I just got a K3 11 as well (with £90 off at Caernarvon Cameras). I have to agree with the comments about the box and the manual. It had been well wrapped and protected but the box still ended up battered by its journey. The awfully "printed" manual looks like something you'd get with a cheap point and shoot. I had to go out and buy a USB3 cable for it too. The camera has had very little use yet but what I've seen so far has been impressive. I was expecting to need a correction lens for the viewfinder as I need an extra +1 on the K5. The K3 viewfinder's built-in correction has done the biz for me quite happily - with a little bit more to spare.

For the record, moths have feathery antennae with filaments sprouting from the main stem(s). Butterflies have plain, smoother antennae, as shown above. That much, at least, was a plain giveaway !

Given that this wasn't a planned shot (I presume?) it is a resounding success!
Perhaps an alternative title might have been, "Everyone Duck ! .. it's a goose!"

That is a jolly good price for a very good lens. The front element of mine has several bad scratches but it takes superb pictures across the entire range nevertheless. (someone else's fault, not mine - I got it in a job lot). Some complain about its weight but that actually helps steady it when hand-held. Absolutely recommended !

Welcome Carol. Just remember, "there's no such thing as a silly question" .......... I've asked lots of them

I'd love it but my missus would brain me if I bought another old lens!

Yes, the second one certainly takes the biscuit (or bribe)

I enjoyed these. Thank you.

The original post spoke of a manual lens with NO 'A' setting on the ring (e.g. a Chinon f1.7, 50mm or indeed Pentax M and K series).
Most of the later comments are from people mounting 'A' series lenses that DO have 'A' settings, but selecting something other than A prior to their successful tests. Surely, this defeats the object of duplicating the problem since lenses with an 'A' setting (utilised or not) won't misbehave.
A lot of older lenses (M42s) won't have the necessary lever for automatic stop down (some do) so these also are outside the scope of the alleged problem.

The two National Trust houses of Baddesley Clinton and Packwood House in Warwickshire are barely a mile apart and both can be visited the same day. Both are well worth it too. These images are not the usual fare as I concentrated on images of the windows, from inside ....

1. St Michael's parish church, Baddesley Clinton



2. One of a great many small motif style pieces of stained glass in the house at Baddesley Clinton



3. Interior of the master bedroom of Packwood House



4. Looking out to the walled garden of Packwood House



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