Hin's Tech Corner: Hin's Camera Gear

Pentax Way
New & Old

Cameras:

Casio ex-z750 (wife's p&s)
Fuji F30 (hin's p&s)
Pentax K20D
Pentax 645N
- FA 45mm f/2.8 | A 75mm f/2.8 |
Praktica MTL5 (use M42 lens)
- 28mm | 58mm | 105mm | 70-150mm | 180mm | 200mm | 300mm

AF Lens:

Pentax FA 77mm f/1.8 limited

Insanely Good | Yahoo YEP | Lazy Eye with PTTL | Compare with DA* 50-135mm

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 1:1 DG Macro
- Flowers | Portraits | Trees | Spiders
Pentax DA 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 FishEye
- Baseball and Fireworks | Meteor Night Attempt
Sigma 17-70 f/2.8-4.5 Macro
- Japanese Tea Garden | Walk-Around Lens | Fireworks Slide | South Lake Tahoe |
- Pentax 1-Lens Choices |
Tamron 28-75mm Di Macro f/2.8
- Portraits | Fireworks | Wedding | WIT Event |
Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8
- Puppies | Dog Portraits | Squirrels | Dance | Compare with FA 77mm f/1.8
Pentax F* 300mm f/4.5
- BIF Practice | Humming Birds | Terns | Pelicans with Kenko 2x AF TC
Tamron 70-300mm Di LD Macro f/4.0-5.6

Flowers | Bees | Birds In Flight (BIF) | Portraits | Travel
420mm f/8.0 | 510mm f/9.0 | 600mm f/11
Going Green in Blogging

Manual Lens:

Monterey Bay | Aquarium | With +4 close-up

Lens by Focal Length:

Flash:

Accessories:

On Sale

Super Lentar 28mm f/2.8 (M42)
- $35.0
Lentar 200mm f/3.5 auto-mount in m42
- $48.0
- with M42 adapter with inner ring
Vivitar 24mm f/2.8 (Cosina)
- $70.0
Vivitar 135mm f/2.8 1:2 Macro from Komine
- $180.00
[maybe] Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 180mm f/2.8 (m42)
- $250.0
- my 2nd copy is in excellent condition
- with case and tripod mount
[maybe] Tamron SP 70-210mm f/3.5 Adaptall-2 (19AH)
- Gilroy Garden |
- $120.0 with case and caps.
Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 80mm f/2.8 (m42)
- my bad, a broken beauty, need fixing on ball bearing before sale
- with pentacon6 to m42 adapter
- $125.0

Past Gear:

[sold] SuperTakumar 35mm f/3.5 in M42 (past)
[sold] Albina 28mm f/2.8 1:4 Macro (past)
[sold] Takumar 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 Macro (past)
[sold] Pentax M 200mm f/4.0 (past)
[sold] Vivitar Series 1 70-210 f/3.5 Macro from Kiron (v1) (past)
[sold] Pentax FA 28-80 f/3.5-4.7 Power Zoom (past)
[sold] Pentax M 28mm f/2.8 (past)
[sold] Pentax SuperTakumar 105mm f/2.8 in M42 (4/11/2008)
[sold] Bower M42 to K Adapter (4/11/2008)
[gifted] Praktica Super TL1000 (4/11/2008)
[gifted] Domipan 50mm f/2.8 (4/11/2008 )
[donated] Sears 135mm f/2.8 (4/14/2008)
[sold] Pentax SMC FA 28-80 f/3.5-4.7 Power Zoom (4/28/2008)
[sold] Pentax M 200mm f/4.0 (4/29/2008)
[sold] Pentax DA 50-200 f/4.0-5.6 (5/14/2008)
[sold] Pentax DA 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 (5/14/2008)
[sold] Pentax Auto 110 (smallest SLR) (5/14/2008)
[sold] Pentax SuperProgram (6/9/2008)
[sold] Pentax M 28mm f/2.8 (6/9/2008)
[sold] Pentax SMC FA 28-105 f/3.2-4.5 (6/12/2008)
[sold] Eyetek Digital Flash DS328AZ (6/12/2008)
[sold] Vivitar AT-22 Extension Tubes (7/27/2008)
[sold] Pentacon 50mm f/1.8(M42) (9/9/2008)
[sold] Tamron-F 2X KR MC4 TC (9/9/2008)
[sold] Tokina sz-x 28-70 f/2.8-4.3 with 'A' aperture (9/9/2008)
[sold] Vivitar 28mm f/2.5 from Kiron (9/10/2008)
[sold] Lester A Dine 105mm f/2.8 1:1 Dental Macro (9/11/2008)
[sold] Pentax PZ-1 (9/21/2008)
[sold] Pentax AF-500ftz flash (9/21/2008)
[sold] Pentax K100D (9/20/2008)
[sold] Vivitar 70-150 f/3.8 Kiron (9/28/2008)
[sold] Pentax K 45-125 f/4.0 (9/28/2008)
[sold] Promaster Spectrum 7 1.7x AF TC (10/1/2008)
[sold] Tamron 1.4x Pz-AF MC4 TC (10/1/2008)
[sold] Spiratone 20mm f/2.8 (10/7/2008)
[sold] Schneider 135mm f/3.5 (M42) (10/10/2008)
[sold] Pentax SMC K 100mm f/4.0 1:2 Macro (10/13/2008)
[sold] Prakticar 28-70 f/3.5-4.8 Macro (M42) (10/13/2008)
[sold] Sigma 105mm f/2.8 1:1 Macro Ex (non-DG) (10/13/2008)
[sold] Pentax SMC A 50mm f/2.8 1:2 Macro (10/13/2008)
[sold] Pentax DA 50-200 f/4.0-5.6 (10/13/2008)
[sold] Jupiter 9 85mm f/2.0 (10/17/2008)
[sold] Pentax F 35-135mm f/3.5-4.5 (10/28/2008)
[sold] Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 180mm f/2.8 (M42) (11/7/2008)
[sold] Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm f/3.5 (M42) (11/7/2008)
[sold] Mamiya/Sekor 55mm f/1.8 (M42) (11/7/2008)
[sold] Tokina 19-35 f/3.5-4.5 (11/11/2008)
[sold] Pentax 300mm f/4.0 (11/11/2008)
[sold] Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f/3.5, Tokina (v2) (11/15/2008)
[sold] Pentax FA 31mm f/1.8 limited Initial Test Shots (12/4/2008)
[sold] Tamron SP 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II (12/4/2008)
[sold] Pentax A 50mm f/1.7 (12/5/2008)
[sold] Kenko 2x Macro Teleplus MC7 (12/5/2008)
[sold] Pentax K10D (12/17/2008)
[sold] Mamiya/Sekor 50mm f/2.0 (m42) (12/18/2008)
[sold] Pentax M 40mm f/2.8 (12/19/2008)
[sold] Sigma 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 (12/21/2008)
[sold] Pentax F 35-70 f/3.5-4.5 (1/5/2009)
[sold] Vivitar 70-150mm f/3.8 from Kiron (two touch zoom) (1/5/2009)
[sold] Vivitar 500mm f/8.0 Mirror Lens (1/6/2009)
[sold] Tamron SP 90mm f/2.5 1:2 Macro 52BB with 1:1 extension (1/6/2009)
[sold] Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm f/2.4 (m42) (1/7/2009)
[sold] Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f/2.8-4.0 from Komine (v3) (3/10/2009)
[sold] Tamron SP 90mm f/2.8 1:1 Macro (non-Di version)
- Portraits | Flowers |

