Excellent lens. Comparable to primes. Better than popular F version.
Beaten only by the F SMC 28-80mm.

One of the nicest lenses to use.

Can occasionally suffer from hazy balsam separation.

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Just entered K1 into the search box on the Pentax site and it came up with......
Shush!!!...... Who told you about the K1

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That's the Limited Edition

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What's a K1 ? Did it come out before the K2 in which case I missed it and went straight to a K2

My next camera will be a K*

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Some people like to buy things that are expensive

I'm sticking with a K-5...... FF offers no advantage for birders.
Unless you like buying 600mm + lenses.

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Unless it has a big aerial it won't be very fast.

I just use the Eye-Fi Card to transfer files when I'm at home. Averages 9.3sec per full sized JPG (about 10.5MB each). I don't transfer any RAWs. Easier to do that later.

I also use a Netgear Trek PR2000 Travel Router and Range Extender just plugged into the mains in whatever room I'm in. It should also work in the garden from a USB power bank or 3 AA Cells in a battery holder with a USB lead.

You can of course get faster range extenders.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2150850/network-storage/netgear-trek-pr2000-trave...

Everything connects very quickly and it's never failed to connect.

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A K-1 is a Rich Man's Leica !


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The MZ-S cover was still listed as a spare part about a year ago. Ricehigh gave the part number on his site, but I've never been able to find the page again.

Thanks for the DIY tip Gary.

Gooey rubber viewfinders are a problem with SF7's. Remove it if you have one ...... SFX's were OK.

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Pity they aren't for the MZ-S lost mine ages ago

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Very nice shots and although it doesn't matter too much on female portraits they all look front focused to me, which is probably because you haven't had time to adjust the camera.

The K-1 and FA*85 can produce magic ........
See here ......
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3999368

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