I quote from last month's "Heritage Railway" magazine - page 72 ....

Hornby O gauge took the first two top slots in a Vectis model trains sale on January 20th led at £950 by a clockwork goods set comprising an 0-4-0 with Southern lettering and No E509 on the tender, accompanied by an open SR wagon and two-rail track. In second place was a three-rail electric LMS Princess Royal pacific No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth (£800).

Are you boys sure you ought to be playing with these things?

I'm glad I don't use flash !

I like the funny coloured water The lighting there is wonderful.

Just a suggestion
Go to Ebay and click on "advanced" to the right of the search box. It will give you a form to fill out. Enter "Pentax K3" in the search for box, scroll down slightly till you find "sold items" and click on that. Go to the foot of the page and click on Search. It will give you the prices for every K3 sold in the last few months and the details, both in Buy it now and Auction format. It's not a precise valuation tool but it does honestly report the fate of dozens of examples.

It might be a long treck down but you really made the most of it having got there. These are magnificent.

First class lens this - goes a treat on a K5 or K3 - and it's a good price too.

My bad. It IS the F 24 - 50. Sorry for any confusion. Thank you for pointing that out.

It might well be a pain in the arse but I'm glad you shifted yours because the results are first class. Those sharp contrasts must have been quite a challenge.

I don't quite know how to feel with those glowing comments - thank you. I'm happy that you like them.

I have lightened 6 and 7 for you






What do people think is better?

No long thesis this time - just a celebration of architecture

1 Norman pillars and round arches supporting a later Early English clerestory and stone vaulted ceiling. (Two previous wooden roofs had burned down).



2 In stark contrast to the simple nave the ceiling of the chancel (called the quire here) represents the culmination of English Gothic magnificence.



3 A closer view of the central portion.



4 and the right hand end, with Christ in the middle surrounded by an angelic orchestra.



5 The cloisters were featured in a Harry Potter film masquerading as Hogwarts School. The fan vaulted ceilings are just stunning.


6



7 The same style persists even in the monks' lavatorium!



8 and they even had time to poke a bit of fun - check out the demon at the bottom!



All with a K1 and the fantastic F series 24-40mm. All hand held at some crazy slow speeds despite ISO1600