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Comment by Mannesty posted on changing lenses at 13/04/2008 - 19:44
You haven't said which lens you have, if it's a DA* weather sealed lens, I'd say you'll have no problem.
The coast + city centres = sand + debris + very fine dust. If it's not a weather/dust sealed lens, you could get sensor contamination.
Comment by Mannesty posted on How Likely am i to get dust on my sensor? at 13/04/2008 - 13:50
Comment by Mannesty posted on K10D/GX10 dust prevention system - seems to work at 13/04/2008 - 19:47
Comment by Mannesty posted on Restored windmill at 12/04/2008 - 22:05
2: It's a good teleconverter.
3: It AF enables MF lenses.
http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/teleconverters/F1.7X.html
Comment by Mannesty posted on Pentax 1.7X Teleconverter at 12/04/2008 - 17:27
AFAIK the 80-320 wasn't supplied with a hood, it doesn't have the internal focussing mechanism and needs a round screw on hood.
I bought one similar to this.
Black 80-320mm lenses aren't very common on the second hand market. It doesn't actually bother me, black or silver, it's the glass and the opportunity that counts.
As for lens comparisons, have a look here.
For general lens info. look here.
Happy hunting.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Pentax F 35-135 Zoom Comments Please at 13/04/2008 - 08:47
Interestingly, Stan's photography pages has no comments about this lens. I like mine but like George, I don't use it much any more, but I don't agree that it's not a useful length range for digital. I just have others that are better...
how would you compare it with the f 35-135 in terms of color and contrast?
is the sharpness comparable , say, in 80-100 range?
thanks!
Sharpness in the 80 - 100mm range is about the same I guess. The 80-320 gets a bit soft wide open at the long end. I use the 80-320mm more than the 35-135.
I'll be having a clear out soon (moving house) and some of my unused lenses will be sold. I made an inventory recently and discovered I had 8 zoom lenses covering the 135mm focal length.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Pentax F 35-135 Zoom Comments Please at 13/04/2008 - 07:02
EDIT: That was dumb. The 50-200 = 75-300 on digital
Comment by Mannesty posted on Pentax F 35-135 Zoom Comments Please at 12/04/2008 - 19:50
By the way, Clarky, although this is a Western Australia site, you might be interested in this page: http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/icdb/imagelist.IDC
Click on a link, see an example of the insect. Helps if you know what to look for in the first place, but have a flick through now and again and it will probably start to make sense when you're next in the garden.
Dan
Comment by Mannesty posted on Some cute bugs from the garden :) at 12/04/2008 - 22:12
Pete
I like the capture Is that its nest it is sitting on or is it raiding someone elses :
Is this a crop : and how close too it were you when you snapped it.
Just trying to get some perspective on the lens
It's only been cropped from landscape to portrait and a bit taken from the bottom.
The front element of the lens was about 8 - 12 inches away from it.
The nest is only about 8 inches from the ground, inside a bush, and close to a wall. It was quite a windy day, I had to sit down, lean back against the wall, lean to my left at about 30 degrees from vertical. I could only hold the camera in landscape to get enough light from the flash on to it.
I really needed the ring flash for this one (stepping ring on its way).
This is the whole frame as it came from the camera, no PP whatsover.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Sigma 180mm Macro EX DG - Sample Images at 13/04/2008 - 00:32


1: With the camera face down, I remove the attached lens and put it in the bag where the camera normally sits.
2: I then remove the rear cap from the lens I'm about to use, without taking it from the bag, and put it on the lens I've just removed. This part is the most difficult with Sigma caps as they need to more or less register precisely on the mount.
3: I fix the required lens to the body.