Exactly what I thought on skimming through them - straight back to the headstones. Super shot.

Great going if you are manually focusing those with a 400mm! I'm not sure that the make of camera is relevant in these situations - it's down to the user.

Excellent set. Sad to see things abandoned but how do you remove one of those?

I will go there one day. The bicycle frame does the job for me though I'd like to see it with and without that great big van - I suspect that it would not be as good without it?

The 80-320 is a very capable lens and you now have one in black - very unusual as most of them are silver, so you will certainly get your money back. I use a big Tamron hood on mine that came off an Adaptall 103A 80-210 - cheap as chips.

This veteran hasn't been out for a while so I put it on my Pentax K3(ii). It makes a handy pairing that is well balanced and quite lightweight too. None of these are particularly stopped down as I like to shoot with a wide aperture. The narrowest is f5.6.

Since it is spring and blossom time, these two are no surprise - except for the wonderful separation of subject and background.



The surprise is the blackthorn giving the world "the bird" !



From the distant to the close-up, I was about 3feet away from this beautiful male Brimstone butterfly. It is worth viewing it large size as it is a truly beautiful insect.



And I thought these backlit celandines were particularly enchanting



On the other hand, this is a Meyer Optik lens so you would, perhaps, be expecting a few bokeh bubbles?
We can start with something gentle ....



and maybe finish with an OTT, against the light, study of a maple tree bursting its new buds into flower.



If you can get hold of one of these I heartily recommend acquiring one and exploring the amazing potential that is offered. All you need is a simple M42 > K mount adapter but beware .... obsessive lens buying syndrome is but a step away!

I certainly would not object to it.

I like the entire set because they make you consider the eventual futility of trying to do a King Canute job. Sure, it works for a few decades and then photo #3 demonstrates the eventual result.

Likewise, the style is not to my taste but I nevertheless have to applaud the excellence of the results here.

This is a very very good lens - even at the long end and it supports crops well. The Pentax 18-200 is this Tamron one, rebadged. It goes with a K5 perfectly.