Thanks Ken, That did the trick.
I didn't get a manual with this camera but will download it when i get a chance.

Thanks for the tubes I will keep an eye out for them

I tried MF and still no confirmation :

That might explain some of the spiders i have come across

Thanks mate for the confirmation. I thought it was just me being dim

A little disappointed at this as my old eyes aren't what they used to be, and I rely on the focus confirmation.

Oh I see, I was counting the dollar signs on my Bigma and 180 macro

So if I understand you correctly, Sigma are not going to be producing any Pentax mount lenses :

Wow I can see the price of second hand Pentax mount Sigmas skyrocketing in the near future.
If I were you Mike I would keep that Sigma for a while yet as the value is going up I expect.

Welcome back Chirpy

Fantastic shots all of them but if I had to choose, it would be number one. perfect lighting on that.

What sort of insect is the last one :

I have just got hold of an ist*DS and was having a play with it today and decided to try my Takumar M42 50mm 1.4 on it.
I am using an original pentax adapter with it but for reasons unknown I can't get the focus confirmation to work with it.
It works fine on the K20 but not the DS. Am I missing something. :

I put on the DA 18-55 that came with it and you get confirmation with that but not the old screw ons. Baffled

Actually I sit on the crossbar with the camera and she does all the peddling.

Why do my shots look a little soft after I have posted them.:

Heres a couple of pics from my trip on the Gold Coast in sunny Queensland

This pic was taken using with my K20 + DA55-300.
It was taken from the 80th floor of the Q1 building in Surfers Paradise.
The road you see down the middle of the pic is where the American Indy car race will be run this weekend. My hotel looks directly down on the track from the 38th floor, unfortunately I won't be there when the race is on
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This was my mode of transport around the city.
The push bike that is, NOT the Ferrari
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And a visit to the Botanical Gardens with the wife.
Here she is contemplating.
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I love the bokeh of this shot
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