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There were two other, very popular TLR cameras, about which the author is very likely not aware at all: Minolta Autocord and Meopta Flexaret. Autocord was my the most favourite camera for 40 years!

For example, a picture like this I would hardly get with any other of my lenses:

I took the liberty (I hope that you don't mind) and modified/post-processed your picture and I like it more. Here it is.

Yes, I noticed very high quality of your "film" pictures. Regarding a push-pull zooming, this is actually the only feature on my Pentax-A 70-210/4 lens, which I wish was used on the Pentax-A ...

Nice picture, even a nicer subject :-)

Nice Alex. I think that that lens works better on film cameras.  Btw. do you scan your negatives yourself?

Perfect capture! And yes, the DA 55-300 is very good, just you must not compare its results with DA*300 :-) .

Fully agree with you. Yes, I hesitated for a long time to get it (i.e. DA 21/3.2), as I didn't like its "limited" brightness and very weird focal length (neither 28 nor 35mm at FF). But then (two ...

Maybe just lower flare when taking pictures against the sun (not recommended :-) ). No difference in the AF speed.

The DA 21/3.2 is extremely fast.

Well, your camera came with the original Pentax battery, didn't it. So, make another experiment. Fully charge the battery and test it using just the OVF. The LCD will turn on for 3 sec (default ...

O.K. As I have got this lens as well, I can confirm that it gives me exactly a right "brightness" (in the P mode and regardless of a JPEG or RAW output) in comparison to, for example, my DA 35/2.8 ...

Thanks James for the clarification and a provided link! Finally I can understand it as well :-) .

Nice pictures Richard. Regarding a different exposure at the same settings (at different cameras), I think that main culprit is the ISO "interpretation". But I found differences among Pentax ...

Nice Alex! So, have you got a new toy to play with? How it compares to our botanical lens?

Well, somehow I shifted this weekly photo-forum by a couple of days. But starting it with Monday and ending with Sunday might work as well. But I leave it on lefteye, as since August he takes it ...

Closer to painting, isn't it. Very nice!

Absolutely fantastic!

"Better to be silent and thought a fool than complain about early adopter prices and remove all doubt." In this I don't agree with you. There is nothing like early adopter prices any more :-( .