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<p>I have the OK button on the back of my K100DS set to activate continuous auto-focus. I really like it.</p>

<p>I bought a Feisol tripod and the separate center column. It turns out that for me, the tripod is the perfect height without the column. I never use it.</p>

<p>If you decide on a tripod with a separate column, it might be wise to buy it without the column first to see how you like it. You only risk the cost of the shipping on the center column if you decide you need it. I wish I had done that.</p>

<p>I'll just say this one more time, and leave the thread.</p>

<p>The Pentax DA* 50-135 and Tokina 50-135 are separate lenses, made on separate assembly lines, in separate countries. The Tokina is made in Japan, the Pentax is made in Vietnam. The cancellation of the Tokina lens has no impact on the Pentax lens.</p>

<p>I really don't care what camera anyone buys. In this thread, I have not suggested any reason for buying a Pentax. It just bugs me when people say things that aren't true.</p>

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<p>Look, you stated that the Pentax lenses were rebadged Tokinas. That is wrong.</p>

<p>Pentax has never made an 11-16. They just designed it and licensed it to Tokina.Pentax has never made an 11-16. They just designed it and licensed it to Tokina.</p>

<p>You are now saying that the Pentax DA*50-135 is being discontinued. That is also wrong. Where did you get this information?</p>

<p>I am not saying that all of the comparisons being made are imaginary. Only the specific ones I addressed. And I guess the new one that new lenses are not going to be made anymore.</p>

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<p>Pentax was developing a camera with the same full frame sensor made by Phillips. The sensor sucked, and Pentax pulled the plug on the project. Contax didn't. This failure put Pentax way behind on the digital camera front. It put Contax out of business.</p>

<p><em>for example, the tokina-made, pentax-branded 12-24, 16-50 and 50-135</em><br>

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Look, this is just a lie. Pentax and Tokina have shared some lenses' optical designs between each other. Tokina designed the 12-24, Pentax designed the 16-50, 50-135, and 11-16.</p>

<p>Each company makes their own lens to the same optical design. They do it on separate manufacturing lines in separate factories. It's pretty obvious really, since the Pentax lenses are sealed and the Tokina ones aren't. It's common sense that a sealed lens will cost more than an unsealed one.</p>

<p>I don't really see how you can say that Pentax's future as a company is uncertain, either. Pentax is now owned by Hoya, which is a gigantic company with absolutely no chance of going out of business. When Hoya bought Pentax, they did quite a bit of consolidation. At the time it did look like there was a chance that Hoya was looking to clean up the company and resell it, even though Japanese companies don't do that as much as American companies.</p>

<p>However, at this point Pentax has been putting a ton of money in R&D, and is releasing a digital medium format camera. These are not the types of things you have a subsidiary do if you plan to sell them off. You want the subsidiary to appear as a low risk buy. I don't know of anyone who has said the Pentax 645D is a low risk maneuver.</p>

<p>There are many reasons to choose a camera other than a Pentax. It just bugs me when people invent imaginary reasons.</p>

 

<p>I use a <a href="http://www.tamrac.com/3365.htm">Tamrac Aero 65 (model 3365)</a> to carry a K100DS with the DA40 and DA21. It's a tight fit but it works well. It has large belt loops on the back, but I have never actually used them, so I don't know how easy it is to get stuff in and out of when it is on your body.</p>

<p>The Aero 65 is a camcorder bag. Most camera bags built for SLRs are built to fit large lenses, and I've found that a camera with a pancake lens just floats around in them. A camcorder bag seems to keep them more secure.</p>

<p>I chose my bag by taking the camera and lenses to the store and actually putting the stuff in there before I bought the bag. I was a little embarassed but I ended up happy with the bag. The store did not have a problem with it. You might try that if there is a store with a decent selection nearby.</p>

<p>One tactic is to look throught the EXIF data on the photos you have taken, figure out which focal lengths you use the most, and then investigate prime lenses in those focal lengths.</p>

<p>Like Rob said, your experiences are the best place to go for figuring out what you need.</p>

<p>I think the operating word on that paper is 予報: predicted.<br>

The 645 is at 90% certainty, the K-m2 is at 30% certaintly.<br>

They don't give an accuracy for the lenses, but I've seen them guessed at in other places. I don't think you should make any decisions, yet.</p>

<p>I have a K100DS. The increased image quality of a limited lens with it is definitely noticable. Sometimes I wish I had a higher specced camera, but image quality has never been one of my concerns.</p>

<p>I bought the DA40 as a walk-around lens to use instead of the kit (I started with the Sigma kit lens). I found that I rarely went back to the kit lens, since the DA40's images looked so much nicer.</p>

<p>The next lens I bought was the DA21. I actually like this lens a little more than the DA40, but there are a lot of situations where it is just too wide. When travelling light, I usually take the camera and these two lenses. It makes a very compact kit.</p>

<p>I don't think it is the optimum kit, though. I use the DA21 the most, and when I want something longer I usually wish it was more than 40mm. I think that the DA21 and DA70 would make the ideal travel kit. The DA70 is definitely the next lens on my list.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, buying two limited lenses at once is a pretty deep bite in the pocketbook. The DA40 is a good all around lens, and the weird lens hood actually makes the camera really easy to handle. You can put your camera in and out of your bag without worrying with the lens cap, if you are in a place you will be needing it a lot.</p>

<p>To be honest, though. If you buy one limited lens, you are going to buy another one. It will just be a matter of time.</p>

 

<p>I would just like to point out that Canon and Pentax cable releases are interchangable, so that should be the least of your worries.</p>

<p>The best deal on an IPS monitor I found was the 24" HP 2475, which cost me $550. I wasn't looking for a monitor that large, but I couldn't find an IPS one any smaller.<br>

There have been some reports of a green-to-gray tint across the monitor, but there is not one on the monitor I got. It is a very pretty monitor, I could stare at it all day. The calibrated colors seem accurate, but since I don't have a calibratable printer I don't have any way to compare it to anything. I highly recommend it.</p>

<p>I had that internal debate. I finally decided that the small size of the DA40 matched the small size of my K100D Super well. If I had a K10D (or I guess a K20D now) I probably would have gone with the FA43.<br>

From what I have read, size and price are really the only advantage of the DA40. However, I haven't really heard much dissatisfaction with either lens. I have certainly been impressed with my DA40.</p>

That sometimes happens to me if I have set it up where I choose the focus point, and then accidentally bump the arrow keys so that the focus point is set to the far right or far left point. I concentrate on the center part of the image, don't notice the red square, and then wonder why it takes so long to focus.