I use the WR lenses in a different envirnment, the desert, and so far have had nor problems with sand getting in anywhere, though I am careful about stuff getting on the barrel when zooming. I have used them in rain without any problems too.

I bought the flash in Hong Kong and strangely the shopkeeper persuaded me to buy it instead of a Metz 48 he had for a lot more money. He said he has been selling them for a while. Maybe he was hoping I would splash out on the amazing collection of Ltd. lenses he had in stock! I will give it a proper try out soon but very busy with work at the moment. Also got a price list for ltd lenses I need to compare to ebay but I think I will be going there again. It was the only shop I found with a good collection of Pentax stuff although a lot of shops had the Kx in stock.

Yes I agree after seeing the colour version out does work better. It's a really god image.

It's a DPT386AFZ. Bizarrely, a few minutes ago I discovered that it does in fact work with these lenses, but you have to switch the flash on before switching the camera on, which I don't have to do with other lenses. In fact, it seems to work very well, even at 10mm using the built-in adapter thingy, so I am now very happy with it, especially considering what I paid for it.

The reworked first one is really good, might also look good in mono?

Going against the tide, I actually prefer the colur version

I have just bought a Tumax flash, which does not seem to work in TTL mode with my two Sigma HSM lenses, but works fine with older, manual focus lenses. With the two HSM lenses, aperture, ISO and f stop don't show on the flash, so it only works in manual. Does anyone know why this is? I assumed the information is sent by the camera, not the lens, but this does not appear to be the case. Does anyone know how to fix this problem, or am I doing something wrong?

I hve just realised I forgot to say what my entry for the competition actually is! It is one of the two chronographs on a Boeing 777 flight-deck, which is continually updated by GPS.

The shot of the iron is my favourite, but they are all very good. In fact, the iron is the only one I personally think that would not suit a mono conversion. The lean-to also works very well in colour.
However, I definitely prefer the mono version of the oven. Great work as usual Andrew.

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Taken at 13:02 GMT, 19/11/10 on the way to Hong Kong
Pentax K7
Sigma 24mm Super-wide II
ISO 800
f2.8
0.5 sec.