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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
12-05-2011, 03:28 PM
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The answer to your question is NO.
I had a 202, the K7 and the 70-200 and it would not fit. :(
Sorry.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-19-2011, 06:42 AM
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What focal length are you after?
10-20: either Pentax 12-24 or the sigma 10-20 ex xc
16/17-50: either tamron 17-50 or the new18-50 sigma f2.8 is hsm.
70-200: either the new sigma 70-200 f2.8 os hsm, tamron 70-200 f2.8 or the pentax50-135
There are a lot of very good 3rd party lenses, just take the time to make sure that the copy you buy has no focus issues.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-13-2011, 06:24 PM
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That's technology for you! Everything you buy in technology tumbles in price, you pay a premium for having the latest and greatest at the time.
I do however see your point that other countries are offering a rebate, but when is the aus disti fair? Look at lens prices compared to other countries!!!
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
11-13-2011, 02:16 PM
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Do you want the external pack for longer life or for faster recycle times?
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
11-13-2011, 02:11 PM
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You could get a power pack tr-3 for the at 540. Perhaps sell the sigma and buy another better 540 secondhand. Even if you did leave the door open and find a AA battery adapter you still need to hold the adapter in the compartment for it to make contact. You might find the reliability of such a setup questionable, if it is that important I'd get the proper equipment.
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
11-10-2011, 04:35 PM
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I used to have my tamron 300mm f2.8 in a Lowepro Lens Case 5S, fit beautifully and does have a shoulder strap. I know have my sigma 300mm f2.8 in the lowepro.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-08-2011, 02:53 PM
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Yup, i too have experienced this a few months back, the in grip battery was almost flat and the mirror would lock up. So had to take off grip remove body battery and then put it back on and turn it on again.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
10-27-2011, 03:45 PM
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Be careful with Sigma, because they reverse engineer the pentax communication systems, if pentax change it at all then you'll need to send the flash back to have sigma re-flash the firmware becuase some functions may no longer work. This happened on the Sigma 500's when the K10D was released and then again when the K7 was released. I had to send both of mine back twice for firmware upgrades to fix functions which stopped working. Hopefully this wont happen again, but you never know. I was lucky, mine were done within a couple of weeks each time, but others werent so lucky!
I am led to believe that the end user can update firmware on a metz, though i may be wrong.
I would either get the metz or spend the extra and buy the AF540, i sold both my Sigma's and got 540's second hand.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
10-26-2011, 02:53 PM
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I'd go with an Elinchrom Quadra or Ranger. I have the quadra and love them, due to the small size and portability. For weddings etc they are great, i used mine recently and was very pleased. The downside to the quadra is that you need an adapter to use full size elinchrom modifiers, but they are reasonably priced for what they are. The quadra's are cheaper than the Ranger and the ranger is much bigger. One negative of the quadra is the asymmetric power distribution, i haven't found it to be a problem so far, but you need to be aware of it.
As the others have mentioned buy the lights with the most power you can afford, you can never have enough and will always wish you had more. If you don't need full power you can always turn them down, but you cant add more light.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-19-2011, 03:25 PM
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In general, f2.8 lenses offer several advantages over 'slower' equivalent zoom lenses:
1) Constant f2.8 aperture means:
- brighter viewfinder for easier focusing
- generally the sharpest aperture settings will be lower, ie f5.6 instead of f8-f11
2) Generally f2.8 lenses have a more professional build quality than cheaper zooms.
- better materials
- better glass
- higher quality internal's
3) Have the ability to isolate your subject with a narrower depth of field. While you may suffer a bit in sharpness, this can be very handy for portraits and other subjects.
4) Allows you to shoot lower ISO's at wider f-stops, should you need to.
4) Bigger lenses make you look like a pro !!!!! :D:D:D
These are general comments, not always the case though, there are some steller performing slower lenses. f2.8's are more expensive, but you need to think of shooting more than just RC planes, buy the lens that is most versatile and the best you can afford, i cant stress that enough because your requirements now might be different to those in a few years time. Good glass is worth the investment, because unlike bodies they hold value fairly well, especially good fast glass.
