[robgski]

Lots of cropping to remove vignetting Rob?

Yes, I did not set it to crop on the K1

[UncleVanya]

I may feel over-confident, or maybe i think i'm idiot myself, yeah, i tried to impress some hot chicks in the beach, so i paid a price.....
but i guess my case could be "18-135 can't do"

K70+18-135 against beach water on sand ground, a small tide suddenly slapped both 2!

so how the result after?

+ The K70 body survive wonderfully, but some sands made shutter button stucks, i have fixed that by pouring water to make sand out, the shutter button live again!
+ The 18-135 survive, seem like there is no dust, water come inside, wow really? but what are the bad things?

* AF stopped working, only MF
* Aperture jumping around 3.5-4 at 18mm, confuse exposure metering, smaller F cause overexposure
* Can't switch live view, if i do so, the camera automatically switch for to VF mode, but movie mode is fine, but unable to enter menu settings, oop!

i tried attach other len, everything worked normal, so i knew 18-135 really broken now!

please guy, don't ever try that!

Salt water is terribly corrosive. Zooming can migrate see spray or spashed water inside. Fresh water might not be an issue. Check the lens contacts (maybe remove the mount to inspect inside. Be careful of the pins and springs.

Did the camera drop? Sudden fall and subsequent deceleration can break connections and small pc boards inside the lens.

So sorry this happened.

[mattb123]

Some pics from a local fun costumed uphill/downhill Telemark ski race yesterday. Not a good day for skimpy costumes!
K-3 & 18-135

[Des]

I may feel over-confident, or maybe i think i'm idiot myself, yeah, i tried to impress some hot chicks in the beach, so i paid a price.....

Ooh that's painful. Were the girls impressed?

If the AF and aperture control isn't working properly with the 18-135 there must be a problem with the contacts. As for the camera, even if it's working OK with other lenses, I'd send it both camera and lens to a repair centre for a strip down and clean.

[Basie]

Taken hand held from rubber duck at 135mm and cropped as well. Good for wildlife as well. I will carry on singing this lens's versatility. And it was cold and wet

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I wondered if the wide end might work well for stacking stars, particularly the Milky Way... nice to see someone using it for that!

If you stack it should work just fine. I will be curious to see the effect. I usually use my old manual focus 50mm F2 for nights, since he focus stays a problem, but in our winter will hopefully go outside and then try

[KoolKool]

Salt water is terribly corrosive. Zooming can migrate see spray or spashed water inside. Fresh water might not be an issue. Check the lens contacts (maybe remove the mount to inspect inside. Be careful of the pins and springs.

Did the camera drop? Sudden fall and subsequent deceleration can break connections and small pc boards inside the lens.

So sorry this happened.

Ooh that's painful. Were the girls impressed?

If the AF and aperture control isn't working properly with the 18-135 there must be a problem with the contacts. As for the camera, even if it's working OK with other lenses, I'd send it both camera and lens to a repair centre for a strip down and clean.

thank you!
---i didn't drop, the girl impressed and we had good night time at dance club bar!---

i have send the len to repair center, worst case is replace mainboard and focus motor - as the technician make a guess through the story i tell, lol! (just pray it's not)

[Des]

Taken hand held from rubber duck at 135mm and cropped as well. Good for wildlife as well. I will carry on singing this lens's versatility. And it was cold and wet

Another of your excellent images Basie. 135mm is really handy isn't it? You did really well to get such a sharp image from a moving boat at 1/250th.

i have send the len to repair center, worst case is replace mainboard and focus motor - as the technician make a guess through the story i tell, lol! (just pray it's not)

I think it's wise to get it checked. Good luck.

[Basie]

Another of your excellent images Basie. 135mm is really handy isn't it? You did really well to get such a sharp image from a moving boat at 1/250th.

Thanks Des. It helps to be lucky as well!

[Oktyabr]

An experiment in "low key" photography with my local super model, "Misha", my K3 ii hand held, and a relatively cheap Yongnuo YN585EX flash on my camera tripod. Triggered with a cheap set of FM triggers I picked up on Amazon (cross posted with the "low key" thread I just started). This is shot in my living room, early afternoon today, on a bright, sunny day, full of ambient light. Without the flash this photo would be underexposed to inky blackness. (M)anual mode and an OCF does the magic:

[Oktyabr]

Unless I am birding or shooting for bokeh, the 18-135 rarely leaves my camera these days.

[Basie]

Railway line in Namib. It has been built and decommissioned several times. That is why it is so rusty. The station building is Garub, now desolate and even with some graffiti

[rayallen]

Railway line in Namib. It has been built and decommissioned several times. That is why it is so rusty. The station building is Garub, now desolate and even with some graffiti

Simple but very effective.

[Basie]

Simple but very effective

The railway, building, photo or me?

[rayallen]

The railway, building, photo or me?

The composition and the photo. You? Well, I don't know you that well.

[Dewman]

I fell for this lens from the very beginning and the love affair continues. This is an image of my friend Dave's Ferruginous Hawk taken with the lens.