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Pentax Temptation in Akiba
Lens: Tamron f2.8 17-50 Camera: K5iis Photo Location: Akiba, Japan 
Posted By: RobG, 01-28-2014, 05:28 AM



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01-28-2014, 05:38 AM   #2
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Nice one! I guess you have to buy a car first to use this lens properly. :-D
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AU$6,560 for the DA560/5.6 is good buying when B&H lists it for AU$7,945 plus shipping, and it's not listed on the Pentax Australia website, at all. What's stopping you?

On the other hand, I'm fascinated by the array of multi-coloured K-50s, with their shiny mounts seemingly wide open to the air! One would hope they'd carefully clean the sensor before they passed one over to a paying customer!
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Sweet ...........now that's a big lens.

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Ahhh! That's at Yodobashi Camera I assume?
I will be back spending a few days in Tokyo in about 2 weeks ... lt's see what I can find
Thanks for posting this one!
01-28-2014, 04:33 PM   #6
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Nice one! I guess you have to buy a car first to use this lens properly. :-D
True! Or a very large backpack.

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AU$6,560 for the DA560/5.6 is good buying when B&H lists it for AU$7,945 plus shipping, and it's not listed on the Pentax Australia website, at all. What's stopping you? On the other hand, I'm fascinated by the array of multi-coloured K-50s, with their shiny mounts seemingly wide open to the air! One would hope they'd carefully clean the sensor before they passed one over to a paying customer!
The K50 cases were just that. Empty cases.

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Sweet ...........now that's a big lens.
Wish I could justify buying one!

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Ahhh! That's at Yodobashi Camera I assume? I will be back spending a few days in Tokyo in about 2 weeks ... lt's see what I can find Thanks for posting this one!
Please shop around, because in the past I have found Yodobashi to be the most expensive. Also make sure that you get anything expensive tax free - you'll need your passport. That will drop the price straight away, but Yodobashi will only do it when you spend over 10,000 yen (roughly US$100). I got better prices from Map camera in Shinjuku. There's a Yodobashi in Shinjuku as well. More camera stores in Shinjuku than Akiba! Yodobashi tends to offer points as a "discount" but that's only useful if you're going to come back again, not for a one-off purchase. Having said that, if your purchase is big enough, you might be able to buy something on points straight away.
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In Ikebukuro (I think), I found a K3 on display at Bic Camera, so I switched the menu to English and had a look around. There's some features I wish they would implement in the K5 in the K3 menus, but I guess that will never happen! I found the K3 menu a little easier to navigate than the K5, and the LCD display information was more effective too.

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Good stuff Rob. Lens porn at its best. Too bad there wasn't a human in the frame to give us some perspective on the size of this beast.

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Rob, that thing has hernia written all over it . I wonder how many of these things Pentax sell globally on an annual basis? Nice photographically-themed photo, BTW.

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I cannot deal with seeing all those camera bodies with no body caps !!!
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Bubble gum colored cameras all over the place...
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Good stuff Rob. Lens porn at its best. Too bad there wasn't a human in the frame to give us some perspective on the size of this beast.
I didn't have a "Race Queen" handy, sorry! The DSLR gives some perspective though. I think it was a K5iis.

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Rob, that thing has hernia written all over it . I wonder how many of these things Pentax sell globally on an annual basis? Nice photographically-themed photo, BTW.
Thanks Jer! The hood is fully extended, so the heavy part isn't quite as long as it looks, but yeah, it's a lot to lug around!

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I cannot deal with seeing all those camera bodies with no body caps !!!
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Bubble gum colored cameras all over the place...
No cameras were harmed in the making of this photo.
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WOW ! Just once in my life I'd like to walk into a store and see a Pentax display like that - AMAZING !
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WOW ! Just once in my life I'd like to walk into a store and see a Pentax display like that - AMAZING !
I'd like to walk into a store in Australia and see a Pentax display of any kind!
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