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Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:07
Hot shoe spirit level (the little digital one) - I used it once in two years on my K200D then upgraded to a K-7 and didn't need it anymore. It's probably still floating around in my kit bag somewhere 
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:17
Pentax cable remote, I thought it was a must have but I also use the 2 second timer.
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:21
Also a hot shoe spirit level - but then a plastic cube thingy. Never ever used it, and now with the K5 I never will.
I use both my wireless and my cable remote.
I use both my wireless and my cable remote.
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:22
Battery grip. Nothing wrong with it, just an impulse buy that I didn't get on with at all.
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:44
panamatic tripod attachment+hot shoe spirit level-both never used.I also use 2 sec timer instead of cable remote.
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 19:50
Probably the table tripod out of Jessops. Refuses to stay still even with the world's lightest camera.
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 20:40
A hand strap thing that won't let me use the controls!
It's in the drawer...
...along with a spirit level.
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It's in the drawer...
...along with a spirit level.
Cheers, HG
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
I've some gallerieshere CLICKY LINK! and my PPG entries.
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 20:43
Raynox Macro adapter lens.
Bought and then got much better lenses shortly after. Was good for use on the kit lens and 50-200 but I didn't use them long.
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Dan
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Bought and then got much better lenses shortly after. Was good for use on the kit lens and 50-200 but I didn't use them long.
Regards,
Dan
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:26
Tyr wrote:
Raynox Macro adapter lens.
Bought and then got much better lenses shortly after. Was good for use on the kit lens and 50-200 but I didn't use them long.
Raynox Macro adapter lens.
Bought and then got much better lenses shortly after. Was good for use on the kit lens and 50-200 but I didn't use them long.
Don't understand this one Tyr. If you bought a macro lens then the Raynox's are brilliant on top of the macro !
Example of 1 cm long caterpillars here (Raynox 250 on Tamron 90 Di) : -
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:32
Another one for the battery grip which is in it's box somewhere, though I also bought a larger than I needed polarizer with step down rings so that it would fit on all my lenses only to find that once the step down rings were on they fit so tight I could never get them off again 
edit - nice pic frogfish!
edit - nice pic frogfish!
Last Edited by woodworm on 21/02/2011 - 21:36
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:34
Awesome shot there Frogfish.
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:34
Frogfish wrote:
Don't understand this one Tyr. If you bought a macro lens then the Raynox's are brilliant on top of the macro !
Example of 1 cm long caterpillars here (Raynox 250 on Tamron 90 Di) : -
Tyr wrote:
Raynox Macro adapter lens.
Bought and then got much better lenses shortly after. Was good for use on the kit lens and 50-200 but I didn't use them long.
Raynox Macro adapter lens.
Bought and then got much better lenses shortly after. Was good for use on the kit lens and 50-200 but I didn't use them long.
Don't understand this one Tyr. If you bought a macro lens then the Raynox's are brilliant on top of the macro !
Example of 1 cm long caterpillars here (Raynox 250 on Tamron 90 Di) : -
Strange, I swear that the Raynox 250 adapter did not add to the magnification of the Tamron 90mm macro...
Just did a quick test, makes it focus very close and adds more magnification. Can't use it with the AF160FC though
Still don't know if me or my wife will use it though.
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:37
woodworm wrote:
Another one for the battery grip which is in it's box somewhere, though I also bought a larger than I needed polarizer with step down rings so that it would fit on all my lenses only to find that once the step down rings were on they fit so tight I could never get them off again
Another one for the battery grip which is in it's box somewhere, though I also bought a larger than I needed polarizer with step down rings so that it would fit on all my lenses only to find that once the step down rings were on they fit so tight I could never get them off again
So many people seem to dislike the battery grip.
I have always preferred my camera with the grip. I took it of for a couple of weeks to lighten my kit but found myself missing it. When I put it back on it was so much more comfortable to use.
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Posted 21/02/2011 - 21:42
I'd go with a Gorillapod - it worried me senseless everytime I used it as I just imagined the camera collapsing to the floor, quickly sold it on.
I must admit to finding both my digital hot shoe level and cable release very useful
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I must admit to finding both my digital hot shoe level and cable release very useful
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robbie_d
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I'll start off with the Pentax Wireless remote. Not a bad product, I just found myself not bothering to get it out of my bag/grip, and relied largely on the camera's timed release instead..
If you can't say something nice about Pentax, you won't say anything at all.
Apparently.