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K30 red Lamp Flashing
Thanks for the suggestions both of you. I can`t fathom it either. JAK, tried all of the things you said. It`s with the genuine Pentax lithium battery plus I tried the spare Hama one too. Now Iv`e reset to default settings it`s been fine. Sbrads, I leave this camera on spot focus. Just one of those i...
Posted by cedricd on 04/07/2013 - 20:11
K30 - SD card size
Lancer - as Vic says, make sure you get a fast card. Class 10 is good, or if you can get it, Class 16. Sandisk is quite a reputable brand, so you should be safe there too. Consider however, that if the average file size of each JPEG is about 5Mb, you should comfortably fit 200 shots per Gb onto a ca...
Posted by steven9761 on 07/07/2013 - 09:14
K30 - SD card size
Lancer - as Vic says, make sure you get a fast card. Class 10 is good, or if you can get it, Class 16. Sandisk is quite a reputable brand, so you should be safe there too. Consider however, that if the average file size of each JPEG is about 5Mb, you should comfortably fit 200 shots per Gb onto a ca...
Posted by sussexwolf on 07/07/2013 - 11:24
K30 - SD card size
I have never trusted to fate and hence always back up my shots... especially when travelling. This can be done at any given computer so long as you carry an SD card reader. Likewise I change cards in safe places. With something as enormous as 8GB, never mind 16GB, there is no reason to wait unti...
Posted by rparmar on 08/07/2013 - 11:54
File Count Number Display Thingy
Hello all, I've just noticed the display number has gone back to 0000. Last time I noticed it was at something like 9958 so its gone past 9999 and gone back to 0000. My K10 just carried on by changing the first 3 digits, IE 101 2589. I know its a memory setting, Playback Info Display/File No. I H...
Posted by bettyswolloks on 08/07/2013 - 20:36
Possible Fault
A few times over the past few weeks, I've been happily shooting away with my K-5 and various lenses when, for no apparent reason, the camera refuses to focus and lock. It just kinda dies. If I change the auto-focus from AFS to C it works fine, but I have to switch off the camera and back on again...
Posted by RAB on 09/07/2013 - 13:24
I want to try Macro
As an alternative, why not try an old manual focus PK lens something like a 50mm f1.7 with a set of cheap extension tubes. I have a DFA 100mm f2.8 macro but the results with a Pentax A 35-70mm and a 31mm extension tube are pretty good in comparison. I think it's definately something you can experim...
Posted by CIBarker on 10/07/2013 - 21:15
I want to try Macro
Thanks for the help so far. I was looking at the Raynox DCR250 adaptor as I thought it could be used with my existing lenses. Would it be a good starting point. Thanks Les Possibly, depending on the filter-thread size of your lenses... Actually, the F-35-70 is not a bad idea anyway as it...
Posted by DaveHolmes on 11/07/2013 - 14:10
I want to try Macro
Just spotted this for £35 SMC PENTAX-A ZOOM 35-70mm 1:3.5-4.5 PENTAX K MACRO LENS ??????? Les That lens would be 'macro' in a marketing sense rather than technical. Zooms called 'macro' aren't really macro lenses but just general purpose zoom lenses that can focus reasonably close. The...
Posted by gwing on 11/07/2013 - 16:48
I want to try Macro
Either pentax 35-70 paired with a set of tubes will produce impressive macro, in the technical sense, results. I prefer a macro with a broad focus ring for the most part I'm manually focusing even with an AF lens.
Posted by CIBarker on 11/07/2013 - 19:16
I want to try Macro
I'd say the raynox DCR-150 would be a very good intro to macro photography on your 55-300, it will clip on and off in seconds and does a very good job. I don't have the 55-300 but a while back I asked about the raynox on it and was told it does vignette a bit at mid focal length settings. I've used ...
Posted by walt on 12/07/2013 - 12:38
I want to try Macro
another vote for a reversing ring and an f-35-70, the zoom acts as focus when reversed making it more convinient than my other preferred option which is an M series 28mm if you get hooked, look out for older manual focus macros. Much cheaper than modern ones and the quality is excellent almost ac...
Posted by Mongoose on 16/07/2013 - 18:24
I want to try Macro
Be aware that if you use a reversing ring with something like a Pentax-M 28mm, it becomes extremely difficult to get shots in focus, if you are shooting things that move about 'in the wild'. The depth of field with such a lens when reversed is wafer-thin to say the least. It is much easier with a ...
Posted by davidstorm on 16/07/2013 - 21:36
New DSLR - Which Pentax Model to Go For?
I traded up from the K10D to the K30. Was a very happy K10D owner for 4 years and was a little apprehensive about slumming it with el cheapo K30 :) But seriously the K30 is a dream to use on the whole. I miss certain elements of the K10D which i wouldn't have lost with the K5 and sometimes out in...
Posted by Russ on 23/07/2013 - 11:39
New DSLR - Which Pentax Model to Go For?
I'm used to the top plate LCD that the K5 has from being both a GX-10 and Z-50P user and I like the easy access controls for metering and focus point selection that the GX-10 has. The K5-II is a little too expensive for my budget at the moment, so if I go for a K5, it would have to be the origina...
Posted by PJMcKenna on 25/07/2013 - 21:07
K5 II and IIs continuous autofocus
I was fortunate enough to be able to swap my 2 * K5 for a K5II and a K5IIs recently. However, I am not happy with the continuous autofocussing either in spot mode (focus at the centre) or in SEL mode where one of the major advantages of the K5II is supposed to be the intelligent tracking of a movin...
Posted by eoinandpaula on 22/07/2013 - 12:48
K5 II and IIs continuous autofocus
I have a feeling that the continuous focusing is slightly better than my K5 used to be. Attached is one of yesterday's triathlon which came through my village. I use the SEL mode and tried to track the cyclist for a couple of seconds before pressing the shutter and that seemed to work very well. A ...
Posted by miles500 on 22/07/2013 - 15:10
K5 II and IIs continuous autofocus
Eion. Ref. the aural feedback on a K5iis. At Mallory Park in AF-C and centre spot, first time out mine was so loud that I thought I had a mechanical problem there was so much wherring going on. The bikes were coming at me thick and fast and I was in 7 frames a second mode head on and panning and out...
Posted by vic cross on 25/07/2013 - 09:46
K-3 ?
The march of progress simply enables me to continue to take badly composed shots, etc, at higher resolution and amass more equipment that I'm finding increasingly difficult to store/find time to use/hide from my wife, etc. :roll: Amen:twisted: I am unfortunate to have a very astute "Other Half", ...
Posted by jules on 27/07/2013 - 08:22
K-3 ?
I am unfortunate to have a very astute "Other Half", who notices everything, when I came back to Pentax recently she noticed the influx of emails from Pentax user and said "I know what your'e doing, you know." "I don't mind as long as it's a Pentax because I like them!" So it's not all bad. :D M...
Posted by Mike-P on 27/07/2013 - 16:12
