If it is a Ricoh mount lens then inserting feeler gauges between lens and camera at the position of the AF drive is supposed to be effective in releasing the lens. Depends of course on how snug a fit the lens is and if you can get feeler gauges in..

I don't think I fully understand Art, if half of those images were on my memory card they'd be straight in the recycle bin.

Better late than never Barrie

Is your second shot entitled "The one that got away"

Some good shots from everyone, I had some disasters with my exposures first thing, shooting in TAv and opening up to f2.8 I failed to see the over exposure warning, even the RAW files are probably bin material

I did manage one shot on the day at 1/8000th, and I though I would need Mediterranean sun to use my K5 at that: No doubt the day after people were shooting at 1/8th

I shall have to clean the inch of dust from my sunglasses now

I'm surprised there were any Goths on the streets yesterday, here in Leeds a friend said he was thinking of building an Arc

I feel for the Goths, they've looked forward to the weekend and no doubt gone to a great deal of time and expense with their costumes, and Whitby isn't the best of places to be when it's raining.

That's a fantastic shot Gareth, I love it.

Looks like I'm first with Pentax shots though, just a few quick fixes, crop levels sharpen (and a bit of burning in on one) obviously they need a little work but don't want to keep the masses waiting

Fantastic day, got a few keepers I think.

First up is a grab shot of Hardgravitys son Michael?

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Second is another grab shot, we were snapping a family of six when someone told the teenagers they were allowed to smile, well it got the desired reaction and I grabbed the shot

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Third and fourth is a very nice lady and her husband (I assume), she was extra nice because she's a Pentax User, although admits to losing her username and password, we did encourage her to find them

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Yes I know I should curse the guy in the yellow jacket

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Last one up is my favorite Goth, Danni, David Trout had left by this time and is no doubt going to kick himself for missing her

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And to think I nearly didn't go, but the fresh air seems to have cleared my cold a little.

I'll start a new thread in the Your Photo's section for the pics, unless someone beats me to it.

Sorry to say guys but I may be skipping this tomorrow, coming down with something nasty, spent most of the day drinking hot lemon remedies and keeping warm.

Fortunately I tend to shrug this sort of thing off quickly so I'll see how I feel tomorrow, so don't hang about for me, if I do come and I'm late I have Barries number, either that or I'll just search the coffee shops

try searching for most viewed again but don't include nude/glamour, then see how many page views images get

EDIT, there are still a few glamour images pop up but they've not been tagged properly

Not had a lot of experience with old primes, but I have read you can't really go wrong with any of the 50mm as they were relatively easy to make.