Morning David,

It wasn't planned in any way, although I was out with the view of shooting flying birds and trying out the 70 - 200 with the K1 as I'd not used it until I'd had the mount changed.

I like your suggestion on the title and may very well use that elsewhere..

Thanks Mcgregni

I'd previously dialed in minus 0.7 EC and from your trials with your new Pentax lens, I'm finding the 24 - 70 over exposes a tad for my liking as well.

Chris

Shot this morning at WWT Slimbridge

K1 with Sigma 70 - 200 F2.8 @ 200mm 1/1000 sec F6.3 400 ISO

I've had my 150 - 500 sorted back in July and the 70 - 200 sorted today, they couldn't do the later in July as there are two types of mount, one with 3 securing screws and one with 4. Mine was a 3 and the mounts weren't in stock at that time.

Both lenses were done while I waited and the firmware was checked and updated at the same time, plus a slight tweak on the locking mech was corrected on the 150 - 500 as well.

I can only say I've received excellent service on both occasions with a phone call just to arrange a week before and wouldn't hesitate in dealing with them again.

All this was done at no charge.

#9 with the plane taking off from East Midlands is superb, the rest are pretty good as well

bookmarked for reference

Superbly shot Malcolm.

Personally, given a monopod whilst more stable than handholding but not as stable as a tripod, SR on for me.

Although having said that, the subjects you've mentioned won't move, so why not use a tripod ?

No 3 the pick of the bunch for me.

A good set, well detailed, exposures spot on, horizons level and plenty of interest, for me and this is very personal, I would have PP'd out a few of the bodies particularly in #1 and 2, I like my images cleaner, #3 and #4 not quite as much as in this case they add t the scale of the component's.