Summers,

Warranty might be an issue.

RG.

amoringello.

i believe Pentax produced these lenses in the late 80's early 90's. I am sure someone else on this forum knows a lot more than I do about them and the time span.

The zoom ring has an optional power feature, one just slides the ring forward for the power mode. The speed is dependent on how fast one moves the ring c/w. cc/w. A very quick movement gets full zoom immediately, at least that is how fast the one I have works.

There is no way I could have gone full zoom that fast manually. The aircraft was moving very fast and I was standing up close to the back of our house on a deck. As a matter of fact I was very surprised I didn't just get blue sky.

RG.

niblue.

Thanks.

I aso have two of the Sigma APO 70-300. (One I use On my KM 7D) It's a great lens, however I know I would never have got the shot with it using it's manual zoom.

RG.

This image was taken using a Pentax SMCP-FA 100-300mm Lens. This is the older one with a Power Zoom.

This lens does not appear to get great reviews.

I took this a few weeks ago using my K10D, I was in the backyard messing around taking shots testing this lens. Suddenly out of the blue comes this private aircraft, real fast. The time I had to take the image before I lost sight of it over my house was a split second. I whipped the camera up, hit the power zoom ring and hoped for the best.

This is the shot I got. The lens gets my vote.

What do you think ?

RG.

Helterskelter.

Glad you enjoyed your trip. Next time you may want to try Alaska, it will blow your socks off.
We emigrated out to S California from Southend-on-Sea in 1963. Born in London.
This country never ceases to amaze me. So many wonderful natural sites to see. Only one thing missing, the Pubs.
Just wish we had got to see more of the history of Britain and Europe when we lived there.

Have a nice day,

RG.

John.

Yes, all wood. 1890's built Farmhouse. Took a long time to burn down due to very heavy timbers used in the construction.

Most of the houses out West are still built using wood, some are now being built using steel framing.

Oregon homes are generally built with concrete footings (foundations) with wood floors, particle board or plywood over wood framing (2x6) and then some kind of siding, mostly a type of man made planking. Sometimes thin brick or rock is included on the front part of the house as a facing.

We have too many earthquakes out west to be able to build homes with brick. The wood structures don't seem to do that bad. we were in two major S California earthquakes. The first split the roof wide open. It did no damage to the second house mostly due to the houses being built on bedrock in that area. (Sylmar & Northridge Quakes)

RG.

Lenscape.

Here are a few of the kind of images I get to take for our my fire department. I shot almost 400 images at this event. Using Raw would also be way too time consuming for me.

These were taken with a KM 7D or A-2. Have not used my K10D for anything serious yet, as I need a couple more lenses and need to be 200% sure I am ok with the camera. I have to work pretty fast to capture many of the shots.








RG.

Lenscape.

Good point.

Must say I take lot's of images in sometimes very difficult conditions.
Fire, Smoke, Water, Dirt and very bad light. I have yet to find I need to use Raw and I am pretty fussy about my images.

I guess whatever floats ones boat.

RG.

I frankly don't see much difference between RAW and JPEG using the K10D.

Tried both and am sticking with JPEG. The test shots I posted recently, taken at a car show are a case in point. All JPEGS.

I have read many negative comments about this camera on forums and reviews concerning the ability to get good JPEGS straight out of the camera. The only post adjustment I have made so far is a little bit of extra sharpness.

Obviously RAW has it's place for many photographers, it's just not for me with the K10D.

RG.

hefty1.

I guess it will loosen up after time.

Just afraid something may come apart. Not so much going in, but with the wiggling side to side to get it out. There is no way it will come straight back and out.

The very knowledgeable guy in the camera store suggested just a very light wipe on either side with some silicone. I may just try that.

RG.