I like it that you posted a link to a webpage with a photo of the horse on it...

It's a bit out of my local area, but if I were there I'd definitely have a go - I like this sort of art, reminds me a bit of Anthony Gormley's Quantum Cloud work.

Dan

Thanks Vic!

Dan

Popped into Cameraworld today, they've now got a few K-7s in stock, at £999.

Dan

I did enjoy using one the other week, and I'm going to be in Chelmsford tomorrow (today :roll so will pop in and see them. Try to bash the price down a bit...

What's putting me off at the moment is I'd want the grip too, and that bumps the price up substantially, even using the £70 off voucher.

Incidentally, the voucher says "This voucher entitles you to purchase a PENTAX D-BG4 Battery Grip for £199.99 when you buy a Pentax K-7 camera..."

So although it shows £70 off, if the grip is priced at £225, do you get it for £199.99, or £155.00?

Dan

Sorry to hear that Dave, can't really do anything about it becasue that's a Blogger thing.

Thanks for your feedback here though. Now I want to know which ones people are sure about, and which ones they have to guess...

Dan

http://www.srb-griturn.com/slr-adaptors-for-any-lens-376-c.asp

Dan

But then John, you won't see the small differences that are there. But then, perhaps that's the point...

Anyway, just had a look at the f/5.6 one, and No. 1 still looks nicer to me. Still suffers from green OOF background edges, but bokeh still better in my opinion, and perhaps a touch sharper?

So if it was my money, and I had to choose between the two, I might choose lens No.1.

But who knows...

Dan

If the flash supports High Speed Flash, then yes, 1/500s is fine. If not, synch speed is 1/180s.

Dan

At f/22 lens No. 1 has better control of purple fringing, but doesn't look quite as sharp as No. 2.

Just downloaded the f/2.8 shot. I was going to say No. 2 looks nicest from this to me, No. 1 suffers from longitudinal chromatic aberation (see the green edge to the out of focus rooftop), and doesn't appear to be as sharp across the frame, although this may be because the focus was slightly further back than that for No. 2.

Then again, the bokeh looks nicer with lens 1, see the foliage and highlights between the window frame and house on the left hand side. No. 2 has got nasty edges to the out of focus areas, No. 1 seems much smoother.

No. 1 reminds me of the FA50mm 1.4, nice bokeh but CA present. I would guess it's an older lens at least.

It's late and I haven't had time to download the rest. Just going to have a look at f/22, then I might see f/5.6 tomorrow.

What am I doing pixel-peeping anyway?

Dan