Great capture.

+1 from me too. I really like the Holland Park shot too,

Totally agree, great shot. I really like the benches and the cobbles too.

Beautiful shot, flowers are not really my thing but this is excellent, love the dark background too.

All very nice, my favourite is the first mono one, but I like all of them except the third one, which looks a bit bland imo when presented with the other shots.

Great stuff, especially the first two.

Lenticularis




Aerial view of lenticular clouds over mountains near Shiraz, Iran.

Taken 20/01/12
Pentax K5 and Sigma 18-250mm f3.5-6.3
ISO 200
f8.0
1/2000

Nice one, my Samsung phone has an IR thingy, and I am always forgetting my remote. I will try the app out soon.

Thanks for all the replies, interesting link Frogfish! 24-90 sounds like a very useful range, and if it's that good then the f4-5.6 should be OK, if I can use it wide open. I am off back to Doha shortly (in Japan at the moment), and will hopefully make a decision tomorrow; I hope the 24-90 is still availbale if I decide to go for it. I can arrange delivery to a UK address, so no need for overseas delivery. The post in Qatar is not overly reliable, and I'd have spend hours at customs to pick it up.

The 24-70 also sounds interesting, there's no need for the IR focusing marks though as the camera I have ordered uses contrast detection focusing. On the converted K20D I have at the moment IR focusing marks on zooms don't work anyway as these marks were set for IR film which captured different wavelengths, 720nm I believe, and my camera is 830nm.

Thansk for the link to the comparisons, Algernon, I will have a good look at them when I get home tomorrow.

The 24-60 certainly sounds interesting..it gets rave reviews save some complaints about examples of it having front or back focusing problems. I am assuming yours has no such problem, Mike? The f2.8 could be pretty useful too. I will have a look through my pictures and see how many were taken in this range; I suspect the majority were. I may end up taking it off your hands if it's still for sale in a few days...it would also save me carrying my Sigma 24mm f2.8 around with me.

The Pentax 24-90mm seems difficult to find reviews for, the only one I could find described it as a "starter zoom" which did not sound too promising.