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55-300 Trade in value?
Fine tune the AF at infinity - I use a convenient church steeple about a mile distant, or use the Moon. On mine even one step of the AF tune makes a difference. Then again it might be a bad one, my first copy was quite decentered and went back.
Posted by kh1234567890 on 20/08/2014 - 17:54
55-300 Trade in value?
If we're talking about then I'm stunned to hear that. It's my favourite lens and I have had 2 - 3 people ask if shots taken with it were taken with a prime and one was shocked that it wasn't. I wouldn't let it go for all the tea in China .... mind I don't drink tea but you know what I mean. Mik...
Posted by fritzthedog on 20/08/2014 - 20:23
55-300 Trade in value?
If we're talking about then I'm stunned to hear that. It's my favourite lens and I have had 2 - 3 people ask if shots taken with it were taken with a prime and one was shocked that it wasn't. I wouldn't let it go for all the tea in China .... mind I don't drink tea but you know what I mean. Mik...
Posted by judderman62 on 20/08/2014 - 20:33
55-300 Trade in value?
If the lens is good but you can't get on with it (much as I didn't with mine) then it c'est la vie but if it's unsharp the I would get the lens seen to, I was never really convinced with my DA*s until they came back from JPSS, my FA50 came back like a new lens. To be honest you won't get a good ...
Posted by ilovesaabs on 24/08/2014 - 19:02
Pentax 18-135mm Lens Review
Hiya, Jules, Welcome back, Just wanted to ask if you would like your Fanotec Mount returned, ( Free of charge ) You sent it to me with your 300mm Lens, And to be honest i have no idea what to use it for ( Derr ). I still have your Address, So would be no problem to post to you, And sorry but no way ...
Posted by Dogwalker on 22/08/2014 - 16:06
Pentax 18-135mm Lens Review
Personally I give up. If you went on the scores on DXO mark for example you'd never fork out for a limited lens or indeed some of the star lenses. None of these reviews substitute for buying and trying and then feeding back into the market the ones you least like or use. Most of us here do that ...
Posted by wvbarnes on 22/08/2014 - 17:39
Pentax 18-135mm Lens Review
Hiya, Jules, Welcome back, Just wanted to ask if you would like your Fanotec Mount returned, ( Free of charge ) You sent it to me with your 300mm Lens, And to be honest i have no idea what to use it for ( Derr ). I still have your Address, So would be no problem to post to you, And sorry but no way ...
Posted by jules on 23/08/2014 - 05:47
Pentax 18-135mm Lens Review
Hi Jules nice to see your back or should that be your front.:lol: The 18/135 is a great lens, never take much notice of reviews, only of people wno use lenses all the time (CANT SPELL RECULERY). Cheers Dave
Posted by FAT8BIKER on 23/08/2014 - 20:35
great issue with this
Looks like the one Daz was advertising a while back
Posted by Mike-P on 23/08/2014 - 16:02
Sigma 8-16
He He, I know what you mean, coming back to Pentax has turned out to be at the same time as a lot of Medical upheaval for me! I'm at the hospital every other day and in the days in between cooking dinner for my 92 (Soon to be 93!) year old mother, I just can't seem to get away! Not complaining about...
Posted by jules on 03/09/2014 - 10:35
Fancy a long DA*
DA*300 excellent lens and well worth the spend. Had it on a most of the DSLR`s and always performed very well especially in low light late evening shots. For the extra reach I find that the Sigma 150 - 500 produces a very acceptable result but not the fastest to focus. I have a 1.4 Kenko TC which wo...
Posted by cedricd on 04/09/2014 - 19:48
Advice - Sigma 17-50 F2.8
I have an old version being the Sigma DC 18-50 F2.8 EX which I bought new in June 2006. I wanted a fast equivalent of the kit lens to take out on early morning cycle rides and this seemed to fit the bill. All the early reviews suggested that it was a great lens but I started seeing considerable ...
Posted by GlynM on 29/08/2014 - 09:39
Sigma 17-70 mm f2.8-4
You should see a marked improvement, the 17-70 is an excellent lens whereas the 18-200mm is pretty average at best.(at least the one I had a while back was at any rate)
Posted by Mike-P on 05/09/2014 - 13:17
AF issue with Tamron 70-200 F2.8
OK I have given this lens two weekends of action to confirm what I thought was an issue last weekend. At minimum focal length it is spot on and sharp but anywhere beyond that and ""this dog don't hunt"" I have 90% of pictures that are only focused about 10m behind what I aimed at. An example was the...
Posted by JammyBee on 07/09/2014 - 07:34
AF issue with Tamron 70-200 F2.8
Hi Mine is the fastest and possibly most accurate focusing lens I own - never misses. It is certainly not an issue with the model. Have you tried it on another camera body? Could it be an adjustment issue with the body you are using it on? You don't say how long you have owned the lens or w...
Posted by fritzthedog on 07/09/2014 - 08:15
AF issue with Tamron 70-200 F2.8
It is new just gave it a second weekend to confirm issue Cheers for reply have contacted supplier The body is fine will all other lens can it be wrong with just one? It is totally normal to have to adjust the focus for some lenses and not others. With my K5 - I have been lucky and have not had to ...
Posted by fritzthedog on 07/09/2014 - 09:21
AF issue with Tamron 70-200 F2.8
On a K10D Some K10Ds were notorious for front and back focusing issues - I was lucky - mine was fine. For the older Pentax DSLR bodies - to adjust AF in camera - you need to access the debug mode. This was not made available by Pentax but 3rd party software has been written to allow you to access...
Posted by fritzthedog on 07/09/2014 - 10:12
AF issue with Tamron 70-200 F2.8
I hope you get your problem sorted quickly as the Tamron is a cracking lens - but just a thought from my experiences with this lens and the K5... The K5 autofocus can calculate the wrong thing to focus on - recent experience at motorbike trials being a case in point with trees, leaves and other...
Posted by MatthewEl on 14/09/2014 - 21:15
AF issue with Tamron 70-200 F2.8
No focussing system can know what you want to focus on. It might be something close by and you'd prefer the background out of focus, or of course the compete opposite. Use the centre point to focus and recompose - works every time.
Posted by JAK on 14/09/2014 - 21:40
AF issue with Tamron 70-200 F2.8
I had 3 copies of this lens and all had af issues. I fine tuned it for the long end, 200mm. I extensively tested it on a K5 by taking hundreds of shots before returning it for a replacement, eventually givng up. I would say that shots of over 30m way were generaly good, but any closer not so and wo...
Posted by screwdriver222 on 14/09/2014 - 22:28
