Noting is dead end as long as film is a vailable you can use it successfully. A 50mm M-1.7 is a very sharp and good lens. Get an inverter ring to allow you to mount the lens - putting the filter ring closest to the camera. This turns you 50mm into a very fine macro lens. You may find one for 10-15 USD at www.ebay.com
A simple option (which will still allow you to use the spring-aperture-mechanism in the camera - as opposed to the inverter ring - is to buy a small set of close up lenses (+1 +2 + 4) to screw int the filter ring (49mm, right?) You may find these at ebay as well. A 24 or 28mm is a good choise, Find one at ebay. So , I guess ebay is the answer to almost all your questions :-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Pedro Sendt: 29. juni 2006 23:15 Til: [email protected] Emne: bought an MX - need some advice Hi, I'm glad to have stumbled across such an active mailing list... I've always had a big interest in photography - though I never went further than taking snapshots with point and shoot cameras. So, when I recently was offered an old Pentax MX for next to nothing, I bought the thing on an impulse. Now, I never owned an SRL before, let alone an all manual camera, and I'm really enjoying learning to use it. I do, however, have a few questions and concerns with which I hope you can help me. With digital photography taking over the market, is the MX a complete dead end? If anything goes wrong, will it still possible to get service and replacement parts in Europe? If I buy extra lenses, will they have any market value in the near future? I'm not complaining for the time being, since I bought the thing really cheap from a friend, but I'm a bit reluctant to put any more money on it if will be of no use in an year or two. Anyway, I am mostly interested in trying street photography and macro. Currently I have a basic 50mm lens (f1.7), which is not especially suited for neither... As for macro, I must say I'm somewhat confused. I want to take close up pictures of bugs and flowers and that sort of stuff, and I know I need a macro lens to be able to focus real close, but what kind of focal distance do I need? I really have a difficult time picturing the field of view at such close distances. Regardless of the macro issue, I'll need a wide angle for street photos. 28mm, 35mm, wide angle zoom... I'm leaning towards a 28 prime, but feel free to convince me otherwise. Budget is limited, so I'll buy second hand. Can you recommend me any particular model featuring a good price/quality relation, and not too hard to find? Thank you for your time, pedro -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.7/379 - Release Date: 06/29/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.7/379 - Release Date: 06/29/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
