Thanks for the info.

I tried it briefly yesterday. Took a few shots of a house we are burning down for a training event on 8th December.

Very boring images, nice and sharp, great color. I am sure I will be happy with it

Cheers, RG.

Kim C.


I don't know about that, I do know there are only three FA's on Ebay listed for sale here. (I have the FA)

One used in Taiwan for $321. One in Ireland for $345 and one in Japan for $383, Plus of course shipping.

I can't find any others currently on the Web, so they are certainly not readable available here in the USA, or for that matter anywhere else. Unless I am missing something.

What about my other questions ?

Thanks, RG.

niblue.

This was the least expensive at the time I was bidding. There were only a couple of others at close to $400.00. One was in Japan.

RG.

I just received a used Pentax 35mm f2 lens in the box with Pentax UV filter Pentax Lens Bag and Owners Manual. All in mint condition.

Paid $275.00 dollars for it on Ebay.

As I am reasonably new to the Pentax line (Since June 07)

Was this a good deal ?

Is it as rare as some state ? (At least in the USA)

How would you rate it 1-10 ?

Plan on trying it out today.

Thanks, RG.

Mannesty.

Thanks for trying to help.

Many moons ago when a visiting a local beach with my family, I asked some lone older gentleman what he was doing digging a hole in the sand. His response was "Son, just about anything I want to do"

To answer your question as to why anyone would want to use Auto Mode (P&S) on a DSLR.

"Because we can"

RG.

Mannesty

I don't remember what my P setting was. I screwed around with the camera trying to get an image, until giving up

Sigma 17-35 2.8-4

Why not, if that's what one feels like doing. I am not a snob photographer that looks down their nose at point & shoot operators. I will try anything.

I take lots of shots with the Fire Dept. In many instances I don't have time to fiddle fart around with the camera, my god I even use full auto sometimes, don't get second chances in this business.

In the shoot the other night nothing worked, like I stated I believe John is correct, my lens was not seated correctly. My mistake and I should have checked.

Today's camera's have lots of tools, why not use them all, including the dreaded programed features.

I would make a big money bet there is not anyone out there that looked at a dozen normal size images (Most people don't blow their images up to poster size) taken at the same spot, of the same subject from a dozen different digital camera's with similar settings/lenses and could pick out which camera took which shot.

There is one excellent pro photographer that I read about that only uses Olympus point and shoots. His work is incredible.

RG.

ChrisA. John.

1. No flash on K10, as I stated I forgot it.

2. Apart from just trying other settings I shot in P mode 90% of the
time.

3. Did try User mode.

4. Hard to make a mistake with a readout on top of camera
indicating ISO. Plus I was back and forth changing it all the time
between 800 & 1600. I am certain I didn't screw up there.

By George, I am now inclined to believe John is correct with the lens not seated properly. Didn't even think of it before but when I first used this lens the camera it didn't make that little in focus beep. I called Pentax and asked them about it. The rep said it could be because I wasn't using a Pentax Lens.

I will admit I find the Sigma lenses to be a very tight fit on the K10 and if one is not listening for that small click, it may not be fully seated.
The next time I put the lens on, the beep worked and I forgot all about it until John just mentioned it.

Come to think of it I don't remember the beep working that night, however it was pretty noisy in there.

I will go into the building one evening and try again under the same conditions with this lens, making sure it is seated properly.

Hoping it was some kind of finger trouble, and not the camera.

You guys have certainly eased my mind, thanks for all the help.

RG.

The only reason I tried different settings was because I couldn't get anything like an image. Not because I was confused.

I thought I made myself clear, guess not. How about next to nothing recorded, almost black images.

Took lot's of shots with and without flash on KM7D with no problems.

By the way I don't keep many shots of Fire Dept incidents or events. I do my thing, make discs and they go to the FD for their records, then I dump most of them. I only kept a couple of favorites my wife liked of this shoot.
So for me to keep garbage is out of the question. I took about 400 images at this event, not including the K10.

Thanks, RG.

Ok I will try and answer the questions.

1. The images were totally useless out of the K10, I didn't see any point in saving them. Probably should have saved a few examples.

2. Both camera's set at 800 ISO or 1600 ISO depending on where the subjects were, mainly two locations.

3. Like I stated I used the P setting mostly (Not Green) I did try all other settings apart from M & B.

4. I tried various combinations of shutter and aperture

5. I did not have to try anything else with the KM7D, I just left it on P and went between 800 & 1600 ISO as needed and mostly shutter at 60, aperture f5. Yes I had a flash mounted and pointed up all the time, I don't believe it helped much and I still got great images.

6. Buildind is metal, painted gray inside, gray floor. gray roof. F lights, lots of shadows from equipment etc.

7. Shot everything in RAW on both camera's.

My point is both camera's were used in the same locations, both with same settings. Main difference are lenses. K10 Sigma EX 17-35 f2.8-4.
KM7D Sigma EX 28-70 f2.8.

Here is one of my converted RAW shots with the KM7D.




Thanks for all the suggestions etc. RG.

ChrisA.

Sorry about that.

I don't have any photos from the K10, they were so bad I couldn't even adjust them to any suitable image.

I used various camera settings on the K10 with the P setting the most used. The only constant was 800 and 1600 ISO.

On the KM7D I just used the P setting and the same constant ISO's as the K10.
No problems at all in getting good images, even without flash depending on where I was in the building (just one big space)
I believe most of the time I was at 60 and f5. I might add even when using the flash it was just angled up at the high ceiling for every shot.

All the shots I took were in the same areas of the building with both camera's.

K10 with Sigma 17-35mm 2.8-4.0
KM7D with Sigma 28-70mm 2.8

I appreciate the lenses are different, however I believe I should have got some good quality shots with the K10.

The K10 will rival just about anything in natural light, I was shocked by it's performance last night.

I have read horror stories on the web about the K10's inside performance, now I know why, unless I am totally off base.

Hence my killer remark.

Thanks, RG.