I'm going to rush into things. I'm going to think about watching the interview where Pentax are thinking about working on a ff camera and then I'll think things over.

I would recommend improving your photography using the 18-55 before contemplating wider or manual lenses. Ultra wide territory can be difficult as perspective distortions are exaggerated. I have only given my 18-55(WR version) a quick spin but it is a very capable lens.

I'm not sure what the poll has got to do with the question.

The faint one in the centre of the image that is longer than the rest, straight not curved and headed in a NNE direction.

It wasn't easy to see at all. This was probably the easiest point in the sky to find it but quite far beyond the closest approach and outside binocular range.

This is an image of the asteroid 2012 DA14 which is a half-football-pitch sized rock which passed by Earth last night at a distance of 27000kms or so.

I captured it is passing through the constellation of Ursa Major, near the junction of the pan and the handle.

The first exposure is 15 seconds, so 75 odd miles worth of travel and the second 260seconds, so 1300 odd miles. The trails are faint but it is roughly the equivalent of viewing Ayers rock from the Moon, so not easy to see.

The asteroid's path is circled:




100% crop, the faint path is in the centre of the image approaching the pan handle between stars Alioth (left) and Megrez (right):





A longer exposure, the box is the area of the 100% crop, the trail to the left is a satellite:




100% crop, trail easier to identify in centre image:




I could have gone for a closer view and a clearer trail but I preferred to image it against a recognisable piece of sky for a bit of context as at the end of the day it's just a line and some blobs.

Nice to see the DA*55 here.

Troll snot on white and on black:

K55mm f1.8:




K55mm f1.8:

The electronic level isn't accurate to a degree (not even close), and that makes a big difference. It's not the shoreline that should be horizontal it's the pylons that should be vertical, and they aren't.

I recognise that, it's Brighton. I like Clock Tower Cameras, a living relic.

Second version for me. Pretty wonky though, needs rotating to the left by about 1.5 degrees.

Good luck Bill with your exhibition. I really like the exhibition images on your website, they have a real sense of place and I love the forlorn mood. I would attend if I could in order to view them as they should be viewed but I'll have to miss out (will have to miss out on the Spice Girls musical too:lol. P.S about time they got rid of that ugly structure at Old Trafford.