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Amazon Da 55 -300mm deal
Yeah thanks, I will try that out tommorrow. If its still the same I will try sending it for repair. Don't really want to send it back to Amazon because they will probably just refund the money.
Posted by screwdriver222 on 17/12/2011 - 17:49
Amazon Da 55 -300mm deal
Yeah thanks, I will try that out tommorrow. If its still the same I will try sending it for repair. Don't really want to send it back to Amazon because they will probably just refund the money. Try asking them to exchange it - not refund the cost - as there is an option to do this in the Returns Pol...
Posted by jeallen01 on 17/12/2011 - 18:06
Amazon Da 55 -300mm deal
Depends what you want to use it for, but the Pentax 55-300 has fabulous image quality, but probably focusses on AF slower than the Sigma. I can only compare the Pentax 55-300 with a Sigma DG APO 70-300 (I have the Pentax, my son has the Sigma) and the Pentax blows the Sigma away for image quality (...
Posted by davidstorm on 29/12/2011 - 22:44
Amazon Da 55 -300mm deal
Is the difference between DA and DAL just the plastic vs metal mount and the quick shift? and why would quick shift reduce noise? Quick shift would reduce noise as less AF would be required. The lack of a hood with the DA L version is a non-issue as you can buy one that is virtually identical on eb...
Posted by davidstorm on 31/12/2011 - 01:06
Hood v quality filter
I believe a lenshood is absolutly essential for any lens, except maybe the 50 macro-A lens I own. This lens is so deep set that is alreadiy functions as a hood. I wont use a lens, unless the hood is fitted. The hood also stops the glare of a filter, if any is present,. The hood does not only stop...
Posted by Horst on 29/01/2012 - 06:34
A good hood for the 35mm 2.4?
The Pentax original is better quality. It's still available new at £60 or so, but second hand ones in excellent condition can be had from eBay for £10 on a good day. I did try a JJC and it basically didn't fit cleanly, so it went straight back. I found a Pentax one on eBay, but in extremis would ...
Posted by johnriley on 15/12/2011 - 12:20
There's never been a better time to buy......
As I said I will be honest and describe it used-as-new. I'm not thinking about transferring the warranty (a mistake lots of people make when they describe an item as still being in warranty), but offering my own. In which case I would simply return to Amazon under their warranty and send back to m...
Posted by TonyM on 15/12/2011 - 11:31
There's never been a better time to buy......
quote:3496ace15f="TonyM"]As I said I will be honest and describe it used-as-new. I'm not thinking about transferring the warranty (a mistake lots of people make when they describe an item as still being in warranty), but offering my own. In which case I would simply return to Amazon under their wa...
Posted by jeallen01 on 17/12/2011 - 18:09
There's never been a better time to buy......
Interesting, although to be fair no-one has tried to profit by selling back to the members here. No doubt they will end up on eBay. The only way Amazon could stop that, if they wanted to, would be to make an offer "limit of one per customer". However, as far as Amazon are concerned they probably ...
Posted by johnriley on 18/12/2011 - 12:36
There's never been a better time to buy......
The issue for me is that someone posted details of an opportunity which I'm sure wasn't intended to be a money making one. As I saw it I was offered an opportunity to add to the enjoyment of my Pentax system. Could I have bought shed loads of lenses to sell on? Yes. Did I think about buyi...
Posted by JohnX on 18/12/2011 - 13:15
There's never been a better time to buy......
Suppose all the cheap lenses had been bought up, but only one per buyer. All those keen Pentax people that were, for whatever reason, too late to get one at the super-cheap price, would then be faced with the prospect of paying double if they want one. As it is, some of them will be able to pi...
Posted by ChrisA on 18/12/2011 - 15:09
The Curse of Indecision
I am a hopeless hoarder, I very rarely sell anything. For example I currently have 4 standard zooms - the 18-55, 16-45, 16-50 and 17-70; in fact make that 5 if the old manual focus 35-105 counts as a standard zoom nowadays. The thing is I like all of them in different ways... It's not just lenses...
Posted by smudge on 16/12/2011 - 22:19
Anyone tried DA* 300mm with Kenko 1.5x
That's the same problems that I had John,nothing near the quality of the straight 300! These were early attempts, I got better with practice:D I still find the combination more than acceptable even with the SHQ 1.7x. I agree with Philip, that's a lovely image. I find the Out-of-Focus rendering (Boke...
Posted by johnwhit on 17/12/2011 - 09:25
Anyone tried DA* 300mm with Kenko 1.5x
I recently received a Kenko 1.5x Pz-AF SHQ TC from another forum member. Work and weather have conspired to keep me from using it much so far, but I did manage some test shots using it with the DA*300mm on a lunch break walk. The Goldcrest shot was a real snapshot as it appeared from out of some...
Posted by eenymac on 17/12/2011 - 10:38
Anyone tried DA* 300mm with Kenko 1.5x
Hi dcweather. It's all very strange really. I have read in the past and on other forums that people with the MC version, even with SDM contacts, cannot get it to work with SDM lenses. All I know is, it does work, so I'm happy. :D Maybe algernon is right, they wrongly labeled some SHQ ones as MC...
Posted by eenymac on 17/12/2011 - 12:23
Anyone tried DA* 300mm with Kenko 1.5x
Hi dcweather. It's all very strange really. I have read in the past and on other forums that people with the MC version, even with SDM contacts, cannot get it to work with SDM lenses. All I know is, it does work, so I'm happy. :D Maybe algernon is right, they wrongly labeled some SHQ ones as MC...
Posted by geordie01 on 24/12/2011 - 17:03
DA 18-55 WR "better" on K-5 than K-7?
Its almost certainly to do with lens and camera tolerances. QC allows a small range of error around the "ideal". Say you allow a plus or minus 2% error in focus to achieve acceptable results. If your copy of a lens is at the -2% end of the range and your camera is at the +2% end of the scale then ...
Posted by MarkD on 17/12/2011 - 08:20
SMC Pentax Reflex Zoom 400-600mm lens
But that's how real auction houses work, if they have a reserve set then the same thing happens, hence why ebay charge so much for this. We went through that in another thread :wink: The standard practice of the big auction houses is that reserves can be no higher than 2/3 rds of the auction houses ...
Posted by Algernon on 17/12/2011 - 16:07
Sigma 50-500 focusing
For the first few weeks after I got the Bigma, I was astounded at how well it focused on the K-5, even in very dim light. Tried it again last night, it was awful - hunted like crazy and wouldn't lock at all. Tried again in bright daylight this morning, it wasn't much better. Tried it on the...
Posted by ChrisA on 17/12/2011 - 16:25
Sigma 50-500 focusing
Like you I was and still am amazed how quickly the Sigma can focus but, there are occasions when the camera/lens just doesnt seem to see and focus on what I want it to. Problem is the image in the viewfinder is by then a total blurr both for me and I presume the focusing processor. This has happened...
Posted by davidrobinson on 17/12/2011 - 23:27
