Only ended at 19.07 today - bit soon to be non-payment

K-r prices do seem to have hit the floor though after the K-30 reduction. I swapped mine with another forum member for something else I wanted so we were both happy. Might be worth considering something similar rather than giving it away.

£80 delivered?

For sale is my Billingham Hadley Large bag in black with black leather trim. It's in excellent condition both inside and out. The only mark I can find is a shallow score mark on the reverse. This is only cosmetic and hasn't penetrated the material.

It comes with a brand new matching set of dividers, 2 large and 2 small purchased just last week from Billinghams.

I've decided to sell it and replace it with a slightly larger bag because although I can fit all my camera equipment in with ease I don't have any additional room for anything else. I'm away travelling for two months next year and want a bag I can use for my camera and double up as a carry on for the airline.

Just for information using a combination of my lenses and my daughter's in the main compartment I can easily fit (separated by padded dividers):

Pentax K-30 with Sigma 10-20mm attached
Pentax 55-300mm
Pentax M 50mm 1-7
Vivitar 2X macro converter
Pentax DA 40mm Ltd

With another small divider the 18-55mm kit lens would fit as well.

In the 2 front pockets I can fit battery charger and cable, USB cable, 3 spare batteries, AA battery holder and 12 boxed AA's, a couple of filters, a number of cloths, lens fluid and a rocket blower.

It's not overloaded with this and the slim profile means it's not a large bag by any means. It's also waterproof, which means not having to struggle putting on a separate cover when the rain starts.

A fantastic bag which will last a lifetime.

Looking for £90 delivered. Currently around £160 new.

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Thanks - just over a kilo seems to be the commonest weight. One site has it at 2.23kg Thought that must be wrong.....

Any idea how heavy this is? I can't find much about it and weights vary a lot by website!

You probably don't have the 'use aperture' option enabled.

Press the Menu button

Using the buttons on the four-way controller on the back of the camera, navigate to the [C Custom Setting 4] menu.
Navigate to [23 Using Aperture Ring] and select [Enable]. Press the OK button and then the Menu button to exit.

That should solve it.

Not sure if your lens has an A setting or not, If not you also need to:

Using the buttons on the four-way controller on the back of the camera, navigate to the [Rec. Mode 4] menu, select [E-Dial Programming]. Press the right button twice on the four-way controller.

Press the down button to highlight the line beginning with “M” and press the right button on the four-way controller. Highlight [P Line] and press the right button on the four-way controller. Highlight [Tv Shift] and press the OK button. Press the Menu button three times to exit the menu.

(This setting allows easy and accurate exposure metering using older lenses without an "A" setting on the aperture ring. When the Green button is pressed in Manual exposure mode, the lens "stops down", the camera's meter measures the light passing through the lens, and an appropriate shutter speed is automatically set based on that measurement).

If it's an 'M' lens I think you can only use it in manual mode, not AV. Haven't got round to using my manual lenses on the K-30 yet, but that was the case with the K-r

The lenses will have a thin (red on Pentax lenses) rubber/silicon ring where the mount joins the camera body if they are weather resistant. Should say WR in the name as well

Prior to the Amazon deal this would have been a decent price. Unfortunately many members who wanted one have been able to pick one up for under £600 new recently. Might be worth hanging on until memories fade or try Ebay. None of the Amazon ones have turned up there.

I've just moved from a K-r to a K-30 and, whilst I haven't used it a tremendous amount yet as the weather has been dire, I've taken maybe 50 shots or so with it. Have to say the photos so far are at least on a par with the K-r and the interior shots are better, especially at slightly higher ISO's.

Like elfer I have both NR options disabled as a matter of course because they definitely caused more noise on my K-r.

Can't see much wrong with your Jay shot, but I was being uber-critical with my DA* 300mm as well. I soon realised that I couldn't just point it at something and get great results.

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