Recent content by Joe of Loath

Can't give you a reason why, but arrange the files by date rather than name and that should mean it displays correctly.

So I went to the seaside yesterday and played with my Tokina 35-200 on my G1. Now, other than a sneaking suspicion that the adapter I have doesn't focus to infinity, and the fact that my aperture lever is held in place with blu-tack, is it unreasonable to write this lens off as crap? There...

Yes. My 50mm Olympus is my favourite lens to shoot with, even with the tiny field of view. I'm sure 400mm effective will be fine with a tripod ;)

Some lenses with no aperture ring can be attached to adapters with aperture rings/levers on them. The Minolta I mentioned in an earlier post doesn't have an aperture ring, but the adapters have a ring or a lever that lets you change it.

Oh look, more lenses... Found Tokina 35-200mm in the attic, originally from the same Minolta that the above 28mm came from. Seems to be in good condition, no fungus or dust inside. Worth buying an adapter for, or junk?

Now that you mention it, imgur deleted the EXIF data (so people can't be identified by GPS tags etc). I'll use flickr in future. I'll try take some pictures on a tripod, see what happens. I was a little surprised that the best shutter speed I could get for that photo was 1/60, considering the...

Here's a sample image Is that representative? Handheld at 1/60, can't remember what the aperture was as it was on *gasp* auto.

Yeah, the adapters you can get have a little lever, but no indicator or clicks. Is it worth keeping the Pentax considering I already have an Olympus 50mm F1.8 lens?

Well well, look what I just found in the attic... There's a Minolta 50mm up there too, but I already have a 50mm and the Pentax makes two, so three might me excessive! Is it worth Spending £25 on adapters to use the pair of these? Had a pile more lenses up there, but they went up the charity...

What should I do when I want to focus on something that's not in the middle? Focus it centrally and then move the camera so it's framed properly?

Hmm, maybe it's all in the mind. Just took some comparison photos and there's not a massive difference. Maybe my issue is that autofocus isn't guessing the correct location when I want it to. Guess I have to scan the manual and work out how to change focus points.

On the subject of new lenses... Really not impressed with my 19mm Sigma. It's blurrier than my 50mm Olympus, and doesn't focus as well, even though it's got autofocus! I've found myself just setting it to manual instead. Is this normal, or do I have a problem somewhere?

Yup, I put the adapter in there when I first put it together, which caused some confusion trying to focus... Not really used it yet, but it does look good.

No, no more lenses! :p My final purchase (Sigma 19mm) arrived today, so I'm all set up now. I agree with the CCTV lens, it cost me a little less than my 50mm f1.8 Zuiko (£25 for the lens, an OM10 body which I put on ebay immediately, and £10 for the adapter), and it's not anything special...

My shallow depth of field pictures are the ones that all my friends like. Maybe it's because I'm new and use it like a blunt instrument... How do you like the CCTV lens? I'm really looking forward to using mine in the markets and at night in Istanbul in a few weeks.