Thanks again, here is a crop of the bird only as the size limitation of the forum does not let one post at the best resolution.

Thanks Gareth I take your point.

A happy poster
Greg

Thanks, I don't often post pics but I was thrilled with this one and had to share. I used f14 as the K5 is not finaly setup for back/front focus and seeing as it's going back it's a waste of time to finalise the settings.

i-Berg, the bird is a Masked Weaver and it built it's nest in an Australian Tree Fern. These birds strip away any leaves in the vicinity of their nests, leaving only bare branches. The bee was extra, no charge.

Greg

I's amazing how my DA*60-250 has improved by making it practice until it starts to know what it's doing

Here is one of the pics taken this morning before the rain. Monopod, 250mm ISO 800, f14. This is a crop of about 50% of the full picture. I have done everything I can in Lightroom and Elements to make it look as good as possinle.

Link to the full size version on Flickr link

Greg

Thanks Mike,

Well I bought it.

I'm not anal about correct spelling so that side does not worry me. For the price I think you get your moneys worth. It explains the cameras workings, setting and use far better than the manual, covers all the bits and pieces you can get for the Pentax cameras, manual lenses and a lot more.

Obviously there is a bit of what appears to be padding in the form of list of lenses and Pentax history, but then it may not appear as padding if you are not a member of a forum where these things are discussed to death.

Would I buy it again, Yes.

Greg

Hi,

Has anyone had hands on experience (eyes on) experience of the e books advertised here

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I'm thinking of getting the K5 version, it's cheap enough.

Greg

I tried to phone him this morning but he will only be in later today. Please let me have the address for the Klippies
Greg

Thanks for the response, unfortunately I deleted the images after each cleaning session, which was stupid I know.

I don't think I'll have a problem with Pentax's local repair service as I've built up a good relationship with there Workshop Manager and in any case how will they know I've attempted to clean it if I don't talk

So after Christmas it goes back.
Thanks,
Greg

Having spent a lot of effort in cleaning the sensor of my K5 I've managed to remove all of the worst heavy black marks and am only left with a number of what look like feint oil stains, there were far worse oil stain marks when I started.

However after this effort I'm no longer able to make a impartial decision as to how clean is acceptably clean. Would someone please download (1.8M) the original file and examine the marks which I've circled and let me have your comments.

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Thanks,
Greg

As a matter of interest this software works with my K5, I believe it also works for the K20, Kr and K7, not perfect yet but getting there, which is more than can be said for Pentax.

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I must say that I applaud his efforts and have sent a small donation.

Greg

Have you ever done a Back/Front focus test on your Auto Focus lenses, wide open, they use the same phase focus system. If the AF lenses are also back focusing there is your problem and you will need to do a global BF focus adjustment.

I found that synchronising the focus indicator, split screen and matt surface for use with manual focus lenses became quite a mission on my K200D and am now starting the whole process all over again for the K5.

This can become a long and involved discussion, there are lots of posts and articles on the Web covering the subject.

Enjoy

Greg