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#3 is the best in my opinion Stan simply because its the sharpest. The first two are not critically sharp, perhaps due to handholding at such a close range? You say you were working at ISO 100 - your K5 would have coped with much more ISO power than that so you could have used a higher shutter speed.
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Another from the Edinburgh Fringe, taken a couple of weeks ago on my new K30 with the 50-135mm lens.
I mainly wanted to test the new system of direct uploading images without using Photobucket but any CC is also welcome.
David

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Well done Stan.
David

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What fun it must have been Alan. You captured it very well indeed. I particularly like the last three images.
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Just like Cabstar I use two bodies so I need two lenses. Or when I'm just shooting locally in Durham or Newcastle I carry just one of these lenses on one body. I don't like being cluttered by lots of gear and camera bags.
My choices 90% of the time are the DA*16-50 and DA*50-135. Sometimes I might take the Sigma 10-20mm, especially if I'm photographing modern architectture.
I don't suffer from LBA or whatever its called and I don't do bird or natural history photography so I've no ambition to buy a macro or 300mm+ lens.
But then I have looked longingly at the DA* 200 a few times.....
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Beware with the push and flick method Barrie. I learned to use it after aquiring the K5 and had to remember not to use it on my K10.
Now I've got a K30 and assumed it had a similar awkward card slot to the K5. I pushed and flicked to such good effect the card leapt like a slice of toast right across the room and narrowly missed landing in a cup of coffee.
I had no experience of the K20. I used and loved the excellent K10 but it wasn't up to the standard of the K5. Now I've got a the K30 as a second body to the K5 and I can't tell the difference in image quality between the two.
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Gordon Bennett!!! They're great, especially #1.
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That's Ashington for you.
At The Fringe the crowds got too bad for me so by the middle of the afternoon I went to chill out in Princess Street Gardens before catching the train back to Durham.
Barrie spent the weekend in the Borders and drove to Edinburgh. He used the park and ride to get into the centre.
David.

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Yes very good indeed. They are all professional but like Zgabor I like #1 the most. Excellent mono.
There was more than one other PUF member there Galoot. I was there as well as Barrie Forbes and I posted a set of pictures in this forum on Monday.
David

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