Tamron now sold subject to completion. Lens still available.

Tamron teleconvertor now available for £125 plus shipping.

Bump for price reduction.

DA 17-70 now priced at £200 plus shipping.

A reserve at a lower price has been put on the Tamron until the end of the month, however it's still available if anyone comes in with a higher offer.

Regards,
John

Morning all,

Having a bit of a clearout and I have the following items for sale:

Pentax DA 17-70 f/4 SDM Lens

Boxed, all manuals etc and caps for both ends. No scratches or fungus, there is a small amount of dust on the inside of the front element (I've no idea how it got there) but this does not affect images etc. There are also a couple of small cosmetic scratches on the lens hood. £225 +£15 shipping






Tamron-F 1.4x AF teleconvertor (K-mount).

Immaculate condition, AF works with both SDM and screw type lenses. Boxed with both caps. £140 +£8 shipping.




PM me if you have any questions.

Lol, I'm quite glad it's not just me with FFS

Morning all,

Thought I'd post a little warning/hard won experience for you all! I've just spent a happy weekend at Silverstone watching the FIA GT1 World championship. All going well until the moment I found a good position and started burst mode shooting of the cars - The K7 seemed to have developed narcolepsy: max throughput seemed to be about 3 FPS with a really long time to be able to review shots after they'd been taken (about 10-15 seconds!!!).

After trying different SD cards, taking my grip off, swearing (a lot) and considering driving to Pentax UK and shoving the camera with it's attached 60-250 where the sun doesn't shine, I finally realized what the problem was. I'd been fiddling with the settings a couple of weeks ago and had turned on Distortion Correction (within the Lens Correction sub-menu) on to see what difference it made - turns out the major difference is that it slows the write speed down to a crawl

The moral of the story - If fiddling with settings, make sure you fiddle them back again

Thanks Greynolds. Yup, have tried it then realised what the problem was - two of the pins on the grip seem to be "stuck" in the down position. Wouldn't bother me but the only time I take it off is when I'm charging batteries

If it's purchased from a Pentax Pro center? My K7 grip has no functionality, although the body sees the battery fine none of the buttons work. I got it last January, but I can't seem to see how long the standard warranty is?

PM sent regarding the Teleconverter.

Another vote for the Gorillapod SLR zoom - Seriously, don't worry about it's ability to support an SLR plus lens, it deals with my gripped K7 and a 17-70 SDM just fine. The other huge advantage is they weigh next to nothing, important when travel baggage weight is an issue