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Bugger!
Opened the rear passenger car door on Friday to get my rucksack out and forgot my K3 & 70-200 was on the back seat, well 'was' being the operative word........ A 3 foot drop later and broken glass on the floor...the lens landed face down and shattered the UV filter and bent the housing.....after ch...
Posted by andy_bell on 09/06/2015 - 10:35
Bugger!
I normally keep mine in the bag on the floor. Front Back or Boot it's safe. However if I have it loose in the front seat I put the strap over the headrest then it can't fly off if I have to brake hard. I know what you're all going to say. "SMART ARSE" But it works for me. I bet you'll have a pain i...
Posted by vic cross on 09/06/2015 - 14:30
Bugger!
I feel for you. His Nibs killed my Ds by having it loose on the back seat, and having to brake hard when a tractor pulled out without looking. Camera flew off the seat and landed with a thud on the floor. It wasn't worth getting the camera repaired.
Posted by Gwyn on 09/06/2015 - 19:22
Bugger!
Well some very good news, I phoned my insurance company yesterday as i have had the repair quotes in, Had it ALL sorted out in a little over 20 mins..... I e-mailed the quotes over and the assistant (who was brilliant) accepted them and approved the claim and told me it will be in my bank in 3-5 d...
Posted by andy_bell on 19/06/2015 - 08:26
Bugger!
Got my lens back all sorted (21st)...... bar a deep scratch on the objective lens.....so back it went to Sigma for further repair....to be fair it possibly wouldn't have shown up in use, but if its being repaired anyway........... K3 arrived back Yesterday (2nd), had a quick look with it at my us...
Posted by andy_bell on 03/07/2015 - 12:43
Bugger!
Umm, in 1988 my wife dropped my 1970s Pentax ME super over the first floor landing's banisters down to the Welsh slate floor of the hall. I continued to use it in 1/125 non-battery mechanical shutter mode, via a paper clip down the new hole where the button was, no metering and I taped up the awful...
Posted by imacardie on 03/08/2016 - 14:25
50mm 1.4 won't focus on infinity
Hi All, been a few years since I was here! I have a gorgeous Pentax prime lens 50mm SMC FA 1.4 Recently I have not been able to focus at infinity either by manual or auto focus. Otherwise the lens is working well. Has anyone else had this problem? Is it a send away repair job or are their ...
Posted by Lilly on 08/07/2015 - 18:01
50mm 1.4 won't focus on infinity
i used Alan Marlowe to sort my FA 50 f1.7 not long after i bought that, excellent service and fair prices as well as being well thought of by many on this forum, just phone or email a link to his site http://www.cam-rep.co.uk/
Posted by redbusa99 on 08/07/2015 - 19:24
3rd party batteries K30
Hi, SRS used to stock Hahnel ones, sometimes as a (bundle) freebie. I can't see them on their site at present. Might be worth giving them a call. All the ones I've used have had a multitude of obscure brand names on. I tend to go for the ones that show slightly higher MA performance than the orig...
Posted by wvbarnes on 17/07/2015 - 13:47
K50 or ks2 macro?
Either the K50 OR THE ks2 will be a great choice, as far as a lens is concerned for macro a manual focus will be okay as AF for macro is virtually useless and both the camera bodies do focus peaking in live view which is a great help.Having had the Pentax DFA100mm the image quality is superb but no ...
Posted by geordie01 on 04/08/2015 - 11:08
K50 or ks2 macro?
I won't comment on the camera other than either would be an excellent choice, lens wise I really really liked the Tamron, it gave a quality to the shot that the pentax doesn't can't quite put my finger on exactly what but you forgo the weather sealing and build quality of the DFA 100mm WR which can ...
Posted by InFESTation on 04/08/2015 - 12:48
K50 or ks2 macro?
Lenses such as the FA macro's are only really good for two items, (typically very limited to) macro work, and the WR of some of the FA macros. But for most anything outside of macro, the FA macro typically feature screw drive focusing, which is incredibly slow - the slowest of any autofocusing le...
Posted by 50mpCMOS on 04/08/2015 - 22:36
K50 or ks2 macro?
I have and use these vintage macro lenses - ALL are manual - auto focus is next to useless on macro lenses SMC Pentax M f4 100mm. Not the best IQ at "normal" distances, but as a macro - WOW! - (goes to 1:2) SMC Pentax A f 2.8 50mm. Brilliant at ANY focussing distance and a very good walk around ...
Posted by davidwozhere on 04/08/2015 - 23:41
HD Pentax-DA AF Rear Converter 1.4x AW on FF
The HD Pentax-DA AF Rear Converter 1.4x AW unfortunately not cover a full frame. My HD Pentax-DA AF Rear Converter 1.4x AW does not vignette the KA 50mm f1.7 on my Super A, just tried it. It is full frame on 35mm so will work on the full frame camera, when it arrives. It works with Screw drive and...
Posted by doingthebobs on 30/09/2015 - 23:36
Looking for thoughts from anyone who upgraded from K-5ii to K-3 (or K-3ii) please?
I also am currently using the K5iis and K3. Which do I prefer? In all honesty - I do not know - I have had the 5 a long time and the 3 only a couple of months. I tend to use them fairly equally - the K3 was not intended as a replacement To me - the K5iis - does handle low light slightly bett...
Posted by fritzthedog on 06/10/2015 - 16:02
Looking for thoughts from anyone who upgraded from K-5ii to K-3 (or K-3ii) please?
I have the IIs and bought a K3 as second body. The 3's file sizes were an unnecessary burden on my system and the images were demonstrably softer. I did lots of quite scientific tests and real world tests and the K5IIs was significantly sharper in all scenarios even when giving the 3 some advantages...
Posted by Darkmunk on 16/10/2015 - 13:52
Looking for thoughts from anyone who upgraded from K-5ii to K-3 (or K-3ii) please?
Not sure my experience will help -- went from K20d to K7 (both of which have been given to my son) -- went to K5 and then K5iis and finally the K3. I've complicated my life by trying to stick to primes for my hikes (where I take my photos -- see www.lawrencehelm.smugmug.com, especially the Nov 2015...
Posted by LawrenceKH on 29/11/2015 - 12:48
Looking for thoughts from anyone who upgraded from K-5ii to K-3 (or K-3ii) please?
I also prefer the overall colour rendering of the K-3 over the K-5iis, mostly due to the images being inherently 'warmer' in tone. To me, it deals with skin tones much more successfully than the K-5iis does. That observation just put me off the K-3. I like cooler images. I want white to be white ...
Posted by tyronet2000 on 04/12/2015 - 08:22
Looking for thoughts from anyone who upgraded from K-5ii to K-3 (or K-3ii) please?
I have both K5IIs and K3II (purchased from SRS last weekend). I have only used the K3II once and that was for taking photos of a band in very badly lit bar. I was using the Pantax SMC 50mm 1.8mm lens and 3200-6400 ISO, shutter speed between 60-80 (yes that badly lit). I do like the feel of th...
Posted by CiderDrinker on 04/12/2015 - 13:31
Ever had the chance to test out just how good the WR is ?
On any of the Pentax hardware that has the WR designation; has anyone had a chance to thoroughly test it out yet to see exactly how effective it is? After all the WR designation doesn't exactly include a scientific label of sorts; such as earning an IP label... WR can also mean many things, such as:...
Posted by 50mpCMOS on 06/10/2015 - 23:20
