Great set of shots..really like them. That last one with the toothy nuns in white habits is nightmarishly scary.

karlo

These batteries are now largely supposed to be sent by more expensive courier..presumably if you pay £5 for a courier the batteries themselves are less likely to spontaneously combust than if you'd only paid second class parcel post

It's funny how this has only just become an issue immediately before the Royal Mail was privatised.

What has happened is that honest online traders who abide by the rules have had to accept a massive cost increase when posting lithium batteries by being forced to use Parcelforce or another courier as you can't send them in the regular post, while dodgy unscrupulous traders keep posting them via Royal Mail who don't seem bothered.

A few weeks ago I sent RM an email complaining that exactly this was happening...loads of traders on Ebay openly quoting low postage costs using ordinary post instead of higher courier charges...Royal Mail weren't interested...they said that they were getting round to contacting their customers but that it would take a while..they didn't seem bothered to stamp out this unfair practice at all.

Terrific set there.

karlo

Great set of shots Mike.

karlo

I like all of them David, very good the whole set. I actually like the sepia one! It was my favourite although I do like it in BW as well.

cheers

karlo

I've never been able to understand why no manufacturer has brought out a rechargeable Lithium AA battery...other than that it would mean lower profits ! (oops)

Being AA Nimh or lithium compatible is a major reason for me choosing Pentax DSLRs. If they (Pentax) went one step further and brought out a rechargeable Lithium AA and fitted it to all their new models it would be a major competitive advantage particularly if these models could also continue to use Alkaline AA and NiMh rechargeables.

Really unusual location and subject matter...loved them..Mt Ararat is breathtaking..should enter that in a competition. Thanks for posting them.

Karlo

Haven't used the 18-200 myself although my mother's partner uses one on his Canon EOS 550D. He loves it as a travel lens and has taken it to the Far East three times and all over Europe and in addition he takes his motorhome away many weekends throughout the UK during the Spring/Summer. He has taken some pretty good shots with it and it is quite light for what it is...you could take that one of two ways!

I've got the Tamron 70-300 which is terrific value for money. I paid £129 for mine but you can get them new now for £100 with a 5 yr warranty!! Got to be the photographic bargain of the decade. I honestly don't know how Tamron do it for the money.

At the end of the day, if you tried one and didn't like it you will probably be able to sell it for only £10-£15 less than you paid for it...not a lot to gamble really and you'd have had some use of it as well.

No.2 for me but all three are really good shots. Am amazed at the quality of the Q +DA300 at 1650mm equivalent.

karlo

The price reductions aren't just on K3 either. I notice that both the K5s and the K50
have also been reduced...so that can't be bad. As northernmonkey said it is probably mainly to boost sales figures by the year end together with the end of the free lens promotion at end of March and also i'm guessing clearing shelves ready for K60/K600 presumably late spring early summer.