- Location
- Central Ohio, USA
- Name
- Andrew
It is en-route - on the plane and making it's way to me. Maybe as soon as the week ending April 7!
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It is en-route - on the plane and making it's way to me. Maybe as soon as the week ending April 7!
- Location
- Central Ohio, USA
- Name
- Andrew
Not sure if it was the "best" deal...but for $100USD, I got this from the local camera store today. The widest M mount lens they had was a Voigtlander 21mm f/4, but I did not like the condition of it to spend the money they were asking.
Turned my gaze toward the 135mm f/4.5 Hektor lenses...so picked that up and a 135mm coded M39 to M adapter so the frame lines are proper.
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Turned my gaze toward the 135mm f/4.5 Hektor lenses...so picked that up and a 135mm coded M39 to M adapter so the frame lines are proper.
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AndyMcD
All-Pro
- Location
- East Midlands, UK
I will be interested to see how that compares to the 100-400 for you. I traded in my 100-400 because it was too much lens for my needs and I have wondered if I would get on better with the 70-309.A brand new spiffy Fujinon XF 70-300 lens! Ohhhhh...my X-E4's it!
Herbert Hound
Top Veteran
- Location
- The Welsh Borders
- Name
- Colin
A Fujifilm XF 16mm f/2.8 R WR is winging its way my way. It should be a good companion to my XF 27mm f/2.8
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK.
- Name
- Charles
And an XF 60mm f/2.4 R is winging my way!
- Location
- Central California Sierra Foothills
Had the 100-400 but found it just too much (size & weight) for the extra focal length for my liking. This is my 2nd 70-300 and I'm perfectly happy with it's overall performance. IQ is right up there compared to the 100-400 "beast".
- Location
- Tanagra
The 70-300 is nice. I had one the last time I tried Fuji. It was much harder to come by a year ago than it is now.
- Location
- Central Ohio, USA
- Name
- Andrew
The 70-300 Fuji is a nice lens. Hard to believe anyone would have issue with it regarding AF speed or IQ.
- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
Ever since the years of my misspent youth, when I shot exclusively with Pentaxes (first Spotmatics, later MX's), I've really liked Pentaxes. Both the cameras and the available glass. Though my analog days are behind me, my fondness for Pentaxes has not abated. Apart from a wonderfully tiny mirrorless Q, I've shot with two fantastic CCD-sensored K200d's, a fine KP, a K-5iis and a cool modern mirrorless K-01; and finally my least used but most interesting Pentax, a K-S2. The K-S2 was far and away the most compact among all the Pentax DSLRs I've used, had a wonderful 20 Mp sensor, no AA filter, weather-sealing, and... at times I just scratched my head and wondered why I ever sold it?
There was however one other Pentax I've always been fascinated by - the smallest and most lightweight Pentax DSLR ever produced, the earlier sibling and predecessor to the K-S2... the (relatively) diminutive K-S1. Like the K-S2 (and one or two other Pentaxes), the KS1 also tended (and still tends) to suffer from the dreaded ABF (Aperture Block Failure) syndrome, curable only by a relatively pricey and complex solenoid replacement; so buying either a K-S2 or K-S1 is not for the faint of heart. But I've always wanted to try it out... and I found one offered by its non-photographer owner at a price that was impossible to resist.
Plus... because of its non-traditional color, it looks more like a toy than a serious camera!
This one came with a dented but serviceable older Pentax 50mm manual focus lens, but in the near future I'm hoping to pair it with Pentax's smallest ever AF pancake lens, the tiny DA40 (which happens to be another superb bit of Pentax glass). Though the camera's construction is mostly plastic, it's got that heavy-as-a-tank solidity and weight which makes it feel like a much heavier tool. It also has a surprisingly high quality pentaprism viewfinder, basically the same one as in most of its more expensive and full-featured brethren, and significantly better (and brighter) than the pentamirror OVF in both of my K200d's.
But almost best of all... the damn thing is (relatively) tiny.
It's good to be back in Pentaxland again.
There was however one other Pentax I've always been fascinated by - the smallest and most lightweight Pentax DSLR ever produced, the earlier sibling and predecessor to the K-S2... the (relatively) diminutive K-S1. Like the K-S2 (and one or two other Pentaxes), the KS1 also tended (and still tends) to suffer from the dreaded ABF (Aperture Block Failure) syndrome, curable only by a relatively pricey and complex solenoid replacement; so buying either a K-S2 or K-S1 is not for the faint of heart. But I've always wanted to try it out... and I found one offered by its non-photographer owner at a price that was impossible to resist.
