I use the 'fishy' about 80% of the time.

I love the 17 to 70 Pentax too, but every time I use it, I wish I'd left the 'fishy' on, 17mm just ain't wide enough.

For me the 10-17mm Pentax 'fisheye' is my favourite lens.

I hear of people on these forums that like the 'long' reach, 500mm, 600mm, or 1200mm this is not for me, the longest lens I have is the 105 Sigma Macro, my next purchase may be in the 8mm range

The 10-17mm for me is No.1.
This lens will capture images you will not get with your other lenses, you could crop your 200mm shot to get the same field of view as you 100mm, but you won't get the 10mm effect

For me, a ticket to Australia, and a cheap loan of a motorcycle and tent from 'Clarky' for about 2 weeks.

May have the air fare already, so look out for a couple of 'sales' for the motorcycle hire.

Maybe a Ducati 998, I'll be down that Princes Highway like sh*t of a shovel !!!!

I like them both, but the first one stands out a bit more for me.

Another version of the first one, with the white background replaced by black and then both mounted on a wall together would look stunning, I suspect

I may not be right, but I could be wrong

Much the same Matt, 85% Windows when at work. I can also do some work stuff on the Mac.

I have started to prefer Apples, 'Pages and Numbers' to Word and Excel, and can even work between them.

Then it's PICTURES, MUSIC and FUN STUFF - 100% MAC

Thanks Matt.

I have used GC for years, and love it, it makes some hard thing so simple, I love the batch conversion and easy slide-shows.

Are you still on the Mac side yourself ?

1 & 2 are 'moody' and 'damp', I think you captured the moment very well, I'm looking for my brolly !

No.3 is good too, these 3 stand out for me

The first image is terrific

I have the Samyang as well and have just started playing with it.

Did a little bit with differential focus, but still working on that.

You have convinced me to play with it even more

The great thing about this place is, that even when it is closed and nothing is going on, you can still get near to some of the carriages and 'bits and pieces', and it's only a few miles from my house.

I could go here every day for a month and get different images

Bo'ness

Next sunny morning / evening, I'm planning here,

Blackness Castle

and there is the "Blackness Inn' for food and refreshments.

I know what you mean about the 'eggs', I had 3 x 4GB cards I used with the K10, but the K7 fills them up a lot quicker.

I'll see how things work out with the big card, couldn't turn down the price !

I haven't been out with the camera since mid January, but had a day off today and as I could see a few shafts of sunlight peeking through the clouds, I decided to venture out with the Samyang 85mm f1.4 and the Pentax 17-70mm.

I went to the station at Bo'ness and took a few shots.

Both with the Samyang 85mm @ f5.6, more images are on the link below if you are interested.