http://www.jessops.co.uk/

not .com

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You should keep it for now. Value will quadruple when ff K3 comes out.

Maybe soon? Maybe not?

Pat

Some times if there are other USERS logged on the computer their profile can be accessing the card reader or camera. This sometimes happens on my laptop with daughters using it for f**eb**k. When in this state I cannot just eject card from built-in card reader without logging in as them to STOP the reader. Just a thought.

Pat

Dont forget lads, If you cannot afford the latest Photoshop, to get an older version (CS2) free from Adobe directly or other sources such as
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/3689-adobe-photoshop-cs2.html .

You too can then enter the big competitions and compete with the best in the world at "photography".

Patty

If you look on Wiki.. about T mounts you will find out the specs.

A lot of old preset manual lens had a T Mount. This helped the stockists as they only had to stock the basic lens and then could sell the T mount Adapter to fit the various makes of camera.

Some Spotting scopes have this Screw thread on the top of the Eyepiece which means with a T mount/ To P K adapter and cheap extention tubes, (needed to get the correct focus), you can get a really long lens to fit your pentax.

Be careful with the Two different threads as they are easily stripped if fitted in the wrong place. Pentax/ Praktica M42 is 1mm pitch and T2 mount is 0.75 pitch.

Patty

John, one of the best EXIF readers seem to be PHOTOME Google this and go to the photome.de site for free download.

Pat

With the Lens OS switched to ON on the lens and camera body SR switched OFF, as you take a picture (hand held) the image you actually see in the viewfinder stabilises. If you have the lens OS swiched off and the inbuilt Pentax body shake reduction swiched ON as you take the picture the image seen still shakes.

With liveview you can see the pentax system working as you view through the LCD on the back of the camera.

Try it,give it a shake.

Dave, I presume you mean you have the Sigma 150-500.

Patty

The Sigma 150-500 has inbuilt OS which I find is the better system to use for sporting shots. With the Sigma system you can have it set for panning or multi directional for stationary shots. This is definitely better to see the OS working through the viewfinder.

With the Pentax system you can only see it working in live view and its not very good trying to pan a camera with it set at 500mm through the rear screen, especially when you finally take the picture and the screen goes blank as the mirror and shutter activates.

This is the reason I hoped the new 18-250 had inbuilt OS.


Patty

Hi there. After a lot of consideration I am thinking of getting the Sigma 18-250 Macro. this seems to be a new lens from Sigma with revamped size and weight. Also on Dx0 tests shows up as equal to the tamron 18-270. As the new pentax 18-270 sounds like a re-badged tamron the Sigma seems to nbe a better option for the money with it being 2/3 the price.
Srs don't stock this new macro lens but I can get it from WEX, which is fairly local, and the possibly clincher till end of FEB is free sigma filter from Sigma and extended warranty.

Anyone out there already using the new Macro version with any opinions, good or bad? One question I would ask is whether the Pentax version does actually have OS or not as the older version on a Pentax seems to have it?

The lens would probably go on my K-x full time being such an alrounder leaving leaving the K5 to have a longer Sigma fitted.

Patty

I have to say that my kx seems faster focusing (the actual motor speed) on my 150-500 using energiser lithiums compared to with eneloops.

Pat