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Congrats

DOH!
I forgot to mention, yes it has an A/M switch. And a pin to stop down the lens, which is working.
So you stop down the lens by switching the lens to M, and manually specifying the aperture.

In the case where a switch isn't there, you can easily modify the lens to work solely on manual. I've done this on another lens (non destructive).

Hi.

The lens is mechanically superb. Smooth focus and assertive clicks in the aperture rings.
The glass is in great condition with only a few specks of dust, nothing much and not noticeable in photos.
The body does have some paint loss here and there.

I find the lens sharp and having a nice bokeh (still not as nice as my SMC-A), however the lens does not bring anything new to my 50mm F1.7 and F1.4, so its going.

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I do like it when that happens

Ah, yes better AF-C as well.

I was shooting a friendly cricket match the other day, I thought the same thing.
I don't use continuous shooting a lot, so its not really an issue. However it would be expectable to have more than 3-3.5 fps in a camera of this level.

I don't think it would actually be a very high cost in itself. Changing camera certainly would be, but with a bigger viewfinder, video capabilities and metal body, 2 more fps should not be a significant chunk of the price premium.

It think the K-7 would satisfy me a lot, as I'm expecting better high ISO (slightly better than K20D), 5.2 fps, even better WS, faster (while accurate) AF. These are the important things for me.
The K-7 will still be a bit short for sports, but it might be enough to keep some people in the system or get a few converts (not established pros).

You get the F-- because the lens will likely have no electric contacts, they are dirty or the lens is not properly mounted.
On the case of all mirror lenses I know except for Sony's, you do not have an aperture ring.

Hmm I vaguely remember Prandtl number form my Fluid Dynamics classes... Oh memory, how rapidly you extinguish thyself.

It awesome to watch vids of jets braking the sound barrier and getting these cones around them:
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Cool, something much closer to home (Edinburgh).
I think I'll make it to this one

Oh crap...
I bought my D-BG2 and said no to a battery... I never checked the price ... DOH!

The box was open a worn, but Jessops assured me it was new :/ dunno... At these prices theses grips could be refurbished or demos.

I actually bought to re-sell, but now I dont know... I sure comes in handy for bigger lens...

Hmmm what to do...