I manage to get some shots of my 1st film camera -- Praktica MTL5 along with my Prakticar 28-70 zoom f/3.5-4.8. Two of my brothers got me this film camera long time ago when I was a teenager starting out with interest in photography. I still remembered one particular night that my 3rd brother Antonio drove me all around Macau and Taipa island for a night shooting of Macau.
I used my K100D with Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 to make it a complete shoot on M42 lens shooting M42 lens -- all in hand-held snapshots with manual focusing and stop down metering. First three shots are done with Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 and the rest are done with Prakitcar 28-70 zoom.Praktica MTL5 + Prakticar 28-70 f/3.5-4.8 MC zoom
Love the contrast look
My favorite shot
Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 wide open
Please don't go shop crazy for these lens as the Prakitcar 28-70 is really hard in focusing with a short focusing ring. I am dumb founded today in using it on shooting the Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 & SuperTak 35mm f/3.5. All editing in post processing are done in Picasa with minor tunning on 'I am feeling lucky', 'shadow', 'highlight' and light adjustmentRelated:
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Some test shots with Pentax PZ-1 and Pentax SMC FA 28-105 f/3.2-4.5. I love my PZ-1, this film body reminds me of Pentax K10D. It has two command dials very similar to the Pentax K10D and I feel no stranger in using all the hyper mode with the film camera. When I bought this used, I didn't even have the manual and I was no stranger to the camera on first shooting.
I used Fujifilm 400 film and Pentax SMC FA 28-105 seems to do work well with Pentax PZ-1. I actually prefer the color form SMC than that from Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 when I tried the camera on two lens. Somehow, I find the lens with good color and contrast though the Tamron shows better sharpness in indoor shooting. I developed two rolls of film one from Pentax PZ-1 and the other with Pentax Super Program testing Spiratone 20mm f/2.8 and I find PZ-1 results more appealing in myt first attempt. Metering seems more accurate in the PZ-1 results. And I look forward to the selection of B&W film for the ultimate purpose of trying out film camera for b&w photos.
