They do a Pentax cable at $40. Once in stock, the orders in and I sit and wait.

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taht??? OK, that

Duhhhhh

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p.s. some awesome glass in K fit on this site.....

My reason for asking John about what they were shooting was that I have my D700 set to release and focus. It fires the shutter regardless of focus BUT by frame 3 or 4 its locked on and stays.

Now I've tried manytimes to catch a head & shoulder shot of a batsman walking off the pitch after he's out. Single focus won't work on long glass as he's coming at you and continuous is a wee bit slow both on my K10d + 70-200 EX AND the Maxum 7D + 50-500 Bigma. The D700 gets it. I lose 3 or 4 frames but that is under 1 second. I still get the expression and sharp images.

I have yet to shoot a cricket match with the Nikon but did the theory test at Whitby with people crossing the swing bridge. Same day I took the Red Arrows. I just can't get certain images in focus fast enough. Hence I paid big bucks for the D700 and lenses.

I still believe in horses for courses. I am here in Qatar, my Nikon and Minolta kit are in the UK. My choice was to bring my K7, grip, 10-17mm, 16-50mm and Sigma 70-200 Mk1 with a 1.4EX TC. It all fits very easily into my Off Trail 2

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The K7, gripped with the 70-200 (hood reversed) sits easily in the main pocket. A 77mm CP (fits the 16-50 + the Sigy)goes in the mesh pouch.

Very compact complete travelling unit with a good waist belt and shoulder strap.


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Totally agree with you, but why change system?

What a pity that all the Pro's out there don't agree with the points raised here, we would see a return of Pentax at weddings. Years ago, that's all I did see with the odd exception of a 500CM or Mamiya.

That said, a recent comment, on this forum I believe, said that looking at prints, you cannot tell what the camera was that took the image. So where do we draw the line?

There is a difference between Fuji and Kodak films so which is Pentax and which is brand X? People argued that brand A was better for skin tones and brand B was better for scenic so are we now saying that a Pentax CCD or CMOS sensor manages to iron out those differences to give us the perfect colour balnce?

Genuine questions, and not intended as bait for a heated discussion.

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Some very good points there John. I am interested in the comment about AF. What were you all shooting?

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A point that was raised in another post concerning SR.

How do you use your telephoto lenses-hand held, monopod, bean bag, the wifes shoulder, the girlfriends shoulder, next doors wheelie bin?

Basically 200mm plus inc TC if fitted.

I am waiting for Adorama to get these back in stock.

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My longest non reflex glass is my 50-500 and taht is always on a monopod.

Not always on the ground as fully retracted, it sits just above a leather belt I wear so sort of becomes a waist level support. That lens is also used on an SR body, in this case, the original, my KM 7D.

Most of my 200mm shots are hand held. For longer shoots, such as golf comps, I attach the large size Pod camera support to the tripod mount of the lens and it acts as a damper or if I use tree branches etc, it acts as a "bean bag".

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Jay,

No offense taken. I do not defend any camera system. I use what I feel is better for me in different situations. I have often bought equipment because I liked the look of it and had never tried it first. K7 is an example.

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I hope that the shake reduction is improved John. I believe that in-camera SR is the way forward, but at this moment in time, I could not replicate those speeds. It's not that often I would need to.

I am intending to do a comparison this week with my K7 and 70-200 EX. SR ON vs SR OFF, just to see what results I can achieve.

No conclusions to be drawn. The goal posts will always shift as technology allows. I inteneded the post to draw attention to what is a genuine move forward rather than the usual "sales" tool gimmicks.

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