If you choose to use it that way.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Pickles2
I know what you are saying Pickles, but all of the above options can be controlled manually, giving the photographer a lot more creative choice than that suggests...;)
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If you choose to use it that way.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Pickles2
I know what you are saying Pickles, but all of the above options can be controlled manually, giving the photographer a lot more creative choice than that suggests...;)
Yes, for some situations, but the ability to control everything is something I've been missing since I've stopped using film. The phone is fine for a point and shoot, and takes decent photos in good light, but they just don't do low light well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pickles2
Answers below in red. :)
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Originally Posted by Bytemrk
I'll go and dig it all out now - can't remember off the top of my head - it has screw in lenses. The brand isn't a name brand, but I was told it was a copy of something else? Don't really know though - I was given it all by my Wife's Grandmother - it all belonged to the Wife's Grandad and had been in storage for years before being passed onto me - it is oooooollllllldddddd.....! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by cafe latte
What about a Box Brownie? I have two you could borrow.
Ok, a few pics of what I had when using film.
This gives you an idea of how old the setup is...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/970.jpg
This is what I have. The mirror has fallen out of the body - and broken, so it's not doing anything anymore, but I hang onto it for old times sake. There is a 55mm Cosina lens, a 135mm INA lens and a Tasman doubler. Plus a couple of flashes one of which has a heap of filters with it. The body has nowhere for the flash and there is a holder somewhere that screw to the bottom of the camera which then holds the flash. There's an X and M port on the side the flash plugs into - never figured out what the difference was between them, I'm guessing something to do with the trigger time?
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/971.jpg
A close up of the camera. A 'Titan Hi-Lite'
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/972.jpg
The lenses are all a screw in type. No idea about what this type of thread is called, or if it is still used or if these lenses are worth using. I pretty much taught myself how to use it and this was all way before the Internet and easy access to such information, but I had a blast with it and took some great pics over the years.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/973.jpg
Oh, and this is the flash and bits - never quite figured all this out either...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/01/974.jpg
Well no worries,...you can always make your own "calculations", and even Wifey's "El Cheapo" allows her to do that, but for most situations the auto digi stuff does a ripper job.Quote:
Originally Posted by bacicat
We've been taking a bit of stuff from the Defender, on the move, low light etc etc, and all these shots are coming out 100%, on auto!! and AFAIAC, better than most of my film stuff.
I know I can do manual stuff if I want to, but I just don't see the need. I've done a lot of photography in my time, even a bit of VERY fast motor sport stuff for race promoters etc, and all I can say is, I wish I'd had digital then.
I was talking to a few photographers in the press room at Sandown raceway many years ago, and talking about how many shots were 100%,....and one of them said to me, Martin, sometimes if I get ONE GOOD shot every couple of rolls, that's the way it is, (it was that long ago, that auto focus, power zoom etc wasn't even that common on 35mm stuff).....no such worries with digital!!
One of my best shots was an image I took of Brock going flat out towards the end of the front straight at Phillip Island,...He would've been doing 250ks+. Well I was about 50-70mtrs back from the track, I pre-focussed, and set the shutter at 1/60th & panned,......the result,....one of my best shots,...car totally sharp, wheels & back ground a total blur!!!...Got Brock to sign the enlargement when done,...He wrote "Top Shot Martin, P.G. Brock"...always got him to sign differently for me rather than the usual "P.Brock", so I've got some just "Peter G", some Peter G Brock" etc etc,.....those were the days!
Pickles.
- Gav, do you currently have an SLR?
- Do you have several lenses you want to use with the new camera? (Pentax is good for legacy lenses.)
- Are you expecting to shoot a lot of flash photography? (Nikon and Canon are good. Pentax is probably not in the same class.)
- Will you shoots sports? (Nikon is good.)
- Is size an issue? (Pentax is small but Olympus 4/3rds is even smaller.)
- If you want to shoot low light without flash, then you want something with good low light noise performance when you push the ISO up. (My Pentax K-5 is far better than my K-7 or other Pentax DSLRs.)
Dusty environment? Look at this US soldier's Pentax (Alex took some great pics in Afghanistan):
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo61t5fH6Qw[/ame]
I won't make a recommendation for brand because what suits me may not suit you.
Pentax legacy lenses fetch good money, still. K-mount lenses will click straight onto a modern Pentax DSLR. M42 lenses need an adapter. I have one for my cameras.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pickles2
IIRC connections for electronic flash (X) or bulb (M)Quote:
Originally Posted by bacicat
The old bulb type were once use only, I remember Dad had these flashes when I was a kid, you bought the bulbs in packs.
M42 Pentax/Practika screw mount, or that's what it became known as.Quote:
The lenses are all a screw in type. No idea about what this type of thread is called, or if it is still used or if these lenses are worth using. I pretty much taught myself how to use it and this was all way before the Internet and easy access to such information, but I had a blast with it and took some great pics over the years.