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oooh dear! watch out world, the zombie's on the pull! aw, now you've just ruined it. Look, I know that sounded good in front of the mirror just now.  But trust auntie dholl...it's well cheesy.

mmmmmmm....that's real nice .... ... .. . enjoy :)

A. You're wording is loaded.  But I'm sure you knew that already.

ooooh, do tell! I don't believe you're paid by George Soros. I believe you are George Soros. I like this idea. But my brain only has a firewire port :( I am Dave. We are Dave. Dave is all around...

i used to be a bit crazy myself but i'm alright noooowwwwwwwwwwwwiiiiiioooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu To be fair to top posters everywhere, I'm as addicted to the internet as even the...

Good post, Matt (see directly above). You've made it clear now...it's fine. So the next thread should be about how streetshooters will adapt to this less flexible age. (by the way, we wrote this...

"(Funny side note. My auto correct thinks InstaGram should be spelled "Instamatic")."

ha! that's a nice moment...tells a story all on its own.

I agree with this bit:

"The smart phone brought photography to those not interested enough to photograph otherwise. "

I've just had 2 days of absurdly-active posting fest, totalling a massive 48 posts. I felt like all I've been doing the whole weekend is typing furiously, reading frustratedly and drinking...

happens to the best of us, bob :P

won't someone please think of the children! I just saw DPR's news article about some old Kodak pictures and was shocked, nay...dismayed! to discover that some smelly seedy creepy middle-aged man...

this portrait is stunning even if taken today:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3191/2780164461_d409092d86_o.jpg

not the same thing at all. An iphone costs around €500, plus the super-expensive 2-year datapacket which is another €800...hardly a camera for the paupers, is it?

My first compact was a Canon...

not the same thing at all. An iphone costs around €500, plus the super-expensive 2-year datapacket which is another €800...hardly a camera for the paupers, is it?

My first camera was a Canon A530...

Yep.  One thing to watch out if you're reading this and you're thinking of hunting down a Takumar 1,4/50 for your Canon full-frame...don't!  The mirror will slap the rear of the glass if focussed...

Pentax was/is a bayonet mount. You're thinking of M39 & M42 mounts, the latter Pentax also used back in the day.

Aah...you're right, I did get the wrong idea.  It just sounded like a softball response rather than rhetorical.

Aye...but don't be afraid of some Russian goodies (Jupiter, MIR, Helios can be interesting). Also look for names like Trioplan, Primoplan, Tair for 15-20 aperture-blade goodness! Never seen M42...

Great tip!  Although with the caveat that this adaptor probably costs about 10 times more than those no-name mechanical ones on Ebay.

Obviously.  I meant the M42 "mount" produced all those lenses. It's just figurative language.  I've got about 20 lenses with that mount myself.