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Using Helios 58mm on K-r
Thanks for the tip Brian. My converter is actually a shiny aluminium one (from China!) so I shouldn't have the same problem as you have with plastic ones ? Is your converter flangeless like mine (was:shock:!)? If so it fits inside the contact area of the camera body and although being aluminium...
Posted by PeterKR on 28/05/2012 - 10:50
Using Helios 58mm on K-r
Just as a post script to this - I noticed after I grafted a K mount onto the Helios, I was constantly getting the camera's aperture lever mechanism (or something similar) activating all the time and clunking away. I also noticed this behaviour in the past when using auto extension tubes on the K-r i...
Posted by bernado on 31/05/2012 - 16:54
Using Helios 58mm on K-r
Just as a post script to this - I noticed after I grafted a K mount onto the Helios, I was constantly getting the camera's aperture lever mechanism (or something similar) activating all the time and clunking away. I also noticed this behaviour in the past when using auto extension tubes on the K-r i...
Posted by PeterKR on 31/05/2012 - 22:31
K5 battery question
I got the battery via Amazon from a shop called "Hot Deal". Okay so by the looks of it the consensus is that it's fake. I had a very thorough look around the battery and the box and found more stuff. All compared to my supplied battery. 1. The print on the battery is same but using different size...
Posted by Aleks1298 on 28/05/2012 - 11:36
KR Base plate cracking
Mine came from "kennedys" the Australian importer for pentax.cost me $15 a couple of years back.
Posted by 08tiger on 06/06/2012 - 01:13
K5 AF and warranty
i bought a K5 from a forum member a while ago and did not have much time to use it fully. i have now made more use of it and i feel the focus is out at distant (infinity), i will try and explain- if i take a photo across the roof tops to the distant trees it all appears in focus up to a point but th...
Posted by redbusa99 on 02/06/2012 - 18:36
K5 AF and warranty
Best to eliminate the various possibilities first. Check the dioptre setting on the viewfinder - point the camera at a blank wall and adjust until the etched lines in the viewfinder are sharpest. Whatever you are looking at is best out of focus as you are looking for your eye feeling relaxed and ...
Posted by johnriley on 02/06/2012 - 18:51
K5 AF and warranty
There was something similar a while back where a member purchased a K-5 off Ebay which turned out to have a stain and the seller refused to refund. He had the receipt and Johnsons replaced it for a brand new one so presumably they will also do repairs under the same conditions. Worth sending it i...
Posted by Mike-P on 02/06/2012 - 18:55
K5 AF and warranty
This may sound like a silly question but have you taken test pics in both landscape and portrait orientation- if so are the results the same? Now,it's late and I have probably been hit with a stupid stick but ,ho,ho- have you tried taking same test pics with the camera upside down or with the focus ...
Posted by Gary Hickin on 03/06/2012 - 02:17
K5 AF and warranty
Have you tried using the hypo-focal distance on all of your lenses,using different apertures will not have every thing in focus, to achieve this you will have to set it up to hypo-focal distance for each lens.
Posted by montyaus on 03/06/2012 - 02:56
Firework Flops
Thanks guys, I much appreciate your comments. I think next time I'll take a longer lens and a tripod and stand well back from the people. (the next field might well be better - wouldn't cost anything to get in either and I've save myself the extra calories from the hotdogs 8)) regards Bernard
Posted by Frogherder on 06/06/2012 - 10:20
Firework Flops
I think next time I'll take a longer lens and a tripod and stand well back from the people. The tripod is definitely a must. But you should forget the longer lens and try to find a background that would help "locate" the fireworks, like some trees (they'll show as silhouette)or buildings. It giv...
Posted by pentaxian450 on 06/06/2012 - 13:59
Pentax Q Battery Lock Lever
It doesn't sound right at all. If you open the door, looking from the direction of the back of the camera there is a small grey catch on the left of the hinge. It's quite obvious, so if it's missing you should see the small notch where it should be.
Posted by johnriley on 15/06/2012 - 21:42
Pentax Q Battery Lock Lever
Thanks John, the lever is there however it doesn't hold the battery in place at all, the battery slides right past it. The camera works fine when the main battery cover is closed, but I would think that to remove the battery after opening the cover that lever should require pushing back. But it does...
Posted by JAK on 15/06/2012 - 21:48
K100D Dead
After using my trusty K100 a couple of weeks back and leaving it switched on, after going to 'standby' it started making a strange ticking noise (a bit like the AF working, but coming from the body). It then displayed a low battery, which I changed, and since then has refused to power on. Tried vari...
Posted by megelliemaniac on 21/06/2012 - 18:56
Metering problems with tamron 70-300 brand new lens
Hi everyone, Bought news lens today fine until either meter is a problem or the mirror locks up every now & again camera clicks like mad then when you look thru the viewfinder everything's black the the centre of the viewfinder flashes & the camera. Clicks like mad.Done reset ta...
Posted by Gazman46 on 21/06/2012 - 21:05
Metering problems with tamron 70-300 brand new lens
Take the new lens back to the shop.
Posted by gartmore on 22/06/2012 - 08:30
Metering problems with tamron 70-300 brand new lens
Hi Just to let you know took lens back,may not be lens but camera as Tamron lens worked perfectly on shop body,so getting in a sigma lens &see if the same thing happens if it does then it will be the camera.To get round the problem have to switch camera off,take lens off then start camera with lens...
Posted by Gazman46 on 23/06/2012 - 18:00
Blown-out Sky
If you wish to retain the sky detail, I would take a few test shots, then use the exposure where the histogram shows the bright areas as far to the right as possible, but without any burn-out. Use this as your setting for shooting the pictures and then bring out the shadow detail in post-processing...
Posted by davidstorm on 28/06/2012 - 23:38
help. new K5 owner underexposure problem
thanks so much everyone. It just seems a bit odd that the K5 does not hit an accurate exposure. Of course I know it is easy to correct and there is tons of detail in the image, so only a niggling problem. Should I link exposure with the focus point, would that effect this issue?? Cheers Drew
Posted by drewrett on 28/06/2012 - 20:34
