No interest? Ok, reduced to £160 + postage. That's a pretty good price for a mint DSLR.

Hi,

Looking to sell my wife's Pentax K-X as she is looking at compacts instead.

Details:
Manufature Date 2010:06:15
Shutter Count 4,867
Original strap, box, instructions etc.
Kit lens 18-50mm
Tamrac Camera case
4 Eneloop batteries + charger

In perfect condition, bought second-hand on this forum and seldom used.
Excellent entry-level camera for new enthusiasts.

£200 OVNO + postage (or collection in Chorley, Lancs area)

Thanks for looking.

Is there a reason why this forum is not compatible or registered with Android's Tapatalk app?

Another well-known Pentax forum can be used with Tapatalk. I'm just wondering why this one isn't?

Cheers,
Mike

Thanks for all your comments, I did find them helpful.

It's comforting to know it's normal to add some fill light and that there's a lot of play with a RAW file.
To answer Amoringello's question, yes I'm exporting using sRGB.

It could be that the first picture is just underexposed due to it being largely light blue scene in this instance; although I have the same issue with plenty of other scenarios. As I said, it may be that I've been shooting recently in very bright conditions.
BTW: Is there a camera setting which would better handle high contrast subjects?

When I look at the photos here on the webpage, the first one does actually look a lot brighter than when I viewed it in Lightroom. Does anyone else see images in Lightroom darker than the exported photo?

I also agree that the second photo looks a little flat due to too little contrast, although I tried to reproduce the brightness of the scene at the time I took the shot.

Overall I guess I've been over-egging the pudding and should try to restrain myself a bit more.

Thanks again for all your help,
Mike

Hi,

Hoping someone can give me some advice about the amount of fill light I'm using when tweaking my photos with Lightrooom. I'm shooting using a Pentax-Kr usually in P or Av mode centre-weighted metering in Natural RAW DNG format.

It seems like I'm having to apply fill light to every other photo I'm taking. Is it normal to add fill light so often?
I don't think it's just a case of the photos being underexposed as the highlights are often close to being burnt-out. Just seems like the level of contrast is very high.
I have been shooting in very bright locations recently, but it just seems that I'm having to tweak many photos this way.

Below is a fairly extreme example where I added a massive +68 fill light to bring out the detail in the dark areas. Is +68 an extreme amount? I'm thinking I shouldn't need to be adding this much.

Another unusual thing I've noticed is that the photo as viewed in Lightroom does appear darker than when I view it using Windows built-in Photo Viewer, maybe this is causing me to overdo the fill in.
Also the photos actually look a lot brighter when viewed on my full size TV screen.

The below example is using a Tamron lens but I have the same issue when using a Pentax 18-55mm AL lens.

Original photo: Pentax-Kr + Tamron 18-250mm lens. 18mm 1/80 f3.5 ISO 100 no flash



after adding a massive +68 Fill Light using Lightroom



I'd appreciate your comments about how much editing is common for your average photo.

TIA Mike

Thanks boudou701,
Received lens today in excellent condition.

Filter received in excellent condition.

Thanks Chris.

Good news

I managed to un-stick the adaptor!

With just the adaptor on the body, looking down into the camera there's a large tab on the surface of the adapter ring.
I pressed the tab on the ring of the adaptor downwards towards the camera lens mount and pressed the camera's len release button at the same time and was able to rotate the adaptor and take it off normally.

I'm sure I'd tried this yesterday without any luck. Think I needed to have pressed it down further and having three hands would have helped. Obvious really, it was the only other thing to press, and the biggest

Camera's working fine and other lenses working well with it, phew!
Now, dare I put it back on again?

I've taken a picture here link to explain it better. You can see the tab is part of a lever connected to some mechanics inside the adaptor.

Thought I'd let you know in case anyone else has a similar issue.

Thanks again for all your help.

Mike.

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions, I'll have another go tonight.

I was thinking it may be a Ricoh type problem. The adaptor said "PKA", no mention of Ricoh though.

Mike

Does anyone have experience of a Tamron adaptall-2 lens stuck on a Pentax Kr?

Put on the Tamron lens (with adaptall already mounted correctly on lens). Everything worked fine. Took a few photos, took it off no problem.
Tried adding a Tamron adaptall extension tube between the lens and the adaptall. All seemed to connect correctly. Connected it to Kr and seemed ok until I took a photo then Kr stopped working!

Every control or button I press on Kr now just lifts up the mirror then drops it again and nothing else.
Now can't remove the lens from the camera. It seems to be jammed, as it will only rotate a few millimetres when the lens release catch is pressed.

I can separate the adaptall from the lens but not the adaptall from the camera.

Tried all possible combinations (except brute force) with no luck.
Is it something like the iris level trapped somehow, this might explain why the Kr is only activating the mirror.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Kr is only a few months old. Is it time for its first repair?

TIA