...and watch out for the zebra crossing...
Matt

(Corrected typo in title)

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Ah, also worth mentioning that not all radio triggers will sync the Pentax guns.
A friend of mine has some Chinese ones for his Canon that work fine, but not with Pentax! Has to sync at something stooopid like 1/10s to work

The Cactus triggers are cool though
Matt

As far as I know there are no P-TTL enabled wireless triggers.

However, I use the Cactus v4 with Pentax bodies and flashguns - just that everything is fully manual. (Which is usually the best approach anyway!!)

Matt

Which version of firmware is on your K5II?

Matt

Wow! That's definitely a bargain
Matt

Yes, the DA*16-50 does produce CA & PF, especially at corners (and did this on the mk1 too) - and with strong side lighting as in these shots.

No big deal - I just forgot to apply correction in LR.
That series of three images was there to demonstrate diffraction effects which appear less severe than the K5II. Normally I wouldn't shoot smaller than f/11. You can compare f/4, f/8, and f/20!

Now udpated
Matt

As promised, here are some sample PEF files, XMP files for LR4.3 and JPG output files.

The shots are nothing special. Just some test shots around the office.

I've used almost identical settings for the JPG outputs as I did on the K5 mark 1. A touch of sharpening, and zero or almost zero noise reduction.

The first shot on there IMGP1660 was taken with the DA*50-135, through a window, and it was that shot that made me "Wow" over the mark 2. I had taken a shot at ISO800 with the same lens and similar setup (but not through a window!) that I was very pleased with the resolution and detail - and I still had the image on the SD card to view on the IIs to compare. The texture and fine detail of IMGP1660 was amazing - especially considering it's ISO3200!

I've also added a couple of graveyard test shots taken at f/1.4 on the FA50/1.4. Hugely pleased with accuracy of focus!


http://www.photon.me.uk/pu/k5iis/

Anyway, as I've said - I'm a happy user.
Feel free to download away and have a compare and play!

(I may add some more too...)

Matt

So there is!
There are several "Easter Eggs" hidden in the image.
Matt