My first was a Pentax K1000 late 70,s I think and my last will be a Pentax

Have you looked at the Elichrome Quadra units, a bit more expensive than what your currently looking at but much more powerful, flexible and versatile.

The prev version to the ELB can be picked up used for under £1k for two or more units Inc batts

Dave,

Thanks for a pleasant transaction, good to meet you today and I hope u got some bird shots in St Albans

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There's a vid on Youtube somewhere ( or at least a picture ) of a 645z frozen solid in a cube of Ice, and its still working perfectly

I continue to get excellent use and IQ from a Sigma 17-70 F2.8 coupled with a K5iis, its my general walkabout lens

Hi Gareth

Cad West lay by is on the A487, pm me a phone number and I'll roughly talk you there. Although im away from home until the weekend if that's OK.

Thanks for the comments Andrew,

The laid back pose was something the lass wanted, this was against a wall in her yard, she didn't want any retouching as this was a shoot for her 50th next month, she isn't one for having the plastic skin effects that make portraits look so false these days to which I applaud her for that, imo for approaching 50, she looks great.

IMO take that as a No Fly time, over the two days I was there, nothing happened in the allocated times, you need to be on your toes all the time as they just come at you so fast.

They will fly on overcast days, it was overcast on the Wednesday I was there, we had a Typhoon, 3 Hawks and a C130, on the Tue, it was misty and there was mo flying till the mist cleared around midday, we had a Tornado and a pair of F15's in the afternoon, it is pot luck and there is a chance of not seeing anything, but you only need one !!!

On the Tue, I waited, along with many others for 7 hours and had no more than 15 seconds worth of action, but those 15 seconds were superb