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finlay666
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Woops  Ordered one tonight, not going to have a huge amount of money due to moving to a new place (car insurance will be shooting up  among other extra costs) so figured I'll get one while I have a bit of extra cash to splash Went for a Minolta 50mm F1.7, I was looking at the Sony version, but it was £20 more at least and was slower and didn't seem to have as good reviews, ended up spending £80 inc delivery (I know some go for £70ish, but it's from an actual camera shop and comes with both caps which can be a pain to get separately) Can't wait to try it out with some proper manual focussing  _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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HeatherKay
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Looking forward to seeing the results, too. _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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veato
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Nice one fella. Talking about manual focusing I dont do it all that often and sometimes when I do I end up with a less than pin sharp photo. The thing is though my first ever DSLR (Pentax P30T) was manual only. I got on with that fine so I wonder what the difference is. I'm thinking maybe the focusing screen. I liked those split view jobbies (technical name ) and am sure I'd use manual more if I had one on the DSLR. _________________Twitter Blogflickr
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timark_uk
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I hope you like your f/1.7 as much as I like my f/1.4.
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finlay666
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If I like it I might be tempted to pick up a f/1.2  (Minolta had an old MD Rokkor lens that can be adapted apparently, the f/1.4 is pretty cheap just a case of being inclined when I have more money to try out other lenses with adapters) _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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timark_uk
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finlay666
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Minolta Rokkor f/1.4 is about £50 with the cost of the adapter kit on top judging by ebay prices, a f/1.2 is about £500 for a good quality one as it's apparently very rare http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Minolta-MD-Rokkor ... 5d2e280f03The AF 1.4 is closer to £150 used, and around £300 new from memory, don't think they do a faster one without getting into the uber money That said if someone offered me one of these I wouldnt say no: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Leica-NOCTILUX-M- ... 35b0f754e2_________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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finlay666
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It arrived while I was at Tescos getting lunch   _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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finlay666
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Image fail.... http://twitpic.com/4hx88wWill try to get some photos over the weekend, been pretty busy past couple of days trying to get bits sorted for moving house in a couple of weeks _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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brataccas
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anyone remember I bitched how I hated my F1.4 50mm? im quite liking it now I guess _________________
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timark_uk
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Yes. It puzzled me then and it puzzled me even more after I got my one. What's changed your opinion on it now? Mark
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brataccas
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image quality is outstanding compared to my tamron 17-50 which is now just a 17 as its half broken and can work out where it would work well etc now _________________
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