Must admit that I have never seen any evidence of PF with my 60-250

I would agree, I think Mike needs us to help him, perhaps a breather away from the classified section for a couple of months

Besides it might give the rest of us a chance

Glad your trip worked out well Rob, shame about the weather, at least it didn't stop you getting out and about with K-7.
Looking forward to seeing your shots

Three for me too

I'd be happy to contribute to a fund if Mark's gear doesn't turn up safely

Karl, I would suggest you wait on the split prism focus screen and see how you get on. You might find you are able to achieve accurate manual focus by eye or with the aid of the confirm focus 'beep' and 'hexagon' in your K20D.

James is correct in that a split prism focus screen will definitely help but a decent one will cost more than the A 50 f/1.7

[quote:3496ace15f="karlh"]Dangermouse: have found the following on ebay: Will it do, please?

]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SMC-PENTAX-A-50mm-f-1-7-FAST-PRIME-LENS-FILM-DIGITAL_W0QQi...

Yes that's the one

Good action shots, I like both of them

Out of interest which lens and body are you using?

The unfortunate thing about autofocus in the HD video mode was that Pentax US jumped on it as feature and clearly highlighted it in their K-7 promotion video. Oops

Hi Tim, No problem at all with your C&C I agree with all your observations

Re. the skull, well spotted... that is purely down to my half-cocked PP, I softened the background slightly because it looked a little busy, not something I was quite expecting with the 35 Ltd I must admit. Perhaps it was just the closeness of the other branches. Anyway here is a more carefully crafted version.

[IMG]http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5555/rabbitsend.jpg[/IMG]

With regard to my better-half negotiating the stile. I'm not sure, it could be that the hood wasn't extended, in fact it wasn't extended for any of the shots I took on Saturday but then it was pretty overcast :