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@OrigamiCactus When i was in first* grade high school we used to open our calculators (only 2 screws) and reverse the LCD-panel. We then had a black panel with light-grey figures. It is THAT easy....

I see that more suitable for Ricoh, after all Pentax is about SLR and pentaprism. It does resemble in concept a lot to the old Minolta Dimage A-1, A200 and Dimage Z-series (especially Z-1, but...

Two good articles on sample variation, right here on Dpreview and two...

You are absolutely right. Nevertheless, while there can already be sample variation with a new lens, straight from the production line, this is immensely more so with secondhand options.

In every...

I use MediumFormat lenses all the time on my camera's both digital (Fuji, Pentax) and on film (Pentax, Minolta Dynax 300si). And yes these lenses are ManualFocus, but even my Pentax...

This one is new. The Tamron if it was still being made would also have risen in price, and one cannot compare a seconhand price of a >30 year old lens with a new lens.

Still it is considerably...