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David

All wonderful Alan.

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David

A stunning result Alan, those filters seem to be high quality, but of course the photographer has something to do with it too.

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David

Hi Laura, I have both K-x and K-5, they are great cameras. I'm sure you'll soon get the bug to buy more lenses and in particular some longer ones.

I bought a Tamron 300mm prime (40 years old, hardly been used) from ebay last year for 20 quid and it works fantastic on the K-5. I would recommend the 55-300 also - it's a great lens and gives you a lot of range for relatively little money.

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David

Thanks for your explanation and assistance John. Unfortunately I have already offered the K-x to someone together with the 50-200, otherwise I definitely would be keeping it. I also have the 55-300 which is a great lens, but is twice the size and to my eyes, not quite as sharp as the 50-200 copy I have.

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David

Looks OK to me John! I am in the process of selling the K-x with either just the 18-55, or to include the 50-200 and I'm sort of hoping the buyer won't want to buy the 50-200!

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David

I recently bought a used K-x on ebay, mainly because it had a mint Sigma 105mm DG EX Macro lens with it. As part of the purchase I got a DA L 50-200mm lens. My first impressions (before using it) were:

- Wow it is so small and light (almost fragile)
- It has a 52mm filter thread - good
- It must be compromised on IQ

I used it yesterday for the first time and WOW what sharpness and colour rendering it has! It even has good bokeh!

I haven't seen too many good reports about this lens and I'm wondering if I've just been lucky to land an exceptional copy, so I'm interested to know what everyone else thinks? You can buy these for about £40 or £50 - at that price they are an absolute steal if they are all as good as mine.

I look forward to reading your responses.

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David

Good image quality and also quality images, if you know what I mean. I'm impressed by the flexibility you have managed to coax from this camera.

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David

Charlotte, it shouldn't make any difference whether you have manual tubes fitted or not. I would also suggest cleaning the contacts on your lenses and on your camera's mount as it sounds as though there may be a short-circuit somewhere between the camera and lens / tubes.

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David

Hi John, colours are lovely, as is the case with most Pentax SMC lenses. It looks as though the image was shot in poor light and consequently you have probably used a wide aperture. This has affected the depth of field (it could do with more) and made focus critical. The focus is ever so slightly off, it would be a sharper edge on the front petal of the flower if it were bang on.

Keep practising - the old lenses are lovely to use on the K-5 and can yield some great results.

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David