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Sigma 135-400mm gone.
Comment by rivieralad posted on FS: Sigma 135-400, Pentax DA 17-70, Pentax A 50/f1.7 & Pentax Q Adapater for K at 25/09/2021 - 14:24
Pentax Q adapter pending sale locally, so not available. Will update as re-available if it falls through.
Comment by rivieralad posted on FS: Sigma 135-400, Pentax DA 17-70, Pentax A 50/f1.7 & Pentax Q Adapater for K at 25/09/2021 - 10:25
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Comment by rivieralad posted on FS: Sigma 135-400, Pentax DA 17-70, Pentax A 50/f1.7 & Pentax Q Adapater for K at 24/09/2021 - 20:58
Having a bit of a clear out for various reasons. I will be putting these up on ebay (for a bit more than advertised here to cover my selling costs) but thought I should to offer them to forum members first, especially as I have lurked for too long and hardly posted!
Open to sensible offers on everything.
I will use RMSD for delivery which will need to be added to the price but of course collection is an option or maybe meeting at a convenient mid-point if you're not too far away.
I have put up a few sample photos for each and they are SOOC JPG files except those from 2013 for the DA17-70mm which are unedited copies saved from the original RAW files, using Affinity Photo, as I was only shooting RAW at the time.
1. Pentax A 50mm f1.7, a lovely little lens which I bought second hand when I broke my old one decided. I had intended to use it with my Pentax Q but only took three or four shots with it. Has both end caps. Optically and externally it is in excellent condition with just a little dust and the aperture ring works perfectly. £25+RMSD.
Pictures of the lens and an example photo: Pentax A 50mm
2. Sigma APO 135-400mm, I need to find a slightly smaller lens such as a DA 55-300mm or FA 100-300mm as this is a bit too big and heavy to keep carting around on long walks, bit of an age thing ! Works perfectly, but I have needed to fine tune the AF on my K5 as it seems to suffer a bit of back focus at longer focal lengths, either that or my eyesight is worse than I thought! Has both end caps and hood. No fungus or marks on the lenses, just a bit of dust internally. I will include a 77mm UV lens but I wouldn't recommend its use as in my experience it seems to soften the images slightly. £225+RMSD.
Pictures of the lens and example photos: Sigma 135-400mm
3. Pentax DA 17-70mm SDM. It used to be on may camera most of the time but I no longer seem to be using it much now as I have primes covering it's focal length range. This is working perfectly and, touch wood, has never given me any SDM problems. Has a little bit of barrel wobble and autofocus occasionally struggles over 50mm but this is very dependant on the individual picture, I have many shots were it has accurately focussed first time. Has both end caps, hood and original box. Optics clear of fungus haze, etc. and just a little dust inside. I have priced this lower than any other examples available as it is wasted sitting in the cupboard £140+RMSD.
Pictures of the lens and example photos: Pentax DA 17-70mm
4. Pentax Q Adapter for K Mount Lens. A genuine Pentax adapter, boxed (box is a little tatty) and with caps. I have hardly used this, hence only a few sample photos, and don't think I will be in future having had this for 5 years already. I'll probably regret selling it but I can't leave it sat around doing nothing and it'll help fund an 06 telephoto for my Q . £125+RMSD
Pictures of the adapter and example photos: Pentax Q Adapter
Happy to answer any questions.
Chris
Open to sensible offers on everything.
I will use RMSD for delivery which will need to be added to the price but of course collection is an option or maybe meeting at a convenient mid-point if you're not too far away.
I have put up a few sample photos for each and they are SOOC JPG files except those from 2013 for the DA17-70mm which are unedited copies saved from the original RAW files, using Affinity Photo, as I was only shooting RAW at the time.
1. Pentax A 50mm f1.7, a lovely little lens which I bought second hand when I broke my old one decided. I had intended to use it with my Pentax Q but only took three or four shots with it. Has both end caps. Optically and externally it is in excellent condition with just a little dust and the aperture ring works perfectly. £25+RMSD.
Pictures of the lens and an example photo: Pentax A 50mm
2. Sigma APO 135-400mm, I need to find a slightly smaller lens such as a DA 55-300mm or FA 100-300mm as this is a bit too big and heavy to keep carting around on long walks, bit of an age thing ! Works perfectly, but I have needed to fine tune the AF on my K5 as it seems to suffer a bit of back focus at longer focal lengths, either that or my eyesight is worse than I thought! Has both end caps and hood. No fungus or marks on the lenses, just a bit of dust internally. I will include a 77mm UV lens but I wouldn't recommend its use as in my experience it seems to soften the images slightly. £225+RMSD.
Pictures of the lens and example photos: Sigma 135-400mm
3. Pentax DA 17-70mm SDM. It used to be on may camera most of the time but I no longer seem to be using it much now as I have primes covering it's focal length range. This is working perfectly and, touch wood, has never given me any SDM problems. Has a little bit of barrel wobble and autofocus occasionally struggles over 50mm but this is very dependant on the individual picture, I have many shots were it has accurately focussed first time. Has both end caps, hood and original box. Optics clear of fungus haze, etc. and just a little dust inside. I have priced this lower than any other examples available as it is wasted sitting in the cupboard £140+RMSD.
Pictures of the lens and example photos: Pentax DA 17-70mm
4. Pentax Q Adapter for K Mount Lens. A genuine Pentax adapter, boxed (box is a little tatty) and with caps. I have hardly used this, hence only a few sample photos, and don't think I will be in future having had this for 5 years already. I'll probably regret selling it but I can't leave it sat around doing nothing and it'll help fund an 06 telephoto for my Q . £125+RMSD
Pictures of the adapter and example photos: Pentax Q Adapter
Happy to answer any questions.
