A DA135 f/3.5 limited

I'm still wondering if there would come a reincarnation of the FA*250-600 f/5.6 since it would be the perfect mate for the DA*60-250 but don't see that will happen and like you said what would the price be of that piece of glass.

The current lenses Pentax seems like it fits the bill for many shooters although many.
Pentax is doing well designing lenses for the masses instead of the high rollers, I believe.
The only place Pentax is lacking at the moment is the long range but there is a super tele on the roadmap so who knows, maybe it is the DA*250-600 but my crystal boll say it would be a DA*400 5.6 though

Same here Hefty so don't worry you're not alone

I do like that my hand is slightly angled when using a lens and the QR plate is used for that.

I know you posted photos in the your photos section and that those got deleted and I know that isn't allowed.

An ex pentaxian (forgot his name :blush went to the Nikon D300 and he posted a topic on that, a sort of comparison and that wasn't deleted.

Me too I think the OP has removed the topic

Oh wow thank you Kris that's certainly helpful even if the numbers are old they are a good guide.

Prints will most likely still have the same DR so most D-SLR today will cover that with one shot.
Just was wondering if it was worth taking more photos and merge them together but don't flatten them like we do now and get more details.
I had the idea a monitor had less DR then a print so that was the reason behind it.

I use a CRT monitor so the number would fit that one most likely, TFT will most likely be lower.

Still have my eyes out for a laser tv since they produce 90% of the colours we can see so it would be interested to know what DR that thing has.
The only problem is that there is only one laser tv on the market and it's 65inch and cost $6500, far too big for the computer

I used the DA40 a lot indoors, with portrait and in the studio with in combination with the DFA100 I had a nice duo to cover that but now that I've the DA*50-135 they both get hardly used and the DA40 is not that much sharper then the DA*50-135 at 50mm so don't really have a reason to use it except the wider angle.

The DFA100 is a macro lens and quite a bit sharper then the DA* so when I can I still carry that one with me.
Quite strange that I only need those a lens in that range to be happy, some have a lens coverage from 10mm to 600mm but never needed that, even shot wild birds with the DFA100

Why don't you offer your DA40 to Jon since you hardly use it?

You seem to be right I believe that was also my understanding although I think you need to set the metering to spot metering for it to work... not sure about that though.

What I mostly do is set the camera on M-mode and point it down to what I want to meter, in your case it's the ground so point it down the ground with the same lighting condition and press the green button, it will take a metering then and set the correct value.

I mostly do that and it works fine, certainly on the streets since they are mostly gray it will get a quite good exposure value from that.

EA-L Lock is handy when you want to hold the exposure value but increase the aperture or shutterspeed.
What I mean is if you have a correct exposure with f/5.6 1/250sec, you can lock that value and change one of them for example the f-number to f/4 and it hold the exposure value and correct the shutterspeed accordingly.
f/5.6 1/250sec would be the same as f/4 1/500sec I believe.
That's were I use the exposure lock for

Have you compared the IQ side by side Glyn, I never really could except those taken by others. I believe that the bokeh of the DA40 was better then the DA35 with in the normal focus range and that's one of the reasons I went of the DA40. Also the sharpness across the frame was very constant with the DA40 were with the DA35 you have quite a drop off near the edges.

The DA35 does have a better design like you said but is also more expensive... it's just what you need and want really.

The FA limiteds are all better lenses then the DA limiteds so no question about that although they are more expensive though.
The DA*55 does preform better then the FA43 though but is ofcourse quite a bit longer.

I never understood that either Glyn about the pentax marking but oh well, it's a nice small lens and it is perfect to make the canikons jealous for the size

Welcome to the forum

this a good read to start with
http://knol.google.com/k/matthew-miller/pentax-p-ttl-hot-shoe-flash-comparison/3...

The metz and the pentax are very good and also the Sigma for the money.

They are all pretty much the same to be honest but they all handle differently so try them out in the shop to see what you like the most.