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Pentax SMC 21mm f/3.2 Limited
I have been promising myself a fast wide for ages now and did think about the Sigma, but quality is what counts! Considering this one now, it is not as fast as I would like but quite a few stops faster that the Sigma 10-20 that I have at the mo and it is so much smaller and lighter. Has anyone o...
Posted by Tony-O on 29/04/2009 - 06:57
Pentax SMC 21mm f/3.2 Limited
Well it's big anyway. It is much faster but costs £200 more than the tiny 21. Is the Pentax 14mm any better for you - pretty big though. Depends if you value small I guess. How often do you use very wide apertures? The Sigma should be able to get a better focus and the viewfinder will be brighter...
Posted by mikew on 29/04/2009 - 10:24
Pentax SMC 21mm f/3.2 Limited
Well today I went to London for the first time for years and probably the first time in 20 years at a weekend. I was delivering my son to his new flat. We had the chance wander round and went to a flower market then Brick Lane then just mooched. I had the camera and discovered that the 21 was ideal ...
Posted by Lilly on 21/06/2009 - 22:00
Pentax SMC 21mm f/3.2 Limited
Lilly, I have a few shots I can show you with the 21mm, in fact its the very same lens Mike now has as I sold it to him some months back. All these shots are uncropped and unprocessed. Both taken from the 80th floor @ f8 iso200 A close up shot about 1 meter away f4.5 200iso ...
Posted by Clarky on 22/06/2009 - 14:35
Pentax SMC 21mm f/3.2 Limited
You know I had spent all day yesterday shooting at 35 & 30mm on my 18-55 desparately trying to decide which one and the 21mm kept comming back to haunt me as the other just did not seem wide enough! Sorry Lilly, I don't see the connection between the "35 & 30mm on my 18-55" and the 21mm lens? You h...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 22/06/2009 - 19:06
Pentax SMC 21mm f/3.2 Limited
Thanks Clarky for going to the trouble of posting those for me, so good of you, it is appreciated mate! I am getting nearer to a decision now, HONEST guys!:D You must be so fed up with me whittling on and on, but what with the damn prices of lenses shooting thru the roof I really want to be sure...
Posted by Lilly on 22/06/2009 - 19:19
Pentax SMC 21mm f/3.2 Limited
I do Mike. I picked one up before the Sigma price rise so it was a smidge under £300. Take a look at the Flickr group for this lens, I know bokeh is subjective but I love the bokeh from the 30, especially with background highlights when taken in low light. It's no pancake lens & I'd like it to fo...
Posted by RR on 24/06/2009 - 07:34
SMC PENTAX F AF 1.7X ADAPTER
I did not know Pentax still manufactured the above?? have a look at Q & A's I can't believe that your taking stuff that you read on ebay as Gospel truth especially from a seller :lol::lol: From the latest note at the bottom: "Hi all, Just got 2 more in stock today... They will not stay ...
Posted by shim on 30/04/2009 - 08:18
DA 55-300mm or FA-J 75-300mm
Martin if you are going to buy a 55-300 let me know, as it looks like I'll be moving to Olympus as Pentax still havn't returned my K20D, over 4 weeks now.[/quote] Hope you have it back for the 9th Tel!........
Posted by beginner on 30/04/2009 - 17:42
How often do you change lens?
Hi everyone. I just bought the K20d with Sigma 17-70mm. Using it for general photography, sometime I need more mms on the wide side (more often, but usually it is easy to step back) and sometime I need more tele (more difficoult to make enough steps!). (that probably will take me to buy as a sec...
Posted by max11 on 30/04/2009 - 23:29
SMC 135 f2.8
Pentax-A was the last, and arguably the best, of the manual focus series of lenses. F, FA, FA-J, DA, & D-FA, all auto focus lenses, have followed since. The Pentax-A series lenses are certainly more compatible with the DSLR's than the older K & M series lenses as long as you leave it on the A set...
Posted by Mannesty on 02/05/2009 - 22:52
SMC 135 f2.8
With its simple 4-element formular, this lens wasn't one of the best in the A series according to the comments at http://tinyurl.com/cyxhbe or http://www.stans-photography.info/LongComments.html I wouldn't take to much notice of comments on that particular site. A lot of them are absolute non...
Posted by shim on 03/05/2009 - 09:52
For those that have used 18-200 lenses....
Here's my masterpiece taken with the Promaster 18-200:wink: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xp-5T_OHSwY/SgDjmXRZujI/AAAAAAAAFxI/2vbQrgOOEoc/s800/Pictoral%20B-7.jpg James, that is a fantastic shot. it should be on your portfolio in the gallery :). I like it very much and the rain drops look amazing on th...
Posted by aminstar on 06/05/2009 - 08:29
Opteka 85mm f/1.4 Medium Telephoto Portrait Lens for Pentax & Samsung Digital SLR Cameras
I found this one on Amazon.co.uk, available from 47th Street Photo of New York for just under £250.00 A manual focus 85mm f1.4 is a pretty tempting prospect. Looks as though this is the same as the vivitar branded lens that was recently ammounced. Has anyone tried one of these yet?
Posted by johnriley on 03/05/2009 - 12:35
Bank Holiday with the DA 300mm.
Decided to take the plunge and purchase a 300mm DA and take it for a weekend break on the Northumberland coast, (better half included). What a really great lens to use, afraid the Sigma 50-500 had to take a back seat. The focusing is fantastic no noise, only my eye telling me everything was ok. Not...
Posted by tomkeet on 05/05/2009 - 11:43
VOIGTLANDER SL 125mm MACRO
Really !! What is it you don't like about the D-FA 100mm :?: I love mine. The Pentax is a lot lighter, has a lot less turns to get focus (plus AF) and is more portable .. The Vivitar is sharper, better made and has lovely brokeh. I must admit I was expecting better things from the Pentax but on the...
Posted by Mike-P on 05/05/2009 - 14:55
12-24mm; last out of a review of12 lenses!
They look at the graphs with a Nikon or Canon kit lens which tends to add a rose-tint to those lenses...:roll: I am baffled by the criteria they set out for assessing lenses....like marking down the Pentax D-FA 100 macro on features....all I care that you can adjust aperture and focus, have 1:1 r...
Posted by Pwynnej on 05/05/2009 - 22:00
12-24mm; last out of a review of12 lenses!
as hardgravity says...... "Check who advertises in the comic, is it mainly Canon or maybe Sony. Now check where the lenses for that system came." completely agree....... To digress, been a golfer for the last 14 years......every golf mag seems to pay the coin to the people with the most ...
Posted by Lynton on 05/05/2009 - 23:29
12-24mm; last out of a review of12 lenses!
Some sad rag Digital Camera I think did a Blue Peter type article on shooting in the rain last month. They used a couple of covers that you buy 50 bulk CD blanks in (tubs) and cut circular holes in the bottom so the lens could see through taped them together back to back with gaffa tape so they coul...
Posted by shim on 06/05/2009 - 08:26
12-24mm; last out of a review of12 lenses!
I am baffled by the criteria they set out for assessing lenses....like marking down the Pentax D-FA 100 macro on features....all I care that you can adjust aperture and focus, have 1:1 reproduction, and great image quality. What else do you need apart from focus lock??? Peter I can only asume th...
Posted by beakynet on 06/05/2009 - 12:50
