Thanks John,

Tried to use one borrowed from a mate but it would not function; on other external blogs there is much discussion and in many case it seems people are using this on Pentax Digital SLR cameras with some good results. (but comments only relate to older models)

My friend has used his extensively and not only is he getting decent results using a std 50mm but it actually gets seemingly bigger images on a 50mm macro as focus at an even closer minimum focusing distance is possible.

On an older 35mm (Z1P) film camera it is faultless from a functional point of view ?

It is usable on a K20D with limitations (manual mode - not a probleem for 1;1 ) but not (so far) on a K3/K5, where it locks everything including the screens and the camera is not usable until it is dismounted then everything returns to normal.

Regards

This was a very nice piece of kit , anybody out there ustilising one on current cameras ( K5, K3 ?

All comments appreciated.

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Lovely work Nigel, I am looking forward very much to the finished guide and applaud your desire and efforts in producing such a necessary and much needed reference, which will benefit us all.

Best regards

Hi Steve,
You are right the 18-135 is a very versatile and very good optic. I get sick of hearing myself saying how good this lens is.

It has always been overshadowed by the DA* hype (I have almost all of them ) but I say it again and again, if I had to be left with only one lens then it would be this lovely little 18-135, it is just marvelous and it is tack sharp.

Your photos are great, testament to your skills and that cracking little 18-135.

Wouter, I think you created a nice travelogue here and indeed demonstrated that the humble kit lens can be a great travel companion too.

Enthusiast often dismiss the standard zoom kit lenses but it did a great job in showing off your nicely developing skills, like us all when travelling we take shots for the record but also always get some really good competition material and I think several of your images are definitely in that category.

The shots on Moy are very nice and very well composed and taken , presumably with the longer zoom .

The Puffin shots are just great but the ones I really like are104/5/6 and 109/10/11/12.

In the early part of your trip, (assuming the photos are in chronological sequence) you had some difficult contrast issues to deal with and in several shots some strong backlighting underexposed your foreground subject (eg 107).

So if I was going to give a a few basic tips;

Number 1; concentrate on metering and keep in mind to take an exposure reading off that part of the composition you want to show as your primary object/subject/ element, but Wouter we all do it and sometimes the tonal range is simply to wide from dark to light and remember "you can't fight the light" you can only try to make the best of it.

2nd tip; take as many photos as you can "of everything", that is the way to progress your skills .

3rd tip; I always found it useful to sometimes concentrate on using only one lens for set period of time, to shoot "everything"

This teaches you not only about that lens, as regards it's ideal use and limitations, but it teaches about "image perspective" and depth of field too.

Finally I am still learning everyday after a lifetime of photography, and still kick myself on occasions for missing the obvious; that is the fascination of the subject.

But all in all I thoroughly enjoyed your well captured and very interesting travelogue as it conveyed the ambience and essence of that lovely country , its people, places and day to day natural history

X2 totally

Regularly away for up to a month at a time; Ipad plus the photo uploader and dropbox , faultless.

Some other points:
1. Editing on the hoof ; Snapseed.
2. Back stop 64gb Sd x2 in second card slot if using a K3 body.
3. I have also carried a small solar charger for the Ipad but rarely need it
as my Ipad batterry doesn't ever seem to let me down contrary to
previous comments above.
4. Get rid of " non- keepers" at the end of each day.

Regularly away for up to a mobth at a time; Ipad plus the photo uploader and dropbox , faultless.
Editing on the hoof ; Snapseed.
Back stop "my memory" 64gb Sd x2 in second card slot if using a K3 body.
I have also carried a solar charger for the Ipad but rarely need it as my Ipad batterry doesn't ever seem to let me down.
Get rid of " non- keepers" at the end of each day.

If you can't get a trade check out the link below
https://www.onestop-digital.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=3462...

Marvellous camera/lens , lovely subject, superb photographer who knows how to put it all together: result, stunning images by any measure