I got the K7 in a bundle and have basically reached the point that I sold off some items I didn‘t need, kept the Sigma lens that I really wanted from it and more or less covered the cost already. This K7 seems to be in working order.

The 17-70mm is also surplus and I have sold it once and apparently the AF didn‘t work (at all!) on the buyer‘s K3. On the above K7 and my K5iis it was fine. Perhaps if I didn‘t use it for ages it took a bit to wake up properly but nothing major. I accepted a return and refunded and tested it on my bodies again. Weirdly it was a bit sketchy on my KP (which I didn‘t have when I originally tested) but still ok on the others. I do not really need it and wouldn‘t like to risk the inconvenience of it giving up the ghost whilst out with my KP.

I‘m sure I can spare a nifty fifty as well.

I‘ve decided to donate these items, ideally as a kit, to a budding (or broke) photographer that can get some joy out of them.

If any of you pentaxians know someone who would appreciate it, please get in touch. Could be one for kids/grandkids etc. or anyone else that wants to get into DSLR photography but doesn‘t have hundreds of £ spare to buy the kit. Whatever really, just make me a suggestion. It isn‘t a competition, pretty much just waiting for the first sensible option.

I‘ll be posting from Germany so please keep that in mind.

Thanks!

That is very impressive, I‘ve never seen a shot like it.

Excellent set, it‘s amazing what‘s living out their in the back garden.

They‘re all great but if I had to pick it‘d be No7 for the framing/composition.

Thanks for the kind comments, I tried a Pentax-M pancake years ago but never really got on with it.

The whole camera + lens looks pretty unobtrusive so I think this‘ll encourage me to get out and about in lunchtimes and on the way home.

My DA40 is the older pre-HD one but for about €125 I‘m not complaining!

Ooo-err, a pleasure bag sounds like some kind of Victorian euphemism.

I haven‘t posted a new set for ages, been a bit lazy!

I grabbed my new to me KP and DA 40mm on the way back from the shops and took these as a first attempt. It‘s such a lightweight and interesting combo, I think it‘ll be a permanent fixture in my work bag.


Into the urban forest by d00d0c, on Flickr


Concrete meets Jungle by d00d0c, on Flickr


Bridge by d00d0c, on Flickr

Hope you enjoy but either way I‘m always open to C&C.

This thread encouraged me to try and use my 55-300mm a bit more for landscapes, here’s the first couple of efforts. Until recently I didn’t have a tele zoom in that range, usually I only a had standard zoom up to 50mm (or 70mm) and my tele zoom was 135-400mm. The 55-300mm is so flexible I think it’ll get a lot of use.







And of course an obligatory one with the dog

Thanks for the replies, it‘s interesting to see the range of compact cameras people use.

I wasn’t previously aware of the MX-1 and it didn‘t show up at all whilst researching for a compact. I might keep an eye out for one since my wife is enthusiastically using the Canon compact and I don‘t get much of a look in with it.

I got the brief from my better half to find a compact camera which would work reasonably well for natural light (generally wider shots) and have a moderate zoom function for travel etc.

Also on the wish list were a touch of retro design and a fixed rear screen, as well as Wi-Fi and touch screen, ideally in a very compact package. EVF isn’t important to her. She’s not likely to print anything bigger than about A4 in a photo book, mainly it is for online.

I would have loved to buy a Ricoh/Pentax but in the end it came down to the 1” sensor models from Canon and Sony. We went with a Canon G9x Mk2 and I have to confess that having played with it a fair bit, it’s actually a decent little piece of kit. It’s pretty intuitive, my favourite feature is the the ‘zoom ring’ which has no direct physical effect on the lens but does change the zoom in the same way as using the little lever in auto and depending on mode, offers quick access to the relevant controls.

My criteria would have been slightly different, I might have gone for one of the Sony RX100 instead. We looked at the Panasonic LX100 as well but was just a bit too big.

It’s not going to replace my Pentax DSLRs any time soon but I wouldn’t hesitate to stick it in my coat pocket when I head into town.

Which compacts do the community use, aside from the GRiii?

Not much happening in Buxton in the middle of the night from the looks of things!

Excellent shots, thanks for sharing.

This came along a week or two too late for me, I’d have snapped your hand off a couple of weeks ago!

Though I’m not looking to buy, I just wanted to stop in as a recent 55-300mm PLM owner and say what a superb lens it is. By some distance it’s the best performing APS-C tele zoom I’ve tried and is unbelievably compact and light.