DA 21mm now also sold

FA 43mm now sold - DA 21mm still available

Will consider offers now for these - don't want to have to put them on ebay - would rather they went to someone on here - buyer wont be disappointed with either lens.

Hi all,

Unfortunately the time as come to let go of the last of my Pentax gear - but have saved the best until last.

These make the perfect travelling companions, taking care of street, portrait, low light and even have a good go at landscape, they are IMO the best things about Pentax. The 43mm in particular has bags of character and creates stunning photos and will be the perfect lens when the full frame finally hits the shelves. The 21mm is a perfect walkaround street lens, super fast to focus and plenty sharp enough when stopped down slightly - its party trick is its close focus abilities.

Both lenses are in mint - as new condition - I am a bit anal about my kit and it gets looked after, any marks you can see in pictures is just a bit of stray dust/fluff and both lenses come with everything as new inc paperwork, lens caps and the 43 also includes a generic cap and a step-down ring which acts as a very discreet walk round hood in the same vein as the DA hoods.

I would like £250 for the 21mm and £350 for the 43mm inc RMSD in the UK but excluding any fees if sold on here.

images here: link

Any q's let me know.

Cheers,

Paul

"I'm gonna give it to you straight, like a pear cider made from 100% pears"

Sorry I stand corrected on the weight: I was looking at the specs of the K-5 without the battery and the K-30 with, although some of that 100g difference will be made up from a bigger battery, not sure how much.

Can honestly say that I have not been bothered by the auto focus on the K-5 for what I do with it, but there is obviously room for improvement in low light, without getting into this too much, I think this issue varies a fair amount depending on the lens being used (I sent the 35mm limited back because it hunted so much in low light).

In the end I guess it's great that "Pentax Users" have to make this choice.

Surprised by some of the opinions here, IMO unless you want to shoot video the K-5 is a no brainer and remains one of the best buys in photography, the K-30 seems great but will be a year or two before it offers similar value and the K-5 replacement will undoubtedly be better but a lot more expensive

In addition to all the benefits given above...

The K-5 has an ISO button next to the shutter (big deal IMO)

Bracketing is limited on the K-30

No ISO 80 on the K-30

Only 1/6000 sec shutter on the K-30

Buffer probably smaller (can’t remember off hand)

K-5 weighs 10g more if this is really an issue maybe leave the lens cap at home, size is the same give or take a mm

K-5 remains one of the best looking dslrs ever made (highly subjective)

There will always be new ways to create photos; I love Jessica Eaton's images which I think are about as innovative as anyone today, although she uses large format film and techniques such as cross polarisation that have been around for decades...

Jessica Eaton

There are also loads doing new innovative things in digital, but as has been said above: great photographs are great because of the message or story behind them, I don't think the latest HDR-matix-pano-shop digital technique is going to change that, art imitates life or vice versa.

Yeah they do have a manual mode but "helpfully" no control of the output in this mode - so the flash will fire on full power, only allowing adjustment of exposure with iso/aperture - would love to be proved wrong though as have an old Cobra sitting in a cupboard unused for this reason


NickJS - no probs, I was asking pretty much the same questions a short while ago here - think the v4s for 31 are a good buy

You can use either depending on preference -

A PC cable will be cheaper but obviously limited by the length of cables, you will also need a PC to hot shoe adapter for the flash and possibly another for the camera depending on model

Wireless triggers are a much more elegant solution but cost more - the most recommended for Pentax are the Cactus V4 or V5 depending on budget

You can find a wealth of flash info from here - link

I think you may find that the Cobra isnt the best choice though for off camera flash which AFAIK doesn't offer full manual control of its output - good cheap flash options include some of the old Vivitar units and the old Nikon SB 24/26/28 which also include a PC socket