Hi,

Just had the same thing happen to my 06 this evening

It made a strange noise and refused to focus when I used it yesterday, but I just turned the camera off unmounted the lens then remounted and if worked fine.

Tried the same thing repeatedly tonight but would not work at all.

Maybe this is something happening when they reach a certain age?

Regards, Alfamelba.

Hello Don.

The Pentax DF A 100mm Macro WR arrived safely today - in lovely condition and very well packed.

Looking forward to to using the lens.

Thank you very much.

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Regards, Andrew.

Thanks for the advice. I would love the 06 tele-zoom, but for now I will get a cheap adapter to play with. On the advice that it is best to use a support for all lenses, I have decided to order one with a tripod mount as well as the aperture ring.

Thanks again, Andrew.

Having got a Q with 01 prime for my birthday, I would like to get an adapter to use my K mount lenses with the Q. I cannot afford the Pentax original adapter, so am looking at the cheaper third party adapters.

Because I have several DA type lenses I would like to use, I am only looking at the ones with aperture adjustment. There appear to be two types - with (RJ/jinfinance) and without a tripod mount (Kiwi/JJC). With the tripod mount I would guess it will be more difficult to hold with a smaller lens - e.g. 40-50mm, but think some type of tripod mount is pretty essential with longer lenses.

So my question is - am I better getting a separate tripod ring to fit the longer lenses or just buying the adapter with the mount?

Some advice from anyone who has actually tried these types would be great.

Cheers, Andrew.

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for the feedback. Looks like that is probably the way to go. I just need to decide which of the several filter sizes my other lenses use I should aim to step up to!

I have just bought a Pentax DA XS 40mm as a compact lens to add to my holster bag when I mainly want to use my Tamron 10-24mm, but could use having something a little longer available.

The lens cap seems rather vulnerable as it is only push fit so I am considering getting an aftermarket clip on type. These are available in the 27mm size but I am wondering if the small size may still make these rather fiddly - has anyone tried one of these caps?

Another possibility is to get a step up ring and use a more standard size such as 49mm. Do other forum members think that the filter threads are strong enough to have a step up ring permanently mounted?

The other advantage of 49mm is that a rubber lens hood could be used - I think that only solid metal or plastic hoods are available in 27mm size. Does anyone know how you can be sure that a hood will not cause vignetting?

Hi Stu,

I assume you are looking for a used one, but have you seen this offer on Amazon?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pentax-Optio-WG-1-Digital-Camera/dp/B004N3C2IS/ref=sr_1_68?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1343511616&sr=1-68

Regards, Andrew.

I think if I had taken shot 1 I would crop it quite a bit. For me the good thing with this shot js the light on the rails around the loco. I feel that the sky could be cropped out - even to the underside of the bridge arch. The white signal post on the right distracts the eye so could also be cropped out. You could even crop the left side so that the rails of the loop start a diagonal from that corner. I would not crop the foreground as I think that the vee at the bottom of the frame pulls the rails of the loop together as a whole.

Sorry if I have cut out rather a lot there - feel free to disagree as I am really a newbie here!

Perhaps someone can explain why the PK mount is the problem with producing a thin body?

I can see that the lenses need additional distance from the sensor, but that could be dealt with using an extension tube with a k-mount - something that Pentax could then also sell to existing DSLR users. If they had still wanted to release smaller xs lenses specific to the mirrorless cameras, surely they could still have a k-mount but a different registration distance to be used without the extension tube. They could even still be used with a DSLR, but would work as closeup lenses only due to the mirror box.