On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 12:00:52PM +0530, Bipin Gupta wrote: > Larry, the Tamron Back Caps are pretty good at covering the Electronic > Contacts on the Lens. There was a Seller offering Lens Back Caps that > were Weather Proof for some $ 10 or so each. Try Googling. It does > cover the electronic contacts as well.
Thanks Bipin. For reasons I cannot tell, I don't care for the tamron back caps. I will have to look for the weather proof caps. Also, thanks for the feedback on the focusing. The camera seems to be working much better. I don't know if it has to do with it being a K-5II, or just that my old body had a tendency to front focus. Switching it to IR, that would actully be an advantage though. > A friend of mine has the K-5 IIs with the 18-135 WR Lens. I have the > newer Ricoh K-5 with the 18-135 WR. We tried testing the AF speed of > both the cameras in daylight, tungsten, fluorescent and colored bulbs > - red, blue and green. > There was absolutely no difference in bright day light. However in > Tungsten the K-5 IIs was just a bit better in acquiring instant focus. > In Fluorescent light there was just a wee bit difference with the K-5 > IIs doing better - but not dramatic. > The colored bulbs were all around 100 watts, hence medium to low in > brightness. In Green light both were just as good. But in Blue and Red > lights the K-5 IIs was again just a wee bit faster to acquire focus. > Note: a) the K-5 would also focus, just that the IIs acquired focus > quicker in the > blue and red bulbs. > b) we did the tests in the comfort of our home, so cannot > say these tests > were very technical. > Conclusion: The K-5 IIs definitely appears to acquire AF faster, with lesser > hunting in low light. But the question is, does it > justify the extra $$, > as no photos were lost because of the AF speed by > the K-5 over > the K-5 IIs. > Regards. > Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
