is worse than
Dynax/Maxxum 7, not mentioning 9
Alek
What about lenses?Minolta has now some great lenses
Alek
Uytkownik Bruce Rubenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa:
Sorry Wendy, I was thinking of serious camera brands, like
In 1988 the A50/f1.4 cost me 330 DM new.
Arnold
Hi, What was the price of A50/1.4? Alek
Hi,
I see. Thank you!
Alek
PS Which Limited lenses do you have? Is 43/1.9 much better than A/FA 50/1.4 or 1.7?
Uytkownik Arnold Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisa:
In 1988 the A50/f1.4 cost me 330 DM new.
Arnold
Hi, What was the price of A50/1.4? Alek
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Good question indeed, and certainly a valid personal philosophy. I suppose
for me it's because the pictures I take are 60% of my enjoyment of my
photography hobby, while the experience of operating the camera and
appreciating it as a mechanism
Oh, Mrs. Reed ~ if you've never handled an MX before, believe me,
you'll LOVE it!
I've had many mechanical cameras in the past 50 years, but when I
handled my first MX, I was pretty certain I'd found the mechanical SLR
I'd been looking for! Something about it.
I agree, I have not yet handled an
LOL. The dorks here now are gonna insist that you buy
a Pentax 6x7, enter the Brotherhood, and wear purple robes
at ALL TIMES. grin.
tom wrote:
My name is Tom. 5 or 6 years ago you dorks made me buy a Program Plus.
I switched from Minolta AF when the MZ-S came out.
I have since sold my Minolta 600si and lenses and bought another
MZ-S body (thanks, Andre!)
Well, as a follow-on Wendy, I received yesterday night a MZ-5n (from
Michael S. who probably left the list after going digital and selling
his Pentax
-Original Message-
From: Lon Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
LOL. The dorks here now are gonna insist that you buy
a Pentax 6x7, enter the Brotherhood, and wear purple robes
at ALL TIMES. grin.
I've already got 2 645n's, and a robe I borrowed from The Willard,
so I think
This is the Pentax mailing list and one is obliged to disparage all other
camera brands.
BR
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And Pentax gear is better than Minolta's? Some people believe that MZS is
worse than Dynax/Maxxum 7, not mentioning 9
Alek
What about lenses?Minolta has now some great lenses
Alek
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Lon Williamson wrote:
LOL. The dorks here now are gonna insist that you buy a Pentax 6x7,
enter the Brotherhood, and wear purple robes at ALL TIMES. grin.
Tom's already a member of the Little Brotherhood...
Our negs may not be as big, but..uhm...well, err.. Our depth of
for me, the discussions on focus feel are like discussing the
paint job on a race car.
I don't buy that analogy. Paint on a car is cosmetic. Focus feel
in a lens is ~functional~. I think, if you want to stick to a race
car analogy, focus feel is more like steering feel, or the feel of
the
I think this is true only when posting to PDML.
When I have something important (to me) happening in front of a lens,
I: a) do NOT think what camera I have b) Do NOT worry about the lens
c) Do NOT remember that I wasn't as kind to my second grade teacher as
I should have been. d) Do MOT worry
-Original Message-
From: gfen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Lon Williamson wrote:
LOL. The dorks here now are gonna insist that you buy a
Pentax 6x7,
enter the Brotherhood, and wear purple robes at ALL TIMES. grin.
Tom's already a member of the Little
William Robb looks DEVASTATING in his robes, and Cassleberry looks
like Cassleberry in a purple robe (grin - Cassleberry's one of my
favorite folks here - always upbeat and takes good shots. No offense.)
I tried a Brotherhood robe on once and _liked_ it, but my God the very
thought of buying all
I have almost no experience with the M35/f2.8, except that a lot of
such lenses on the market do have a sticky aperture. The K35/f3.5 is
indeed very very sharp, but f3.5 is a little bit slow sometimes. The
only comment that I can give on the K35/f2 so far is, that it is an
extremely beautiful
Purple?