Plus... because of its non-traditional color, it looks more like a toy than a serious camera!
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This one came with a dented but serviceable older Pentax 50mm manual focus lens, but in the near future I'm hoping to pair it with Pentax's smallest ever AF pancake lens, the tiny DA40 (which happens to be another superb bit of Pentax glass). Though the camera's construction is mostly plastic, it's got that heavy-as-a-tank solidity and weight which makes it feel like a much heavier tool. It also has a surprisingly high quality pentaprism viewfinder, basically the same one as in most of its more expensive and full-featured brethren, and significantly better (and brighter) than the pentamirror OVF in both of my K200d's.
But almost best of all... the damn thing is (relatively) tiny.
It's good to be back in Pentaxland again.
I disagree! Certainly not with that lens on it.
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Name
- Keith
I've been doing a bunch of product photography of late and I wanted to share two products that have made that chore just a bit easier and quicker.
The first is a Leofoto G4 geared tripod head, which provides a much simpler and intuitive (at least for me) way of making subtle changes to camera angle that I find this type of shooting to require.
It's not a cheap piece of kit (although I picked this one up used on FM), but it's made this task at least a tiny bit more enjoyable than it would be using a ball head.
The second product is an Atoll "camera rotate gadget" from a company called Silence Corner. This thing makes switching camera orientation super quick and simple.
The Atoll is the silver ring and foot in the photos above. The one major drawback with this design is that at least with the XF 16-80mm lens I'm using the location of the ring makes changing the aperture all but impossible. For my purposes that's not all bad, since it means the aperture isn't getting accidentally moved off F8.
If anyone has any other product photography tips and tricks they care to share, my DMs are open.
- K
The first is a Leofoto G4 geared tripod head, which provides a much simpler and intuitive (at least for me) way of making subtle changes to camera angle that I find this type of shooting to require.
It's not a cheap piece of kit (although I picked this one up used on FM), but it's made this task at least a tiny bit more enjoyable than it would be using a ball head.
The second product is an Atoll "camera rotate gadget" from a company called Silence Corner. This thing makes switching camera orientation super quick and simple.
The Atoll is the silver ring and foot in the photos above. The one major drawback with this design is that at least with the XF 16-80mm lens I'm using the location of the ring makes changing the aperture all but impossible. For my purposes that's not all bad, since it means the aperture isn't getting accidentally moved off F8.
If anyone has any other product photography tips and tricks they care to share, my DMs are open.
- K
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p.giannakis
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Came across this Marketplace listing, I offered £45 and he accepted.
Everything looks to be in good working order and the glass is clean.
Came with a few extras as well. It is now loaded with HP5 and off to test it.
Everything looks to be in good working order and the glass is clean.
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Came with a few extras as well. It is now loaded with HP5 and off to test it.
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- Location
- Gloucester, UK
- Name
- Mark
Nice one. Looks brand new. That takes me back! My first full time job back in the late 70's was working for a retail camera chain (Greens) here in the UK. I well remember selling the ME and the K1000 but I don't recall the Rank logo on anything. Any idea why it's on the warranty registration?
p.giannakis
Veteran
I think it says Singapore. I will take a better picture at home.
- Location
- Southeast Idaho
- Name
- Dan
I believe this qualifies as a small acquisition. I got this for my birthday which is coming soon. I plan on keeping it in a basket with my keys and wallet so that I can grab it on my way to my car whenever I am heading out. I thought about leaving it in a car, but the summer heat may damage it. Pentax q7 with 5-15mm lens. I have a fisheye coming soon.
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p.giannakis
Veteran
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK.
- Name
- Charles
Looks like the dealer was affiliated to Rank in some way. There never was a connection between Rank and Asahi Pentax. I was in retail in Manchester between 1958 and 1966, so I'm familiar with Rank (ie J.Arthur). Didn't Rank have something to do with Mamiya in the UK? My memory is beginning to fail somewhat now!
- Location
- Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, UK.
- Name
- Richard
Rank Organisation were Pentax's UK distributor in the late 60s/early 70s. NAAFI is a British company.
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK.
- Name
- Charles
I didn't know that Rank distributed Pentax, but I do know of NAAFI (Navy, Army, & Airforce Institutes).
