Recent content by leelovesbikestoo

Great, thanks.

Hi all. I recently picked up an Industar-69 lens at a local flea-market very cheap as I'd read somewhere it could be used with my EOS body (with a bit of tinkering). It's a potentially great compact pancake lens so got it on a whim. I ordered an M39-EOS adapter and hoped for the best - but...

Thanks mate. I'm actually watching that one, saw it in my searches last night :)

That seems like a fair price for the 11-16 2.8. I've been keeping my eye on eBay and the classifieds, bit some go for £250 upwards. Be interested to see what you think of it, please post back first impressions (and your astro shots! ).

Great help Thanks guys. I forgot to mention I'll be doing star/night photography too so the large aperture would be appealing. Does anyone shoot astro at f4 just out of interest? And I presume that's the Tokina 11-16 f2.8?

Hi all I have a Canon 650d with kit lens (18-55mm) and would like to experiment with wider angle shots. I like shooting land/cityscapes, especially long exposures. I'm looking at the Canon 10-18mm EF-S STM lens as a budget starter lens, but are there better lenses out there for similar money...

I recently purchased a hotshoe diffuser to use with my Canon 650d's built-in flash. When I got it I tested it successfully, but now every time I mount the diffuser the flash won't fire. I know there are contacts in the hotshot to disable the flash - but can this be over-ridden? The...

I've only ever used a P&S and an SLR (never a rangefinder), so not sure. I like being in control and experimenting, so would probably give one a go anyway. I like the idea of being able to carry it around easily on holiday or up mountains!

Ah thanks for the heads-up! So if I do find a real XA in my budget I should snap it up? It doesn't have to be an SLR, just something with more control than a point & shoot. Maybe that was a bit misleading!

Would that be a vintage one or a retro one? ;)

Yes, just been looking them up; The XA2 & 3 don't have the aperture control I'm after. I have seen a few XA(1)s currently on at a low price with no bids (and in usable condition) - maybe there will be a frenzy in the last few minutes?

joxang - budget is ideally less than £30, but just been looking at XAs on ebay and looks like I could pick one up for about a tenner. Not after world class optics, just something to shoot my ever-growing stash of 35mm...

Olypmus XA is in the right direction, if only it had focus control! Maybe a rangefinder - what sort of thing would I be looking for? I'm just a hobbyist that loves analogue but still learning about kit.

I'm looking for a bit of advice on small 35mm cameras. I have a Pentax S3 SLR which is my favourite analogue camera, but it's a bit bulky to carry round all the time. So, I'm looking around for a compact/pocket-sized 35mm camera with a bit more control than your normal P&S; manual focus...

No, the S3 doesn't have any metering nor did I have a handheld meter, so it's a guestimate. The exposed areas are nicely dense. The Epson scan dialogue features sharpening, which I set to 'medium'. This helped the colour neg scanning, and thought it would be an adequate setting for B&W...