Superb set. Thank you for sharing them.

Time well spent. They are all first class!

#2 please, though the others are not far behind ! Super stuff.

Do you mean battery grip? Or have you got the ultra rare K1 that uses 35mm film?

Faststone Image Viewer. Free, excellent, easy to use and does a lot more than just viewing.

To answer the questions, the dark sky is due to putting too strong a grad ND filter over the lens (I only had the one with me). They are all hand held. Steady hands are about all that does work properly these days ! My optician is starting to talk about cataracts so I'm not looking forward to that.

I've been using the 'A' series 24 - 50 for a while and have been very impressed with it. Unfortunately, my eyes are not what they were and I get the odd miss focus so when I saw an 'F' series for sale, I grabbed it since it is the same optical formula. There doesn't seem to be a hood for it so you have to use your hand if you shoot into the light. That aside, I'm really pleased with it. (Yes, I know it's set to manual but I'd just been fiddling with it!)

Here are a few from my first foray with it ....
















Certainly recommend this one - if you can find one. They seem a bit rare.

I sometimes comment around December 30th, "It will soon be Christmas." Trouble is, it turns out to be true each year!

That's one of the things I like about macro photography. You can learn how nature does so many amazing things. Thank you Roger.

Makes you worried about getting wet doesn't it?