Ok, so there are at least 4 people who live in Finland on the board; what say we try and set a meet up?

mietti, mietti, mietti

Location suggestions welcome; I figure H:ki is good because it's easy to get to, but somewhere like Huovilan Puisto would be great.

Thoughts?

Bret

I appreciate comments but all too often it's "wow!, some great shots there!" - How can this help me to get better as a 'tog?

If you're going to comment:
- specify the pic
- specify the comment

that's it. "nice set" is also good as it means you appreciate the shots but don't want to be specific.

I'm a lot more specific at dishing out on other forums, where I'll try and be positively critical on anything that's good but could be bettered in my eyes. Having said that, it's not always easy....

Bret

The 18-250 is so good, I don't really see a need for *anything* else on that list except the fish. Ok, maybe throw in a small prime, but that's it. Like the 35 Macro. But the 250 does close focus so well I'm astounded.

Bret

3 is great, Ii agree, but I'm annoyed I cut his ears off

Bret

Plug in an "active" hub, i.e. one with a power supply.

USB can supply up to 500mA per port, so adding in a powered hub will avoid problems. Belkin are supposed to be pretty good, and I'd also trust D-Link (who both have a 7-port design, neither of which are cheap).

Bret

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C&C welcome, as usual.

Bret

Very nice set; prefer 9 over 10

like the wheels on the sacktruck, too!

Bret

the 55-300 is the "cheap" option, along with the Tamron 70-300. The Pentax is widely considered to be the better of those two.

Outside of those, you start getting into Sigmas with nice price tags.

Bret

the K5 is extremely good at WB, I've noticed that

Very nice, you can push the ISO even more if you want...

Bret

I try

Good to hear it's already there. Enjoy!

Bret