Uh-oh!

John

Just to point out that apparently all was well with a standard SD card but it didn't like SDHC ones. There was a reason for that, SDHC post dated the camera and support for it wasn't added until the firmware updates were released.
It was reported that all the the memory cards worked fine in other cameras so the OP needs to make the camera SDHC compatible by updating the firmware.
That file recovery program would be useful if a card that had been working had gone bad, but that isn't the case here.

John

Well, well done to darkskies - it was a great original interpretation.

Also thanks to milamber for taking over the role of judging and being deprived of entering his own orchid shot. I don't think I would have found judging this easy at all, all the shots looked to be worthy entries and a shame there weren't more of them. At least I haven't got the task
of doing the next one and conjuring up a theme

Cheers for the 2nd

John

Tulip




Taken 11 April 2012 @ 12:25
Pentax K-5 with Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4
1/50 sec @ f8
ISO: 200
Aperture priority
Multi-segment metering

A tulip especially selected and photographed today for this competition.

John

A K-5 is pretty discreet size wise compared to most Canikon DSLRs. It is more on a par with quality 'compacts' that have an APS-C sensor and 35mm film cameras. But a spy camera it isn't! Put almost any zoom on it though and it does stick out (sort of literally) like a sore thumb while the 21 & 35's are like body caps by comparison!

John

It could well be. They're a little larger than a Song Thrush. Easier to tell apart in real life than from a photograph where assessing scale is tricky. Still.. it's definitely a Thrush!

John

It is the K-5 manual that states that for Catch-In focus to work it has to be the lens that has the manual setting or be a manual focus lens. Have you found a workaround?

John

I just tried Googling '400mm Seimar' and incredibly Google has picked up your last post already and it came second in the list. Phew.
Didn't know it trawled through that fast.

Alas, no photos of a lens like yours.

If you get an M42 to Pentax K adapter, it should be useable on your K5 etc.

John

Edit: Found one like it here perhaps?
http://forum.mflenses.com/userpix/20102/2562_seimar_lens_3_1.jpg

The Tamron shouts out DSLR, so it's hardly incognito. The 21 + 35's are tiny so don't look so officious to others. But they're my thoughts (and vrapan's.) However, only you can decide which you prefer!

I think you've really already decided, and its not the 21+35 is it?

John

What does the 400mm Seimar lens look like? Sounds like you got a bargain.

I'm sure someone here can advise you on how to link to images in Picassa Web albums - it's what they're for after all! But I haven't got a clue though.

John