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I found the 18-135 to be pretty good but I prefer the 16-85. I found it to be a sharper lens and the extra 2mm at the short end is more useful to me than the extra 50mm at the long end.

Comment by percy posted on Standard zoom, which one? at 29/02/2016 - 13:11

percy
Lens Buying Addiction
Pretty similar to GAS really

Comment by percy posted on How do I know when it's enough? at 25/02/2016 - 20:19

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PM sent

Comment by percy posted on 50-135, 43mm, 10-17, tripod, grip, flash, bad and other lenses for sale. at 19/02/2016 - 12:56

percy
Another vote for the Dell Ultrasharp (with a 16x10 screen ratio rather than 16x9)

Comment by percy posted on Monitor for photo editing. at 09/02/2016 - 13:18

percy
The K-x was known for this issue with rechargeable batteries and it caused me a lot of problems when I had mine. I ended up using lithium batteries. They were just fine and lasted a long time.

Comment by percy posted on K-x battery issue at 11/01/2016 - 08:11

percy
Make that a hat trick - I really like them as well.
I've never really used flash much - perhaps it's time I started experimenting.

Comment by percy posted on Flowers Flashed at 09/01/2016 - 21:03

percy
petrochemist wrote:
Algernon wrote:
It's already available on other FF cameras. Some even have a selectable 4:3 ratio which is handy for 10x8 inch prints. I think the top ones have Square format as well.
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Many cameras have selectable cropping available in camera. A couple of members of our workshop don't have computers & rely on this when printing!!

IIRC some FF cameras automatically switch to crop mode with crop lenses. I hope they have an option NOT to crop DA images, the zooms will often give more coverage at some focal lengths, & cropping in post is not an issue for me it's something I do quite often anyway.
According to the Pentax site: http://www.pentax.com/en/pentaxff/


"Crop mode with a choice of three settings
24.12.2015 NEW

The new PENTAX 35mm full-frame digital SLR camera features a Crop mode, which allows you to select the image size to be recorded, with a choice of three settings: AUTO, FF and APS-C. The AUTO setting automatically selects the appropriate image size for the lens mounted on the camera. It selects either a 35mm full-frame image size for D FA- and FA-series lenses, or an APS-C image size for DA- and DA L-series lenses. The FF setting captures all images in a 35mm full-frame image size, regardless of the lens mounted on the camera.* The APS-C setting captures all images in an APS-C image size, regardless of the lens**, while displaying a cropping frame in the camera’s viewfinder.

* In the FF setting, an image outside the APS-C-format picture frame may not be reproduced in sufficient quality with certain lenses and/or in certain situations.
** When an image is cropped to an APS-C image size, the number of recorded pixels is lower, as the pixels in the cropped areas are eliminated."

Comment by percy posted on Guide to the naming of Pentax lenses at 06/01/2016 - 10:38

percy
I've always had faultless service and communication from SRS. Have you telephoned/emailed them with your query?

Comment by percy posted on Anyone had any experience with SRS? at 02/01/2016 - 16:21

percy
Try this for some information:
http://www.mosphotos.com/PentaxLensesExplained.html

All Pentax lenses can be used (older screw mount lenses will need an adapter), although older lenses will not have auto focus.

Comment by percy posted on Guide to the naming of Pentax lenses at 02/01/2016 - 15:14

percy
Pretty similar handling wise, but I prefer the K-3 because I find the rear AF button is placed better.

Comment by percy posted on K5iis or k3 question. at 16/12/2015 - 08:04

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