What has The Brotherhood come to?
Will the KoolAid now match the robes? :-)
Collin
From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LOL. The dorks here now are gonna insist that you buy
a Pentax 6x7, enter the Brotherhood, and wear purple robes
at ALL
Purple?
What has The Brotherhood come to?
Will the KoolAid now match the robes? :-)
Collin
From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LOL. The dorks here now are gonna insist that you buy
a Pentax 6x7, enter the Brotherhood, and wear purple robes
at ALL
I switched from Nikon AF to Pentax AF and I did it for the same reason
as John--most Nikon lenses don't have good out of focus effects.
I am new to photography and even newer to Pentax, but from what I have
seen so far: Pentax has nice, small bodies with useful features and
nice, small prime
I have the one with the silver ring, older, supposedly
better. I'm gonna do it ANYHOWS. grin.
Mark Roberts wrote:
There are two different versions of the M28/2.8 (with different
optical designs) and the consensus is that one of them is good.
Sorry if that spoils your plan...
;-)
I'm in the process of selling an Olympus 35-S rangefinder, and I'm
almost regretting it!
I have a soft spot in my heart for quiet rangefinders, I do.
I'd love a Leica if I didn't already dislike the design...I might have
purchased one.
If Pentax ever came up with a rangefinder, I'd buy one in a
On 5 Dec 2002 at 11:14, Herb Chong wrote:
for me, the discussions on focus feel are like discussing the paint job on
a race car.
I disagree, using the race care analogy I'd liken it more to the feel of the
feedback through the steering wheel and pedals :-)
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE
On 5 Dec 2002 at 10:04, Mark Roberts wrote:
Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why this obsession with feel?
Good question. Focus feel has never been visible in any photograph I've ever
taken.
I think you'd be wrong if you looked at it from a technical perspective. I
would guess that
affairs.
-Original Message-
From: Ken Archer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 5 December 2002 3:35 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
My name is Ken and I am a Pentaxaholic.
I started at the top with Pentax 40 years ago and I liked
On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 08:16 PM, Simon King wrote:
My name is Simon, and it's been 3 weeks since my last Pentax
purchase...
The 12 Steps
1. Admit that you are powerless over your compulsive behaviour with
Pentax -
that your lives had become unmanageable.
2. Come to believe that a
- Original Message -
From: tom
Subject: RE: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
No, we get all the chicks cuz we're not wearing those stupid
robes!
Chicks, schmicks.
Give me a pretty sheep anyday.
WW
On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 18:58:45 -0500
Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For me, Pentax was a no-brainer. My wife shot a K-1000 as a
reporter for half a decade, so when I got the bug, I studied a
little bit, and the PDML more than anything put me in K-mount. My
first camera was a KM, and
Hi, my name is Bill. I switched from Nikon to Pentax for the
lenses.
William Robb
Same story here. My wife had a k-1000 and a couple lenses. It was just
natural to build from there. Her biggest complaint now is I have taken over
her hobby:)
Jim Fellows
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From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PDML Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
I could have typed your message for ya, Robb!
BTW, thanks for being here.
Lon
William Robb wrote:
Hi, my name is Bill. I switched from Nikon to Pentax for the
lenses.
William Robb
Hi, my name is Bob. I started with Pentax in 1967. In 1972 all my equipment
was stolen. At that point, I could have switched to Nikon. I didn't because
they had UGLY cameras and horible lenses (in comparison).
Bob Rapp
My name is John Whicker. I live in Aylesbury, UK, not far from London. I
have lurked here for quite a few weeks now and this is my first posting.
I have used Nikon 35mm equipment for more than 15 years, and Olympus OM for
more than ten years before that, but I had always wanted to own and use a
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Subject: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
- Original Message -
From: Lon Williamson
Subject: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
Yup. Oly is my second choice.
