this was with your mirror lens? without extender? impressive.
guess I will try my lens when I get home. One of the problems with my sigma is that it will focus past infinity,

quote="MX veteran"]A slight focus issue which I am sure was atmospherics as the moon was a lttle too low in the sky.


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Nice to hear from you. Eh, have you ever tried photographing the moon.
I can do this successfully, afocal method, through my six inch reflecting telescope, but I have a student in Florida who seems to do an excellent job using her fixed lens Canon, and using optical zoom. I tried this with my sigma 70 to 300 and it just does not cut the mustard.
http://photography-classes-online.com/moon.html
But I have never tried my Tamron lens for this.
She seems to get good definition even when the moon is full moon, or almost so.

I'm not near my gear at the moment, in fact far away, but I believe it is f5.6, in fact sure of it. I recall it was not a cheap lens at the time. I've got a good selection of 1986-86 Pentax gear and lenses from my appraisal days.

For those who might be considering.

I purchased a 350mm Tamron mirror back around 1987 for specifically photographing damaged roof structures with several spotmatic film cameras that we used (still have those). It works well with the k10 and is also good for macro work if on a tripod. I have some test images over here
http://mierau.ca/lens1.html
No tripod was used although I did set the lens on a nearby post for stability.

I purchased that lens via ebay from Cameta Auctions in NYC. Well pleased with the performance of this lens, including macro, and quite often use it with a Tamron 2x TC for wildlife photography.. Actually I have purchased quite a few Sigmas from Cameta and the service has also been prompt and have not had any issue with any of he lenses that I did purchase.

I also purchased a 80-200 f2.8 rated Sigma from a pro shop in Calgary Alberta. No deals on that one. Big dollars but it does a great job when shooting indoor soccer events where the lighting leaves much to be desired. Even at f2.8 the results are quite sharp and it will stay at f2.8 throughout the range. (not a lens to lug around during a hike however)

I use the same lens and it is one of my favorite lenses for macro work.

I purchased a Sigma 105DG macro two years ago and it works just fine and the images are very sharp.
I understand Tamron is also good but have not personally used that lens.


quote="Ratcatcher"]Hi All

Can anyone please recommend a good macro lens for my K10D.[/quote]

Thanks for the replies.
You answered both questions. And yes, the 234 page manual came with the camera here in Saskatchewan, Canada. Just never saw those two parts, or maybe simply ignored them.

I'll give that f1.7 lens a workout one of these days and see what it can do. I came with a Superprogram camera that I bought on Ebay for parts for about $50, but never had to use the parts, as got my original one working just fine, .....
Guess the lens is worth that , at least..

I have two questions here.
I was going to use one of my older 1988 pentax 50mm fixed 1.7 rated lens for some studio work, in wireless mode. The lens does not have the "A" marking on the sleeve. So when I hit the Fn button on the camera and scroll to the flash menu, the last two items are greyed out, which of course includes the menu to select wireless flash. This does not happen with any of my older Pentax lenses of the same year that have the "A" marking on the lens body. Any way around this to solve that issue?

Also, if I use any of my older Pentax lenses (and I also own a lot of modern Sigma as well), and have the K10 in ON mode for shake reduction, as soon as you turn on the camera you get a menu that reads:
Shake reduction focal length
then three sets of numbers appear with scroll arrows on either side and you can run those numbers up and down. So what is all that about. You can't get to any other Fn menu unless you turn the camera on with the shake reduction button being in the off position.

Thanks.

Al in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

I have owned both a *isD (one of the first ones out), and within the past year acquired a K10, along with the additional battery grip D-BG2, and that was a life saver on a recent 30 day coach tour through the maritimes, because I always had another spare battery to rely on and in fact had to make use of it several times. Compared to the *IsD however, even without the battery grip, it is a heavier piece of gear to lug around, especially if you are doing some hiking etc. I have a Sigma 18-200 lens attached most of the time, and that is also not exactly a "light" weight lens. Add the additional grip, and you have a large piece of gear to carry.

If you want to look at K10 images that I took scroll down to the maritime tour at
http://www.pbase.com/al_mierau/galleries
I tend to photograph a lot in adverse weather conditions and the K10 body specs certainly are what they claim to be in that respect. However more than once I have had moisture fog issues between the UV filter and the lens glass during rainy days. (I should be more careful in that respect).