Chris
Comment by rivieralad posted on FS: Sigma 135-400, Pentax DA 17-70, Pentax A 50/f1.7 & Pentax Q Adapater for K at 24/09/2021 - 14:08
Lubbyman wrote:
Still in the right county, though. Mike-P wrote:
First time you posted you lived in Christchurch, that's more than 100 yards from Ferndown. rivieralad wrote:
[quote:3496ace15f="Mike-P"]I see you have moved then
Yes, about 100 yards down the road from where we were before![quote:3496ace15f="Mike-P"]I see you have moved then
Welcome back!
Steve[/quote]It was that long ago my memory can't cope !
Yes, we moved to Ferndown in 2012, so I must have posted just before we moved, and a few years later moved again, once we decided to stay here in Ferndown.
So yes, still in the same county and very handy for the New Forest, beaches and plenty of other countryside.
Cheers
Chris
Comment by rivieralad posted on Where did the time go? at 29/08/2021 - 18:07
Mike-P wrote:
I see you have moved then
Yes, about 100 yards down the road from where we were before!I see you have moved then
Comment by rivieralad posted on Where did the time go? at 28/08/2021 - 17:03
Oh dear, hello again.
Joined a few years ago (2009) and did post once but then life seemed to get in the way and I never seemed to have time to get into the swing of partaking of the community .
However, times have changed and, thanks to the pandemic, I have retired early . Now starting to get into a new routine that doesn't involve work, DIY (just about all finished), or any major distractions other than cycling, family and family history research.
Been a Pentax digital user for 12 years and still have my trusty K5 I bought in 2012 and a Pentax Q acquired as a birthday present about 5 years ago. Prefer primes to zooms and am a recovering LBA victim, just need to stay on the wagon and avoid ebay or similar.
Anyway, my most abject apologies for joining but not joining in and I promise to make up for it!
Chris
Joined a few years ago (2009) and did post once but then life seemed to get in the way and I never seemed to have time to get into the swing of partaking of the community .
However, times have changed and, thanks to the pandemic, I have retired early . Now starting to get into a new routine that doesn't involve work, DIY (just about all finished), or any major distractions other than cycling, family and family history research.
Been a Pentax digital user for 12 years and still have my trusty K5 I bought in 2012 and a Pentax Q acquired as a birthday present about 5 years ago. Prefer primes to zooms and am a recovering LBA victim, just need to stay on the wagon and avoid ebay or similar.
Anyway, my most abject apologies for joining but not joining in and I promise to make up for it!
Chris
Comment by rivieralad posted on Where did the time go? at 28/08/2021 - 10:52
Thought it about time I said hello to everybody!
Been lurking around the forum, on and off, since I acquired my K-M 3 years ago but never seemed to have time to stop and say hi!
Well now I am making time to say hello from Christchurch, down on the sunny (between the cloudy bits) South Coast.
I must say thanks to everyone, the posts on the forums have been really helpful at times and a great source of inspiration.
Although I owned a Praktica something or other followed by a Fuji ST605 in the dim and far too distant past (could never quite muster the readies for a Pentax, so just drooled over pictures of them...very sad I know!), there were many barren years where neither time nor money were in plentiful supply (and still aren't!) and cameras were an absolute luxury.
Diving, well dipping my toes, into digital photography with a Casio QV-R40 about 8 or 9 years ago really awakened by desire to get back into photography and resulted in the K-M.
Only really used it as a glorified "point and shoot" until recently but made an effort over the last few months to learn how to use it properly, started taking pictures in RAW format and post processing and started seeing a difference over the in-camera jpeg files.
Apart from trying to keep my LBA in check (acquired an old MZ-50 off e-bay just so I could get my hands on the longer lens!), I have now come up against some of the short-comings of the K-M in that it's low light performance ain't too good (not happy with anything shot at ISO 200 or over) and I am now lusting after something better such as a K-R or, dare I say it, a K-5!!!
Looking forward to improving my pictures, making some contributions to the community and being around for a while!
Cheers
Chris
Been lurking around the forum, on and off, since I acquired my K-M 3 years ago but never seemed to have time to stop and say hi!
Well now I am making time to say hello from Christchurch, down on the sunny (between the cloudy bits) South Coast.
I must say thanks to everyone, the posts on the forums have been really helpful at times and a great source of inspiration.
Although I owned a Praktica something or other followed by a Fuji ST605 in the dim and far too distant past (could never quite muster the readies for a Pentax, so just drooled over pictures of them...very sad I know!), there were many barren years where neither time nor money were in plentiful supply (and still aren't!) and cameras were an absolute luxury.
Diving, well dipping my toes, into digital photography with a Casio QV-R40 about 8 or 9 years ago really awakened by desire to get back into photography and resulted in the K-M.
Only really used it as a glorified "point and shoot" until recently but made an effort over the last few months to learn how to use it properly, started taking pictures in RAW format and post processing and started seeing a difference over the in-camera jpeg files.
Apart from trying to keep my LBA in check (acquired an old MZ-50 off e-bay just so I could get my hands on the longer lens!), I have now come up against some of the short-comings of the K-M in that it's low light performance ain't too good (not happy with anything shot at ISO 200 or over) and I am now lusting after something better such as a K-R or, dare I say it, a K-5!!!
Looking forward to improving my pictures, making some contributions to the community and being around for a while!
Cheers
Chris
Comment by rivieralad posted on Lurkin' Too Long! at 18/03/2012 - 14:13
