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Comment by Conqueror posted on WEX - Pentax 10-17mm at 27/12/2013 - 17:18
Item dispatched and PM sent
Comment by Conqueror posted on FS: Pentax K-7 body + standard accessories for sale at 27/12/2013 - 12:53
Comment by Conqueror posted on FS: Pentax K-7 body + standard accessories for sale at 26/12/2013 - 22:05
Have been looking for something to store the lot in and padded (in my case 1 DSLR 6 lenses). Perhaps a flight box or something...
Comment by Conqueror posted on What do you store your gear in when not using? at 26/12/2013 - 21:14
Camera PENTAX K-7
Shutter Count 4,394
Included: box, battery, charger, all cables and manual. All original parts.
Also included an extra battery (generic/non-pentax).
This is in excellent condition with a couple of minor marks on the underside. See pic.
I'm the 2nd owner. The original owner bought it new from SRS.
No lenses included in this sale.
Comment by Conqueror posted on FS: Pentax K-7 body + standard accessories for sale at 26/12/2013 - 17:43
PM sent to tuliptree
Comment by Conqueror posted on FS: Pentax K5 11s boxed excellent condition at 10/12/2013 - 22:06
Comment by Conqueror posted on FS: Pentax K5 11s boxed excellent condition at 10/12/2013 - 18:25
35mm f/2 is the same eye watering £819 as the DA*55mm f/1.4 YOWZERS!!!
Microglobe have been selling it around 300 for awhile.. yes its "UK sourced" and all that entails.. still it might be useful to someone.. cracking lens
http://www.microglobe.co.uk/pentax-35mm-f2-pfa-smc-al-wide-angle-af-lens-p-4495....
Comment by Conqueror posted on New DA 50mm f/1.8 £91.19 + more offers at 06/12/2013 - 21:49
I know I'll be pretty darn happy when I get a newer body than the K-7 with lenses that some poeple might perceive too slow
I really think this 20-40mm has the potential to surprise.. its not going to appease the shallow DOF brigade.. they [Pentax] probably never intended it to
Comment by Conqueror posted on Review - Pentax HD DA 20-40mm F2.8-4 ED Limited DC WR at 06/12/2013 - 19:53
Another review...
The main negative in this one was the price
http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=5454&news=pentax+ricoh+20-...
To me it still looks a beast.. I can imagine so many uses... sure f1.8 of the sigma would be nice... but if I had a newer pentax body the better ISO sensitivity/cleanness would help with the variable aperture
The use of aperture to control DOF seems to be a dying art in photography these days.
The following isn't directed at Conqueror, but I'm increasingly seeing a trend towards an ever increasing quest for uber sharpness/resolution right across the frame and everything in focus from 1cm away to infinity.
No wonder an ever increasing percentage of images published are leaving me cold these days.
The reason stuff in real life looks beautiful to the human eye is because the human eye isn't perfect. The edge of it's frame is soft, in lower light the aperture opens up for a narrower DOF.
If the human eye ever came in K mount, it would get slated in pretentious magazine reviews as only being good for lomography and the sharpness obsessives would write it off for not being sharp away from centre.
Rant over
If its a dying art... it might be because every man and his dog tries to shoot at and with a lens below f2 or something... Which isn't going to be possible with the Pentax... which starts at 2.8
What I see is people wanting mega sharpness at F1.4 and shooting everything with a shallow DOF...
We may find 90% of the shots with that sigma on the web end up being @ 1.8
Comment by Conqueror posted on Review - Pentax HD DA 20-40mm F2.8-4 ED Limited DC WR at 06/12/2013 - 19:49
http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-pentax-10-17mm-f3-5-4-5-da-fisheye-lens/p1012...
I think the Samyang 10mm f2.8 rectilinear is due Jan...