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Comment by SteveEveritt posted on Auto-focus alternative to lens at 05/12/2012 - 21:45
Hello Owen, I'm presuming you haven't sourced what you are looking for yet, so let me run this by you for consideration. I have a vivitar 200mm f3.5 prime, which as it is an older full frame lens, can be used on both 35mm film cameras and pentax digital. On the latter with a crop value of 1.5 you will get an effective focal length of 300mm. It comes with a dedicated vivitar 2x teleconverter giving a focal length of 400mm on film or 600mm on digital, making it a very flexible option. It also features a built in rectractable hood and the all important tripod mount. It's a tx/m42 mount so you will need an m42 to pk adapter as well. It is in very good condition, clean optics, no fungus, snappy aperture and smooth focus ring, although the ribbed focus ring has a few usage marks on it. Your budget will buy it including postage costs.
A picture of one like it can be found here:- link
Photos taken with a lens such as this can be found here:-link
Other than this I have a pristine SMC Pentax A* 300mm which I have owned from new and has seen very little use, which I will be putting on ebay soon, but I do want considerably-ably more than your budget.
Best wishes and good look with your search.
Comment by SteveEveritt posted on Wanted: Prime telephoto 300+ lens at 05/12/2012 - 19:29
Comment by SteveEveritt posted on pentax 300mmf4 sdm lens again this time with photos! at 03/12/2012 - 22:08
Comment by SteveEveritt posted on Pentax Q Silver Limited Edition at 03/12/2012 - 18:11
12,800 I dweem of 12,800
I've just noticed you have the 5 mkII, how much more accurate is it AF'ing in the dark?
Comment by SteveEveritt posted on Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens - Pentax Fit at 28/11/2012 - 22:23
Comment by SteveEveritt posted on RAW processing at 28/11/2012 - 20:30
Wait, wait, wait for the funds and don't sell.
Incidently how much are you looking to spend on a DSLR because the current K-30 is very good value only £369 and if you take into account the £50 cashback from Pentax it's only £319 at SRS Microsystems (there is a link on the right) and it is a very, very good camera.
Comment by SteveEveritt posted on Help with value of a lens at 28/11/2012 - 19:39
I notice you have a K-5, and if that is the case, with its superior ISO capabilities I would definitely use TAV and maybe restrict the ISO in the menu to 6400.
Comment by SteveEveritt posted on Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens - Pentax Fit at 28/11/2012 - 19:05
This was very early in my DSLR days (I've never done SLR) the camera was less the 2 months old and I hadn't worked out how to shoot in low light and IIRC I was using P mode on the dial. It's a shot of my son racing a kart in very poor floodlit conditions at the local track. I tried to find him in the gloom and then follow and made a complete mess of it, but I liked the effect that came out of the camera.
Comment by SteveEveritt posted on The Ethos of Lomography at 27/11/2012 - 23:35
Comment by SteveEveritt posted on wireless cable release for long exposures? at 15/11/2012 - 22:30
There was one here
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Keep an eye on the classifieds they come up quite regular.