That's quite impressive Simon, lovely sharpness and somewhat more saturated colours than is typical of lenses from that era. That will be the Pentax coatings I suspect. I have a couple of 'M' lenses, both of which render colours beautifully, but neither are in the telephoto category. Thanks for posting.

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I missed this set earlier, some really nice images here. All very 'natural'; the fifth one for me (the BW) is my personal favourite.

It's interesting that you mention the attitudes towards photographing children. I was out for a walk a couple of weekends ago with Shaun Wilson (Puma) and Graham Williams (Shiner) in Delamere Forest. Towards the end of the walk I spotted a large puddle in the middle of the path, which had some rather nice reflections of a family of four in it (two adults, two children). With a wide-angle lens attached, I took a couple of shots of the puddle (not pointing the camera at the family) and was immediately asked some questions in rather a rude way by one of the adults, whom I presume was the children's mother.

"Why are you taking photographs?" she asked in an aggressive manner

"Because I like to - it's my hobby" I replied as politely as possible

"What are you taking pictures of?" she retorted, again aggressively

"Of the scenery and the trees" I replied, again politely

"Have you taken any of us?" she said, by this time getting more aggressive

I'd had enough by now, so instead of rising to it I just walked away without replying. A bit sad don't you think?

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David

Great bokeh potential here judging by the nice round OOF background lights. It's clearly a sharp lens and I would bet it will suit your shooting style down to the ground.

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I have two 18-55's, a WR and a DA L. Of the two, the DAL is much the better copy, which is a bit of a pain as I wanted weather resistance to pair it with my K-5.

Lovely images posted in this thread, all very striking and very different.

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David

Some great shots posted here, all of them pretty sharp. I do notice a lack of contrast in comparison with more modern lenses, but that's easy to fix in Post Processing.

Keep 'em coming guys - I'm particularly interested to see some shots taken with a Takumar 200mm F5.6 pre-set lens if anyone has any.

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I bet you couldn't take shots like that in Sheffield at the moment Neil! I was thinking about doing some macros, but soon got fed up of taking shots of ice crystals.

Lovely shots, all three.

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Funny! Good job I'm happy with my current gear, otherwise I would have lots of sleepless nights worrying about when the K-3 is due.

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Not a bad lens that 18-55 is it? Lovely images, such gorgeous colours and compositions.

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That moon shot is great Andrew, the lens looks pretty sharp. The only problems I find with my Tamron is that it's prone to green fringing in high contrast areas and it can tend to over-emphasise Magenta tones in some light conditions, but for £20 that's nit-picking!

I can't wait to give my 200mm Takumar Pre-set a real workout to see how that does.

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You have a further PM.

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