We need a thread for moaning about lenses not being up to scratch on the NEW Pentax FF

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Falcon Stare What about Eagles they stare as well

I always thought it was the birdwatcher that used the binoculars not the bird

How about some Birdwatcherstare bins

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You can get better than FF by shooing 3 shots portrait format and blending them together with Pano software such as Hugin.

Use a 43mm lens to simulate a 28mm lens FF view i.e. 43/1.5

Approx. sketch.....




Very quick if you have a tripod head with click stops.

Because your not using the lens to cover more than APS-C you won't suffer the big loss of resolution in the corners of FF.



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Simples .....Just move to another system.
Hope you are happy

No point discussing stuff that isn't available for Pentax here

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These aren't selfies so they must be somebodyelfies

Very good.

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Have you set the menu item to turn off focus on the half press. (shutter button) I only have a K-5 so I'm assuming that the K-3 has a similar menu item.

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I must admit that I do store bodies also with lenses, but it's not good practise because it stretches the aperture spring which results in sticky and slow apertures. Probably the main cause of problems with the M 35mm f/2.8.

You should put a body cap on when changing lenses to keep dust out. Sometimes with large lenses it can take some time to put one safely away and get the other one ready.

Also large lenses should be removed from the body for transportation. There are many photos/reports of large lenses pulling the body mount off.

Just measured the projections from the body on the body caps....
Ricoh = 8.8mm
Pentax = 7.4mm

The extra 1.4mm does make a big improvement in terms of grip.

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So it's user error and not Pentax's fault

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I heard a rumour that it was delayed due to a re-design of the plastic end cap The new one will be similar to the excellent Sigma ones

Can I suggest that they also bring back the original Ricoh body cap from the film era. Thicker than the Pentax ones and easier to grip

For anyone (like me) who can't wait get one off ebay.......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-RICOH-PENTAX-K-MOUNT-BODY-CAP-/361357075955?ha...

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Some nice shots there. Sadly NB isn't a patch on what it used to be.......

http://www.oldukphotos.com/cheshire_new_brighton.htm

It was a pity that they never rebuilt the bathing pool when it was damaged by storms in the 1980's. Especially when you consider some of the junk that has been built with Lottery funds......

http://www.oldukphotos.com/graphics/England%20Photos/Cheshire,%20New%20Brighton,%20Bathing%20Pool%201930%27s.jpg

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