Paulmorgan

Jeez how can f2.8 be to slow for any format let alone m4/3.

See my other post but if your looking at one of the lenbaby effects, the old original or 2.0 can be found pretty cheap second hand. The 2.0 is still made under a newer name "the spark" apart from a ...

Movie maker ? its already built into windows 10 these days. https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/photo-movie-editor

Cling film ? Just get yourself a cheap tilt adapter and attach what ever focal length that takes your fancy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JDcCI8Rm5c These things are pretty cheap, about 30 quid . ...

Look up the likes of MICHAEL ACKERMAN , he does some superb stuff using Holga`s. https://fixedfocallife.com/blog/michael-ackerman-half-life http://bleek-magazine.com/interviews/michael-ackerman/ It ...

If the case has the room fit a hot swap caddy. https://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware/hard-drives-internal/caddies-(sata) Reduces desk top clutter and free`s up those USB ports.

I`ve never used a Pentax camera but just love those M series lenses, nice and pretty compact.

Nah just fine for me. The plus for me was always the stop of extra light through the viewfinder, most lenses don`t stop down to your set aperture until the shutter is fired, was a big plus in low ...

Yes well love with full frame for its softness wide open.

Sell it at a profit and replace it with one of the cheaper f1.8`s. These things are pretty soft up to about f2, back in the day these things had the advantage of giving a brighter viewfinder for ...

Yes but what are these pictures of ? CCTV security camera`s do a better job.

Stacking has been around since the film days, nothing new. What has changed is that some camera`s do this for you using software.

There are lots of tricks ans solutions around that go way back before they started putting the software into camera`s. Focus stacking is another area that camera software is not needed for.

Histograms are guides only, they are not exposure meters. However why are you expecting the live view Histogram to show the same as a recorded image, light changes.

Adapters are cheap, no need to reduce your options to just an m42 mount. I have a handful ranging from f2.8 to f4, my fav is probably the Vivitar 200 f3, its not the sharpest wide open and produces ...

No problem my end, nothing changed, must be just isolated cases, certainly not a problem for all.

YEh but if your any good you produce the same or even better using a basic 1960`s film camera with a fixed lens.

+1 Yours is one of the most straight forward and honest replies.

Most of us would still use the age old solution, a firm support for lengthy exposure. Ibis is good for two reasons. I) it can reduce hand shake 2) it can reduce hand shake in video Its no magic ...

How much of this real world stands still for 2 or 3 seconds.