I went along to the Spring Air Display held at the Shuttleworth Collection in Old Warden on Sunday and it was the first test for me of the K-5's AF system with a DA*300mm. This was the fastest aircraft in the display and the K-5 performed very well




ISO 400, 1/1250 and +0.7EV.

It seems to be taking a lot longer than before though. When I said instantly that was perhaps the wrong word to use. I'm using a K-5 with DNG RAW images, perhaps the file sizes are having an effect?

I'm currently using FastStone Image Viewer 4.5 on my PC using Vista but have recently experienced a problem. When I either copy or move images to another card or my external hard drive for example I get the small egg-timer symbol and nothing happens. Then when I click on another tab, say Internet Explorer, I then get another window saying how many images are being copied/moved and time remaining. Up until recently as soon as I hit the copy/move icon this happened pretty much instantly. I use Lexar/Sandisk Class 10 SDHC cards and a Lexar card reader.

I've de-fragmented my PC and cleared out some programs and files to make it run quicker but this doesn't seem to have helped.

Any suggestions please?

I might be missing something here and don't want to detract from what this topic is about, but where did I mention the lenses in this??

I was just adding what my thoughts are between the two and I think the K-5 is better in IQ than the K-7.

I've got a K-5 and a K-7 as back-up and having used the K-5 since January I will probably in the near future sell the K-7 as in my opinion there is a big difference in IQ, I've found there is much more detail with the K-5 and images with high ISO's are much improved.

I am very pleased with the results from the K-5 so far and is worth the extra pennies

Sold pending payment. Thanks for looking.

For Sale is a Pentax DA 50-200mm WR:

50-200mm WR

It is in an excellent used condition and includes box and all the paperwork. Proof of Purchase is also included dated August 2010 and bought from SRS. I'm selling this lens as I'm now using a DA 55-300mm.

£60 including delivery, payment either by Bank Transfer or Paypal gift.

Any queries then feel free to send me a PM.

Rob

Both items sold pending payment.

For Sale are the above two items. The filter is being sold as I no longer have a lens to use it on and the card is being sold to reduce the collection.

Firstly the Hoya HD UV filter:

Filter

This is in an excellent used condition and includes original box and filter case. No visible marks that I can see and no marks either to the outer filter ring. £25 incl postage.

Kingston 8GB SDHC Class 10:

SDHC Card

Again this is in an excellent used condition but no case included with this one but it will be packed securely to avoid being damaged in transit. £5 incl postage.

Enquiries via a PM please and I'll give further details re payment.

Rob

Thanks Dave. Yes it feels good especially as it's my first one