Pm also sent

And replied, thank you

Hello,

I'm interested in doing some proper astro photography this year and am looking for one of the Astrotracer GPS units to use with my K5iiS. Does anyone have one that they'd be willing to part with for a reasonable price? Please PM me with details, or if you know where I might find a secondhand one.

Thanks,

Andrew

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S80-160 case received & exactly as described. Thanks, Michael for an easy & pleasant transaction.

PM sent re S80-160.

I had a play at the coast at the weekend with my new tripod and Tamron 10-24. I don't have an Astrotracer (yet), and managed these, which I think might be the Milky Way? I need to work on location a little to avoid the aerial/chimney, but it was about 1 a.m and I was just 'playing'

Having owned both the Tamron 70-300 and the Pentax DA55-300 I would say that the Pentax offers a definite improvement in image quality, although it can hunt as much as the Tamron and is equally noisy. The price differential has also reduced with the Pentax available on here for prices around £125 now. I paid over £200 for my used copy, but even then loved it!

I do more aviation photography than birds, but have been very pleased with the results that the Pentax is capable of. There's a thread here with some images.

The Tamron is a great starter telephoto lens with a useful macro function, but if you can stretch a bit further financially I'd say go for the Pentax. I sold my Tamron on eBay recently so there is a demand which would offset the 'upgrade' cost.

Lens now sold elsewhere

Now sold elsewhere