Cool!! My first bought with my own money camera was an OM-1
Hi, my name is Brad Dobo, and I shoot Pentax because I wanted to join this
group and be abused. :-)
Hi,
My name is Mike, and I switched to Pentax because JCO sent me an old user he
used to carry around his truck so I could try the old screwmount lenses. I
did a flurry of great work with that camera and really enjoyed it.
I think I'm about to buy a Konica Hexar RF, as I saw one in Chicago over
.
Regards,
Paul
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From: Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
Hi,
My name is Mike, and I switched to Pentax because JCO sent me an old user
he
used to carry around
Hi, my name is Bob and you should know that the Konica RF is not compatible
with Leica lenses. The flange to focal plane distance is different.
Bob
- Original Message -
From: Mike Johnston
I think I'm about to buy a Konica Hexar RF, as I saw one in Chicago over
the
Thanksgiving break
I used my fathers Konica equipment before I bought my own camera, it had
manual metering and shutter priority modes. I do not like shutter
priority, didn't like what Canon had Nikon was too expensive so I
bought a Pentax camera.
--
David S.
Nature and wildlife photography
Why not a Bessa R-2?
Bob Rapp wrote:
Hi, my name is Bob and you should know that the Konica RF is not compatible
with Leica lenses. The flange to focal plane distance is different.
Bob
- Original Message -
From: Mike Johnston
I think I'm about to buy a Konica Hexar RF, as I saw one
,
Paul
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From: Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
Hi,
My name is Mike, and I switched to Pentax because JCO sent me an old user
he
used to carry around his
Hi Bob,
Hi, my name is Bob and you should know that the Konica RF is not
compatible
with Leica lenses. The flange to focal plane distance is different.
Thats debateable, my Hexar RF seemed okay when the RF was aligned correctly.
Only problem was with any slight bump (or for no reason) and the
Why not a Bessa R-2?
May aswell shoot an M6 then.
Bob Rapp wrote:
Hi, my name is Bob and you should know that the Konica RF is not
compatible
with Leica lenses. The flange to focal plane distance is different.
Bob
- Original Message -
From: Mike Johnston
I think
'cept it's $480.
R
Paul Jones wrote:
Why not a Bessa R-2?
May aswell shoot an M6 then.
Bob Rapp wrote:
Hi, my name is Bob and you should know that the Konica RF is not
compatible
with Leica lenses. The flange to focal plane distance is different.
Bob
- Original Message -
Or, if you like Konica, get an Auto S3.Wonderful camera, wonderful
lens- awesome size.
R
Paul Jones wrote:
Why not a Bessa R-2?
May aswell shoot an M6 then.
Bob Rapp wrote:
Hi, my name is Bob and you should know that the Konica RF is not
compatible
with Leica lenses. The
I changed to Pentax because of the lenses. Most Nikon lenses don't have
good out of focus effects. Many Pentax lenses do. Choose carefully and
they are among the best this side of Leica and Contax, for very little
money!
John,
Welcome to the verbal side of the PDML. Good post, and I
I used my father's Konica auto S2 throughout University while I worked at the
newspaper. When I graduated I bought a Ricoh KR10 with power winder. I later
added a Ricoh KR5 Super. When I got a little settled in I sold the KR5 and
bought an MX with winder. I eventually sold the KR10 and bought
Bravo! Someone who can actually read the title of a thread, and one of the
few who responded that did switch to Pentax.
I did notice that no one has yet mentioned switching brands for Pentax AF
gear.
BR
From: John Whicker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My name is John Whicker. I live in Aylesbury, UK, not
My name is Pat, and in 1979, I was shooting with a horrible Praktica. I
bought it new and the shutter started showing wear and leaking light within
a year. I gave it away, then considered the OM-1 and the MX, and went with
the MX (preferred the shutter dial location).
I used the MX happily for
, December 04, 2002 11:48 PM
Subject: RE: Who has switched to Pentax and why?
Bravo! Someone who can actually read the title of a thread, and one of the
few who responded that did switch to Pentax.
I did notice that no one has yet mentioned switching brands for Pentax AF
gear.
BR
From: John
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