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Comment by Offertonhatter posted on Any recommendations for producing AV's? at 11/10/2011 - 19:51
The ones with just Sv mode are:-
K200D/K-m/K-x/K-r
Of course thay all have Av,Tv,P,M and green modes too.....
I hope this helps.
Comment by Offertonhatter posted on TAv and Sv modes at 11/10/2011 - 19:45
Comment by Offertonhatter posted on New K-R owner at 05/10/2011 - 22:43
Fair enough.
Well in that case a second hand 16-45 will be the best.
Comment by Offertonhatter posted on Lens Receommendations svp - wide angle zooms at 05/10/2011 - 22:19
It's all very well recommending the 10-20mm, 10-24mm, 15mm, 8-16mm etc etc but it may be worth noting Matt is currently looking at a £130 17-35mm which should give everyone an idea of budget.
Matt might be lucky to get £130 for his 17-35, and then add either around £50 for a second-hand 16-45 or up to £100 extra for the 10-20.
It's the cold reality, but is worth spending an evening trawling the net for one.
Comment by Offertonhatter posted on Lens Receommendations svp - wide angle zooms at 05/10/2011 - 22:08
I have heard that the Tamron 10-24 is pretty good too, but I have not tried it.
Comment by Offertonhatter posted on Lens Receommendations svp - wide angle zooms at 05/10/2011 - 21:51
Don't get rid of it, it is a great focal length for Portraits.
Oh hold on, get rid of it, give it to me, I will find a very good home for it......
The 85 is nice, at f2 though it can have some crazy fringing but seems much better at f2.8 but then my da* 50-135 is already happy there.
Ill just have to play around with it more I guess and see.. I do love the size of it.
Seriously, keep the 85mm F2 and use it more. You may find it a perfect compliment to the 50-135, for those times when the latter is just too big, and a nice small fast portrait prime will do the job better. The Samyang might feel just as big and you may feel that the M-85 was just as good and miss it.
Comment by Offertonhatter posted on Should I sell my 85mm f2 to fund a samyang 85mm? at 05/10/2011 - 21:42
Oh hold on, get rid of it, give it to me, I will find a very good home for it......
Comment by Offertonhatter posted on Should I sell my 85mm f2 to fund a samyang 85mm? at 05/10/2011 - 20:19
I don't mean exotic stuff Like 400mm F2.8, but long and faster than the existing Sigma big boy zooms that you can get on the Pentax mount.
This would mean
400mm F4 ish (no slower than F5.6)
500m F5 ish (no slower than F5.6)
They would not be cheap, but then again, they would be a lot cheaper than your CaNikon lenses, if a tad slower. Still they would give you better performance than a Siggy zoom at those lengths.
Comment by Offertonhatter posted on An open Letter to Ricoh at 04/10/2011 - 23:55
It seems that the Pentax is the better lens when it comes to IQ, but most of you who have it say in lower light it does hunt more than expected at 50mm and beyond. The third option of the Tamron 17-50mm seems an interesting option, although it does not have the reach of the others, it could be a better option to replace my 16-45mm. So I will look into this.
Once again, thanks all for your input.
Comment by Offertonhatter posted on Pentax 17-70 v Sigma 17-70 at 04/10/2011 - 21:31


It seems to be the standard software for slide shows at camera clubs, and works very well.