A few taken along the coast around Safety Bay and Rockingham.

Beached after high winds




Pelicans







Day Care as used by the discerning wife.......




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Great shots (examples) there Mr Pursey.

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I disagree that the Pentax 35mm f/2.4 plastic mount is better made than the metal mount Nikkor 50mm f/1.8. I have both lenses.

Looking at the above comments, I don't see current Pentax users ready to buy at the expected price.

Newcomers to digital should give serious thought to buying plastic mount lenses. My own opinion is that plastic mounts are cheap, tacky and profit orientated.

My 35mm f/2.4 was bought cheap on Amazon with the intent to sell it here in Oz. I just haven't got round to putting it on Gumtree yet.

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Most 2x TC's will knock the edge off IQ. A 1.4x TC or the Pentax 1.7x AF works much better.

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Quite so.

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It's an interesting sales policy.

You can buy a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 (plastic mount) for 89 GBP at Jessops, a Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF (metal mount) for 90 GBP at Amazon.

Very logical and bound to get this 50mm lens flying of the shelves. Joe Soap needs quick-shift, its at the top of his feature list.

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Great panning in the second shot.

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Have you got the LX motor drive manual?

ALL Pentax manuals here link

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I have had my K7 drenched in sea water with no ill effect and been out in a rain storm with the D700 with no ill effect. This is also an example of not worrying about the consequences of getting a shot link

I do think that Pentax need to push other features rather than advertise splash proof/weatherproof as the main attraction.

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Plenty of rumours about.



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#771 by "Sales Rep of Pentax" 05/23/2012(Wed) 13:24
*Pentax still have something to be done with APS-C.
*All models should be launched as of this autumn.
*(K-5's) replacement outperform 60D & D7000, and will catches up with 7D & 300D. (no mention what in terms of)
*Both resolving power & high ISO capability outperform K-5. (He doesn’t say “pixel”, literally resolving power)
*Nothing detailed for Y2013 has been determined yet.
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#167 & #170 by "Sales Rep of Pentax" 05/17/2012(Thu) 03:45
*2 more models are upcoming.
*K-5 will be discontinued after K30 launched.
*K-5 price will go up (=> in Japan market)
*18 colors (=> no indication which model but assuming K30 in that context)
*The next one is the low price one which has been longed and expected. it will be with unperverted evolution.
*A compact one is upcoming.
*BTW I'm just a sales rep (responding to questions from others "You are actually working for development team, right?")
*K-5 replacement has unperverted evolutions also known as "brush up”. It doesn’t have what you guys are concerning about.
*The last one's image will have obvious difference which assaults into C&N's area. You will immediately see the difference.
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From PentaxForums.com: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/187077-quotes-sales-rep-pe...#ixzz1vmS7OPSr

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