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Pentax at Jessops Again
A few weeks back I was in the Shrewsbury Jessops on a Sunday morning, to have a play with the Sony NEX,...I found all the cameras on display, about 18 different models, all powered up and easily held and examined. While amusing myself with them, I was listening to the man I assumed to be the manag...
Posted by viewfinder on 08/12/2010 - 10:48
Advice Sought: Upgrade K7 to K5?
Personally not interested in the high ISO issues for now having only purchased the K7 earlier in the year doing landscapes. As a newcomer to photography I reckon I need to focus on trying to become a better photograher rather than hanker after the latest and greatest. The K5 looks the ticket though ...
Posted by Sean282 on 25/11/2010 - 23:26
K-5 Flash problems? Anyone can confirm this?
Let me first state that my experience with automatic flashes goes back to a Metz 45 (no zoom reflector) with primes on a Minolta X700 which made life very easy ;) . Although I have a AF540FGZ, I don't have much experience with it and rarely use it with bounce as I have coloured walls and ceilings o...
Posted by sterretje on 29/11/2010 - 19:13
K-5 Flash problems? Anyone can confirm this?
@NaimKhan Yes the Metz 58 does have an Auto setting and in some cases it can be better then using the pTTL setting. I can use Auto with my Lensbaby attached to my K7 whereas the pTTL setting just results in overexposure. The Metz flashes are apparently very good, but the UI and manual are bewi...
Posted by oreillymj on 29/11/2010 - 22:33
K-5 Flash problems? Anyone can confirm this?
@NaimKhan Yes the Metz 58 does have an Auto setting and in some cases it can be better then using the pTTL setting. I can use Auto with my Lensbaby attached to my K7 whereas the pTTL setting just results in overexposure. The Metz flashes are apparently very good, but the UI and manual are bewi...
Posted by NaimKhan on 29/11/2010 - 23:26
K-5 Flash problems? Anyone can confirm this?
Indeed you've a different flash i think. In Av mode i can't set to flash to Auto or Manual with the K10D, and when the camera is in manual the zooming always work. The numbers in Auto is another story, i believe there was a trick for that... at least if i cycle through the flash programs so go fro...
Posted by Anvh on 30/11/2010 - 18:27
Focus probs with K10D and screw lenses
I use my K10D with the screw/bayonet adapter and get some troubles with sharp focus -- I focus back and forth and see the Green Diamond thingy come up but when I look the focus is OUT -- with my 35mm f2 Super-Takumar I notice at f2 that the sharp focus is way BEHIND the thing I focus upon--Friday I ...
Posted by Peter Elgar on 28/11/2010 - 13:34
Focus probs with K10D and screw lenses
Have you ever done a Back/Front focus test on your Auto Focus lenses, wide open, they use the same phase focus system. If the AF lenses are also back focusing there is your problem and you will need to do a global BF focus adjustment. I found that synchronising the focus indicator, split screen ...
Posted by gregmoll on 28/11/2010 - 13:53
Focus probs with K10D and screw lenses
Oh Dear ( No stronger words, as it is a 'Sunday' ) I need to get it sorted today as I have to photograph 'Pixie Lott' in Concert tonight at the Brentwood Centre and my widest aperture lenses are my older ones - I have the kit 18-55mm auto-focus and none of my other lenses are 'digital' . Oh well, ba...
Posted by Peter Elgar on 28/11/2010 - 13:59
Focus probs with K10D and screw lenses
Peter - I occasionally get this problem on my K10 with my Takumar 55. I usually find if I unscrew it then screw it back in carefully, making sure the red 'diamind' f-stop marker is at the true top of the lens, it seems ok. Sometimes it just needs that extra bit of a twist to get it to focus properly...
Posted by Haworth on 28/11/2010 - 16:40
Focus probs with K10D and screw lenses
Well, Folks, I went to the Pixie Lott Concert and took film as well as my K10D but when it started I put K10D onto 1000 ASA and found I could use my 1980's 80-200mm f4.5 SMC Pentax-M lens and the 75-150 f4 SMC Pentax-M for a couple and manually focussed and got some sharp ones in the time allowed-- ...
Posted by Peter Elgar on 29/11/2010 - 12:20
Played with the 645D
Yes it was the zoom experience. Wasn't planning to go either but since some of the forum went I thought it might be gezellig (fun) to go. We went to Joe McNally at Nikon, that was certainly worth the visit. Yeah i also hope they will improve, they told me they already gave Pro priority so if ...
Posted by Anvh on 29/11/2010 - 10:54
Any advice on O-RC1 remote control?
Just got this back from the Pentax Support team: "Dear Mr. Breewood, Thank you for your enquiry. Unfortunately this remote is not compatible with K20D. When replying, please make sure this email is included. With kind regards, Pentax Digital Camera Support Team" So it looks like it's...
Posted by MikeB on 29/11/2010 - 17:25
Tethering for the Kx
Thanks Algi for the laughs :mrgreen: Eye-fi is good for most things but is not a substitute for a good tethering program, like you've already said. I assumed it could send live view over the cable, i hope the tethering program for the 645D can do that... would be really interesting to see that t...
Posted by Anvh on 01/12/2010 - 17:23
Shooting in the snow?
You're right, if you change the aperture the shutter speed will compensate. To give less or more exposure, use the Exposure Compensation control. I have this set on the front dial and the aperture adjustment set on the rear dial. Don't forget to turn back the compensation when it's no longer need...
Posted by johnriley on 30/11/2010 - 21:09
Shooting in the snow?
Don't forget to turn back the compensation when it's no longer needed! Well said! Wish there was a quick return to 0 facility. Always seems harder to dial back to exactly zero, than to dial in the required EV in the first place ;-)
Posted by layingback on 01/12/2010 - 22:17
Shooting in the snow?
Don't forget to turn back the compensation when it's no longer needed! Well said! Wish there was a quick return to 0 facility. Always seems harder to dial back to exactly zero, than to dial in the required EV in the first place ;-) There is. Hold the +/- button and hit the green button. :)
Posted by Smeggypants on 01/12/2010 - 23:03
K5 - is it all I want for Christmas, please?
I mainly take wildlife photos, and have been driven mad on many occasions due to my K10D & K20D taking forever to focus, hunting endlessly in low light or back-focusing, even with the DA* lenses, leading to missed shots of unrepeatable sightings. Having tried other brands of cameras belonging to fr...
Posted by amber on 30/11/2010 - 23:34
K5 - is it all I want for Christmas, please?
The K5 is faster than the K20D. It is about the same as all the other cameras I've looked at recently. To be honest there hasn't been much of a problem with any of them. It's possible that the Sony A33 was slightly slower than the Pentaxes. In terms of wildlife i found the K-5 to be significantly...
Posted by johnriley on 30/11/2010 - 23:55
K5 - is it all I want for Christmas, please?
I haven't used any long lenses since getting the K5, but my screwdrive Tamron 17-50 focusses considerably quicker on the K5 than it did on my K20D. I haven't done any formal testing but if I had to put a figure on it I'd say something close to twice as quick (from pressing the AF button to the confi...
Posted by thoughton on 30/11/2010 - 23:58
