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John, aperture was f8 and it was the 50mm f2.8 Macro lens - the older manual focus one that's supposed to be very sharp.

Comment by Daydreamjay posted on Problem with this item teleconverter at 12/12/2013 - 15:33

Oh it seems to have resized my photo.

Comment by Daydreamjay posted on Problem with this item teleconverter at 12/12/2013 - 14:14

Yes, I now realise I paid a lot for it - I thought it was cheap at first!

Yesterday I ordered this one: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/product/vivitar-automatic-teleconverter-2x-22-hd_10...

I'll see if it works any better and then return the other if it does.

First impression was that it wasn't dead sharp, the photo below shows that it's a little soft or am I being unrealistic expecting it to be any sharper?

Comment by Daydreamjay posted on Problem with this item teleconverter at 12/12/2013 - 14:13

Crikey it's like being told off by my teacher John haha.

The reason I didn't want to start scratching stuff off is because then I wouldn't be able to send it back should that method not work...

I hope this is an acceptable reason John...

Comment by Daydreamjay posted on Problem with this item teleconverter at 12/12/2013 - 13:44

I have cleaned the contacts and still nothing.

The F on the LCD display on my camera just has - - next to it.

I tried it with my 50mm FA 1.4 lens too with the same result.

Comment by Daydreamjay posted on Problem with this item teleconverter at 12/12/2013 - 11:27

This is the lens I am using and it doesn't have the crescent of electrical contacts on it. But it does work automatically apart from focusing.

Comment by Daydreamjay posted on Problem with this item teleconverter at 11/12/2013 - 15:04

I bought this teleconverter from ebay but I can't seem to get it to work properly. I am using it with a 50mm f2.8 Pentax-A manual focus lens but when I use the teleconverter I lose he ability to set the aperture via the camera and also cannot shoot with automatic exposure. Without the converter the lens works perfectly. Is there something I need to do to get the converter to work or is it broken?

This was the item I bought: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200997721724?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1...

Comment by Daydreamjay posted on Problem with this item teleconverter at 11/12/2013 - 14:25

Since I bought the SMC-DA*50-135mm F2.8 it's hardly been off my camera, surely the best VFM lens around, awesome sharp images.

Not sure why some people are recommending 50mm lenses as they are a touch wide for a close crop portrait, only any good for head and shoulders or full length etc. If I were buying a lens for portraits I'd want one that could do a close crop portrait too.

Comment by Daydreamjay posted on Portrait lens. at 28/12/2012 - 15:16

It seems my problem has already been discussed here:

link

Comment by Daydreamjay posted on K5 White Balance Problems at 28/12/2012 - 15:04

I have noticed what seems to be a bug in my K5 software.

When shooting in the studio recently I noticed inconsistencies in the white balance between photos. I had the WB set to manual but the WB values that are showing up in Lightroom are all over the place.

For example I have 5 photos taken within a short 15 second burst and the WB values are:

5250
5150
6600
5100
5150

Anyone seen anything like this before?

Comment by Daydreamjay posted on K5 White Balance Problems at 28/12/2012 - 14:28

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