darrrrrrrrrr
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Bought it used off Pentaxforums for US$1325, roughly same price as in shops in SG. The asking price for new K-5 is still ridiculously high in the US :angry:
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Bought it used off Pentaxforums for US$1325, roughly same price as in shops in SG. The asking price for new K-5 is still ridiculously high in the US :angry:
scorpioh
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Hello everybody!
A few shots of my pentax equipment
All of them is k-5 and Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 (pictures taken from pentx k-x + DA35mm f/2.4)
Last pic is nice. But for the rest of the pics, you need to clean off the dust specks, either on the product itself or PP, I prefer the former. Product shooting requires lots of care and attention to details.
felixcat8888
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FA Limited Obsession! :sweat:
The FA77 F1.8 Limited? Finally !! :devil:
wilb87
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Sweet. I am also very tempted by the darkside, all this while i have been telling myself that i don't need it. argh.
darrrrrrrrrr
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Congrats. Another ungrader.
Aren't you already a member of the darkside?
Thanks, I'm just very happy that it has arrived.
scorpioh
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Wow! Congrats! AH...
wilb87
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Nope i am not, a K-r user. Guess i will wait for the next flagship model of Pentax in don't know how many years time, unless i spot some real good deals, just can't afford it now after i invested in a tammy 28-75 and flash yesterday $.$ Also i am using a hadley small, so a K-r fits in just nice with an extra lens or an extra flash. resist!
pardon me for asking as i made teh switch to K-r like less than half a year ago, why did pentax chose to put a AF/MF switch on the DA*16-50 lens. With the switch at the body and also the quickshift feature, it seem quite redundent to me. Any purpose to it? thanks
detritus
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the rest of the gear, i can understand but a hadley? no wonder u have no money to upgrade :bsmilie: thats one thing i can never bring myself to buy.
i believe the switch is to dis-engage the SDM motor. iirc, all lenses with lens motors have it. not just pentax. i used to have the sigma 18-125 HSM and it had the switch too.
CorneliusK
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Assuming you have turned on catch-in-focus in the custom function menu, when you use the AF/MF switch on the lens, the camera will still remain in focus priority mode and the shutter will only release when something is in focus.
When you switch the AF.S/AF.C/M switch on the body to M, the body will go to shutter priority - i.e. it will fire irregardless whether anything is in focus.
When you switch the AF.S/AF.C/M switch on the body to M, the body will go to shutter priority - i.e. it will fire irregardless whether anything is in focus.
CorneliusK
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*double post, what is wrong with the forums!
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I didn't think there was such a specific definition of "darkside" that limits it to the flagship camera, I thought as long as you're using Pentax can already (in fact, I thought it initially was used by Nikon
)... anyway, I've never used this term myself except this time, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about.I don't know why Pentax chose to put a AF/MF switch on the DA* lenses, it's redundant like you said... But I do find it more convenient to use than the switch on the body, so I'm happy treating it as a little bonus for buying/using * lenses.
pentriot
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I don't know why Pentax chose to put a AF/MF switch on the DA* lenses, it's redundant like you said... But I do find it more convenient to use than the switch on the body, so I'm happy treating it as a little bonus for buying/using * lenses.
Perhaps the AF/MF is for swtiching to MF mode when the lens is not in used (dismount from body) to avoid engaging the SDM in case turning the focus ring.:think:
This should be something that's already taken care of by the quick-shift focusing mechanism. I think.
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