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Comment by Mike-P posted on Pentax K200D Discontinued. at 01/12/2008 - 14:44
johnriley wrote:
That is why I said ... like the others.Quote:
Does the Pentax version need the seperate filter to do 1:1 macro like the others?
If so does that have the SMC coating?
As far as I recall the lens is a 1:2 macro. I am a little puzzled by the statement quoted though. Pentax have never supploed a filter to make 1:2 lenses into 1:1 magnification lensesDoes the Pentax version need the seperate filter to do 1:1 macro like the others?
If so does that have the SMC coating?
The Cosina, Vivitar and Phoenix versions all come with a screw on filter which turns the 1:2 macro into 1:1.
Quality is very good, even with the filter.
Comment by Mike-P posted on FA 100/3.5 Macro at 01/12/2008 - 14:42
impotentspider wrote:
Perhaps it will be available over here a little longer
Yes but how many people are going to buy a discontinued model (No matter where it is) .. especially when most of the prospective buyers are probably first time DSLR users.Perhaps it will be available over here a little longer
Comment by Mike-P posted on Pentax K200D Discontinued. at 01/12/2008 - 14:25
Personally I think the K200D was too much like the K10D but without the extra wheel and different viewfinder.
Those 2 things were enough to make me buy the K10D and when retailers like SRS still have stocks at around the same price I would make the same choice.
The K-m looks a lot more funky though ....
Those 2 things were enough to make me buy the K10D and when retailers like SRS still have stocks at around the same price I would make the same choice.
The K-m looks a lot more funky though ....
Comment by Mike-P posted on Pentax K200D Discontinued. at 01/12/2008 - 14:23
Comment by Mike-P posted on Pentax K200D Discontinued. at 01/12/2008 - 14:14
Good point.
Does the Pentax version need the seperate filter to do 1:1 macro like the others?
If so does that have the SMC coating?
Does the Pentax version need the seperate filter to do 1:1 macro like the others?
If so does that have the SMC coating?
Comment by Mike-P posted on FA 100/3.5 Macro at 01/12/2008 - 14:10
Bring enough mince pies and you will even pay for your flight .. they go for a fortune out here.
Last year the local "English" shop was charging the equivilent of £3 for a box of 6 mr Kipling pies.
Amazing the British, they move to Spain for sunshine and cheap living and then spend all their money on English food
Last year the local "English" shop was charging the equivilent of £3 for a box of 6 mr Kipling pies.
Amazing the British, they move to Spain for sunshine and cheap living and then spend all their money on English food
It sells for a lot more than the other versions made by Cosina for Vivitar, Phoenix and of course the Cosina version itself.
As far as I know you pay at least double just for the name as there is no difference between then otherwise.
As far as I know you pay at least double just for the name as there is no difference between then otherwise.
Comment by Mike-P posted on FA 100/3.5 Macro at 01/12/2008 - 09:37
Hyram wrote:
Well if you must live in sunny Spain whilst a lot of us live in the freezing cold, wet UK
I got back here Tuesday after a few days in the UK and can honestly say its been the coldest and wettest I have known in the 18 months or so we have been here.Well if you must live in sunny Spain whilst a lot of us live in the freezing cold, wet UK
It actually seems colder here because we dont have central heating so im sitting on the settee with a quilt wrapped round me and the dog on my feet.
Suppose he is useful for something anyway.
On another forum that I visit one wife bought her hubby a Canon f2.8 300mm, another bought a Canon 40D and another a Nikon D90.
Due to us getting a dog and me having to stay with it here over xmas (no dog passport for another 3 months) while my wife and son are back in the UK I will be lucky to get a card .. never mind a xmas dinner.
BAH, Humbug.
Due to us getting a dog and me having to stay with it here over xmas (no dog passport for another 3 months) while my wife and son are back in the UK I will be lucky to get a card .. never mind a xmas dinner.
BAH, Humbug.
Perhaps this means that we will soon see a K300D and a K30D!