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Manual Focusing tips
Since it's unlike Pentax to be unhelpful for the sake of it when it comes to backwards compatibility, I'm going to hazard a guess that the multi point AF requires some item of information which is not passed back by the older MF lenses. I can't figure out why this should be, but that could just b...
Posted by Mongoose on 11/11/2008 - 23:01
Manual Focusing tips
If your thinking about going the manual focus route, I can recommend you think about changing to Katzeye type of focus screen. Best money I've spent to get things consistantly sharper.:lol:
Posted by kerrowdown on 12/11/2008 - 20:10
Manual Focusing tips
is it possible to fit these alternative focus screens yourself or can it be only done by dealer/repairer
Posted by bforbes on 12/11/2008 - 20:57
Manual Focusing tips
I bought one of the cheap split screens off ebay and can honestly say it was the biggest waste of money I have spent on my camera (apart from 2 useless flashes). I also buggered up my original focus screen when changing them over (and back again) as I touched both of them with my fingers before rea...
Posted by Mike-P on 12/11/2008 - 21:21
Manual Focusing tips
The Katzeye website lists for *istD, *istDs, *istDs2, *istDL, K100D, K1000D super, K110D and K200D. So these must also be changeable, but by whom I do not know. They also list for the K10D and K20D on http://www.katzeyeoptics.com/cat--Pentax-DSLRs--cat_pentax.html K20D uses the same screen as the...
Posted by iceblinker on 12/11/2008 - 22:50
I want to buy a 20 D in a shop
I went to Parks today, very nice chaps. They even said they would let me exchange my 20 day old K10D (essentially a full refund) for a new Pentax K20D to take advantage of the £100 off that Pentax are doing on the K20D kit at the moment. With the £100 off it works out at around £470 for the K20D......
Posted by Richdog on 21/12/2008 - 20:55
2009 Predictions.......
Very interesting article and forum thread. All Pentax users have a feeling, in the back of their mind, that this is going to happen. Yet it hasn't for many decades. And my 32 year old 100mm Macro lens is the perfect example of the survival of Pentax in the market. Very interesting article th...
Posted by nathanever82 on 12/11/2008 - 11:24
2009 Predictions.......
You want to convince the world you are insane? Start by saying "I'm not crazy". You want to convince the world you are a fool? Start by saying "I predict....(the future)". I say somebody has to go through as many years of BACK predictions this guy has made to get an estimate of how accurate he is....
Posted by Don on 12/11/2008 - 16:48
2009 Predictions.......
To be honest I wouldn't be overly worried if Samsung decided to jump into the DSLR market in a big way and bought Pentax for sole use of the K mount and their customer base. Samsung have the money to throw at the market, much more so than Pentax (Hoya probably do but I don't think they want to). ...
Posted by RichardDay on 16/11/2008 - 11:11
My first Gallery effort!
Hmmn, sell it to Network Rail eh? ... a cunning plan to start me on my "credit crunch beating" photographic career! lol :-) One thing, in my haste & fear of being branded a weirdo, i forgot to put the lens hood on & also failed to notice that the WB was set to "Tungsten". The moon is cropped out ...
Posted by fleaberto on 13/11/2008 - 13:10
The K-m and Jessops
That could well be a strategy that would work, in the mediun to long term. In the short term selling lots of K-m cameras must help cashflow. Pentax were once one of the "Big Two" which were of course, Nikon and Pentax. Those were the days when all sorts of professional accessories were made, some...
Posted by johnriley on 16/11/2008 - 10:12
The K-m and Jessops
This is my first post, I have just found the website having ordered a Pentax camera. I ordered from Jessops last Sunday after considering the K200, eos1000 and D60. The order comprised the camera kit, 50-200 lens, 2mb card and Centon bag CB20. After Vat reduction and £10 off camera and lens the t...
Posted by morelia on 03/12/2008 - 09:18
Lens or new camera advice appreciated..
You maybe dont need a new lens or camera, it sounds to me that you just aren't getting close enough to the action! SLRs are designed so that the photographer sees exactly what is being recorded so take a good look in the viewfinder before you press the button. What ISO are you using? I'm a bit surpr...
Posted by gartmore on 14/11/2008 - 08:07
Lens or new camera advice appreciated..
Perhaps a good idea now to get back to the point. Hopefully, Amanda will have picked up some good points amongst the comments on this thread. 8)
Posted by johnriley on 14/11/2008 - 22:10
Lens or new camera advice appreciated..
You're all right. Every post was to try to get back to the topic, and all I got was carping. I'm not impressed with advice which tells Amanda to buy something when her Q. was does she need to.
Posted by packhorses7 on 14/11/2008 - 22:37
Lens or new camera advice appreciated..
Thank you all very much for your advice...sorry it turned into a bit of an arguement! I have taken in everyones advise and very grateful. I am off out today to start moving more, get stuck into the boys running about...stop zooming in so much. I'm also going to start taking lots of the same sho...
Posted by AmandaW on 15/11/2008 - 07:28
Lens or new camera advice appreciated..
I sincerely hope that we do see AmandaW and or any other new forum members that have read this thread, come back here to this forum, should she or they require any further assistance. It's a real shame that with the amount detailed and in depth knowledge of photography, which is so freely availab...
Posted by kerrowdown on 17/11/2008 - 00:33
K20D fails to write to SD card?
Hi All, Anyone had problems with a K20D failing to write to a SD card? Mine has done this on two occasions now with different cards (and Make) both SDHC often in mid shooting or when I try and review the images. Some times they are there and it wont let me zoom in in play back mode. All cards...
Posted by LifeSpy on 14/11/2008 - 17:09
It could just be my eyes..
..but sometimes when I level shots using the guide lines in the view finder they come out with a slight lean. Is this just me, or is it possible that the 'moving' sensor doesn't seat back level? This is on a K200d.
Posted by Hardgravity on 15/11/2008 - 10:44
It could just be my eyes..
The problem on the site, John, is the posts are from 2007 and refer to the K10. They seem to be missing as the links just direct back to the forum lists page. My question refers to my K200d, I wasn't aware that this had come up 2 years ago! So, is it a 'sensor at rest' problem or do all K200's do...
Posted by Hardgravity on 15/11/2008 - 16:57
