Grip now sold

K3 and 18-270 still available

Sigma 17-50mm sold

Pentax 12-24mm and O-GPS1 still available

I'm selling some of my equipment since I bought a new K1 in order to pay for some full frame lenses (prior to having to remortgage the house)

Pentax K3

Owned since new, bought when first out hence expensively new. Shutter count is around 14,000. Comes with original box, battery, recharger etc










£410 ono plus postage

BG5 Grip






£80 + postage

Pentax 18-270mm Superzoom

Again this is owned from new, purchases from SRS Microsystems back in 2013.







£220 ONO plus post

A little nudge

I'm starting to rationalise my equipment so this is the first batch up for sale.

Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC HSM

Owned since new with the HSM focus motor (includes filter)






£190 plus postage

Pentax DA 12-24mm F4 in good condition with original box






£325 plus postage

Pentax O-GPS1 Unit (hardly used)




£85 plus postage

A small issue noticed. If the crop mode is set to Auto my Tamron 28-75 works ok and takes a full frame image. The Sigma 35mm DG 1.4 Art is identified as being an APS-C lens and the auto mode treats it like that. Its works ok if you set the crop setting to FF (Full frame) though.

I suspect that newer copies of the 70-200 SIgma might work ok since the newer Art lens does. Probably a newer chip in the newer lens. But I would say that its in Pentax's interests to encourage third party manufacturers of lenses, flash triggers, flashguns etc. Its the shortage of these things that limits their sales. I would also say that there is a distinctly amateurish air about their promotional stands at events in comparison to virtually all the other manufacturers, For example at the Wex lens event in London today. This extends to their promotion staff who seem to have a sketchy knowledge of their own products and an even sketchier knowledge of photography. I have also found this with my experience with their support teams with the perennial question about how the contrast control with their flashguns where they seem to have a sent a cut and paste from the instruction manual when already having been told that the answer wasn't in it.

Got my K1 yesterday. Its already got to go back because the mode selection dial doesn't work properly. Can't select AV and SV and other labels seem to select other things, Auto selects manual etc. I have a problem with my Sigma 70-200 HSM II as well, won't autofocus and turns the screen display off. It's up to pentax to do some testing on other current third lenses to see if they work. Interestingly my Sigma 35mm 1.4 does seem to work ok These are fairly basic things to get right and doesn't bode well for the quality control. Plus there's other issues such as the jump in price for the DA* 300mm which I'm not happy about.

Did he really suggest putting a 36mp APS-C sensor in the camera? There's a reason nobody has done this before and its called NOISE. Makes you wonder about the validity of anything else he has to say

Do you have any example photos taken with this lens?

Regards

Chris H