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And many of them are cr@p.
So lets have a look in your Gallery.
Properly meaning not as unfirm/wobbly as most KtoM42 adapters are. It will actualyl quite difficult to find one that is really a good fit.
Did you ever try that, did it work or not?
And this is why you shoot it in manual mode with greatly varying exposure bias? If it would be so easy I would set the Camera to Aperture priority and f5.6 and just shoot. But despite your manual tries some images still needed heavy exposure compensation in SPP.
I think he has and therefore he has this valid point. MF Cameras were designed for doing this with the SD9/10 you don't have a splitscreen, you have a smaller finder this makes MF not as easy as it was with the old Cameras.
Adam was probably right here as well, after reading such optimistic postings people tend to forget about the downsides.
But they are wobbly, you have to remove the pin from the back of the lens which may not be tricky for you or me but maybe for others and most of the time you have to unscrew the lens before taking the adapter out - a lot of faffing around
Pentax K isn't M42 though is it? and the subject was M42. I have a PK 1.7 50 SMC and it works just like a 50mm MF SA would if such a thing existed but if Sigma ever made an old F1.7/1.8 AF lens at all let alone as sharp, I'd have one of those first full stop.
LOL - that's one hell of a statement to make! - Firstly, you KNOW I've tried it as I've posted crops from three M42 lenses, secondly without a split screen and Auto Aperture (facilities enjoyed by even 30yr old SLRs like the Spotmatic) , I bet most people here couldn't set the aperture, focus, stop down, set the aperture on the camera and shoot reliably as fast as even a slow AF lens let alone one with HSM..
I would hazard a guess that most on a LOW budget would be shooting a used Zenit, Praktica or other MF camera and even if they had Digital, I very much doubt that they could afford an SD10 - an SD9 at a push maybe and then go looking for "£50 specials" in old SA mount glass like the excellent 24mm F2.8 and other SA mount primes and zooms which dealers throw out at lowball prices - Check Jessops sometime, I and others on this forum picked up MINT as new Sigma 300F4s with HSM for £110 - 12 month warranty, one even E-Bayed their hi-Quality M42 after getting one of these razor sharp fast focussing Gems!..
at £8 a set who cares?, we're not talking £100 1D batteries here!
. as for those 300mm F4s, Even well used versions of the Canon and Nikon versions go for around £375 WITHOUT HSM! - this is ONE BIG advantage to having an SDx, moreso than the ability to fill the house with geriatric glass..--
To Shoei
All I can say is, stick with it.
with me, this was one of the first few pics as I used the 24mm F2.8 prime before the DC Kit lenses - I was knocked out - and as from the very start, I've developed from SPP in double size, post processed and resized to 4.15 megapixels to fit my 1D workload , most of the time, the only way I can tell the difference is that the SD9 is more Velvia, the 1D more Provia in colour balance.. The 1D is a Bayer which thinks it's a Foveon (same pixel level sharpness and colour quality) so long as it's shot in RAW..
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No, but I believe someone posted info about it earlier, so a search might turn up something.
No, it's not "normal," but it's not all that unusual, either. Mastering any digital SLR, much less the SD-10, takes time. How you shoot and when you shoot will change as you begin to understand the differences between digital and emulsion and between the Foveon and other sensors.
That is what I just said, did'nt I?...I did not say they were a perfect fit, but they DO fit and for Shoei thats all he need to get up and running with M42 lenses.
No, I dont go by exposure bias at all....I check my histogram on every shot and alter the aperture or shutter speed to compensate if its a little underexposed.
So what?...I leave SPP2 set to auto and trust its image processing decisions....Just because I dont spend hours in PS, post processing every shot to get it perfect, thats my decision and I'm sticking with it!
I have not used "old cameras", with or without split screen, only prosumers with LCD screens so I cannot see that my Sigma has any problems with focusing using its "smaller finder".
No, not at all....I ALWAYS use maximum sharpening in SSP2 for EVERY picture I take, and that goes for pics taken with my AF kit lenses too, because I like pin sharp images with maximum detail.
A magnifier can be cheap, it depends which one you get and where you buy it from.
Faster in what way?...In focusing?...I can MF focus very quickly, but then maybe I am just some kind of superhero?...Manual Focus Man..perhaps?
Er...I think you will find that the dustspots you are referring to are on the sensor, not the lens, so stopping down the lens has nothing to do with it. I get them in every shot, and they are gradually multiplying.
I think you are exagerating Dominic. There are downsides with EVERY camera, but IMO with the SD's they are very few or not worth worrying about.
Oh,...So sorry! (not!)...I was simply informing him of other options aside of using M42 lens.
Yes, only the PK would be about 10 times cheaper so where is the attraction to buying an expensive Sigma version?
Wrong,...they can,....and I did!
But thats not cheap!...My 300mm f5.5 M42 lens, which may arguably be just as sharp, cost less than 12 pounds!, and was including the postage!!!
No I can't, and thats the point!
"£8 a set" for AA NiMH's perhaps, but these don't work with the SD10 so I have had to buy 2 rechargable Li-ion batteries which cost me about £38.
Thats not I have have heard from threads on this forum, where the non-EX version is described as cr@p.
Very true, but they are still not cheap enough for me.
Thanks,...So now I am just an antique lens collector!
And you are welcome to it.
Can't say I noticed...(not!)
Cant argue with that!
Well, by all means lets clarify the situation.
Yes, thats right, but if you read it properly you will see that I inferred that, by not stating that they were all good, only that many were.
Where exactly?....Going blind trying to find any!
Again, where exactly?....I am struggling to find any in 02656 (Pod on the London Eye.)
Yes, on the highly reflective steel drum but certainly much less than I would have got using a Sigma zoom and there is no CA visible anywhere else in the picture. The corners may be a bit soft but thats not down to CA.
As I stated in an earlier reply, I use +2 sharpen in SPP2 for ALL my pics, not just those taken with M42 lenses, Sigma kit lenses too and thats just how I like it.
I've tried to remember to email you earlier in your disappointment with your sd10 images but just haven't had the time (uni assignments). I went through the same thing with my sd9 in the initial stage, disappointed with low light images. Thinking all this money I scraped up and the remainder on the creditcard have gone to waste. I found the + - over/under exposure compensation button (would have returned my camera without it). 70% of the time I shoot @ +0.5 and the other percentage +1.0 and manual guesswork checking the histogram afterwards.I'll be sticking with it ..... thanks again
