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Comment by Mike-P posted on Remember to get protection out there boys and girls! at 13/07/2008 - 09:09
However I won't let a good funeral get in the way if I do drive over
As they say in the UK, every cloud has a silver lining.
Comment by Mike-P posted on Bit of a quandry. at 12/07/2008 - 12:44
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Very cheap indeed, I have seen several go for under AU$300 of late on E-bay if you are looking second hand.
There is a mint one on Ebay for under £200 delivered that I keep going back to.
Might be ok as a walkabout lens and get rid of the 24-135mm
Comment by Mike-P posted on Bit of a quandry. at 12/07/2008 - 12:27
It's not that I couldn't afford to buy it just that I really cannot justify the expense when I know that 90% of my camera time will be macro so that is where I would concentrate my spending on. (probably the 180mm sigma if they don't get their finger out with the 150mm).
I am also leaning towards thw Sigma 17-70 because it has a reasonable close up ability when compared to others but then again their may be a glut of 16-45s on Ebay soon due to the 17-70 Pentax
Comment by Mike-P posted on Bit of a quandry. at 12/07/2008 - 12:06
I am thinking of keeping my Tamron 24-135mm as the walkabout lens, I have a Sigma 135-400mm APO DG coming which, if is up to the quality of my K mount 300mm at that length will be kept for long stuff (If not then I may go the 55-300mm Pentax route), my F-50mm 1/7 and a macro which is undecided yet.
Now my quandry is the wide end, I don't really do landscapes atm so a 10-20mm would be a waste so am looking at either the MKII 18-55, A Tamron 17-50mm F2/8 or the Sigma 17-70mm (Pentax version just seems too much for too little imo, and its too expensive).
The other alternative is a Tamron 18-250mm but that doesn't have the speed I require for wide (inside buildings etc).
Comment by Mike-P posted on Bit of a quandry. at 12/07/2008 - 10:13
Comment by Mike-P posted on 2nd hand Macro Lens for K100d at 14/07/2008 - 15:21
Comment by Mike-P posted on 2nd hand Macro Lens for K100d at 12/07/2008 - 10:17
samsung is in a better position than Pentax to produce the next big thing.
Comment by Mike-P posted on Full frame DSLR ? at 14/07/2008 - 14:24
I can't see a 135-format body selling for less than £1,500.
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The main reason that I see people jumping ship from Pentax is the range of lenses (I am unlikely to ever hit that barrier) and anyone spending that amount on a camera would want a complete range available I would have thought.
Comment by Mike-P posted on Full frame DSLR ? at 14/07/2008 - 13:33
Makes sense to me!
Of course the other option when a FF arrives, is keep your existing crop body as well, best of both worlds!
PS, just let me know if I'm rambling on too much!
I used to be exactly the same before I moved to Spain last year, even to the fact I bought and sold mobile phones on Ebay (I have 2 accounts with over 1600 positive feedback between them and I still have my JAF box, twister, cables and various other tools somewhere.)
I would buy any new gadget in an instant (its easy when you have money burning a hole in your pocket) without giving it a second thought but since I moved here and am living off the money I earned from Ebay and other sources I have virtually gone into reverse.
Enjoy it while you can I say
Comment by Mike-P posted on Full frame DSLR ? at 12/07/2008 - 07:48


Anyway, picture is the result from that small knock.
Glad I bought one of those plastic screen protectors .. another has already been ordered.
Just hope the whole lot doesn't pop when I take the old one off.