I was at the rowing at Eton Dorney - everything was well done - no problems taking in my K-5 plus 60-250

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I say leave a border Pa - I use Blurb who suggest leaving a space around the edges to avoid limbs being amputated.....

Good idea Barrie, but there is one fundamental flow...

I'm all the gear, but no idea

what you see might be due to my inept handling of the camera.....

I'll find a suitable brick wall.

No, I havent and I don't trust him to give me an honest answer - he's been given such a long lead to the extent that he doesn't know what's wrong or right. He does have the tendency to slap people if he doesn't get his own way.......

No I haven't confirmed a problem but since I've had the dreaded SDM failure on this lens at an airshow I don't want to notice a shift when I come to check photos....having a £1100 lens suffering decentering is something I don't want to entertain

How much effort would it take to knock the elements out of alignment on a DA* 60-250?

Came home last night to find my lens out of position, on it's side, lens hood off; It's usually stored on it's cap in the supplied case in a cupboard but since we have visitors it's been on my desk in my study, my 11 year old nephew (nothing is off limits to him) was found playing with it - and like Sainsbury's who won't accept anything perishable by return I want to be aware of the condition of the lens at all times.

So, if the lens was tipped over on the desk (which I don't know if it was or not) would that be enough to knock one or two elements out of line?

I will also see if Asahi or Harrow have the means to check the lens without dismantling it...

Peter

£429 now

Ergonomically I prefer the K20D over my K-5 and D3, that's the price I suppose we have to pay for 3" LCDs... A lot of the functions being accessed by the left thumb is something I do appreciate and the set out on my K20D is more intuitive than the Nikon's. I hope the forthcoming new top line Pentax goes back to K10/20D styling....or MZ-S or Z-1

I'm with Ken here, re the soft release shutter - yet they fitted the unique matching grip which is identical to any other ME winder that has a standard shutter release....