Sterling Short Scale Bass

I've been considering this lens, and it's variants (Rokinon, Vivitar and Bower), for several months. I've researched many reviews on this lens prior to purchase. I shoot a Pentax K-50. Common issues were lens distortions, the distance scale being inaccurate and quality issues, where some users needed multiple copies before finding a good one (largely dealing with edge sharpness). Though I should mention that as for lens distortion it's less on a APS-C sensor. Well I bought the lens with the intention of putting it through a test before the B&H return policy expired. I took the lens to the Washington National Cathedral and the Balitimore Railroad Museum. In short, I was blown away by it's performance. It was incredibly sharp, even in corners, wide open. The distance scale on my copy seemed fairly accurate. The color and CA was excellent. Yes there is some lens distortion particularly indoors, but I found this easily correctable with PTLens. Focusing through the viewfinder, at other than infinity, can be somewhat challenging, but the work around I found is to use live view and magnify the image to get a precise focus. While the lens doesn't take filters per se, for outdoor landscapes I use a Lee 4 X 6 .9ND Graduated Neutral Density filter. In short, just buy this lens! It has a a few nuances, but it's cheaper, faster and sharper than comparable Pentax versions or other brands.

Lovely grey scale!

It's a 5 on the Zone System scale!

These sterling titanium rods are definitely a premium product with outstanding workmanship. The light weight with solid support has to be experienced to believe how nice these are. I would highly recommend if your goal is to have a quality light weight kit for filming.

I got this as a cheaper alternative to a macro lens. I photograph product shots of my sterling jewelry and this extension tube has worked wonderfully. It is exactly what I was looking for to get close up crisp detail shots of my products. Very easy to take on and off with my camera and lens.

My go to filter for black and white film. Optics are sterling and it's effortless to keep the lens pristine and smudge free. Metal and glass construction. The MC red filter will be my next purchase.

I have only owned these headphones for a short time but I absolutely LOVE them. I"m already addicted to them. .lol. To me the music sounds even better than being at a concert. It's all there the bass guitar and drums sound awesome. I love to hear the symbols to and the highs sound just as good as the bass. To talk to someone all you have to do is speak and the music will kick off and you can hear plain as day and when your finished talking they kick right back on. I looked for about two months off and on, reading reviews all over the net and kept coming back to these and I finally pulled the trigger and bought them. I'm very happy I got these and not something else. I'm not into writing reviews but I looked for so long before I made up my mind that I hope this helps someone that is doing the same.

This stand has three vertical sections, and is short enough for a spot mic on a bass or cello, or a piano on half-stick without removing the boom, yet tall enough for a singer or an overhead spot mic on a seated musician. This stand has a heavy base for good stability, even with the boom extended. I have other short stands, but none are as flexible as the K&M 252.

A beauty to behold. Deep sound with suitable bass. unfortunately, there are times when the bass might fall short and Sonos does not include trueplay for iPhone 7 and thus was not able to use that to enhance the player. Overall a killer, price could be more competitive as wired speakers sound better at equivalent price. However, technology wise, this is way ahead of its similar competitors. Without the bluetooth, playing music and using the phone become two distinct motions and very easy to use.

great grey scale tones