How are you finding your new Pentax 17-70mm lens ?

Jason

I have decided to sell this for £55 delivered in the UK if anyone's interested.

Jason

You may find this link of interest.

Jason

Hi

I have the Pentax smc DA 18-55mm f3.5~5.6 AL II Lens that I am thinking of selling to fund either the Pentax 16-45mm or Pentax 17-70mm lenses. It came with the K20D kit that I bought last November and besides doing a sharpness test it has only been used on the camera once and is in Mint condition. It comes in it's box with the original documentation.

Not sure what I should ask for it, any advice or offers from interested members ?

Thanks
Jason

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Where about's are you located ?

There may be a K20D owner near you that would meet up and let you have a "play".

Jason

I have owned a Nikon D50,D70s and the D200 before ending up with my Pentax K20D.

The reason I sold the D200 was when my first child came along and funds meant I had to end up selling all my Nikon gear.

I am now getting back into photography and have gone the Pentax route.

Do I regret using Pentax instead of Nikon now, not a chance.

The K20D is the best "bang for buck" camera I have ever used. The controls feel all in the right place, weather sealing, 14mp, low cost (compared to Canon & Nikon) top quality glass.

I have the 35mm 2.8 ltd macro lens. While this is a bit slower than the f1.8 lens you mention above it is an excellent lens with great build quality.

Pentax also do a 35mm f/2.0 lens which while I haven't used general opinion is that it is sharp wide open. My f/2.8 is very centre sharp from wide open by the way.

IQ don't think will be a problem between the 2 cameras (obviously this can be lens dependant) I would say though that I prefer the colours the Pentax produces in it's RAW files than the D200's were.

In regards to AF:

This is an area where the Nikon probably would have a noticable advantage if you were shooting alot of fast moving objects, but I got the impression that because you wouldn't utilise 5fps much this probably isn't the case.

Also I would like to add that the Pentax AF isn't bad it's just not as good as the D200 (if you push it to the limits) but I don't think with your shooting preferences you would notice it.

I don't regret switching to Pentax and I'm sure you wouldn't.

In summary

1) IQ Pentax better (INHO)
2) Pentax 35mm f/2.0 would do the job
3) AF I don't miss it and don't think you would.

Jason

Just checked that,looks like a good deal. BUT the shipping says "usually dispatched within 1-2 months".

Jason

Hi

Can anyone give me a work-around for the problem I am having.

I usually use my AF button for focussing and disable the shutter release button for this. Since I got the battery grip though I have found that I have to change back to how it was originally with the focussing on the shutter button as I can't reach the AF button when in portrait mode.

I have tried setting up the USER mode with my preferred settings for when I'm using the camera in portrait orientation but when I change back to say AV after USER the option I have chosen for focus (ie. shutter button) stays the same.

So i guess what I am asking is this:

Can I have my camera set-up with AF button for focusing and not shutter release, but also when I flip it into USER mode it will change the focusing back to the shutter release instead of the AF button and back again when I change it back to AV ?.

Is there any work-around for this ?

Thanks

Jason

Are these items still for sale ? If so would you consider selling the lens seperatley ? Thanks Jason