All 3 were in focus Steve, AFC - 1/500 sec - F5.6 @ 65mm multi shot with tracking ( the central 12 points used )

Not had the chance to try BIF yet, but hope to soon with both the 70 - 200 and 150 - 450, I don't have a TC, prefer to crop if required

Certainly the more I use the K3iii the more I'm impressed with the focusing, its certainly much much better than we Pentaxians have had before.

The shot below was K3iii + Pentax 24 - 70, I got caught out, i.e not ready and not really paying attention the camera was switched off and wrist strapped to my left hand ( not my shooting hand ) the lens cap was on and the hood was fixed the wrong way round.

The mountain biker appeared out of the blue, swapped hands, cap off, switch the camera on, the lens nailed the focus exceedingly quickly and I managed 3 shots before the biker landed.

Superb shots

Advanced Camera Services in the UK ( link )

Took a little while longer than they anticipated due to the filter coming from overseas and a customs delay, comms were good thou and kept me uptodate

Thanks Kris, certainly the weather is interesting at the mo, so plan another go in Tewkesbury tomorrow (thurs )

Excellent shot, not seen any sort of stag beetle in 20 years or more, hopefully you returned it to where you found it

Thanks John, the conditions were not ideal for IR as a mixed blue sky with white clouds would be the best.

Hopefuly with more attempts, I can improve on the shots, need to set a custom wb and tweak my procesing for a more uniform output.

Im told IR is great for nudes etc, will try have at some time 😊

Just had a K5iis converted to 720nm IR, here's 2 images shot earlier today as a first attempt between showers and with the processing.

Excellent combo with the K1 and the Tak 50, superb detail

105k clicks on a K5, sounds like you need a new battery