Hi, thanks for the positive comments.

No filters used in any of the images, I enhanced the 'Reds' in the waterfall pictures just to try and off-set the large amount of green's in the originals. Didn't do much else.

In my brief time with the A-50mm f2.8 Pentax lens, it appears to be a stunner. Now I know why it is hard to find and usually expensive.

The first three pictures were taken with the K7 and A-50mm mounted on a monopod.

I find I'm quite good on side-ways stability, but shocking at the up and down, hence the monopod.

I set the camera to 'Capture in Focus', ( I think that is what is called ), get a general focus, press the shutter and move the monopd slowly, VERY slowly, toward the subject, and WOW the Pentax takes the picture.

That is how I got some of the shots, I'm sure that you can all derive your own solutions

I bought a Pentax f2.8 - 50mm Macro lens from one of our members recently.

This was one of my, "Must Have's ", not easy to get a good one, and most were '£' excessive.

I finaly got one, but it took a wee while to get time outside work to try it, I'm 100% Happy.

All on the K7

I'm not a bug man, but couldn't resist this one,



Well, it could be lunch-time ?




Is that you Fern No.1




Fern No.2




Depth of Field with the Pentax A-50mm f2.8 @ f2.8




Plus a couple of examples of the K7 at ISO-100 and ISO-6400

ISO-100 @ 0.5 second





and


ISO-6400 @ 1/4000 of a second

Olympus took out the OM-D, a digital up-date of the OM - film cameras.

Pentax took out the 'Q' then the K-01, what a waste of time.

Pentax should have spent money on a version of the LX, a digital version would have been 10 out of ten !!!

I was sent this link, and it may be an excuse for some of us to charge up the camera batteries ?

Cornflux Street Theatre

I don't know anything about it, but seems like a reason to get the dust off the 85mm f1.4

If they do, will any of us have FF lens to use ?

That Olympus OM-D E-M5is looking bloody good !!!

Not a great fan of wildlife shots, but this could turn me.

This is 10 out of 10, I love it.

A Pentax remote control in it's jaws would have been a killer shot !!!!!

Did I say 10 out of 10, if not, then it's a 10 out of 10

I'll be the first then, £25 take it or leave it !!!

I suspect you will, "leave it ", after these images

A keeper I think. Great stuff !!!!!


John

I would suggest that the lens dosen't matter.

For 'street photography', talent and an "eye" are needed.

B&W pictures of people just walking down the street are NOT, repeat, NOT, street photography.

Grumpy Bastard.

A bit of an easy excercise George, not a lot to choose from.

Why not give the other end of the scale a go, soooooo much more choices.

I used to think 'Gallery Pictures' were for peoples BEST efforts, unfortunately, most of what I see would have been deleted from my SD Card before it made it to the Mac.

If people want c&c or advice about images, I thought that "Your Photo's" section was the place ?

John.

I can't believe I was out on The Boy's Z-1000 in Scotland in March, ( hope he doesn't see this post, didn't go much above 14,000 rev's son ).

Dual- carriageway for +120mph, single track road for fun, and about 15 miles of ffffast, quiet, dry, two lane black-top, WOW - blew the cobwebs away today

All with the Pentax Optio 550 - a bit old now, but I still love it.











Turnip - Shooter exhausts, so called because they are un-baffelled and could fire a turnip about 1000 yards.