Alright for some; I am on a stretch where I only have one day off in ten, which was yesterday. Off to work again tonight, for a 5 day stretch (though I do get 14 hours at home in the middle), then 2 weeks leave!

Glad it arrived safely, look forward to seeing some pics from it! A pleasure doing business with you too!

Jon

Great stuff!

A very productive visit to Brighton! I especially like the stacked chairs and the Vespas. Love that second mono shot too. The whole set is very good, though I agree with Pentaxopile re the second one. I am also not so keen on the last mono one, of the arches, but probably because it just doen't seem to fit in this set.

Is the first mono shot showing some new sport? Urban fishing?

The GXR was one camera I thought about when deciding to get an infrared converted camera with contrast-detection AF, but I ended up getting a Sony Nex 5N. I have been trying out my Pentax lenses and they work very well. In fact I bought one Pentax lens (SMC 24-90mm f3.5-4.5 FA IF) specifically to use on this camera. Aperture and focusing are controlled from the lens. However, with a histogram on the screen, it's very easy to get the exposure right in manual. The adapter I bought also has limited apeture control for lenses without an aperture ring, which gives you wide-open, an indeterminate mid-point aperture, and fully stopped down.

If I understand John correctly, I will be able to post images taken with this camera and Pentax lenses on here?

The Stofen diffusers are fairly cheap, I have one and it works great on my Metz 50.

Lens now sold.

Enjoy the camera, Shaun, glad it's gone to a good home! Thanks for the comment about my family, I like them too!

#4 is great, could be in a birding book. I quite like #2, but the sky looks the wrong colour; perhaps a touch more of the the ground in the shot would have been better too..

#3 is my favourite, the pigeons add so much to the shot. The burnt out highlights have been used very well in #2, though would perhaps have been even better had the whole bike been in the frame.