Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery, If you come across a Tak 35 F2 grab it. It is a very fine lens in all respects. Mine is one of the radioactive models so color film turns a bit yellow but for B&W it is very good indeed. On 7/31/07, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@gmail.com> wrote: > > If you get the 35/2, let me know what you think. I want it primarily > as a normal lens for the dSLR. Right now, I use the 40 pancake, but a > faster one would be nice (and the 40 is pretty much permanently on my > *istD). > > On 7/31/07, charcot <charcot@comcast.net> wrote: > > Yes I love my K10D, my AF Film SLR ( type always leaves my memory), love > > my Lens BABY pentax mount. > > > > Now I'm trying to decide about a prime for both film and digital. I > > look at the 31mm/1.9 but for 1/2 the amount I can get the 35/2. I have > > AF 28/2.8 which is very good. > > > > ernie > > > > Jeffery Smith wrote: > > > I am smitten with my Pentax K10. And the Pentax prime lenses ain't > > > shabby either. > > > > > > On 7/30/07, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > >> Mehrdad - I've had my K10D for about nine months and 8000+ exposures > > >> now and am delighted with it. The kit lenses aren't all that great > > >> but the other Pentax lenses are and you can use all the old K and > > >> screw thread mount lenses, too, if you have them. I routinely use my > > >> old M lenses (from my ME) on it and just picked up a really sharp 200 > > >> mm M lens for $95 to add to my set. > > >> > > >> The camera has held up well though the spring return on the preview > > >> lever died after about 15,000 flicks. (I copied more than 5,000 > > >> slides with the K10D and the Pentax 50 mm Macro.) I'm using the > > >> camera with the lever broken because I don't want to not have it long > > >> enough to get it repaired. > > >> > > >> I used the 200 for the first time on the water last weekend > > >> photographing a regatta and the manual focus, green-button exposure- > > >> set routine was no issue even in that fast-moving setting. Best of > > >> all, the pictures look great. I've used the IS often with good > > >> results though not on the boat because the rolling motion from the > > >> waves can make the control loop bottom out. > > >> > > >> The 21 mm lens is a good one though I haven't had occasion to use it > > >> much yet. The Sigma 10-20 zoom is a real winner, too. It spends a > > >> lot of time on the camera. > > >> > > >> I say go for it. > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> > > >> Dick > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Jul 30, 2007, at 10:55 PM, mehrdad wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> funny, i was just shooting with a k10d. it is a very nice compact > good > > >>> handling and quick camera and it has IS built in. pentax has rolled > > >>> some new and very small (in size) prime lenses for this camera all > > >>> very good. the 21,40,70 (all 35mm focal length), the high iso is > good > > >>> and u have a lot of choices for lens from old and new. the 12-24 is > > >>> also very nice. on the long end there is nothing on the market till > > >>> later this year when they are planning to roll out some new lenses. > > >>> all the new lenses are "pro level" with supersonic motors built by > > >>> tokina with pentax spec and coating. the 16-50 and 50-135 both > sealed > > >>> and usm will be out in august sometime. i did have a d200 and sold > it > > >>> cuz this one is smaller and as good. i do enjoy the built in IS. the > > >>> quailty of the images also very well when shooting raw (i have never > > >>> tried jpeg). > > >>> > > >>> On 7/30/07, Eduardo Albesi <eduardoalbesi@ciudad.com.ar> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> I had never considered a Pentax before. Immune to the Spotmatic > myth > > >>>> from the Asahi Pentax era, I really never ever touched either a > > >>>> K1000, an ME Super, or their younger brethren. > > >>>> > > >>>> Well, I will be traveling soon and then I found myself in (mental) > > >>>> need of something to attach a tele lens to, typically a DSLR. Tried > > >>>> the Viso route, but that's not for me... The DMR is out of range, > as > > >>>> I would rather prefer to spend that amount of money in some M > lenses, > > >>>> if I had it (the $$$). > > >>>> > > >>>> After an unfortunate misadventure with a Canon 5d, I sold it and > was > > >>>> heading again to the Nikon stable after some years of absence. > > >>>> D200 or D80? Well, a decision not that simple... I prefer using SD > > >>>> cards, as I have already lots of them since the M8 entered my > life... > > >>>> OTOH, I have some really precious Nikkor AI and AIs glass from > > >>>> yesterday (24/2, 35/1.4, 85/1.4, the mythical 55/3.5 and 105/2.8 > > >>>> Micro-Nikkors, etc) > > >>>> But, one will not meter with the AIs, the other feels too heavy in > my > > >>>> hands after months of using only the M8... > > >>>> > > >>>> Last Friday, I entered a shop and was handed a K10d... wow... what > a > > >>>> camera. > > >>>> It looks and feels as designed for being used... > > >>>> I wondered, could I? Should I? > > >>>> > > >>>> I know some Luggers here are Pentax dslr users. Please let me know > > >>>> your real world real users opinions.... what do you like of it and > > >>>> what do you feel it lacks > > >>>> > > >>>> Reading the reviews (and I have read almost everything about it on > > >>>> the net), it looks like the camera of the year, it has lots and > lots > > >>>> of useful features that users of other brands seem to have been > > >>>> forever claiming for. > > >>>> > > >>>> How about the lenses? I remember some Takumars of grand fame, and > > >>>> some highly regardedSMC Pentaxes (as the 85/1.4)- I have a Pentax > > >>>> 645 and I like its lenses performance, much better than their > > >>>> Mamiya's counterparts for instance... Anything similar will make me > > >>>> happy. And furthermore, those 21mm, 40mm and 70mm Limited pancake > > >>>> lenses look very yummy.. > > >>>> > > >>>> I will really appreciate any opinions you may give on or offlist > > >>>> Thank you in advance, > > >>>> > > >>>> Ed > > >>>> ps. sorry for the long post > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Leica Users Group. > > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> -- > > >>> ------------------------------------- > > >>> regards, mehrdad > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Leica Users Group. > > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >>> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Jeffery L. Smith > New Orleans, LA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com