The claw isnt going all the way out like that despite pulling the lever which feels really tight to move...

The release lever doesnt appear to be doing anything

It locks in tight and then a moment later it will just twist off..

Thanks, still keeps coming undone without having to press the release button...

I am having a problem with my Adaptall KA mount, when I fit it to the lens it will not lock into place. If I turn the aperture ring at f/11 it actually twists the mount off.

This causing a problem on the monopod when I twist from vertical to portrait mode in that the body detaches from the lens!!!

Have had a google and cannot find a solution, anyone had this problem before???

Very nice I love this lens...

Because apart from maybe two or three shops that stock Pentax we can't all go out and play with them side by side..

Turning up fashionably late by 2 hours finally shot one of the Royals

K-5 mki
Tamron 400mm




k-5 mkii
DA* 50-135mm







Some more on my flickr stream

On my way home from FOi and have to say was a little disapointed. I did however go with my friend whise a canon shooter (1dmk3) and is looking to upgrade to a 5d mkiii. So we went to the canon section, which was huge by the way, and had a play with the 5d mkiii. I asked if there was something wrong with it as the focus was really slow to lock on with a 24-70 2.8 attached and was told no it was fine. Yet it hunted repeatedly and was really slow to lock on. My friend also asked why so I pulled out my k-5 mkii with the 16-50 attached and said here have a go with this and he was amazed at the focus lock on speed. We also compared the shutter sound on fast fps and the canon sounded like a tin box and the rep said you can put it on quiet mode which slowed the shutter speed down to 3 fps, again I put my k-5 mkii on high speed fps and my friend tried it and was surprised how quiet it was compared to the canon.

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I never try other brands as I am happy with what I have got but I truly do think the mkii is finally a dslr Pentax can hold up to other brands, they just need to get their act together and do shows like Focus and get these bodies into peoples hands as the ew people today that tried my mkii well impressed.

Depends what you are shooting, if you need fast focussing then forget the pentax, if you are shooting portrsits then pentax Ll the way