Recent content by kelvinang

The FA 50/1.4 is said to be discontinued quite some time ago. Perhaps the FA 43/1.9 is meant to be its successor.

Earlier up on this thread I mentioned I noticed the increasing prices of Pentax equipment, particular in the used lenses department. What I really like about (the old) Pentax is exactly what you mentioned - the quality/price ratio. The K-mount forward/backward compatibility is a huge added...

On lens compatibility: Yes, if your lenses are auto-focus ones. Yes and No, if your lenses are manual-focus ones. On Pentax DSLRs: Personal opinion - up to now I'm disappointed with Pentax DSLRs. The upcoming K10D is the only one I felt excited over. But then again I'm the kind who prefers...

Actually... Used Pentax equipment has almost doubled in price on average on eBay, and new Pentax DA lenses are so expensive relative to what Pentax used to make. With everyone talking about Pentax, prices are bound to go up. I'd rather Pentax be the small, cheap little-known secret it always has...

The difference between D/DS/DS2's 0.95x vs DL/DL2's 0.85x is significant to me. For this reason I did not consider the DL very much. Another difference between the DL/DL2 and the D/DS/DS2 is the lack of wireless high-speed sync ability, but in your case of shooting bands you probably won't miss...

Hmm I was never charged these fees. Didn't know they exist! From my experience, if you are buying just one item for personal use, you generally don't get charged GST for it although anything exceeding SGD 400 (I believe) requires you to pay GST. There is however no taxes relating to importing...

mquon: It is possible that this lens works perfectly fine on the seller's camera body, so he might not be in the know of this problem. Another similar problem could be the "stuck" mirror syndrome, where an old mechanical camera like the Pentax MX may have its mirror stuck in the up position...

Is your camera a Pentax? I ask because I know there are some Pentax M42-mount lenses which doesn't work well on non-Pentax M42-mount cameras, and although I've not heard of a similar case for K-mount, well it might exist in odd ball cases for all we know.

B&H (http://www.bhphotovideo.com) USD 499.95 + USD 41.50 shipping (3-day UPS) About SGD 880 (today's rate) right to your doorstep. An excellent option if you don't want to wait.

The British Journal of Photography? Yeah, they always get the juicy Pentax news ;-) Maybe the MZ-D will finally be here. But given their track record for "high-end" products, it makes me wonder if this will be yet another half-hearted approach to wooing the professional market. Since the...

More accurately, they are co-operating to work on manufacturing DSLRs. Pentax has a history with working with other companies, often by supplying their lenses and their partners supplying the electronics. HP and Casio are the recent examples in the compact digital cameras market. I wouldn't...

Your camera is one of the more modern Pentax cameras, which lacks the physical aperture coupling (MZ-50, MZ-30, *ist, and all 4 DSLRs). These cameras will only work "perfectly" with lenses that have the "A" setting and SET to the "A" setting. But you just discovered the workaround. AE-L will...

I'll bet my money on the Pentax lens ;-) Pentax 50mm lenses has always been superlative in their performance, and it's unlikely that this will be an exception. But as usual, always best to research on it before spending the money.

Pentax Japan (http://www.pentax.co.jp) has got sample photos and a video clip of this camera's performance. For something this size, I think the photos are quite good. I've also got an impulse to buy something like this after I came back from Nepal. It's a real pity I don't have any decent...

I find focusing on my Spotmatic II a little more difficult than my MX. Besides the darker viewfinder, the Spotmatic II also uses a microprism focusing screen whereas the MX uses a spilt-image with microprism collar combo. In some situations the split image helps greatly such as when there's...