Yes, manual focus of course. Fortunately they fly kind of slow, otherwise I'd never be able to follow.

I went to the estuary near my hometown to shoot some easy birds

Focusing the Pentacon 300mm F4 + Quantaray 2x TC was hard, but I managed to get some shots.


IMGP2732 by eduardodourado, on Flickr


IMGP2730 by eduardodourado, on Flickr


IMGP2624 by eduardodourado, on Flickr

If the lens comes in over £400 hardly anyone would touch it.
MSRPs are one thing, actual price tags are another.

Maybe people could hold their clubs for a while longer before they start bashing Pentax with them. Not so much here, but the idiocracy that is the internet is getting on my nerves...

The most valuable item is really the Tokina. Maybe the 50mm second if its F1.4.

Focus priority means it will focus before each shot while you hold the shutter button.
FPS priority means it'll keep fps rate sacrificing focusing to do it. Not sure it focus only once and then fire or if it tries to focus after the first frame.

I suspect its profit effective. No AF motor, buy new lenses. No aperture control, buy new, not old lenses.

Just like for Pentax having the ability is important because the used lens or old lens market is important.

He's got Av mode setup to use one wheel for aperture and the other for ISO. I think.

From DPreview, on the D7000
"This inconspicuous tab of black plastic is an Ai indexing tab, and is one of the small physical differences between the D7000 and D90 which distinguish the former as a definitively 'high-end' model. This tab allows aperture control with manual focus lenses of the Ai specification or later. Aperture data for up to 9 such lenses can be programmed into the D7000."

I must say, that if the mechanism is so simple, you'd think they'd complain about it not being in every camera. But instead, allowing old manual camera (up to 9!) to work seems to be a high end feature...

Low expectations...

Its refreshing to see that there are people who aren't all up on the latest tech and don't know the updates... Its also bad for Pentax...

I have the tak bayonette as well, and although it is softer than the M F3.5 at all stops, it isn't very far from F5.6, certainly acceptable. The results at F2.5 aren't that bad either. It does suffer with the lack of SMC coating though.