Bee for mee! What a hover. Well done Mat.

All done and dusted folks

Ditto - have no trouble focussing the 70 manually (or the 40 for that matter).

Your sunset at Balintoy image is lovely Eddy - welcome.

Hyram, This a pleasant sunset notwithstanding, and given what was happening when you took it, might be a special shot.

Another vote for the FA31.

Kris,

It's a shame the ship's turrets aren't trained on the target in the foreground...

A further set for your thoughts and comments...

Violins I
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Pentax%20User%20Forum%20Images/_IGP4498R.jpg[/IMG]

Violins II
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Pentax%20User%20Forum%20Images/_IGP4552R.jpg[/IMG]

Violins III
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Pentax%20User%20Forum%20Images/_IGP4507R.jpg[/IMG]

Cellos
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Pentax%20User%20Forum%20Images/_IGP4563-2R.jpg[/IMG]

Double Bass (detail)
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Pentax%20User%20Forum%20Images/_IGP4522R.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks for looking, c&c welcome.

And while those lens qualities are important the physical size of the 70 is another consideration. It's not quite as small as the 40, but it's close. Zooms won't get near these pancakes for size.

And I can also recommend the 70 for image quality. Very impressive, Mike sums it up well.

Thanks all for your comments.

James - I hadn't thought about making three separate images out of that - something to reflect on.

Sam-Joseph - no Europe there! It's in Melbourne