agentlossing
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Found a good price for the M 50/1.7 so I snapped it up. My K1000 has the 50/2 but I understand the f1.7 model is considered sharper? Looking forward to using it!
titrisol
Bottom Feeder
The 50/1.7 is a very good lens, I have it in M and A version and was my main lens in the ME Super decades ago
The A version works with the DSLRs very well, but with the new K3-iii you can use the M and K series lenses as well with light metering.
agentlossing
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I am going to take the plunge and try out a K-1 mkII, for a trial period. I have no idea whether I'll be able to take to using such a heavy camera, but I definitely want to see how film era glass from Pentax feels on a FF sensor. I've shot a little on a KP but it's not the same when you're getting a crop.
titrisol
Bottom Feeder
FIlm era glass is still outstanding!
I use the 50/1.7 and the 28/2.8 regularly; plus a bunch of M42 lenses that are just a joy to use (50s, 17/4 and 105/2.8) in the K3-iii (and K5ii before)
Weight is not that bad! And the viewfinder is great!
PS> I don't count any of the FA/FAJ as film era even though they should be.
Those are hit or miss more than the old ones.
agentlossing
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Arriving tomorrow! I'm rather excited to see what I think.
agentlossing
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With the Pentax-M 50mm f1.7 at f2.8.
agentlossing
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agentlossing
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Peruvian Lomo Saltado.
agentlossing
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Old gate, Oregon.
Retro-Grouch
Veteran
Personally, I don't give a damn about what this was shot with (even though I shoot with a Pentax). The image is so overwhelmingly charming and lovely that tech info doesn't matter!
agentlossing
Well-known
Thank you! That is my parents' place in a very rural part of Oregon.
nickthetasmaniac
Veteran
The Needles, Maatsuyker Island | Southwest Tasmania
Pentax LX, SMC Pentax 85/f1.8 and Lomo 400
Pentax LX, SMC Pentax 85/f1.8 and Lomo 400
Disappointed_Horse
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The Needles, Maatsuyker Island | Southwest Tasmania
Pentax LX, SMC Pentax 85/f1.8 and Lomo 400
This is a really beautiful image! Did you use a filter or postprocessing to get these colors?
Fantastic work either way!
FloridaGhostPhoto
Established
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
nickthetasmaniac
Veteran
I’ll bite! Why is the Super Tak 55/f1.8 infamous?
nickthetasmaniac
Veteran
Nope nothing done! I actually backed off saturation in post processing. I’ve noticed Lomo 400 gets very saturated in certain conditions…
FloridaGhostPhoto
Established
It's reputed to have a radioactive coating on certain serial numbers. See https://camerapedia.fandom.com/wiki/Radioactive_lenses
Probably harmless, but kinda cool...errr I mean hot.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
I like that - although B&W, it reminds me of the Georges Seurat painting Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte. Very festive.
Where is that?
nickthetasmaniac
Veteran
Ah, that old chestnut. Radioactive elements (which contained Thorium) rather than coatings, but true none the less. Also true of lots of other Super Takumars from the period, and lots of other manufacturers to boot. Even Leica had some ‘hot’ lenses…