Now sold, thanks

Now sold, thanks

Had the dividers today and (almost) filled the bag up. I know John has often recommended the Hadley Pro/Large, but I'm amazed how much kit can fit into such a small seeming bag.

Just thought it might be useful for anyone else considering one of these what I would manage to get in, comfortably.

I don't have all these lenses any more, but based on previous experience it would fit a K-30 with Pentax 18-250mm attached face down in the centre, Sigma 10-20mm and Vivitar macro teleconverter on the one side and Pentax 55-300mm, DA 40mm Ltd and M 50mm 1.7 on the other (with an additional padded divider). USB and power cables, charger, 3 lithium batteries, AA battery holder and 12 boxed Eneloops in one front pocket and a rocket blower, swabs, cleaning fluid, cloths and polarising filter in the other, with room left.

Even with all this it doesn't feel heavy or bulky. Very impressed.

Now sold, thanks

I have a couple of filters that are surplus to requirements. A boxed Kenko 52mm Digital filter and an unbranded, and unboxed, 49mm Skylight filter. Both in excellent condition. £4.50 delivered for the 52mm filter and I'll include the 49mm for free.

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Actually the DCR-250 is just £38.52 at Amazon at the moment so might well be worth considering.

You could buy the A* 200mm in the classifieds, David. That ought to be sharp

Hi David

I was just trying to respond as well, but I think Peter has answered it. I think this is why we have to remove that bit of black paint on the anodised extension tubes. Certainly with my M 50mm and a fully manual set of tubes, whatever aperture I select, the view through the viewfinder stays at maximum aperture until I press the green button for stop down metering. The aperture closes temporarily to check the shutter speed and then opens fully again until the shutter button is depressed.

As Peter says, the A lens just enables you to set the lens at A and remove the need for pressing the green button. It's definitely easier, but a set of PKA tubes and an A 50mm are going to be nearer £120, where the other two could be picked up for £50 or less.

At the price of the PKA pair, Terry might be better off looking at a dedicated macro lens. The M 100 f4 mentioned earlier in the thread is a great lens, but only 1:2 so tubes still probably needed for proper macro. The extra working distance from the subject afforded by the 100mm isn't to be dismissed though as bending down gets more difficult with age....

Hi Terry

If you click on my user name there will be a link to 'portfolio' just to the right of centre towards the top of the page. There are far better examples on other people's portfolios, but mine were all done with the setup I described.

You could put a wanted advert in the classifieds and I'm sure you will get a response, but Ebay is a good place to look as well as bargains do crop up from time to time.

Sold to John, Thanks