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Forum: Pentax KP
06-12-2022, 06:06 AM
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Forum: Pentax KP
06-11-2022, 08:25 AM
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Thank you all for your valued input. On the mount I have there are no electrical 'screws'. It simply says for Pentax KM. So if interpreting all of your comments correctly, to get good exposure I would set the ISO to whatever, put the camera into M select an F stop for whatever is appropriate for the shot and then press the green button to select appropriate shutter speed or manually select a shutter speed as appropriate for either still or moving subject without using the green button just like the olden days.
If there is no contact between lens and camera why does it beep when in focus?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-05-2019, 07:01 AM
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Just spent a ‘happy hour’ reading through the posts and admiring the pictures. I bought my K10d in 2007 when I moved to digital from film. It is still going strong. Makes me wonder why I bought a KP a few months ago because the reality is most of my photography is on days out, good weather and good light.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-22-2018, 01:32 AM
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Just a quick response to my original question. I wrestled with the question K-70 or KP following your advice. In the end I decided on and have purchased, although haven’t got it yet, a KP. My reasoning being that the prices here in the UK put the two cameras quite close. I have paid £687 for a brand new KP. Plus the KP is a newer camera in the range. The only thing the K-70 has which I would have liked is the fully articulating screen but I think I can live with the tilting screen on the KP.
Thanks all for your contributions.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-09-2018, 03:56 PM
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Wow! Thank you all so much for your informative responses. I can’t believe it.
It seems that I have not considered the Pentax range enough. I will certainly have a good look at the K 70 which many are advocating. As for flash guns I do have 2 from the film days. An old Sunpak and a Miranda with tilt head. Neither of which I have put onto the K10 because of the incompatibility issues I have read about.
Thank you so much for the links to enable me to do more research.
I have tried table top and you are correct, actually getting near to anything from a wheelchair is difficult especially when having the camera on a tripod and the wheels won’t go between the tripod legs!!
I have a steep learning curve and will need to develop work arounds, the construction of an arm or platform to fit to the chair is certainly something to consider. I can tell that I am going to enjoy my time on the forum.
Regards
David
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-09-2018, 11:06 AM
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Hello all.
Bit of a pre-amble. I am 62, retired and recently disabled in that I need someone to push me about in a wheelchair.
Up until recently I was active, golfing and cycling and photography was a ‘holiday’ or special occasion thing.
I am a sucker for advertising and magazine hype and about 10 years ago decided I needed a digital camera. The one to buy the mags told me then seemed to be the Pentax K10d. Camera of the year etc .So that was the one
for me. I got the 18-55 kit lens and some time later bought a Tamron 18-250 for a holiday I was going on. I have acquired other bits of Pentax kit eg extension tubes, x2 converter. I also have manual 28mm, 50mm and 135 mm lenses. So I feel ‘tied in to Pentax’. Because of my disability I need to find an absorbing hobby so I am resurrecting photography.
I am concerned that when I buy all of the current magazines there are pages about Canon, slightly fewer about Nikon and absolutely nothing about Pentax!
Anyhow my dilemma is Do I buy the Pentax K1 or do I go for a KP? OR Do I cut and run to one of these others where gear seems more readily available.
Will the kit lens and the Tamron from the K10 work with both of these cameras?
My finances are limited and unless someone tells me I have to bite the bullet and get the K1 buying new lenses at the same time as a new body would be a stretch.
I aim to do table top, macro around the garden, and to get out when I can.
The internet keeps telling me that I ‘NEED’ a new camera and the K10 will no longer cut the mustard. I must confess the table top I have done is not so good with the ISO limitations of the K10.
Sorry for the ramblings but any advice greatfully received.
Regards
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