[sold] Vivitar 200mm f/3.5 from Komine
[sold] Photosniper Tair-3 PhS 300mm f/4.5
[sold] Tamron SP 28-135mm f/4.0-4.5 Adaptall-2 28A
- Hiking
[sold] Tamron adaptall-2 pk-a adapter
[sold] Tamron SP 70-210mm f/3.5 Adaptall-2 (19AH)
[sold] Soligor 200mm f/2.8 (M42)
- Birds | Nature Walk | 2x TC |
[sold] Quantaray 400mm f/6.3 K mount
[sold] Promaster Spectrum 7 60-300mm f/4.0-5.6 1:4 Macro with 'A'
- Cute Duckling Pair

[sold] Tokina AT-X SD 80-200mm f/2.8 with 'A'
- Circus and Baseball | Music with Kate Earl

Lens Road Map & Planning:

My current planning as of October of 2009.

Continue finding a backup system

Sold K10D
Consider Nikon D90 but I have abandoned the plan of 2 systems. Zooms candidates with D90

Nikon 16-85 f/3.5-5.6 with VR
Nikon 55-200 f/4.0-5.6 with VR
A fast Nikon 50mm f/1.8 or f/1.4
A wide angle zoom with Sigma 10-20 f/4.0

Thought about Pentax White Camera with K2000 SE in white
Abandoned Pentax K2000 SE as of Feb, 2009, wanted to wait for K7
Target to get Pentax K-7 as main camera upgrade from Pentax K20D
A backup camera is Pentax K-x -- either white or blue

Find wide angle zoom
- Tamron 10-24mm or Pentax 12-24mm f/4.0
  - Likely Tamron for cheaper price and the 10mm wide end with lighter weight
- Sell Vivitar 24mm f/2.8 with 'A' by Cosina
- Sell Super Lantar 28m f/2.8 in M42
- May sell Sigma 28mm f/1.8 II

benplaut said...: Re: you roadmap, consider a Sigma 28/1.8. It's sharp from f2 onwards, fast, no distortion, and about ~$300 new. Works pretty darn well as a macro, at 1:2.3.; 11:04 PM
Hin Man said...: Thanks for the suggestion, it is one of the lens that I will study.; 11:23 AM
Nino D said...: get the 35 macro, its sweet!; 11:05 PM
HeatherB said...: I second the vote for the 35 macro, as it is quite a versatile lens. :)

Another thought I had was that since you have the Tamron 28-75 already, which works on both film and digital, how about getting either the DA12-24 or waiting on the Tamron 10-24 like you mentioned? It really doesn't make a lot of sense to get a 17-50 or 16-50 when you would have most of that range (and then some) covered by the 2 lenses on your digital? If you like shooting extra wide on film, then keep the Tokina. :); 6:17 PM
mark said...: i use a fuju s3pro and pentax K100D
both very nice body's but the fuji
just has a very natural color saturation ::)

nice site; 7:54 PM
thanh_tan said...: you are about to leave pentax? and move to Nikon?; 7:30 AM
Hin Man said...: I am not leaving Pentax. I thought about a 2nd system with Nikon D90. But I have placed a halt on the plan, and revisit later on. And I did get Pentax DA 35mm f/2.8 limited instead of 31mm limited.; 11:53 AM