Gongrats Tim for winning the comp and Lily for the judging, I couldn't pick a winner myself they were all good

Well not for us since it isn't a custom here
If I want to make a bonfire I need to ask approval for that since it's against the law to make a bonfire here.

As far as I know Guy Fawkes Night is only a British custom, so it will be hard for the rest as well probably.

Also Mhuni wrote down the rules and one of them was. link
7. The latest winner will select the next theme taking into consideration its practicality for all potential entrants (eg. don’t select ‘Winter’ when it’s summer down under), and will initiate the new competition as soon as possible after the previous results have been posted.

Sorry to spoil the fun

Most of the time it's better to leave it alone, I only very carefully wipe the expose bottom of it but besides that I do nothing.
Have heard horror stories here about it and the screens are quite dust sensitive and soft so when you take them out handle with absolute care.

Other solution would be to make several exposures and overlap them together to create a longer one.
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The K10D does not support TTL, only P-TTL it's that simple.

You're asking about that right?

Very pretty Lance I love how soft it is wide open, just super.

There are some very happy user here so I believe it's a good lens, maybe not the best but still good for that money.

Just a question about the lens, just a tiny bit of topic.
Does the lens have quick-shift?

In the folder I've of Pentax it does not report that feature you see, so I'm curious if that is a fault or not.

Was thinking of posting a self portrait but I thought I would spare you the horror.

But KZ you forget, Hoya the biggest glass maker in the world for lenses and Pentax have the designs for their 645 glasses.
Since Pentax is now under Hoya, 1+1=2 right?
I wished that Hoya would abuse Pentax name a bit, by that I mean use it to showcase how good they can make lenses. Maybe that way we can see the tide shifting for Pentax maybe.

I believe this the printer in question right?




You lay in the paper with the same orientation as your A4 paper, so the short end towards the printer.
You lay the paper to against the right-side of the tray and push it towards the print the same as you do with A4.
Now you simply sildes the blocks that hold the paper in place against the paper (one is on the right side and goes forward and one is on the left side and goes sideways)

Also just to rule out everything, have you selected the right paper in your print option. You need to do that since the printer doesn't automaticly knows the size of the paper.

Also since the paper needs to turns inside the printer I believe, you don't have a back feed right?
Since it needs to turn the more heavy photo paper gives resistance to that and it can slip on the rollers.
So effectively the printer thinks it's feeding the paper at a constant rate but the paper is slipping over the rolls so not going constant speed.
I found that was the Problem with an Epson printer of a friend, the printer thought the paper was under the inkt so it started with printing but the paper was actually still trying to make the turn.
Buying lighter paper was the option.