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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
04-29-2014, 09:46 AM
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Hi there DSims,
I was April fooled by your report in Pentax News on the Pentax Forum:
Pentax to Dominate Lens Market by 2015
!!! I got all excited thinking about being able to use my old canon film lenses with my new K-5!
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
04-28-2014, 06:56 PM
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Thank you to all who have responded to my dinosaur post.
Are any of you familiar with AF on the K-5? my brother said there were some issues for him and AF on the K-5.
If so, would those issues only exist with pentax lenses or with all AF lenses, like the Sigma zoom lens?
Of course I haven't been able to try it out for myself since I have no lens ................:D
And yes, I have seen two Sigma 17-70mm advertised on the marketplace. One is the "Contemporary" and the other is the non HSM version which one poster mentioned being cheaper and sharper.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
04-28-2014, 03:51 PM
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Hello there!
I'm a film age dinosaur with virtually no digital camera experience other than a little sony powershot digital. :o My brother just gave me his K-5 body when he upgraded to another Pentax. But with no lenses! Heeheehee.
I used to shoot landscapes and available light photos of people with a canon eos elan w/ 28-105mm lens which lived on the camera. Also had 100-300mm but never used it. Had large bounceable/aimable flash for that camera but really prefer available light. I also enjoyed taking macro photos. With a previous camera which got stolen I could reverse the zoom lens and use it as a macro lens. I also like taking shots which have nice "bokeh" behind the subjects. I have cats and like to take photos of them w/o flash. Same w/ people.
I read that the 28-105mm zoom range on my old film camera would be different on a digital camera - does that equate somewhat to 17-70mm?
I've been studying lenses here on this website and reading reviews trying to figure where to head. My bro suggested getting a kit lens pentax da18-55mm to start off with. But he also said something about a focusing learning curve with his K-5 and the pentax 18-55 lens he used on it. I don't know if it had something to do with the lens or the camera? Then I read about the Sigma 17-70mm 2.8-4.5 Macro and got a little excited about that. Right now I'm worn out from reading and worrying. So I thought I would get some input from people who might know something about the subject.
I don't have a lot of money to spend, and actually shouldn't spend any! But this K-5 body looks so lonely and faceless I have to get something for it!
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