Judith, The Sony/Minolta has a different mount to a Pentax. Unless you can get an adapter (but I doubt you can) then it will not fit.

I am sure "Mannesty" will be along shortly, he has the same flashes and uses them in a dual head configuration.

I have something similar but use 2 AF200T flashes, I found they have very good manual controls, down to 16th output if I am not mistaken.

Here is my home made single head version, I have a dual head also.

[IMG]http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x261/ClarkyinAus/IMGP5709.jpg[/IMG]

Perhaps you can tell us how you are using these lenses ?? what shutter speeds and apertures are you using, If you are trying to use them wide open at thier long end (300-500mm respectively)then you could get soft images, you really need to give us this info if you want any help.

Download this program Photome if you don't already have it and open one of your pics in it, it will give you all the exif info of the photo, including shutter speeds, apertures and focal lengths.

Shutter counts are displayed in Jpeg, But what I found is, if you do any PP to the Jpeg before opening it in Photome it will remove the Manufacturers notes from the Exif info.

So open the Jpeg before doing anything to it and all the exif info will be displayed.

One of the first pics I have taken with my new Voigtlander 125mm macro, great lens if not a little heavy.

[IMG]http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x261/ClarkyinAus/Hoverfly-1.jpg[/IMG]

I have been experimenting with reversing and use a pentax A 100mm 2,8 witha 50mm 1.7 reversed on it, with a ring flash attached. If you stop down the reversed lens you will get severe vignetting and it darkens the viewfinder significantly,

I use this combo with both lenses wide open f22 on the 100mm and f1.7 on the 50mm and DOF is extremely thin, the flash output is set to 1/16.

I have ordered a 49mm to 58mm macro coupler and plan on using my Voigtlander 125mm 2.5 with the 50mm 1.7 and see how I get on with that combo.

Matt, Forget the tripod if you are chasing bugs, it just too cumbersome and time consuming setting it up.

Both lenses wide open (hand Held)
[IMG]http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x261/ClarkyinAus/00K73153.jpg[/IMG]

reversed 50mm stopped down 2 stops
[IMG]http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x261/ClarkyinAus/00K73147.jpg[/IMG]

BTW I like the roses Matt

Anyone know what this weird looking flower is called :
Taken with the same combo as above. Flower is only 10mm in size
[IMG]http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x261/ClarkyinAus/Orangeflower.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x261/ClarkyinAus/Orangeflower2.jpg[/IMG]

Yeah, I need to update it, I have the Voigtlander 125mm macro now, but haven't had any time to use it as yet.

I have the Sigma Mini-wide 28mm, the 24mm will keep it company

Thanks everyone for the good wishes.

Greg, your right, the hot spot on her head did spoil it a bit, there was a strong light coming through the glass doors, I have a few others to sort through yet.

K10D, I think the baby has enough clothes, my wife has seen to that in fact she has enough of everything thanks to my wife, she went shopping amd brought hanfulls of clothes as well as a fancy chair for the babies room, so mum and bubs can feed in comfort and then there was the baby monitor, so you can here the baby snoring throughout the house , so you are right I may have to sell everything to pay for it.

Yves, your right about that, but I think she does have my nose.

Thanks all for the kind words.

Mother and baby are doing well, grandma and grandpa are exhausted

If I ever see the inside of another hospital, it will be too soon.
Do hospitals deliberately go out too find the most uncomfortable seats they can find : and do they intentionally set the air-con to -20c in an effort to keep visitors to a minimum :

Glad to be home

It could be just a piece of plastic from the moulding process which has been dislodged, I would just live with it and not attempt to dismantle it.