Holy moly! - congratulations! Looking forward to seeing some pictures from it

If you have a pentax 360 or 540 flashgun then these both have a High Speed Synchro function which enables flash to be used at shutter speeds of faster than 1/180th. I think one of the current sigma flashguns does too. Not sure that it is possible with the on-board flash or the pentax 200 flashgun, although someone on here will know better than I

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I think the 35mm f1.4 is now in Pentax mount - or just about. If you look on the Sigma page under 'lens construction and outline' tab, there is a barcode referenced for a Pentax mount:

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and it is in Pentax mount on amazon, although apparently shipping is 1 to 3 weeks...

It is very tempting although I have barred myself from buying any new lenses as I am moving house and need all the cash I can get

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You've probably seen it already but Junah has a full set of the FA ltds for sale on the forum right now...

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I would vote for an app. I like the flickr app and the 500px one is cool (top website IMO) - I tend to dip into the PU site on my iPhone now and then, an app would be cool.

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I reckon I would go with the 35mm. Awesome little lens! If you need a wider image you can take a series and stitch them in PP

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Thanks Nigel, these were all indeed taken in Av mode (I seem to use that 99.9% of the time). The turbine hall is pretty dark, although not as bad as some cathedrals and the like I have been in. For these I am sure these were at the wide end of the lens (17mm); I set the K5 to ISO1600, and used f5.6. I probably had some exposure compensation dialled in as well (I would guess -0.3 or -0.7 - would have to check). This gave a shutter speed of about 1/200th for the first two, and about 1/60th for the third pic here, and they were just taken hand-held (I could probably have got away with a slightly smaller aperture in fact). Noise at ISO1600 is not bad with the K5 (immeasurably better than on my previous K7 and K10), but I shoot in RAW and then apply a bit of NR when post processing.

You could be right about the floor in the last one, I was trying to inject a little more contrast and pull out a bit more white in the floor so that the figures would stand out, although I am fairly back-handed with the sliders

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Hello all. I have been having a busy time at work recently so not managed to get out and take many images; however I was passing the Tate Modern in the week so grabbed a handful of pictures in the Turbine Hall there. These were taken with the Tamron 17-35 on my K5...

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3. Slightly surprisingly, there was an impromptu game of football going on amongst some of the exchange students on a visit (or maybe it was an art installation?)



Fingers crossed that I'll be able to shoot some more this week; maybe the sunshine will last

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Yes, that's a good set, and numbers 2 and 4 in particular. 4 is ace - don't often see pics of a gorilla this upright and that one is spot on - look at those arms!

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I have this lens, and although I haven't used it a vast amount, I rather like it when I do use it (in fact I shall take it out with me next time I head off with the camera). I think it performs rather well. It is pretty sharp - in the centre even when wide open - and it renders colours pretty well too. Autofocus is fast on my K5, the zoom ring work really quickly and the lens itself is commendably light but nonetheless solid.

I picked the lens up brand new as a 'new old stock' item in the London Camera Exchange shop in London - boxed and untouched. I think it cost £120 which I thought was a bit of a bargain, and I liked the fact it is a FF lens (still dreaming!) and has f2.8 at the wide end. I have used it on my *ist film camera as well, but unfortunately that packed in working before I'd finished the film so the roll is still in the camera! it takes 77mm filters, which are more expensive, but it is a pretty common size these days so I already had them anyway. It doesn't come with any kind of pouch or case though.

At the price I paid I think it is great value and very useable - it's a good focal range for wandering around with.

FWIW, here is a shot I took with it a couple of weeks back - not sure whether this illustrates anything particularly as I have PP'd it, but there we are...




Hope that helps