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If one is to believe the current rumours, there's meant to be a new lens lineup announced in January along with a new body or two. The same rumours suggest that Pentax was having QC problems with the new DA* lenses which Hoya helped resolve which put back the release of the longer primes from the or...
Posted by chirpy on 27/10/2007 - 16:15
Availability of Sigma lenses
I think a sudden upsurge in worldwide demand for Pentax-fit lenses has caught some manufacturers out. Add to that the two aforementioned robberies and Sigma may well have been knocked back a bit in terms of availablity.
Posted by johnriley on 27/10/2007 - 16:09
Availability of Sigma lenses
I have been 'promised' some stock of this lens which should be with me early next week... I have quite a back order list, but I should be left with a couple free if anyone is interested... Chris
Posted by Chris@SRSWATFORD on 30/10/2007 - 11:52
Availability of Sigma lenses
Thanks for the responses. I've actually done what I should have done earlier and gone into my nearest camera shop, LCE in the Strand, and asked. Guess what? They had one in stock! I tried it out on a K10D body and it felt really good. So good that I bought it. Not as cheap as some places but not as ...
Posted by AdrianP on 02/11/2007 - 17:22
Choices..
Thanks for your input guys, it made me sit down and think what I really want from any lense I bought. Three main criteria emerged I wanted to be able to take better insect and flower images. I wanted to be able to use it for piggy back mounted astro shots. I wanted a fairly fast lens to make a...
Posted by iancandler on 01/11/2007 - 15:01
Choices..
Thanks for your input guys, it made me sit down and think what I really want from any lense I bought. Three main criteria emerged I wanted to be able to take better insect and flower images. I wanted to be able to use it for piggy back mounted astro shots. I wanted a fairly fast lens to make a...
Posted by Clarky on 01/11/2007 - 17:08
Choices..
sadly yes.. £30.. oh well it happens. I think the tamron will work out ok. less elements than the sigma design so hopefully less artifacts. As said I have used a 135 f2.8 up until now without any issues. I am using lenses for starfield shots though and not trying to capture a planet.. thats whe...
Posted by Clarky on 01/11/2007 - 21:07
Choices..
Why thank you kind sir... I managed to get the sale cancelled.. please let me at least cover postage though. No problem i will see what it costs to post and get back to you. Do you have a pay pal account.??
Posted by Clarky on 05/11/2007 - 16:47
Pentax 18-250 for less than £350
Here's one advertised from the US but shipped from Japan which is going for around £280 + postage. That's pretty good, although once you add on the shipping, duty and VAT I reckon it'll be about £370. If it was a choice between that and SRS, it would be SRS for all the usual reasons. However, I...
Posted by ChrisA on 02/11/2007 - 09:50
Pentax 18-250 for less than £350
Here's one advertised from the US but shipped from Japan which is going for around £280 + postage. That's pretty good, although once you add on the shipping, duty and VAT I reckon it'll be about £370. If it was a choice between that and SRS, it would be SRS for all the usual reasons. However, I...
Posted by Clarky on 02/11/2007 - 10:10
Pentax 18-250 for less than £350
£67 is good price for the 80-320 i have bid on 3 of these over the last few months and none have gone for under £85 :!: One went as a Buy It Now for £50 in October. But that's extraordinary, I think - the seller couldn't have known its value. Another one went for £110 a week or two back. I paid...
Posted by ChrisA on 02/11/2007 - 12:33
18-55 for £29 - worth a punt?
Other reviews suggest it is a reasonably capable lens. I'm not one for 'pixel-peeping' or whatever it's referred to, but in common with many on a restricted budget I'd hate to buy a lens that would not be used. Is there a general consensus as to the utility of this lens? All comments gratefully...
Posted by ChrisA on 30/10/2007 - 10:51
18-55 for £29 - worth a punt?
For £29, how can you go wrong? My son "pinched" mine to go the NZ and it never came back. I have just got another from SRS. No they are not great but if I have to travel light or leave it in the car, they are great value. SRS have them for £29 and delivery is free if you say you are a memb...
Posted by Kim C on 30/10/2007 - 10:52
18-55 for £29 - worth a punt?
For £29, how can you go wrong? My son "pinched" mine to go the NZ and it never came back. I have just got another from SRS. No they are not great but if I have to travel light or leave it in the car, they are great value. SRS have them for £29 and delivery is free if you say you are a memb...
Posted by mattie on 30/10/2007 - 11:14
18-55 for £29 - worth a punt?
Pretty much ditto niblue here... My wife's *ist-Ds has the 18-55 and takes acceptable images. But, the 16-45 is clearer through the viewfinder, faster at focus, and generally sharper. But then it's a lot more than £29 :P As niblue says, if you haven't got anything else, the £29 is well spent... a...
Posted by MattMatic on 30/10/2007 - 11:42
Losing a zoom - 75-150 or 80-200?
It's not money I need, it's goodwill from my wife ... I am leaning towards keeping the 75-150 because it is, in comparison to the 80-200, such a sublimely compact lens. It also has a closer minimum focusing distance and a shorter focus travel (the 80-200 is a real wrist-breaker). I do have the M ...
Posted by arto on 03/11/2007 - 11:16
New Voigtländer Nokton and Ultron for Pentax
Copied from another forum with the posters permission. Mr. K has just announced his new Voigtlander SLII series 40/2 and 58/1.4 for Nikon and Pentax SLRs. http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt...sl2/index.html http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt...sl2/index.html http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/...
Posted by Kim C on 05/11/2007 - 09:47
New Voigtländer Nokton and Ultron for Pentax
The same could be said for using Sigma, Tamron or any of the others. :wink: However, in this case, there are also manual focus for one. There are also full frame format and have the A ring so are compatible with all the film bodies as well. The lens design is also different. In the case of the Top...
Posted by Kim C on 05/11/2007 - 11:21
New Voigtländer Nokton and Ultron for Pentax
Stupid question maybe but apart from being a faster lens what would be the advantage, if any, of the Voigtländer 40mm over the Pentax 40mm? I suppose it would depend on your priorities - it looks like the price will be roughly the same so it'll come down to whether you favour the wider aperture of t...
Posted by hefty1 on 05/11/2007 - 11:23
New Voigtländer Nokton and Ultron for Pentax
bit of a snub to Canon that they are available in F and K mount but not EF Actually considering how much fun I have desperately trying to see anything through Canon's viewfinders, I'd say they were just conforming to health & safety laws and doing Canonites a favour by not giving them manual foc...
Posted by ZaphodB on 05/11/2007 - 12:37
