I'm sooooo haaaaapppy!!!! It arrived today!
Posted 02/01/2009 - 15:46
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The manual: I hope your battery charges up soon!
Have fun, a lovely camera and a lovely lens.
Best wishes, Kris.
Have fun, a lovely camera and a lovely lens.
Best wishes, Kris.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 02/01/2009 - 17:02
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Battery charged; I just wish there is nice weather. Oh, well it's dark outside now. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have a chance for some outdoor activities
For now I found one 'annoyance' I haven't thought previously of. The build-in flash is not useful in short focal range with DA 16-45mm lens. Between 24-16 the lens casts a large shadow Seems I'll need a flash (or shorter lens) sooner than I thought.
The lens surprises me as well going longer with shorter focal length (ie. it's longest at 16mm and shortest at 45mm). I thought it would be opposite.
For now I found one 'annoyance' I haven't thought previously of. The build-in flash is not useful in short focal range with DA 16-45mm lens. Between 24-16 the lens casts a large shadow Seems I'll need a flash (or shorter lens) sooner than I thought.
The lens surprises me as well going longer with shorter focal length (ie. it's longest at 16mm and shortest at 45mm). I thought it would be opposite.
Kind regards,
Michal R. Hoffmann
K20D, DA 16-45mm, A 50mm F/1:1.4, DA 55-300mm; flash Pentax AF240Z
Michal R. Hoffmann
K20D, DA 16-45mm, A 50mm F/1:1.4, DA 55-300mm; flash Pentax AF240Z
Posted 02/01/2009 - 18:04
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It is the other way round with most zooms, but interestingly different with the 16-45.
Anyway at least you've got an excuse to get up early tomorrow morning to try your new gear
Anyway at least you've got an excuse to get up early tomorrow morning to try your new gear
~Pete
Posted 02/01/2009 - 19:06
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misiek_knm wrote:
The lens surprises me as well going longer with shorter focal length (ie. it's longest at 16mm and shortest at 45mm). I thought it would be opposite.
Pentax has a few lenses like that. They do not include telephoto zoom, only wide angle. The 12-24 is like that too.
The lens surprises me as well going longer with shorter focal length (ie. it's longest at 16mm and shortest at 45mm). I thought it would be opposite.
Yves (another one of those crazy Canucks)
Posted 03/01/2009 - 00:53
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I've just checked - it came with v1.01 installed
Kind regards,
Michal R. Hoffmann
K20D, DA 16-45mm, A 50mm F/1:1.4, DA 55-300mm; flash Pentax AF240Z
Michal R. Hoffmann
K20D, DA 16-45mm, A 50mm F/1:1.4, DA 55-300mm; flash Pentax AF240Z
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DA 50-200mm lens is ordered in Jessops a week ago (for about 33 quid incl. shipment), but they said it will be in stock in 28 days, so I have to wait.
As advised I've also got 2x 8GB SDHC cards, ordered spare battery, big harddrive and a bag (Tamrac Velocity 5766, not that big, but should be enough for now, I think about Kata D3N1-30 later).
I have still some money left, but I think I'll buy some not too expensive Pentax 50mm for now and then will save for some decent flash and other lenses (I think about 90 / 100 / 105mm macro and 18-250mm) - but I'll see in the next couple of months what I really need.
So I'm disappearing into the manual, goodbye world for next couple of hours
Michal R. Hoffmann
K20D, DA 16-45mm, A 50mm F/1:1.4, DA 55-300mm; flash Pentax AF240Z