New lenses - pickup evaluation tips

JVM · 11-26-2009, 08:31 AM

Originally posted by Peter Zack

Don't you just love it when you snag a deal like this? The extra Sigma lens is Pentax K mount? Is it an older manual focus lens?

I might be interested in the coloured plastic (gels). Care to post some pics of it and the sizes.

My wife has been after me to get a camera case as well (I've been using a small cooler, so I look like I belong to the Organ Transplant Team)

The extra sigma is a pentax k mount, manual push/pull focus, 4.5-5.6? nothing spectacular, but the 49mm filters fit on it. Looks like this.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alf_sigaro/542882673/

For the gels.. there was a manual behind the padding of the hard case for a Pentax AF 400FTZ Flashgun, and the gels look like they'd fit it. They're in a plastic sleeve case that looks like a strip of condoms, it folds up and snaps shut.

Peter Zack · 11-26-2009, 09:42 AM

Those might just fit my AF400T (different model), Could you measure them and post a quick shot of them? What colours as well?

JVM · 11-26-2009, 10:48 AM

Will measure tonight...

5 or 6? red, blue, green, yellow, clear?

JVM · 11-26-2009, 06:32 PM

Blue, red, green, yellow, clear.

2 inches x 3 inches 3/8ths from inside edge to inside edge

Peter Zack · 11-26-2009, 06:36 PM

OK thanks for this and I'll measure my flash heads. I should get back to you by tomorrow.

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11-26-2009, 08:31 AM	#16
JVM New Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 10 Original Poster	Originally posted by Peter Zack Don't you just love it when you snag a deal like this? The extra Sigma lens is Pentax K mount? Is it an older manual focus lens? I might be interested in the coloured plastic (gels). Care to post some pics of it and the sizes. My wife has been after me to get a camera case as well (I've been using a small cooler, so I look like I belong to the Organ Transplant Team) The extra sigma is a pentax k mount, manual push/pull focus, 4.5-5.6? nothing spectacular, but the 49mm filters fit on it. Looks like this. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alf_sigaro/542882673/ For the gels.. there was a manual behind the padding of the hard case for a Pentax AF 400FTZ Flashgun, and the gels look like they'd fit it. They're in a plastic sleeve case that looks like a strip of condoms, it folds up and snaps shut.

11-26-2009, 09:42 AM	#17
Peter Zack Pentaxian Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2007 Location: Edmonton Alberta, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 10,643	Those might just fit my AF400T (different model), Could you measure them and post a quick shot of them? What colours as well?

11-26-2009, 10:48 AM	#18
JVM New Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 10 Original Poster	Will measure tonight... 5 or 6? red, blue, green, yellow, clear?

11-26-2009, 06:32 PM	#19
JVM New Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 10 Original Poster	Blue, red, green, yellow, clear. 2 inches x 3 inches 3/8ths from inside edge to inside edge

11-26-2009, 06:36 PM	#20
Peter Zack Pentaxian Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2007 Location: Edmonton Alberta, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 10,643	OK thanks for this and I'll measure my flash heads. I should get back to you by tomorrow.