At least it says PENTAX on the prism cover

Woohoo! Friday night and no alarms set for the morning or in fact for the rest of the week. Mrs Cedric and I are on a weeks hols. Off to Buck House to view the Coronation kit that Lizzie wore. Wonder if I could sneak in a camera

Friday night is indulgence night. Beer and/or whiskey. Had one of Mrs Cedric`s fine steamed puds for tea complete with the two apples from her tree.

Hi Jan

It was a common problem in the wonderful world of Hi Fi. If you didn`t have a Linn Sondek and Quad amps and preamp how could you possibly listen to the awful noise produced by anything less.

Same with photography, the K30 is a champion bit of kit as is the rest of the Pentax range. If they were as bad as you believed then you wouldn`t be on this forum as there wouldn`t be any point in Pentax. As John obviously says "Pentax would not be viable." No doubt some things can be measured but not perceived by the Human eye.

Enjoy photography, if it pleases you, you have succeeded if it doesn`t please you try different settings/position and don`t forget that the largest errors are made by the operator not the camera. I hope you buy a K30/K50 `cos you will not be disappointed.

Please just get out there and enjoy the takings! It`s not a dress rehearsal it`s the only life in which you are going to hold a camera.

I downloaded Yvon Borques lens focus chart and the only lens that caused me grief was the 28 - 300 Tamron. Nothing on the chart came close to being in focus. Std lens, 50 - 200 and DA *300 were all fine.

Stuey, can`t be many weekends when it`s not mentioned. Gets the odd mention during the week too.

Just finishing a bottle of Bells now with a bowl of cereals. Ah! not actually together. One in a glass and tother in bowl.

Matt

I use a K5 with a Tamron 28 - 300 and much the same as yourself. Tried adjusting the in camera settings but still no difference. Pentax glass is always spot on though so I point the finger of blame at Tamron. I would never buy another one.

Spec savers spec cleaner spray - good enough for Pentax lenses good enough for laptop, TV and tablet and PC screens. Kitchen roll well wetted and no probs. Been using for years and no probs at all.

Peter

The pleasure of giving is as rewarding as receiving. It could well have caused offence if you had offered money.

Then of course there was Watneys Red Barrel. I was lucky to have been too young to drink then

Aha must have been a Norman Nippy!

Is it really a year since Tony said goodbye? I hope his family are ok. It was such a hoot sharing his humour here. Always able to come up with something.