Sounds like a very Rocky camera

Just get a parallel circular one with 49mm thread at both ends.
I use a 52mm version on some K lenses, but I've now put a 52/49mm
stepdown ring on it to use it on the DA 35mm f/2.4. I use a 52mm
snap-on lens cap that hasn't got any projections to catch anything.

I heard it was called the Pentax Ricoh K5SQ with a SQUARE FORMAT!!!

So would her insurance company Does parking illegally
invalidate insurance

I did hear from a very reliable source that they (Ricoh) were bringing
out a Pentax camera with a built in ram-tam titivator just like
they had planned for an up-market Ricoh DSLR which they have
been prototype testing for a year or so now.

No it won't.... as Mike has already said no new converters
are suitable it has to be SH and I haven't noticed anyone
raving about one with a 60-250mm

For wildlife it's essential to go for camouflage and pick one
that blends in well with your clothing and surroundings so that
you don't scare the little critters.

It took me ages to find one that blended in with my shirt
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Ansel Adams invented the Zone System to cut down all the time wasted in the darkroom trying to save pictures from poor negatives and get as much right as possible out in the field. I'm quite sure that if he were alive today he would try to come back with perfect jpg's that didn't need much post processing. At least I'm sure that he would be able to get the exposure right

I'm not sure exactly what info Pentax jpegs contain, but they are massive often up to 11MB each. Saving the same jpeg with hardly any compression reduces it to about 70% of that so the original does contain quite a lot of info.

Programs such as QPcard link are cheap (about £20) and will colour balance jpegs in a few seconds.

I use RAW+ but only use the RAW in emergencies.

LV should be perfect, so a test using it would indicate that the viewfinder focusing screen needs shimming.

Have you tried any shots with Live view?...... Zoom to full extent (I think it's 10x or 12x and slowly MF the lens, take a few shots. Then set lens to AF and use LV and Contrast Detect, you may have to change something in the menu.

Just out of curiosity I tried this afternoon with available light from a window at about the same EV your using (EV 4) using just Jpegs and an M42 MF lens (Tomioka 55mm f/1.2 at f/2) and I didn't have any problems (see shot below) It might be worth you buying a couple of Daylight bulbs from Homebase or an Arts Craft shop.



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