[awa355]

Now that you lads have blown your budgets there is a proper lens come up!! PENTAX SMC, PENTAX F, F28mm 2.8 | Trade Me

I might keep an eye on that. After the mediocre results last Saturday night in a low light indoors setting with the 18-50 lens, I should look at another prime lens.
I never knew Wanganui had so much night life.

[Transit]

so i import an F 28/2.8 for the K-1 then one turns up on TM typical

[richandfleur]

That's Waverley right? I stopped at that Café coming back from the All Blacks match a month or so back.

[awa355]

so i import an F 28/2.8 for the K-1 then one turns up on TM typical

Is this the same lens as the other smc 28mm lens. Hold on, just found my answer. One is an A, that means MF only?.

S-M-C Pentax-A 28mm F2.8 - PK mount | Trade Me

[NZ_Ross]

so i import an F 28/2.8 for the K-1 then one turns up on TM typical

A variation of Murphys Law is alive and kicking.

[GUB]

Is this the same lens as the other smc 28mm lens. Hold on, just found my answer. One is an A, that means MF only?.

Yeah but focusing 28mm is a breeze. Aparently the F and the A are the same design (as possibly the Tak bayonet is) so I would go for the A for the decent focus ring. I have gone to using the A rather than the Tak Bayonet I have solely because the f stop is recorded in the exif (useful to know at times).

[GUB]

Yep - the bright lights of Waverley - my home town. Intend to do a bit more photography there - there is that nice backwater look to the place.

[richandfleur]

Is a funny place, in that the main road goes directly down one side of the town. I expect that might be a bit unusual?

[Transit]

Yeah but focusing 28mm is a breeze......

not with my eyes Bro

[GUB]

Is a funny place, in that the main road goes directly down one side of the town. I expect that might be a bit unusual?

Thats true - Historically the road lay along the edge of the bush (to the north) and fernlands to the south with a distinct change in soil types. The land to the south of town is sandier and more broken so probably it was commonsense to develop on the richer land to the north.

[NZ_Ross]

not with my eyes Bro

And therein lies a completely different problem

[richandfleur]

not with my eyes Bro

Go mirrorless. Digital zoom and focus peaking, in a viewfinder is the ideal for manual focus work.

[GUB]

Go mirrorless. Digital zoom and focus peaking, in a viewfinder is the ideal for manual focus work.

This lives on my K1
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Better than the optical viewfinder in every respect

[zkarj]

Speaking of budgets.

I'm not convinced I'm going to part with anything yet, but if I were to consider as potentially surplus the K-5, DA 55-300 ED, and F 35-70 ... which would be the best combo for both interest in the package, and value for me?

K-5 + F 35-70
K-5 + DA 55-300
K-5 + F 35-70 + DA 55-300

I think just the K-5 body on its own would be a bad idea. The other option is to pick up a cheap kit 18-55 to stick on or add to one of the above packages.

[Transit]

option one or pick up the kit zoom

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And therein lies a completely different problem

I was warned

---------- Post added 4th Oct 2017 at 05:42 PM ----------

Go mirrorless. Digital zoom and focus peaking, in a viewfinder is the ideal for manual focus work.

got one


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This lives on my K1

dunno if I can pull it off