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Comment by stevejcoe posted on Weekly competition#53: The pleasure of summer holiday. at 14/07/2008 - 03:35
Comment by stevejcoe posted on Weekly competition#53: The pleasure of summer holiday. at 09/07/2008 - 07:33
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You could always buy a 77mm one and then step-up rings to adapt it to other lenses - I don't think there are any lenses in Pentax-land bigger than 77mm so that should account for future needs as well.
If you go this route, check that the larger filter will fit inside the Pentax dedicated lens hood. You could always buy a 77mm one and then step-up rings to adapt it to other lenses - I don't think there are any lenses in Pentax-land bigger than 77mm so that should account for future needs as well.
I use a step down ring to enable use of a 58mm Kood circular polariser on the DA 18-55 and DA 50-200, and it fits 'just',a 77m would almost certainly not fit and I find it quite fiddly attaching the step down ring first followed by the filter. I am considering getting a dedicated 52mm to avoid the hassle.
Comment by stevejcoe posted on Filters - Which Manufacturer ? at 02/07/2008 - 19:47
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After being out this morning with my 90mm Tamron macro and a dragonfly landing just too far out of decent shot range I have decided to bite the bullet, lie to the wife and invest in a Sigma 180mm macro. It's either that or sell all my gear, move to Canon or Nikon and get the much cheaper 150mm F2/8 version (Grrrr).
Best price I can find is http://tinyurl.com/66jpy9 so I was wondering if anyone has had dealings with them.
I know there is a bit of a wait but im not in that much of a hurry.
Thanks.
Being local to the area I purchased my first digital camera a N**** compact from them about 6 years ago, so they have been around for quite a while. As I recall they delivered to my work address, which was quite unusual at the time.After being out this morning with my 90mm Tamron macro and a dragonfly landing just too far out of decent shot range I have decided to bite the bullet, lie to the wife and invest in a Sigma 180mm macro. It's either that or sell all my gear, move to Canon or Nikon and get the much cheaper 150mm F2/8 version (Grrrr).
Best price I can find is http://tinyurl.com/66jpy9 so I was wondering if anyone has had dealings with them.
I know there is a bit of a wait but im not in that much of a hurry.
Thanks.
Steve
Comment by stevejcoe posted on Anyone used Cameras2u? at 02/07/2008 - 16:47
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I can get a generic version easily enough
Available for $12.95 form Pentax US website - http://tinyurl.com/6cqvujgolfdiesel wrote:
The pinch grip is widely used by Tamron if I am correct.
So maybe Tamron can help you out.
The Australian distributor is Maxwell: http://www.maxwell.com.au
The 28-75 di lens seems to have a 67mm filter diameter.
http://www.maxwell.com.au/tamron/di28-75afsp.html
The cap itself has partnumber CP67 and looks like this:
Hama has a universal one as well with a pinch grip.
Warning, text is in German.
http://www.hama.de/portal/articleId*39175/action*2563
Edit: link to the hama site doesn't seem to work, probably because of the '*' in the url. Use copy&paste instead.
Thanks Golfdiesel but i am after the genuine Pentax version. The pinch grip is widely used by Tamron if I am correct.
So maybe Tamron can help you out.
The Australian distributor is Maxwell: http://www.maxwell.com.au
The 28-75 di lens seems to have a 67mm filter diameter.
http://www.maxwell.com.au/tamron/di28-75afsp.html
The cap itself has partnumber CP67 and looks like this:
Hama has a universal one as well with a pinch grip.
Warning, text is in German.
http://www.hama.de/portal/articleId*39175/action*2563
Edit: link to the hama site doesn't seem to work, probably because of the '*' in the url. Use copy&paste instead.
I can get a generic version easily enough
Steve
Comment by stevejcoe posted on DA* 50-135 67mm lens cap at 30/06/2008 - 08:52
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First is very yellow.
Second is very slightly pink/majenta.
G
I agreeFirst is very yellow.
Second is very slightly pink/majenta.
G
Steve
Comment by stevejcoe posted on Calling Owners of Colour Managed displays at 29/06/2008 - 22:14
I agree not very sharp, as I said in my original post, it is very windy here today and the small flowers were blowing back and forth.
I recognise only a few areas are in focus, I posted this, to show how wonderfully the lens deals with progressively OOF areas.
Looking forward to when I have time to find something more worthy to shoot.
Steve
I recognise only a few areas are in focus, I posted this, to show how wonderfully the lens deals with progressively OOF areas.
Looking forward to when I have time to find something more worthy to shoot.
Steve
Comment by stevejcoe posted on First Shot With 31Ltd at 19/06/2008 - 13:14
Found a fantastic deal on a FA31 Ltd, which arrived this morning. Too busy at the moment for anything worthy of the lens, but thought I would share this shot hurredly taken in the front garden.
I converted and resized in Silkypix, but apart from that there was no other processing
The subject is nothing special, it was very windy so lots of OOF areas, I left them in to show the fantastic bokeh and the colour rendition, which is absolutely spot on.
I am one happy camper
I converted and resized in Silkypix, but apart from that there was no other processing
The subject is nothing special, it was very windy so lots of OOF areas, I left them in to show the fantastic bokeh and the colour rendition, which is absolutely spot on.
I am one happy camper
Comment by stevejcoe posted on First Shot With 31Ltd at 19/06/2008 - 12:50
I enjoyed browsing through the pictures. Images loaded very quickly on my machine, a simple yet very effective website
Well done
Well done
Comment by stevejcoe posted on New homepage at 19/06/2008 - 13:21
Steve