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Comment on Super Takumar 55mm Pentax lens by sarvenaz

sarvenaz — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:54:19 +0000

I got a box of old cameras and lenses at an estate sale, including a takumar lens — any idea if it is possible to find adapters that will allow me to use it with old minolta also in this set? Thanks for any suggestions!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hemoglobinhummingbird/3714166466/in/set-72157623603673318/

Comment on How to use white balance and what it is by Curt Sampson

Curt Sampson — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:22:21 +0000

A few notes about white balance:

1. White balance is a type of processing applied to an image after the sensor has recorded it. Thus, for RAW images, which are essentially unprocessed images from the camera sensor, there is no camera setting for it; a white balance setting is applied when you convert the RAW image to another format (such as JPEG).

2. It doesn’t apply at all to black and white images. Traditionally, any tints you get in black and white images are related to the particular paper and chemistry you used to make your print; not even how you develop the film makes any difference.

3. There’s no “perfectly correct” white balance for any shot. You can find a setting that seems quite realistic, but then again, given that you’re really producing just a flat image possibly representing a real situation anyway, there’s no harm in playing about with white balance just as you’d play with any other settings on the camera. I once did some very pleasing stuff by using outdoor colour film with fairly long exposures in a dimly-lit bar; it came out very “red,” but very pleasing.

Comment on Pentax K-X review by zuco

zuco — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:21:47 +0000

Some time ago, in a photowalk, I met a guy from France. He used to put darkroom tape over the brand name of his Nikon D700 to protect his camera from robbers in Paris…

Actually my girlfriend uses the camera. When I used it, well, everybody looked at the red thing, which is not good for unobtrusive activities :)

Comment on Pentax K-X review by Curt Sampson

Curt Sampson — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:44:10 +0000

I dunno, the colours don’t really do it for me. I prefer a camera that’s unobtrusive as possible. Even on all of my black cameras, I find myself putting darkroom tape over the brand names and logos and so on.

Comment on Searching for models in Tokyo area (beginner, amateur or professional) by Julia

Julia — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:53:00 +0000

Hi Pietro,

I’m interested in beeing your model. I live in Shinjuku.
Looking forward to your reply.

Julia

Comment on Searching for models in Tokyo area (beginner, amateur or professional) by Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:10:38 +0000

Hello! I am interested!
I am in not far from tokyo, I usually go from either, musashi-koganei station/musashi-kosugi or ikebukuro so tokyo is not a problem.
I am really interested and feel it could be great fun!

Comment on How to play with Bokeh and depth of field by zuco

zuco — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:54:57 +0000

@sandbaggerone

I took the video with the Pentax K-X
http://www.zuco.org/pentax-k-x-review/

and a Super Takumar lens:
http://www.zuco.org/super-takumar-55mm-pentax-lens/

Comment on How to play with Bokeh and depth of field by sandbaggerone

sandbaggerone — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:11:06 +0000

Nice. What camera did you shoot the movie in?

Comment on Pentax K-X review by zuco

zuco — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:16:41 +0000

Almost all old Pentax lenses will work. You just need adapters for some of them.
Ask in the shop, usually adapters are a little bit expensive. But definitively your old lenses will work.
Check out this post. I’m using a Super Takumar, almost 40 years old lens:

http://www.zuco.org/super-takumar-55mm-pentax-lens/

Comment on Pentax K-X review by Dang

Dang — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:18:15 +0000

i’m stillcontemplating on buying this model k-x. would my old lenses (manual pentax lens)work with this dslr cam?

Comment on Searching for models in Tokyo area (beginner, amateur or professional) by Anna

Anna — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:22:02 +0000

Hello!
I’m interested. Did you get my e-mail in this comment?
Please, reply me back soon.
Anna

Comment on Super Takumar 55mm Pentax lens by Daniele

Daniele — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:40:46 +0000

@zuco

Sisi, comprarli nei negozi è solo una spesa inutile!
niente più lenti M42?come mai?
Sinceramente le preferisco di gran lunga alle lenti moderne: sono più solide (e più pesanti), qualitativamente rendon tantissimo, aperture sensazionali e poco prezzo! e poi…hanno quel look retro che adoro tanto!
;p
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Comment on Super Takumar 55mm Pentax lens by zuco

zuco — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:04:36 +0000

@Daniele

Grazie per la info. I commenti sono benvenuti anche in italiano :)
La prossima volta farò un giro sulla rete per vedere se trovo prezzi così interessanti.
Per il momento penso che non comprerò altre lenti M42 per la Pentax :)

Comment on How to play with Bokeh and depth of field by zuco

zuco — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:20 +0000

@aiche

The name bokeh comes from Japanese 暈ける (bokeru) it’s a verb that means “to be faded, to be hazy, to be blurred, to be out of focus.”

Comment on How to play with Bokeh and depth of field by aiche

aiche — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:04:00 +0000

Does anyone know about the etymology of bokeh?