Re: Travelling to Peru

Peter,

Thanks again for the help. I'm in the UK, so I've been going through the
database on the BAPLA site to get a few contact numbers together. I see that
really you do need to have a large number of photographs from around the
world - much of my earlier travel photography wasn't aimed at creating stock
pictures so I have a fairly small back-catalogue to draw from. Still, I do
now have a few pointers to work towards. To be honest it'll be a bit of a
test for me to really find out if I can get good enough pictures.

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>
> If you are going Pentax, and alternative to the Zenitar might be an old
> screw mount Pentax fisheye and a K to S adapter.  This might be cheaper,
and
> it will certainly be sharper.  Another option is the Pentax fisheye zoom,
> which would give you extra flexibility.
>

Hmm.. hadn't thought about earlier screw-mount Pentax fisheyes... in fact
I've never seen one. So I did a quick check around. There's a 17mm 1:4
Takumar on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2967424657&category=4688

Is this the lens you were thinking of? It's got a starting price of
£498.99!! Jessops classics (who are obviously a little overpriced but give a
rough guide to 'camera shop' market price) have an f11 18mm Takumar for
£199. So, whilst I think most M42 mount stuff hasn't held it's value, those
fisheyes still do!
The Zenitar still looks like the best option, only I would be pressed for
time to properly evaluate it's quality before leaving.

Chris.