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Forum: Sold Items
05-21-2013, 10:34 AM
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I do still have the K5, so far, but priority would go to the offer for everything. I do not have a battery grip for it. Thanks for asking!
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I will settle the offer for everything before accepting individual offers. I will PM you if the other offer falls through. Thank you!
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Offer for everything is off the table, 50/1.7 and K5 sold on eBay.
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Forum: Sold Items
05-21-2013, 06:52 AM
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Forum: Sold Items
05-21-2013, 06:52 AM
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Forum: Sold Items
05-21-2013, 06:51 AM
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Forum: Sold Items
05-21-2013, 06:50 AM
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Photos of Sigma 30/1.4 and DA 55-300
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Forum: Sold Items
05-21-2013, 06:49 AM
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Photos of Access 28/2.8 Macro
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Forum: Sold Items
05-21-2013, 06:48 AM
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Forum: Sold Items
05-21-2013, 06:47 AM
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I've listed these on eBay as well, but I want to give all you nice folks here a good opportunity to snatch these up. It's all practically brand new except for the 28 & 50 primes.
Pentax K-5 - like new, full box & everything included, < 500 shutter actuations - $549 *SOLD*
Pentax K-01 - like new, full box & everything included, < 400 shutter actuations - $250
Pentax DA 55-300 - like new, full box & everything included - $325
Pentax DA 18-135 WR - like new, no box, caps & hood included - $425
Pentax SMC-A 50/1.7 - excellent condition, caps included, minor wear on body but glass, aperture blades, focus movement all 99/100 - $59 *SOLD*
Access P-MC 28mm f/2.8 Macro - like new, caps included, 1:3.7 "macro" close-focus dial - $30
Sigma EX DC 30mm f/1.4 - like new, full box & everything included - $375
Paypal is my preferred payment method - buyer & seller protection, address verification, even small shipping discounts - it's not perfect but it's great for this stuff.
Shipping is CONUS only (from USA, no overseas destinations). Paypal verified addresses only. I'll ship UPS Ground unless you want to pay for something different/faster.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-01-2013, 12:04 PM
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While those are probably best-in-breed in their respective categories, they're not priorities for me.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-01-2013, 11:39 AM
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All these factors - lack of (or shrinking) support from Sigma, Tokina, and Tamron, rising prices of Pentax primes, Pentax zooms being either mediocre quality or ridiculous prices, or both - have me wondering if going with Pentax was a good idea for me. The K-5 has been great for me so far, great features, but my inability to find the kind of lenses I want is starting to be a real bummer.
All I need is a weather-sealed camera with a Nikon D800E sensor and Olympus 5-axis in-body Image Stabilization, a Canon 17mm tilt-shift lens that has filter threads, and a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L mark II but with a 77mm filter thread size. Is that too much to ask? ;) It would be great if it were all no bigger or heavier than my OM-D & 12-50 kit lens. :D:D
The only thing stopping me is reality.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-16-2013, 12:00 PM
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I tried that, but it still asks for a key. I understand their reasoning for the very limited demo, but I wouldn't pay for it if I didn't know whether it will work with my camera or not.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-16-2013, 09:13 AM
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Thanks!
But it seems there is no demo/trial with Pentax support. What download did you use?
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-14-2013, 07:34 PM
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Thank you all for your advice. I'll try this again, with better subject and lighting, and proper focus. I must say, I'm still a bit worried that shooting a brick wall just before noon could make the Sigma perform so poorly.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-14-2013, 07:26 PM
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Yeah, I would love to get a LensAlign or something, as I'm fairly sure the Sigma could use just a bit of autofocus fine adjustment.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-14-2013, 07:24 PM
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This was about 6-8 feet away, as far away as I could get in this location. The focus could certainly be off, too.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-14-2013, 07:21 PM
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1. Perhaps.
2. Yes, I did.
3. No, not in any reliable fashion.
4. Yes, but this wasn't a situation where flare would be an issue, as the sun was behind the camera (high & to the right)
5. Yep. I didn't expect the pawn shop special to be sharp wide open, but I did expect the Sigma to be (per the reviews in the database). Agreed the subject (and lighting) are poor.
6. I don't think so either, but for all my lenses (so far) to be glow-y wide open seems odd.
7. No, just the center point with the Sigma and the focus confirmation in the viewfinder for the pawn shop special.
The sad part about questions of contrast and CA is that these images are processed in Lightroom, with contrast added and CA removed. The original raw files looked much worse (as they should, raw files should be somewhat low contrast and in need of sharpening).
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-12-2013, 03:21 PM
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I picked up a couple of primes and was surprised how bad the images look wide open. One is a pawn shop special - an "Access" P-MC WIDE-AUTO MACRO 28mm f/2.8, and the other is a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC (HSM, yeah right). The Sigma is a refurb from the Sigma outlet store, and the other from a local pawn shop.
Even my 18-135 WR is a bit soft & glow-y wide open, but not nearly as bad as these third-party primes.
By the way, this 28mm lens is fantastic close-up @ f/8! Anyway ... these images were show in RAW and processed in Lightroom with sharpening and clarity added, and chromatic aberration removed. THESE ARE PROCESSED IMAGES, not straight out of the camera. Why? Because this is how bad the look even with processing!
The pawn shop special wide-open:
And stopped down:
The Sigma 30/1.4 wide open:
And stopped down:
I'm surprised to be seeing this glow and smeared detail in all my lenses (to repeat, my 18-135 WR does it a bit, but not this bad). This has me wondering if I have a camera problem. Thoughts?
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Forum: Pentax K-01
04-10-2013, 11:43 AM
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Sounds like they should be useable on Av and P modes, where the camera controls the lens aperture. That should be easier for beginners (although full manual shooting isn't that hard - beginners have less to un-learn).
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Forum: Pentax K-01
04-09-2013, 03:09 PM
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This is turning into a gold mine of great recommendations for small primes. THANK YOU ALL! Keep 'em comin'!
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Forum: Pentax K-01
04-09-2013, 02:18 PM
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Has anyone tried an A 24mm f2.8 or A 28mm f2.8 on the K-01? If I find a good A 50/1.7, those two might make a good start and I can save for a used DA 15 Ltd.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-09-2013, 10:23 AM
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I was born on Sept. 5, 2012 as a K-30.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
04-09-2013, 09:53 AM
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Just curious what led you to the 40 Limited rather than the 40 XS?
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Forum: Pentax K-01
04-09-2013, 09:52 AM
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Like I said, that would obviously be an excellent way to go, but I wasn't planning on spending any more money and a full DA ltd set would probably turn me into a single father.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
04-09-2013, 09:50 AM
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I don't know. Normally I'd shoot landscapes, with the K-5 and WR lens and a tripod, but this camera seems to beg for a different style and subject. Perhaps this camera will pull me into street photography?
Subject might depend on what cheap lenses I can find. Agreed the 50/1.7 seems like a good starting point. I wish there was a cheap old 24mm pancake, or a DA21 Ltd for $50. ;-)
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Forum: Pentax K-01
04-09-2013, 09:34 AM
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I just succumbed to the $249 K-01 deal at Adorama, but I don't think I'll be using the 70-200 with it.
So, this camera has focus peaking, right? So perhaps I should start checking out the local pawn shops. What should I look for?
I know a set of DA Limited lens would be nice on this, but I wasn't even planning on buying a 2nd Pentax right now. So are there good small manual primes I should look for on the used/pawnshop/yardsale market?
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