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Which Pentax DSLR to upgrade to ?
Looks like they've put it back up to £999 today! :cry: --
Posted by Algernon on 27/06/2018 - 12:36
Which Pentax DSLR to upgrade to ?
Image is really good, the K-3 is a lovely camera, I'm sure you will get on well with it. I would maybe give the image a crop to focus more on the Hoverfly and move it to a different place in the frame, but that's more a matter of taste and no reflection on the quality of your shot. Happy shootin...
Posted by davidstorm on 30/07/2018 - 21:24
Please forgive my transgression
Hi Peter, one of our members of wildlife and recent Whitby Goth fame has tried the lens on a D500 and was non too happy. Maybe a second copy has proven better, I don't know. Friends I shot with in Australia were also not enthusiastic with the lens. I have considered it my self but gave it a pass. ...
Posted by K10D on 13/05/2018 - 08:57
Village photos
These are really good. I wonder if they’ll be a nice set to look back on in later years too, as a record of the village at this point in time. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Posted by richandfleur on 12/05/2018 - 10:34
Ricoh cameras
My K-3 says RICOH on the back...
Posted by richandfleur on 13/05/2018 - 09:39
Ricoh cameras
I have wanted to buy a 35mm film camera for a while to run some B&W film. I was looking for something with a K mount. In Pentax land, all I found in the local shops was a bashed and battered K1000, that did not work. I did find a Ricoh SLR for the cost of a couple of cups of coffee. A couple of new ...
Posted by JForeigner on 13/05/2018 - 10:09
Little poser back again.
My little friend back again. CHEERS Vic.
Posted by vic cross on 12/05/2018 - 15:55
Little poser back again.
Robins are so cute. We are having to restrict the dogs' access to the garden patio at the moment as a pair of Coal tits have chosen to nest in a hole in the brickwork and are actively feeding their young. We are praying for no heavy rain as they are nesting in a drainage gap. This is what I re...
Posted by pschlute on 12/05/2018 - 16:22
'My camera helped me beat anxiety'
Hi Guys... I am a little late to this post but thanks for the link Barrie. I could relate to the article very much. Like the contributor I also had stomach surgery (lots of it) and a few years back started to suffer from anxiety. The stomach surgery was a result of a big accident 30 years ago i...
Posted by Flyingmariner on 27/06/2018 - 22:12
'My camera helped me beat anxiety'
Thanks Wayne. When you look at other peoples situations it really brings home how lucky you are, you just wish you could tell your head that! You've had it really rough and a true beacon of how you can overcome so much and still be positive and I do take my hat off to you. How is your son now? ...
Posted by cardiffgareth on 30/06/2018 - 23:10
'My camera helped me beat anxiety'
Thanks Wayne. When you look at other peoples situations it really brings home how lucky you are, you just wish you could tell your head that! You've had it really rough and a true beacon of how you can overcome so much and still be positive and I do take my hat off to you. How is your son now? ...
Posted by Flyingmariner on 07/07/2018 - 12:41
Things to shoot from Southampton towards Poole
Evening all, Looking for things to shoot relatively anywhere between Southampton and Poole this coming Saturday morning, running a good friend back to Poole to catch the ferry to Jersey at lunchtime and looking for something to shoot on the way, starting out from Gloucester, happy for an early mo...
Posted by Chrism8 on 27/05/2018 - 18:50
One lens
Don't forget the 'old' glass .... The Pentax-F 35-70 is excellent and the F70-210 is very good, albeit a bit on the long side. The F-zoom 28-80 delivers too even if some complain about its 'violent' auto focus! I don't rate the F 35-135, but I might have a duff copy of that. My all-time holiday sta...
Posted by davidwozhere on 04/06/2018 - 01:52
One lens
Around that budget a used 18-135mm or a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 should meet your needs. The Tamron would provide a faster max aperture (for low-light shooting or narrow depth of field) and is almost certainly sharper while the 18-135 would provide weather resistance, an in-lens focus motor and more ra...
Posted by Jonathan-Mac on 04/06/2018 - 09:17
Future of Pentax
In the review that scraggy mag in the For/Against ticks +/- give a - for Heavy and Bulky Body :shock: :shock: :shock: ......... Excuse me!!!! :evil: ...... It's only 5 grams heavier than the Nikon D850 that they love so much and the size comparison is even sillier.. https://camerasize.com/compare...
Posted by Algernon on 05/06/2018 - 08:35
Need more reach - what to do?
Shot some plane images today and the longest lens I have is the Sigma 70-200mm HSM. Found I was lacking the reach and cropping images heavily. I do own the 1.4x Pentax rear converter WR but it doesn't like the Sigma 70-200mm and won't focus when trying to use them combined. It just won't focus, ...
Posted by cardiffgareth on 30/06/2018 - 23:43
Need more reach - what to do?
Could always go old school with a A* 300mm f4 manual focus though. https://www.pentaxforums.com/lensreviews/SMC-Pentax-A-Star-300mm-F4-Lens.html Could be had for something closer to your budget. Or is AF a must for airshows?
Posted by derek897 on 01/07/2018 - 15:44
Need more reach - what to do?
Have you thought about the pentax 1.7x afa converter. I used this for a long time with my FA*300 F4.5 and regret selling it to buy the DA 1.4x. I don't know how familiar you are with it but it will give AF over a limited range, basically you set your lens to Manual focus (which I assume the Sigma ca...
Posted by walt on 01/07/2018 - 18:42
Need more reach - what to do?
Have you thought about the pentax 1.7x afa converter. I used this for a long time with my FA*300 F4.5 and regret selling it to buy the DA 1.4x. I don't know how familiar you are with it but it will give AF over a limited range, basically you set your lens to Manual focus (which I assume the Sigma ca...
Posted by cardiffgareth on 01/07/2018 - 19:11
Need more reach - what to do?
.... Bad timing as the Sigma 150-500mm that sold recently through the classifieds/eBay was in the right price bracket for me... In my experience, the 150-500 is far too slow to focus to be of much use at airshows on either a K-3 or K-3 II - that's the main reason I sold mine (which may have been th...
Posted by jeallen01 on 02/07/2018 - 20:02
