My K30 works happily with any of my lenses so does my Mk1 K5. In fact they are all far better at photography than I'll ever be.
David

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I love the lens - got it a couple of weeks ago from SRS. Its already been out doing street photography in Newcastle and a steam train shoot in York.
Now I'm having to get back in practise using a fixed focal length lens just like I did in my film camera days. I've been spoiled far too long using zooms.
David

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Durham's annual Streets of Brass Festival got under way this weekend. The sun shone, the crowds were enormous - a good time try out my new DA* 200mm 2.8 lens on the K5.
















Feel free to comment.
David

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Amazing Louise. Not the sort of thing you would normally come across in Salisbury or Durham.
David

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Pentax Spotmatic 500 in the mid 1970s followed by the MX and then the ME Super. Later Z1 before going digital with the istDS.
David
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I know a couple of PUF members who've told me they don't enter the competitions in case they win. They didn't feel confident setting and judging the next competition.
My view is that judging a competition teaches you an awful lot about looking at photographs. To judge you have to study the entries carefully and analyse what's good and not so good about them. And that makes you study your own pictures more carefully.
David

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Terrific achievement Tim. For those on PUF who don't already know. Tim is a leading member of one of Britain's leading camera clubs, if not the leading camera club - Smethwick.
I might get to meet you in July Tim at the PAGB inter federation projected images knockout at Warwick University. I'll be there with Durham PS representing the Northern Counties.
David
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......or it could be home village or home city. Let us all share a broad view of what your home area looks and feels like. Landmarks, iconic buildings, famous streets - hopefully not just record shots but photos done artistically. Or you may try to include local characters or traditional local events. Whichever route you take try to create an original view of your town, one which captures the unique atmosphere of the area.
Usual rules apply:
Pentax or closely related clones only.
Deadline next Sunday midnight, British summer time.
You can trawl your archives as these entries don't need to be taken this week.
David

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I agree with that. I love my K30 and it stands alongside my K5 Mk1 for image quality. I've said previously on this forum but its worth repeating, the K30, allegedly an entry level camera, punches way above its weight.
David

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Excellent action photography Carl. Good timing to get more than one racer in the frame, especially when they were going in opposite directions.
David

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