I always turn it on if there's an option. I thought it was
great on the MEF

If your photographing something like a flat object using a
tripod it's re-assuring to hear the beep without looking
also it sometimes works with BIF... press the shutter as
soon as you hear the beep!

Pentax K-5 II s I like all these. Your diffuser seems to
be perfect for this type of macro shot.

You should also be getting a beep when the Green Hex light
comes on ? I'm not sure if you have to turn it on. On the
original ME-F it was on a switch.

The Green Hex Light also behaves differently if you are
using the infra red remote... it just flashes and then goes
out with normal use it stays on for about 5 secs.

You also have to wait about 5 seconds if it has beeped once
before it will beep again.

Your lens ADJ needs to be set right for it to be of any use.

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You seem to have severe 'shutter lag'
Your son had moved out of the 1st two pictures
by the time the shutter went off!

Probably not very good on digital.

The Pentax_F SMC 28-80mm f/3.5 - 4.5 would be a better bet.

If you want Bling they did a Gold-Plated version of the
28-105mm which stands out quite well even though the
performance is poor.

I've got the better Kiron 28-105mm as well as the Series 1
but they both fall well short of the Pentax_F SMC 28-80mm
which also has better colours.

I'll gladly photograph bottles of wine/spirits for FREE!

Sorry, but due to Health & Safety Regulations I won't
be able to return any of them

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SA/PKR is the correct cap for a Pentax. Sigma's own bayonet
must be very similar because the same cap fits and is used
on both.

Excellent caps they are as well.... much better than the old
thing that Pentax still use. Time they (Pentax) got
more up to date

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It's merely showing coutesy to other internet users by not
wasting their time visiting this site when it doesn't
actually have what they are looking for in search engines

i.e. No Canon or Nikon articles here pal look somewhere else.

A Leica user would not Leica to come here if he was searching
for a Leica 560mm lens just because a Pentax 560mm lens was
mentioned in the same thread as Leica.... just like this ....

(Appologies to any Leica users sent here by Google )

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Very funny shot Don

Well put blob

I'll be continuing my personal tests with the Green Hex/Beep so far
all I've established is that the trap-focus is useless at f/2.8.
Unless you somehow take an average of two positions.. one
moving forward the other moving backward. But at least I know
how to accurately set up the micro-focus adjustment for the
lenses and determine if a lenses wide open performance is
good enough for the electronic focus detection circuitry.

I suppose I could easily establish what aperture I would have
to stop down to for trap-focus to fall within the DOF at various
distances, but that won't be ideal.

I won't post any further findings or test shots here....
seems that to the average Pentax user the main criteria
is buying lenses not actually using them properly
What's wrong with a watch that doesn't work it's dead
right twice day!

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