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I just update my Q firmware this morning.. the new firmware v1.10 really improve the AF a lot! Plus the peaking... really didn't expect pentax to put out this upgrade. Amazing! Big thanks to Pentax!

You should not try to turn the focusing ring further if it got stuck. If you force it, you may break some bearing guide inside the lens. You better bring the lens to the pentax service centre to let them take a look. I had similar problem with my 77 in the past a couple of years ago. Kelvin...

001 - fengwei: XL 002 - Donald: M 003 - otc: XL 004 - jsohhl: M 005 - darrrr: M 006 - Ranchy: XL 007 - Nik34: XXL 008 - grahf23: XL 009 - watchthewaves: M 010 - yamakasi: XL 011 - Kent: XXL 012 - gtl1987: L 013 - hellfire88: S 014 - Supersimon27: XXL 015 - Zoom3: XL 016 - TheFuhrer: S 017 -...

Same here. I have both the 10-20 and 15mm. They are meant to be used differently and doesn't really overlap. Agree that 15mm is sometime not wide enough for interior shots. If you want to do a lot of interior shots that cover the whole room, 10 to 12mm focal range will be more useful. The 15mm...

Darren, may I ask which version of firmware are you on? The problem sound pretty serious. Not sure if it's hardware or software root cause. Think I m pretty lucky and I havent notice any abnormal behaviour so far. I had mine since oct 2010 on the first batch of sgp shipment. I brought it...

Alamak... You mean you didn't know? Here is a link to help you understand. http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/technology/K-mount/crippled_AF.html In the older days, there is a mechnical leveller catch on the mount of the body to 'detect' where is the position of the f-stop on the lens. So when you...

Happy New Year, Pentaxian! I hope pentax gears remain affordable for all of us. My wish is for pentax to come out with a dSLR/EVIL with the exact classic feel of mechnical operation just like MX. Not those that use soft dial wheel and encoder, plasticky feeling.. And bring back the...

Do consider the katz or K3 screen if you are serious about using manual focusing lens. I got myself a cheapo china focusing screen on my *istD. It does work well but got to make sure it's align properly as it's tolerance of dimension is not so accurate. Then on my K-x, I got the K3...

Am not a pro. In my opinion, DAL35 is more useful than DA40. I have a M40/2.8, the same optic formula as DA40. And I don't find it useful other than it been pancake slim. Then again, you got to ask yourself what kind of photography you wanna shoot. And your style.

Yeah. That's a FA50/1.4. Nowadays I stopped gaffering the lenses and equipment already. They do get sticky after some times. :-)

Didn't have many expensive lenses like some of you guys, here is my current Pentax line-up at the end of 2010. 10years of using Pentax, and the family is still growing. =) cheerss.. p/s: taken with W60.

Yeah. K-5, and sometime 6400 as well. That is a lot of advantage in low light. And of course the duper fast AF. :)

There is AF fine tuning on the K5 that allows you to calibrate individual lens or body as a whole. You can adjust the focusing of the lens forward or backward. I think before u make any adjustment. Try to reconfirm if all the lenses you have are giving you out of focus image. By right you...

Good luck for your search...

I have both 15 and 21. They are used differently and you won't exactly get a FOV by cropping out the image from da15. DA21 is a more general lens to me as a walk about, bring everywhere kind. Focal length at 21 is easy to use, whether I want a wide or close up shot. dA15 on the other hand is...