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Confused......Lens adapter
It can defintely be done for the Canon FD (35 mm) film SLR lenses. I bought an adaptor from eBay. Most seem to be made in Hong Kong or China. A has already been mentioned, other lenses can only be used in manual mode, but you can set the lens's focal length in the camera and most Pentax cameras ...
Posted by Algernon on 08/06/2015 - 21:17
DA 55mm f1.4 SDM repair cost
Hi, First post to the forum. Anyone have any idea on cost to fix faulty SDM motor in DA* 55 F1.4. This was bought used with fault explained. I can play around with it for 30 mins to 1 hour and the AF will suddenly kick in and work fine. Is this part of the know fault and how much would Johnsons quot...
Posted by simon_barker_9 on 12/06/2015 - 23:38
K3 II Review out
Even if they did get the focus system name wrong! :lol:
Posted by jules on 23/06/2015 - 06:25
K3 II Review out
Ken Rockwell huh ... ? I wouldn't even credit that bizarre rambling with the title 'review' ! It's riddled with the most ludicrous contradictions and prejudices ..... So, the image output he sees from the Pentax is BETTER than he's seen from the Sony A7 ....oh, but not as good as Canon and Nikon (a...
Posted by McGregNi on 03/07/2015 - 14:41
K3ii firmware bug
I have my K3ii menu system set to return to the last used position, C23: Save Menu Location. It doesn't work properly for any item listed under C4; it goes back to the next item down the list. Firmware v1.00. Menu pages other than C4 work correctly. The K3 with firmware v 1.21 works correctly....
Posted by malcolmk on 23/06/2015 - 11:57
Duxford and my K3.
There are quite a few threads on this subject, but I can give you a few pointers which helped me to get some nice shots.... Firstly I'd be inclined to drop the 1.4x converter, use the speed of you glass better, the AF will operate better without it, you can always crop your resulting shots. For th...
Posted by andy_bell on 06/07/2015 - 10:29
Duxford and my K3.
FWIW my comments are: Get there as early as you can to avoid long walks from the car parks onto the airfield! Park in the Northern end car park if you are coming from the North, or the Southern car park if coming from the South - otherwise you will have a lot of delays when you leave. The flyi...
Posted by jeallen01 on 06/07/2015 - 12:36
Duxford and my K3.
PS: might be worth spending some time to check/adjust the 100-300 for front/back focus on your K-3 if my experience yesterday is anything to go by (see my comment at the bottom of the posts in the Mifsuds lead in "Leads to Deals"!)
Posted by jeallen01 on 06/07/2015 - 13:53
K-3 or K-3 II?
Some cross-over here with our ' instruction manual' thread! If people are not realising the potential of their cameras, then definitely I think the manufacturer must step up into the educator role somehow. Thanks for clarifying those manual settings. Amen to that Nigel, I think we'd all like to see ...
Posted by jules on 09/07/2015 - 07:25
K-3 or K-3 II?
I too think the manufacturer has a role in the education of how to best use their products. I'm going to link, for fear of having the post removed, but this is something Canon does exceptionally well. They run sessions and quite awesome photo competitions where they send you a box with props for...
Posted by richandfleur on 10/07/2015 - 03:41
K-3 or K-3 II?
This used to be the case, and extensively researched books like this one did the job you outline: However, the pace of model change was very slow, and the original Spotmatic lasted from 1964 to 1971 before it even became the Spotmatic II. These books become outdated so quickly now that most I'm ...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 10/07/2015 - 06:44
K-3 or K-3 II?
The reason I never did buy an O-GPS1 is because it's a plug-in and would never be available for use straight out of the camera bag. The reason I will probably never buy a K-3 II is because the flash is a plugin and would never be available for use straight out of the camera bag. An upgrade like ...
Posted by Dave-L on 12/07/2015 - 15:25
K-3 or K-3 II?
Pixelshift and GPS are a better fit for me over the built in flash. Sensor / firmware tweaks add to the II being the more desirable option. I'm the opposite, I hate carrying flash and the GPS to me is a badly implemented Engineers solution, basically raidng the Pentax O-GPS1 GPS Unit gubbins from th...
Posted by jules on 12/07/2015 - 13:24
K-3 or K-3 II?
I'll take Mike P's K3 II when he decides it's no good for airshows! You may have a problem there as I don't have one and tbh I can't see me bothering for the foreseeable future. Seems to me it's more of a K-3I.5 than a K-3II. More of a K3 - IMHO, can't blame you one bit Mike tbh, they had to hold...
Posted by jules on 10/07/2015 - 17:38
K-3 or K-3 II?
The reason I never did buy an O-GPS1 is because it's a plug-in and would never be available for use straight out of the camera bag. The reason I will probably never buy a K-3 II is because the flash is a plugin and would never be available for use straight out of the camera bag. An upgrade like ...
Posted by jules on 12/07/2015 - 16:13
K-3 or K-3 II?
Late addition but K3-ii for me. I do a bit of focus stacking and whilst the super resolution feature doesn't look to be available with flash, nevertheless I think I can use it for natural and continuous light stacking, and I'll be interested to experiment with it. Ironically the lack of flash doesn'...
Posted by nass on 27/07/2015 - 17:01
K5iis Mirror partial reflex
Cleaning lens and body mount contacts with a soft dry cloth is another possibility, just in case the contact has been partially lost. Other than that, back to JPS for a repair quote i think. I would suggest joining Pentax User Plus first, then you can download the form from this site for a 20% di...
Posted by johnriley on 09/07/2015 - 10:48
K-3II recall
Also a related problem re GPS freezing the camera: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/58-troubleshooting-beginner-help/297533-k3-ii-faulty-gps-freezes-whole-camera.html just proves you dont need gps if you dont know where you are go back to school and learn to read a map it works for me On tha...
Posted by MrCynical on 11/07/2015 - 01:20
K-3II recall
Also a related problem re GPS freezing the camera: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/58-troubleshooting-beginner-help/297533-k3-ii-faulty-gps-freezes-whole-camera.html just proves you dont need gps if you dont know where you are go back to school and learn to read a map it works for me Me too...
Posted by jeallen01 on 10/07/2015 - 21:44
K-3II recall
Also a related problem re GPS freezing the camera: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/58-troubleshooting-beginner-help/297533-k3-ii-faulty-gps-freezes-whole-camera.html just proves you dont need gps if you dont know where you are go back to school and learn to read a map it works for me
Posted by stu62 on 10/07/2015 - 21:39
