I really like the idea of this shot and I would try a different more natural colour for the leaf and I would also crop the photo to a (about) 3/4 format, leaving out the last shorter part of the fence….

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Thanks Ilovesaabs/Welshwizard/PWynneJ! I look forward to seeing your Venice pictures!

Thursday Bump!

No interest in this wonderful lens? I thought the price to be fair considering its current price new, but if you feel it is not. let me know please…..

A few pictures taken with the lens:

Agree on the 35-70 to be one of the best bargains around. It depends on whether you really look for wide to tele, as the 35-70 would be normal to tele….

Thanks Jules!

Any idea what SR stands for?

For a one lens solution, i would recommend the DA 18-135.

I have taken the difficult decision to sell my Samsung D-Xenon 12-24 4.0 zoom lens. This is the Samsung re-badged version of the Pentax DA 12-24 4.0 zoom.

The lens has served me very well, it is great for both landscape and cityscape photography and it is incredibly sharp. The lens is in excellent conditions and it comes with both caps, hood, and its original box. As you will see from the pictures, the some of the letters on the lens cap have lost some paint, and there are some light signs of use on the hood .

Some pictures:
















I am looking for 470 euros, which includes shipment to EU and Paypal fees.

Any questions, please ask….

this is from their site:


The KatzEye™ focusing screen for the Pentax K-5, K-5II, K-7, K-30, K-50 and K-500 shows only a very slight effect on light metering. In our testing, the KatzEye™ screen tested within factory tolerance in nearly all situations. The only exception is when using spot metering with lenses having apertures of f2.8 or smaller. This combination may produce overexposure, so it is advisable to use either center-weighted average metering or multi-segment metering to preserve accurate meter response when using small aperture lenses. In the event that spot metering mode must be used with a small aperture lens, it is advisable to set an appropriate exposure compensation by reading the histogram of a test shot. Approximate exposure compensation values are as follows*: