The buckets are perfectly balanced that's what you pay for. You could pour water in them and they wouldn't fall over

Brian Griffin's tracks aren't up to his usual standard. For those that don't know him he is one of the greatest photographers of all time, Very active with his Olympus gear in the 70's.... You can usually spot his photos by his unique style... He did a lot of boardroom portraits for magazines etc. Plus album covers.

Website

Wandsworth Roundabout from 1978 is my favourite...

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You need something with very finely detailed graphics. Even then it will be hard to see much difference. Also try different sharpness settings for the in camera JPG's.

The usual mistake with 99% of lens testing is OOF Almost impossible to do correctly without a focussing rack.

Even the standard 18-55mm is better than the A28mm

Just as a car can only have one of two faults...... electrical or mechanical.... a lens falls into two categories usable or rubbish

This is 100% crop from a 50mm macro lens on a K-5 in camera JPG I now use a higher setting for sharpness which makes pixel peeping look very futile.




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Detailed instructions of how to strip down the K-30 are given on the Penta-Club site.

Use Google Translate ....

http://www.penta-club.ru/forum/topic/137296-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5-%D1%81-%D0%BA30/page__st__180


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I'm sure you won't be disappointed. If I were buying some now I would have gone for the same.

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Thanks, I'm glad it's not a serious design fault, although it's possible that other K-30's suffer from a different fault.

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Well done I haven't got a K-30 so I can't relate to the parts.

Which part was the problem?

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Stan, Stop drawing Dirty Pictures and then blaming the software

I can let you have the details of a good psychiatrist

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This is a good beginners guide....

http://www.audubon.org/news/the-best-binoculars-every-birder

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Try some of the birding forums. The best value for money used to be Nikons. IMHO some of the prices for other makes are for people they saw coming

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I don't want a K-30......... but if the K-70 is the same and someone want's to sell me one for "Spares or Repair" I've got £50 right here!

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