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Forum: Pentax Price Watch
04-06-2011, 08:22 PM
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Hi All,
I was in at photoco camerahouse (Adelaide, SA, Australia) this morning and they have had a fairly large collection of Pentax Cameras and Lenses come in for sale. Lots of 35mm and medium format gear. I am in no way affiliated with the store, but thought that others might be interested in some items. Some of the more interesting bits of gear are:
PENTAX 645+75MM+150MM+55MM+BACK
PENTAX 67 165MM F2.8 LENS
PENTAX 67 300MM F4 LENS
PENTAX 67 500MM F5.6 LENS
PENTAX AF 100MM F2.8 MACRO BXD
2x PENTAX AF 20-35MM F4 FA
PENTAX K 15MM F3.5 PK-A
PENTAX K 28MM F3.5 SHIFT LENS
PENTAX MZ-S+BATTERY GRIP
There is a lot more, all is in mint condition, i just wrote down the interesting ones. If you want pricing you could email them, the website is
www.photococamerahouse.com
Cheers.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
02-24-2011, 04:51 AM
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4 days! Your lucky they must have had stock of the k-5's. I waited almost 5 weeks for my replacement and when I called kennedy's they basically told me they had no idea how long it would be. They didn't know when the next shipment was due, it would get here when it gets here was what they said.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
02-17-2011, 05:46 AM
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I think a lot of the reason why canikon are purchased ahead of pentax has to do with the culture around photography. By that i mean the misconception that you need to have a Nikon or a Canon to be a good photogrpaher. Of course it's rubbish, it wouldn't matter what brand you have.
Another contributing factor i think has to do with getting a presence in shop windows. As a person looking to buy a camera, Nikon and Canon take up the majority of space in display cabinets in camera shops. If you don't know anything about the smaller brands (or haven't bought a pentax/olympus etc) then you are probably going to be drawn toward canikon marketing and hype. Availability of lenses and accessories plays a big part to, it can be hard to find stocked pentax gear.
I think it is safe to say that Pentax don't really do enough marketing to help their cause, not like the big 2 and even Sony now. Pentax knows what it takes to be a big player they have been there, but will they aim that high again? I doubt it, they fell off the rails for too many years and now it is almost too hard and too expensive to play catchup to the others. Instead they are trying for a small targeted market.
But heres hoping.... im still a loyal user.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
02-01-2011, 04:37 PM
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Some stores got the K-5 and 18-135 kit yesterday, but check the serial numbers before you buy.
K-5 Body only is still down as arriving on the 15th feb (+ delivery time to me), still waiting for my replacement body, it will have been 6 weeks without it by the time i get it :(
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
01-14-2011, 09:48 PM
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I was referring to the stock that some shops still have (and some shops do still have stock on the shelves with old serial numbers), as i mentioned earlier the suppliers have no stock.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
01-14-2011, 07:08 AM
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Even if you could get one now, I would be hesitant to order without at least knowing the serial of the unit it to make sure it was from a later batch. I checked all the cameras in stock at one store and all the ones they had had the sensor issue. I don't know that I would be ordering from an online store for a while until all the effected old stock has cleared.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
01-13-2011, 10:53 PM
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I sent my K-5 to CRK almost 2 weeks ago with the sensor stain issue.
Found out yesterday that CRK wont be getting the next batch of K-5's till 15/2, so 6 weeks without K-5.
I'm not sure what the hold up is, but i didn't think this was particularly good in a world where we have air freight.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
01-13-2011, 02:41 AM
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The Ef-530 st does not do wireless mode, you need to get the super to do that. But the St will do p-ttl
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
01-13-2011, 02:37 AM
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I believe that there was actually 2 updates for the firmware on the Ef-500. I had both done, one then the next about 6 months later but they do fix issues with the k10d.
But you do need to send the flash into sigma repairer to have it done :(
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-19-2010, 06:48 AM
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I Agree, more wide angle is not what is required. But i doubt pentax will make anything over 300mm for a while, maybe a 400 f5.6?? But until they have a greater market share and support from more bird and sports photogs requiring those lenses i cant see them investing in a lens that few people will buy, not at the price it would be anyway. Pentax seems to be more about affordability for the moment.
Perhaps a good thing from Sigma's perspective though.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-11-2010, 07:29 PM
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Gold!!
This made me laugh :)
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-11-2010, 07:28 PM
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Photoco Camera House in Central Market has pentax gear and had K-5's Wednesday and Normally Photo Wholesalers on Hutt St Have Pentax Gear in stock.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-10-2010, 05:31 PM
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The shop i got mine from got 5 in stock and 4 were pre-orders and the other has sold now too.
So glad the battery is the same as my k-7 or it would have been a long wait till the battery charged!!
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-10-2010, 05:29 PM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-10-2010, 05:17 PM
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K-5's are available in Australia, i picked mine up in Adelaide yesterday afternoon :)
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