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Pentax K30 P-line
I don't know about the K5, but P mode on the K30 works the same way as it does on the GX-20 (K20). When you switch the camera on, the chosen aperture and shutter speed are seldom what you want. Just jog the rear wheel in either direction and the aperture will be underlined. Turn the wheel furthe...
Posted by Aero on 12/04/2013 - 15:20
Final advice before the purchase day.
Good Morning Many thanks for all the comments, really really useful. I will certainly take a look at the 17-70 lens. The only thing that concerns me with that is the SDM part as I keep reading about that failing, or is that on older models? I had been thinking of adding filters and had the...
Posted by mountainwalker on 17/04/2013 - 09:19
Final advice before the purchase day.
My 17-70 is an old model, I bought it when they were first released. The SDM has never been a problem on it, or any other 17-70 that I have heard of. There has been a few problematic 17-70mm lenses Gwyn, I had 2 (both used) and they refused to focus on anything distant in the 50-70mm range. I bou...
Posted by Mike-P on 17/04/2013 - 09:58
Final advice before the purchase day.
A circular polariser yes, worth buying, but a protector or haze filter no. Would you use a UV filter (and a rain jacket) to protect the lens from adverse weather or spray from waterfalls? I bought both some time back, but they rarely see the light of day. What do others do to protect non-WR lens...
Posted by andrewk on 17/04/2013 - 10:05
Final advice before the purchase day.
My 17-70 is an old model, I bought it when they were first released. The SDM has never been a problem on it, or any other 17-70 that I have heard of. There has been a few problematic 17-70mm lenses Gwyn, I had 2 (both used) and they refused to focus on anything distant in the 50-70mm range. I bou...
Posted by Gwyn on 17/04/2013 - 10:16
Final advice before the purchase day.
A circular polariser yes, worth buying, but a protector or haze filter no. Would you use a UV filter (and a rain jacket) to protect the lens from adverse weather or spray from waterfalls? I bought both some time back, but they rarely see the light of day. What do others do to protect non-WR lens...
Posted by Gwyn on 17/04/2013 - 10:25
Shake Reduction and 'action' photography
Off is best if shutter speeds allow. Mentioned it a couple of weeks back https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/a-few-with-the-da-300---f4-40397
Posted by Blythman on 18/04/2013 - 14:02
Shake Reduction and 'action' photography
I wondered about this and out of curiosity I checked the exif data and frame numbers of a shoot of motor bikes I done in March. I took just over 500 shots in 20 minutes, that is less than 3 secs per shot and they were all framed and shot singly. I think I deleted about 24 because of focus problems,...
Posted by DOIK on 19/04/2013 - 10:55
Shake Reduction and 'action' photography
As a few of you know I photograph BriSCA F1 and F2 Stock Cars, plus a few other forms of short oval racing. I think I bought up the subject of SR on or off a while ago, I have now done quite a few tests and my personal conclusion is this. The results differ between my K5 and my K5II. K5 + 3...
Posted by gwing on 20/04/2013 - 10:57
Shake Reduction and 'action' photography
Well, I've got back from my trip to Mallory today and have gone through all the pictures I took, mostly with my DA* 300, with a few on the DA* 50-135 (some with the 50-135 + Tamron 1.4 teleconverter). I spent the whole day with SR turned off, using a shutter speed of 1/1000, and came away with hi...
Posted by percy on 21/04/2013 - 21:20
Shake Reduction and 'action' photography
Just a wild punt - but maybe it's an interaction between your shooting style and the cameras. Does the K5II achieve focus faster than the 5? If so it might be that you are getting the shot faster and the stabilisation doesn't have time to settle. Yes I think the K5II does lock on faster than the K5....
Posted by malvern_man on 21/04/2013 - 23:38
Shake Reduction and 'action' photography
Well, I've got back from my trip to Mallory today and have gone through all the pictures I took, mostly with my DA* 300, with a few on the DA* 50-135 (some with the 50-135 + Tamron 1.4 teleconverter). I spent the whole day with SR turned off, using a shutter speed of 1/1000, and came away with hi...
Posted by malvern_man on 21/04/2013 - 23:46
Shake Reduction and 'action' photography
Well, I've got back from my trip to Mallory today and have gone through all the pictures I took, mostly with my DA* 300, with a few on the DA* 50-135 (some with the 50-135 + Tamron 1.4 teleconverter). I spent the whole day with SR turned off, using a shutter speed of 1/1000, and came away with hi...
Posted by Mike-P on 23/04/2013 - 17:05
Shake Reduction and 'action' photography
Well, I've got back from my trip to Mallory today and have gone through all the pictures I took, mostly with my DA* 300, with a few on the DA* 50-135 (some with the 50-135 + Tamron 1.4 teleconverter). I spent the whole day with SR turned off, using a shutter speed of 1/1000, and came away with hi...
Posted by percy on 24/04/2013 - 09:01
Shake Reduction and 'action' photography
Here's one of mine from last night ( 4th ). Taken from the back row of the Coventry Stadium grandstand with SR on. K5 + 300mm DA* ~ SR on F8 - 1/125
Posted by malvern_man on 05/05/2013 - 23:29
got a pentax k110d cant use it memory card help
That said, a 2GB card should be SD and work ok in the camera. In the back of my mind something tells me I have seen this problem before and there is a 1GB limit. The manual - have just checked it, has a table of Capacity against number of images at each quality level and they only show: 128MB, ...
Posted by Gamka on 20/04/2013 - 14:01
got a pentax k110d cant use it memory card help
In the back of my mind something tells me I have seen this problem before and there is a 1GB limit. @ opat: just to make it clear, that 1 GB limit does not apply to SDHC cards (although there is a limit, not sure which). I'm happily using 4GB ones in my K100D.
Posted by sterretje on 20/04/2013 - 15:09
LENS HEADACHE???
As the OP has pointed out, the FA 28-80 f/3.5-4.7 & 28-105 both have poor reputations on this forum (as well as the other forum). Whilst I agree they don't feel well built and the zoom/focus rings aren't the smoothest, I don't think they're that bad. When released with the Z-1, they both were rea...
Posted by johnha on 21/04/2013 - 15:32
Unusual lens problem
Yesterday my 100mm WR DFA Macro lens started behaving oddly. The autofocus was jerky and inaccurate. The back button I use for autofocus seemed to fire the shutter or at least flip the mirror! The exposure readings were flashing in the screen. Then it would fire the shutter after a few seconds witho...
Posted by dcweather on 24/04/2013 - 23:01
Unusual lens problem
I don't think the calibration would cause this Dave, although I can't dispute your findings so far. I've calibrated all my lenses on the K-5 and K-5IIs with no strange symptoms. It sounds more like an electrical issue to me; if it's behaving correctly now I would be tempted to re-do the calibratio...
Posted by davidstorm on 24/04/2013 - 23:08
