I like these very much. The simplicity of the first one is particularly striking.

50mm macro received today in excellent condition. Thank you.

PM sent for the 50mm macro.

I have also had the feeling that the 28-105 tends to over expose. As an experiment I have just taken 3 shots of part of my garden using 3 different lenses on the K1. All were set to 50mm. The camera settings were unchanged - AV f5.6, ISO200, EC -0.3.

The first shot is with the FA 50


The next was with the Sigma 24-70


Then with the DFA 28-105



As you can see the 28-105 image is exposed differently from the others - particularly noticeable on the canvas awning.

I then tried the same experiment on the K5II, using the same lenses plus some APS-C 16-50, 17-70, 16-85. This time the exposure for all lenses was consistent - including the 28-105.

All images straight out of camera with no pp

Received on Tuesday. Very well packed and in mint condition. Than you.

PM sent.

I have a Calumet 7 inch field monitor, which looks very similar (though was more expensive). I rarely use it. Probably more useful for video than stills and I don't take much video. The problem is that the screen is much poorer quality than the camera screen and when the monitor is attached it becomes the sole display - the camera screen goes blank. If working indoors with access to mains power a better solution is to use any TV with an HDMI input as an external monitor. Just connect to your camera by a long lead and you have a large, good quality image showing whatever would have been on the camera screen but much bigger, the only expense being the cost of the cable. No good for astro out in a field but a possibility for indoor work at minimal cost.

Just to clarify my earlier comment. Yes PTTL does work as normal with a Pentax flash on the K1. For direct flash it usually gives accurate exposure. But for bounced flash I find that PTTL sometimes over exposes but auto mode is generally accurate. This applies to both K5ii and K1. It is one reason I will not be trading up to the new 540 as I believe it no longer has 'auto' mode.

Two things to check:
Only copy file fwdc222b.bin onto the card - not the whole download
Copy this into the root (top) directory of the card - not a sub folder.

For travelling light with the K1 I bought the tiny AF 201 unit, which is better than a built in unit because it is more powerful and the head can tilt. Other than that I just use one of the 540s that I already had for my older bodies. For bounce flash I find that auto usually gives more accurate exposure than PTTL anyway. For off camera I have always mainly used radio triggers with flash in manual mode, so no different than before.