Hi, All....
I have a new, Pentax K-30, with Pentax 18-55mm AL, and 50-200mm AL lenses. I also bought the Tamron 28-300mm telephoto and Vivitar 52mm 3.5x teleconverter lenses. I've partially read through the K-30 manual, and I've read the Pentax lenses brochure. I figured, since I also learned how to connect the lenses to my K-30, and put the photo capture mode on Auto, I should be able to take some pictures. I did take some landscape photos, and they came out great. However, night photos were an entirely different story. I would like to tell you about my first night-photo-taking experience: on Saturday night, I had my Tamron 28-300mm lens attached to my K-30 body, to take some shots of the "supermoon". When I aimed the camera at the moon, two things appeared in my 3" LCD screen: a blinking red circle completely covered the moon's image, and a red, curtain-like object with ragged edges, depending on the horizontal direction I moved the camera, appeared at the far left or right screen edge. If I moved the camera in a slight vertical direction, the red moon circle stayed, but with the exception of a tiny red streak at the screen's edge, the red curtain disappeared. The camera picture mode was set at Auto. If I turned the zoom back towards the 28mm, I could take a clear shot of the moon, but the red cover was still there and blinking. If I had the lens out at the 300mm setting, at first the moon's image appeared large, but instantly dropped back to a smaller image. The camera LCD had a small, green rectangle in it's center. If I centered the moon in the rectangle, I got a clear shot (though it didn't seem magnified), even though it was still a red, blinking image. On Sunday morning, I happened to be looking through the photos I took the previous night. When I displayed the moon's photos, the red, blinking image was still there! I've never seen anything like that! I've read through the manual, and can't find anything referring to this "phenomenom". I would greatly appreciate any assistance from anyone in the forum community.
Thanks,
djdude1327