Dear All,

I wondered if any of you have owned an original 50-200 which you have upgraded to the 55-300? Were you pleased that you did and what were the greatest benefits/improvements?

I have a Samsung 50-200 which I have always been pleased with, so what extra will the 55-300 give me?

Regards

But this is even better!

http://www.mathersoflancashire.co.uk/html/k-5.html

Cut and pasted from the following page,

http://www.pentax.co.uk/en/group/14/product/21977/body/specifications/Photo_Lens...

Is this the answer to your question?

"* This lens is compatible with the PENTAX K-5, K-r, K-7, K-x, K-m, K2000, K20D, K200D, K100D Super and K10D (with firmware v. 1.30 or above installed). When mounted on other camera bodies, the focus mode is automatically switched to manual."

As you observed on my last gallery effort, we are always at the mercy of passing trains!

I like the panned shot, not quite 10/10 but it shows nicely the profile of the engine and I enjoy the way the exhaust is drawn out by the speed.

Good to see her working hard in the last shot too.

Regards

Thanks for those Smeggy.

I had no issues with SDHC cards, but followed the logic that there might have been other small enhancements (unpublicised) in the newest firmware.

Got a shoot planned for tomorrow, so might try out the text file afterwards.

Regards

Is Stefan saying "yes it does" about Windows 7 or firmware 1.31.

My K10D is on v1.31 so do I need to "retro-install" v1.30 to use the Russian (or preferrably 'English' Pentax-Hack) Debug Mode invoker?

Peter

Do you have a link to the instructions you used and which firmware are you using?

Thanks in advance,

Peter

I missed this one while I was away on holiday.

I like the head-on/compressed view for the sense of power and I always enjoy a firework display.

I like No 2 for the shape/angle and the contrasting colours.

Thanks Matt and HG for your thoughts on this lens.

I agree with you Matt, about the feel of the lens. It is quite plasticky and almost feels like something will drop off. Zoom and focus rings are a bit sloppy but that could be down to wear and tear. A few quick shots out of the window seem to yield very acceptable colour rendition, as you say.

HG, I actually bought it at a camera shop in town. The lens was sitting next to a ticket marked "Pentax MZ50 + 28-90 £39.99". The body had gone which I did not want anyway, so I asked how much for the lens. They split it in half, i.e. £20. I would have thought the lenses were more sought after and could command a larger proportion of the ticket price, so I was quite happy.

Regards