Cheers Guys

The lack of a lens hood seems like a poor do to me -or as someone who always puts a hood on am I being paranoid and maybe they are not needed? Many of the DAL lens versions must be in use by forum members-do they have any problems with strong cross lighting?

I like the work around idea of using some plastic pipe and will set up with some for when I have the sigma lens on my 10D. Not sure how the zooming function of the lens could be used with such a "canopy" in place?

Regards
Geoff

Thanks Stefan

Are you saying then that even with centre point focus the KX doesnt have the confirming red/green points in the viewfinder?

I did learn from he help I got on this forum that centre spot and using the AF button on the back of the camera(K10) make for more responsive shooting.

Thanks Mike and Hefty

Good to see your results Mike. Looks like you are a user of the TAv type setting which I see as a great tool on the K10 for action pics. The pics on Flickr are clearly reduced in size. How do you find the full sized K7 files for noise. Can you get reasonable A4 prints at the higher ISOs in these real world situations? If you dont mind my asking which tele lens are you using for the longer range (far end goal mouth) action?

The worry I now have vs the KX is that it reads like you don't know which points are being used for focus so in a team sport this could be quite a concern, especially at the faster settings on the lens. Am I right in this interpretation concenring the focus marks which we do have in the viewfinder of the K10?

Cheers guys and a happy new year to all on the forum

Geoff

Hi All

Can anyone tell me what the differences are between the DA and the DA-L versions of this zoom type? I'm thinking hard about getting a KX as a second body and at the moment my longer zoom is the Sigma 70-300 (which I find "soft" at 200-300 end).

The kit bundles offered for the KX make the chance of replacing my Sigma telephoto zoom with the Pentax look very attractive but I'd hate to then be dissapointed by the 55-300 DAL.

Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.

Thanks, Geoff

Thanks Hefty, I'll forget the chocoalte tea pot as a benefit but value your comments about ISO 800 vs 3200. Those 2 stops would be very worthwhile.

Would I notice any advantage from the extra pixels?

Hi All

I've been using the K10 for a couple of years. Its a great camera.

The KX looks to have the best low light performance of all the Pentax DSLRs and I've seen comemnts about it being slightly faster to focus than the K10.

The sport I enjoy shooting is (amatuer)football and often in low light or even under floods. In both situations the K10 is stretched at ISO 800.

Has anyone used the KX for fast moving team sports?

How good is the face recognition for this use?

Other than the lack of weatherproofing has anyone any other thoughts or advice about my adding as KX to my bag as a second camera?

Appreciate any thtoughts. Cheers all

Geoff

I have the same set up and for months it seemed the the jessops gun was being controlled by the camera. Then all seemed to go wrong with the exposures. With the help of guys on this forum I learnt more about flashgun control and realised that jessops should not have sold this gun (TTL) as being a good mate to the K10D.

I now also have a PTTL metz gun which works perfectly.

Geoff

Thanks all

I will be very interested to gauge his reactions. He'll doubtless want to get into post-processing and enhancement in order that the images do justice to his memories.

Seems he can now have the TIFF files at the same price as jpegs so this should give the better platform for post processing.

I will let you all know when we get to see side by side images.

Thanks again
Geoff

Thanks Guys, I'll suggest he gets a few done as TIFFs and we see if the extra flexibility for editing is important to him or if he just wants the security of having a digital copy of his amazing slide collection.

I am certainly interested to see the comparison between the digital scans and the projected image in terms of richness/gradation of colours for which i still feel slides have something going for them. But then I still prefer to hear LPs than CDs!

Cheers all
Geoff

Hello Everyone

I have a mountaineering friend who has used an pentax film slr for many years and has a huge collection of colour slides taken in many exotic locations.

To archive these he wants to have them all professionally scanned. He has an option to pay slightly more for the output to be saved as TIF files rather than the standard jpeg service.

What do folk think about this - would TIF be a more versatile or more detailed digital image if he then wants to do any further editing on his PC?

Does anyone have any comments about professional slide scanning services?

Thanks

Geoff