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Comment by Tyr posted on New Pentaxian here! How Far Do You Push Your K5/K7 Weather Seals? at 11/04/2011 - 17:28
The green hexagon flickers a lot more with these lenses - so that I can't take the pictures (if in AF.S). This is especially true for quite close subjects (single portraits) in low light.
Comment by Tyr posted on Autofocus with the FA 31mm and FA 43mm limiteds at 11/04/2011 - 12:25
I was playing with a GF2 and a 20mm f1.7 lens and it felt as heavy as my K10D and was much harder to hold steady as it had no grip!
I'd rather stick a DA21 on a Pentax DSLR.
Comment by Tyr posted on there are still rumours about Pentax Evil Cameras.. at 11/04/2011 - 12:20
AFAIK it used the stop down lever to detect aperture not the electronics. That is why you can't record aperture if using the aperture ring on a digital camera.
As it is old type reflective TTL it should work matter what K mount lens you use as it measures at the time of exposure.
Comment by Tyr posted on Super A/TTL Flash/M lenses at 10/04/2011 - 22:06
Those that do not extend and therefore don't move air in and out if the lens are the most resilient.
These are:
50-135
55
200
300
I'd use these in all weather.
Those that extend I am more careful with as they can suck air and moisture in.
Those are:
16-50
100
60-250
I have no experience with the WR kit lenses though.
Comment by Tyr posted on New Pentaxian here! How Far Do You Push Your K5/K7 Weather Seals? at 10/04/2011 - 21:57
Comment by Tyr posted on Another pointless thread at 08/04/2011 - 17:19
Comment by Tyr posted on Remote Assistance at 08/04/2011 - 17:17
They are up here
Comment by Tyr posted on Another pointless thread at 08/04/2011 - 15:48
true story...
I'm standing at the magazine rack at superstore, the other week, checking out popphotos article on the kr...
and the guy standing besides me says "I wouldn't buy that camera, real pros use Nikons"
"Really" i asked.. "Are you a pro?"
"Well I've done a few weddings, and I have won some camera club competitions... So I'm getting there"
"So Pentax is not good for pro's?" i ask.
"No, they got no lenses, and lousy image quality"..
So I walk over to other sections of the magazine rack and pull off three different publications, and hand the guy a cover shot, an ad on the back of another magazine and an inside shot of another ad in another magazine... All the shots were credited to "Light Expressions Multimedia".
I hand him my business card and whispered "Don't tell anybody I shot all those with a Pentax, ok?"
My Yongnuo RF603 triggers eventually arrived this morning
And they have sent the Canon version
Back to the drawing board ...
Comment by Tyr posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 07/04/2011 - 19:56
New Pentax user here! Just ordered a K-5 kit, after selling off my 5D Mark II. I'm tired of those giant "L" zooms which aren't even as good as everybody raves... Looking forward to a more compact system, that's more affordable all round!
I ordered a K-5 and the 18-55mm WR kit. I haven't decided to bank the 16-50mm 2.8 yet, but I do want a primarily weather sealed camera so I can pretty much use it in the rain without worrying at all. I've seen the internet videos of dumping water on it, putting it in the shower etc.. I'm just wondering how careful should I be?
Should I try not to shoot in the rain, but not worry too much if I get caught? Or should I just shoot away rain or shine, assuming I'm using a weather sealed lens? I'm talking Costa Rica in the rainy season here (which is where I'm going this fall).
Also how reliable is the sealing on the 18-55? Any less than the pro lenses? An 18-55 sounds so "meh" to me, but I also ordered the 70mm 2.4 so hopefully it's a nice combo while I save for either the 31mm or the 16-50mm.
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Your combo sounds nice. I found the 16-50 too heavy though. None of my current lens has working weight (body + lens) above 1.3kg and even so 800 pics in 2 hours can wear your fingers down pretty quickly.