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Hi, I have a new one of these from the recent amazon sell off, only put on camera once to make sure it works.

£95 collected if you want it.

Regards

George

Cost me £9.90 to send the lens RMSD with increased insurance. Probably another £15 to send lens and camera.

Lens was new from SRS, spoke to them first and they told me to contact Sigma as unaware of any problems. Unfortunately(?) I live in Sheffield so a trip to SRS is not really viable, also Sigma hadn't started doing the 3yr warranty until later in the year otherwise it would have been covered.

Will post it Monday and await return. It is a fantastic lens though so fingers crossed it gets fixed ok.

Regards
George

Just in case anyone was wondering the outcome.

I've been in contact with Sigma who have looked at the lens, unfortunately they only have a K10 top test it on, which it works with as it does with my GX20 and K7 !

I'm sending the camera to them with the lens as they believe the lens just needs adjsusting to work on the K5. Something to do with the autofocus pin having a poor contact on the K5 due to the tolerence levels involved in the manufacture of the lens and the K5. Only cost £39 so fairly happy with that as long as it gets fixed ok in time for silverstone!

Regards

George

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Pentax Forums suggest...

According to other sources, other minor stability issues (such as feezing) have also been addressed via this firmware.

Not sure what the 'other' sources are.

Regards

George

The K10 was my first camera, mainly because the local camera shop had it at a good price and when I compared the reviews, online prices thats what I bought. The shop no longer stocks Pentax, hence probably why it was a good price as he was clearing his stock.

I must confess that knowing what sort of pictures I like taking 3 years on I would probably not make that decision now, however a modest collection of glass keeps me loyal !

Regards

George

I have a DA version, with hood, case, box etc, looking at £180 delivered.

If you want to see pics of the lens, photos taken with it then let me know.

I also have a brand new copy of the DA lens which I bought from amazon recently but would want £210 delivered

Regards

George

Hi Neil,

Ecclesall Road area, not far from Halllamshire Hospital/Botanical Gardens.

Regards

George

I took the K5 out with the sigma 100-300 today. (May be wrong but I think this is the first time I've used this lens on the K5)

Whilst shooting seagulls using AFC the camera locked up, all lit up, focus point stayed on in viewfinder but nothing happening. Even turning it off didn't work. So I had to take the battery out to reset it.

Later on the Sigma 100-300 started to play up focusing, it would sometimes focus, then when trying to lock onto something else the lens/camera would just make a focusing noise. Sounds like something spinning as if the screwdrive isn't engaging properly. (my interpretation which could be way out)

Now I thought the problem was the lens, that was until I got home and tried it on a K7 and a GX20 (should sell this really) which it works fine on.

I have updated the firmware, cleaned the contacts, ensured set to Autofocus (lens and camera)yet it still doesn't work on the K5. Other screwdrive lens seem fine (sigma and pentax)

The K5 is still in warranty but the lens is not, in some ways I'm hoping its the camera thats faulty.

If anyone has a K5 in sheffield that I could try the lens on that would help to narrow it down to either lens or camera.

Any thoughts ?

Regards

George