The M100 should give more or less the same coverage as both the 18-135 and 50-200 when set at 100, providing the camera and golf ball remain at the same distance. So not sure what you're experiencing there.

You haven't by chance got a 2x teleconverter on the M100 ?

John

It's very suspicious with the whole listing detail and image copied from that other recent listing. Think I'd actually want to see the lens in person before I handed over any payment.

Item specifics state it is a macro/close up lens!

John

The K-m camera manual suggests this should be possible but my remote doesn't hold the shutter open either. It only does this if you keep the button on the camera pressed down.

I've got a wired remote for the K-5 which has a lock button to do this, but there is nowhere to plug that remote in to the K-m.

Enjoy your K-5!

John

Not really sure what you mean. There's a link to Lens Pins here: link but suspect that isn't what you mean!
How did you manage to loose it?

http://harrowtechnical.co.uk/

http://www.asahiphoto.co.uk/Spares.htm

http://www.pentax.co.uk/en/service-centre.html

John

There was nothing at all really wrong with your view as a photograph but the three selected seemed to me to be more relevant to the weather theme. Thanks for entering it anyhow; it isn't easy to come up with the perfect shot at the drop of a hat. There's a photograph I've been wanting to take for years - smoke coming out of a domestic chimney against a sunset. The one time I saw the perfect image for it I didn't have the camera with me!
Where you shot that looks to be an interesting place to go and have a wander through with a camera; I'm sure you came up with some great images there.

Regards,
John

I've still got a K-m, the one before it (the K-x that is!) It's still the same fab lightweight DSLR it always was! No regrets getting the K-5 either.

John

Eek, no! Agree the thread reads like that!

Normally you can let the camera handle that for you and there are different modes depending on whether you feel you need a fast shutter speed to stop the action, or to let you use a specific aperture to give a certain focus effect. It's a big topic, perhaps you can give an idea where you are having issues with metering and what is confusing you.

There are many online tutorials, eg http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-metering.htm which apply to any camera, so have a read first to get started and ask for clarification if still not sure, perhaps how they apply to your Kx.

John

Hi and welcome to the forums. Don't think we've met but good to know we've just doubled our Scarborough contingent here! As you may have gathered they're a pretty friendly bunch on here from all around the world. Unusual in picking up on an old thread for your first post rather then a current one.

I've been to the Boston Spa fair a couple of times. It's good if looking for something like an odd filter and there a bargains to be had there. I bought a Tamron Adaptall 2 105mm with an A mount for just effectively the normal going rate for the mount alone.

Regards,
John

Good news. Probably a dirty contact inside the lens.

John

Thanks for confirming that it was a strange meteorological effect. Your photograph of that detail may well be a good and useful record of that phenomena. Your picture title gave it a pictorial rather than a technical name so it was judged on that basis. Would I want to frame it and put it on my wall? Probably not!
I too have photos of rare meteorological events but would they be competition winners? Doubt it!
It would have been useful to know the focal length of lens used for this subject so the viewer could ascertain how high the clouds were, especially as the picture was intended to be a technical record (hence the general request to include basic EXIF data with entries.)
Remember though that this was only be my personal judgement and someone else may have come up with a totally different order. I've had photos win one competition and then get thrown out at the start from another judge! They can't all win everything and many thanks for entering.

John