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Advice re Camera Choice
Full flower portraits can be achieved with the SMC Pentax-DA 55-300mm lens, which I find ideal for the purpose. At 300mm we can stand back and the background blurs beautifully. We can also isolate single flowers at the back of larger herbaceous borders. Any longer lens will also be fine, provided th...
Posted by johnriley on 05/01/2014 - 14:16
Advice re Camera Choice
K30 or K50 would be very nice, the 55-300 could very well pick up on here for a very nice price, they have been going very cheaply of late for what you get. . Ross wants to take close-ups, which may require manual focus adjustment, so he needs the "DA" version with "quickshift", and not the "DA-L" ...
Posted by jeallen01 on 05/01/2014 - 17:36
Advice re Camera Choice
Don't forget the crop factor. The 50mm lens will be a short telephoto (35mm equiv 75mm) so the standard lens for the DSLR will be the 35mm. Both these lenses are inexpensive and excellent. Agree with this. As John says the field of view of your lenses will be different coming from film. I have...
Posted by richandfleur on 05/01/2014 - 20:36
Advice re Camera Choice
The K5 has (compared to any of the budget models) a much larger battery,connections for a battery grip,socket for external microphone,HDMI out,five custom settings,much better build,quieter in operation,very useful and battery saving top LCD info panel,stop down preview on shutter button useful for ...
Posted by wvbarnes on 06/01/2014 - 13:45
Advice re Camera Choice
I switched from the K30 to the K5 last year. Convinced myself i needed all the extras Bill outlined above. So far only the larger battery in the K5 has proved truly useful. I could of, and probably should of, stayed with the K30. The K30 (and K50) have some advantages over the K5: Focus Peaking in...
Posted by Russ on 06/01/2014 - 14:59
Advice re Camera Choice
The K30 (and K50) have some advantages over the K5: Focus Peaking in Liveview - oh i miss that..... I think that would be one of the most useful features for the intended use of the camera for flowers (although I don't use it myself for what I use my cameras) - and the lack of it on the K-5 a possi...
Posted by jeallen01 on 06/01/2014 - 15:45
Advice re Camera Choice
John A, do we really need focus peaking to shoot flowers? I shoot lots of flower portraits and use AF plus QuickShift to adjust where I want the focus point to be. With the K-5 as it happens. Flowers move about a bit in the wind, so fast shooting is sometimes needed as the air is rarely totally stil...
Posted by johnriley on 06/01/2014 - 16:00
Advice re Camera Choice
Focus peaking might be useful in, for example, ensuring a single stamen is in focus in a very shallow depth shot. It is also very useful for all sorts of manual focus shooting esp. shallow dof.
Posted by Pentaxophile on 06/01/2014 - 16:31
Advice re Camera Choice
I currently use the K5 and the K30 (which I'm selling for £290 body only) The main differences are: K5.....Quieter shutter No Focus peaking Slightly better build quality Larger body Larger battery K30....Focus peaking (Great for manual focus) Lighter ...
Posted by michaelblue on 08/01/2014 - 15:51
Advice re Camera Choice
I had a K-30 and have recently picked up a used K-5, my reasons for wanting the K5: - Quieter Shutter - Dedicated buttons for setting metering mode (spot, cw, and matrix), and focus point (single point, multiple etc). I find it much better for changing these on the fly than messing with the info ...
Posted by mcpieman on 08/01/2014 - 17:27
Advice re Camera Choice
Paid £320 for my K30 with money back from Pentax. It's excellent, feels good, weight is just right. I love the fact that I can use AA batteries if I want/need to. Metal v polycarbonate? - think you will find if you drop either camera heavily you will likely damage internal parts eg main circuit boar...
Posted by jemx99 on 08/01/2014 - 20:53
Advice re Camera Choice
I was faced with this dilemma and was deciding between the K5 or K30 as a upgrade from my Kx and ultimately I plumped for the K30. My reasoning was that I was getting the K5 sensor in a smaller body with a newer Auto focus engine, focus peaking on the LCD and it was still weather sealed. I did...
Posted by Lancer3397 on 15/01/2014 - 13:28
Does an adaptor like this exist?
Hi folks, I wonder if anyone can tell me if this beastie is out there. I want to reverse a K mount lens on my K-x for macro work - no problem with that, I have a male K mount to 49mm filter thread adaptor, and that does that bit OK. But what I want to do now is mount my ring light on the back of...
Posted by handlep on 08/01/2014 - 11:13
Does an adaptor like this exist?
Thanks John, I have the rings for the light, but they won't fit the K mount on the back of the lens, so it's that interface I'm looking for. Matt, yes I could go the DIY route if I have to, I was hoping someone made one to save me having to get 'creative' :)
Posted by handlep on 08/01/2014 - 11:44
K-30 random exposure failure issue
Hi, Anyone else with a K-30 experienced this? Happened a few times to me recently on holiday. Same settings in Manual occasionally returned nearly completely black images for no reason. Kit lens, nothing changed setting wise. Googled it and found there may be a widespread issue with the K...
Posted by richandfleur on 09/01/2014 - 22:29
K-30 random exposure failure issue
Update again. The camera has now been returned to my sister in the UK from Johnsons Photopia. I haven't tested the results but understand the technician was able to replicate the fault so that was a huge relief with the postage effort and all. The report is very quick and vague (ha reads like a...
Posted by richandfleur on 03/03/2014 - 23:17
K-30 random exposure failure issue
:D Got the camera back and used it over the weekend with not a single erroneous exposure issue at all. Happy again.
Posted by richandfleur on 23/03/2014 - 22:58
K-30 random exposure failure issue
Not sure what "diaphragm mechanism" is? That which actuates the lens diaphragm? Update again. The camera has now been returned to my sister in the UK from Johnsons Photopia. I haven't tested the results but understand the technician was able to replicate the fault so that was a huge relief wit...
Posted by K30git on 24/03/2014 - 15:54
K-30 random exposure failure issue
Well was documenting scenarios I'd tested etc before contacting the service agents. Different batteries, different lenses, different modes and auto focus settings etc. I just fired off a few shots with no lens attached to check for physical issues on the inside and... It all sprung back...
Posted by richandfleur on 14/04/2014 - 06:53
K-30 random exposure failure issue
Hi, Anyone else with a K-30 experienced this? Happened a few times to me recently on holiday. Same settings in Manual occasionally returned nearly completely black images for no reason. Kit lens, nothing changed setting wise. Googled it and found there may be a widespread issue with the K...
Posted by jemx99 on 16/06/2014 - 00:02
