Darmok N Jalad
There are FOUR lights!
- Location
- Tanagra
Well now you’ve given yourself permission to buy it. It would just be impractical otherwise. 😃
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GAS GAS: Please Share your Latest Acquisitions Big and Small
- Thread starter BillN
- Start date
- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
I've been thinking about acquiring a K10d (with its legendary CCD sensor) forever - but serendipity intervened as my friend and fellow forum member @Gerry M happened to have an extra one he didn't need. It's a beautiful piece of photographic gear which feels more solid than a proverbial tank. I'm looking forwards to trying it out in the not-too-distant future.
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Can't wait to see your images with that setup.
- Location
- Land of the Finns
- Name
- Marko
- Location
- FT Worth, TX
That is a nice looking strap! OM Systems didn’t have any kind of good launch promotions in the US. I already have the original 17 and 25 and the 12-45 so no need there. I wish they had done the extended warranty at least. Bummer, oh well. Enjoy your OM-3 👍🏻
The lens and camera go really well together there, better than I'd imagined.
- Location
- Land of the Finns
- Name
- Marko
It doesn’t look half bad, does it! And it feels good to handle, too. Very light and nimble.
Darmok N Jalad
There are FOUR lights!
- Location
- Tanagra
The 12-45 is quite a good lens if you have a use for it. f/4 isn’t fast enough for indoor shooting, but it’s a great outdoor walk around if those focal lengths are in your wheelhouse. It fits nicely on the compact bodies and the larger bodies just as well. I just don’t use that range much, personally, so it was a great lens I never used.
A soul kind beyond belief gifted me with this shelf queen, a '36 Contax II, the first year of manufacture and reputed the best year. As a shelf queen it does not work, one big reason being no shutter. But the old dear is off with Oleg for what he calls a CLA. It and the lens which is also a '36. And the back has the same serial number as the body. The lens may have been with it all along. At any rate, when I get the notice from Oleg to PP him the money I will order some film. Any film advice would be welcome and what is the advantage between regular and C-41 mono processing.
I really think you'll like that lens on your digital M too if you can get an Amadeo adapter (you may have one already?).
I have a sweet '42 sn 272nnnn CZJ 5cm 1.5. This batch and one other are reputed to have been hit with pixie dust. It is a sweet performer. To wit:
I have the lenses, I need the talent. I'm working on it.
AndyMcD
All-Pro
- Location
- East Midlands, UK
Just ordered a set of K&F 77mm magnetic filters (Polariser, 6 stop ND and 10 stop ND) for my Laowa 10mm f/2.8. I want to see if a polariser helps with glass on buildings to make my PP easier. If it does I will have to save the £350 to get a filter holder for the Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Shift
- Location
- Beaumaris, Melbourne, Australia
- Name
- John ...
Andy, the latest versions of Photoshop include a reflection removal tool, if that's useful to you.
- Location
- Ellensburg, WA
- Name
- Chris
Today was a successful day on the Bookface Markeplace. I found a deal I couldn't pass up, so I hit the road this morning for a drive over the mountain pass, to a neighborhood only the super wealthy can afford to live in, or near. A fine gentleman, a collector of all camera types, was selling off most of his gear and only keeping 4 sets of cameras and lenses. One of these being sold, was the newest OM-1 Mk2, with a 7-14mm f2.8 Pro lens, multiple batteries, some gear I don't even know how to use yet, or know what I'm going to do with yet. A stack of eye pieces, why would someone own a stack of eye pieces, 5+ for EM-1 and OM-1 cameras? Anyway, I just could not resist the upgrade for the price and now I have my perfect setup, one OM-1 Mk2 for everyday wildlife photos, and then my OM-1 Mk1 for wide view landscape or wider view video of wildlife.
This was also the final lens I was looking for, so I stumbled upon two birds with one stone.
This was also the final lens I was looking for, so I stumbled upon two birds with one stone.
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Darmok N Jalad
There are FOUR lights!
- Location
- Tanagra
Sounds like the guy might have been using eyecups as the gateway excuse for buying more camera bodies. Genius!
- Location
- Ellensburg, WA
- Name
- Chris
Today arrived my new Viltrox 25mm f/1.7 Air. To be used on my most-used camera, the Sony a5100. Which I use eight hours a day, five days a week, continuously, as my webcam.
It's just slightly wider than my previous TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8, and wider still than the previous Samyang 35mm f/2.8. It does not vignette nearly as badly as the TTArtisan. It has much more background blur, thanks to the larger aperture. It seems to focus somewhat more slowly.
I got it because I wanted a slightly wider lens, and a larger aperture, but remain low-cost. It's a great lens for my purpose.
It's just slightly wider than my previous TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8, and wider still than the previous Samyang 35mm f/2.8. It does not vignette nearly as badly as the TTArtisan. It has much more background blur, thanks to the larger aperture. It seems to focus somewhat more slowly.
I got it because I wanted a slightly wider lens, and a larger aperture, but remain low-cost. It's a great lens for my purpose.
L0n3Gr3yW0lf
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Somerset, UK
- Name
- Ovi
I wish some of these Chinese 3rd party manufacturers would bring their lenses for the dead Samsung NX mount. Some of this lenses would be so amazing for the old NX cameras especially for the focal lengths and apertures that Samsung did not had time to make them. How much would it really cost them to reverse engineer an old mount with no risk of being sued and support a very loyal (but admire very small) community.
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK.
- Name
- Charles
'Tis called progress, I believe, Ovi.
