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Pentax FF lenses are quiete nimble when compared to canikon FF lenses

just because land belongs to the council does not immediately make it a public right of way. It could be argued that maintenance of the carpark comes from issuing parking tickets. I don't think a judge would upheld that as a council tax payer would give you unlimited access to the council carpark...

IANAL by the way, just a sad geeky law students...

Absolutely car park belongs to the council so is therefore private property. Always when in situations like this think what would you think if someone came in your garden & did this????

Being polite & tactful always goes along way as John said...

Photographers here in the UK have just fought against the government doing this here in the UK under orphan work law. Good idea in theory unfortunately most commercial enterprises could use any image claim a google search & then not have to pay unless caught, not a really good situation for photographers.

More about it here or google clause 43 orphan works

50-135mm lens at that

lol I must have big pockets then get a k-5 body in my Bench jeans & a lens in the other

On your k-r the 35mm would make it the size of a point n shoot.

The 35mm is a superb little lens, don't let the price put you off..

Because people like to see their work published on tv. The beeb if they didn't do this wouldn't use any photography. Same as local papers getting readers to submit images for a photo page. What is annoying is when people submit news images that are worth money are just given away freely to news institutions, look at all those videos of the riots people posted to youtube which where then used for free worldwide... Or mobile phone images uplaoded to twitter & again used freely...

What the photography business really needs is an easy way for general public to post images to photo agencies or monetary exploitation, make people aware of sites like demonitix etc...

Hi Brian

AV is aperture priority, this means you set the depth of field & from that the camera works out the shutter speed for correct exposure.

The aperture (f/ number) depends on what you want to shoot, so for landscapes where you want everything in focus use a small aperture (larger number) say f/11, for a portrait where you want the subject only in focus use a wider aperture f/2.8 for example. It's called a wider aperture as the aperture is open more & lets more light through.

A small aperture causes a slower shutter speed hence the need for a tripod when doing landscape work, otherwise camera shake comes into play. Where as when using wide open aperture f/2.8 lots of light is getting to the sensor so a faster shutter speed will be calculated & hand held is a possibility.

If despite using a wide aperture the shutter sped is still to slow to prevent camera shake then increase your ISO speed, the numbers 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 (this increases the light sensitivity of the sensor) until you get a shutter speed preferably over 1/50 if using the kit lens, as a rule of thumb your shutter speed should be at least as much as the length of lens to avoid camera shake, so 50mm requires 1/50 100mm 1/100 etc..

A high ISO will introduce noise into your image, the k-x does handle noise well though.

Good luck & experiment...