I'm amazed it managed 7 hours with it continuously on. I'd say you've got a pretty good battery to manage that.

Were the CIF shots any good? Anything worth posting as I'm sure many would like to see what can be achieved by that method.

John

It isn't that surprising when the theme was for pictures of monochromatic subject matter taken in colour.

John

I think we all know as much as you do!

The best I can do is provide a link of a picture of it then you can decide how expensive it looks!

http://www.imaging-resource.com/ee.php?ACT=44&fid=0&d=1328673392&f=smc-pentax-da...

Until Pentax announce it officially any price is pure speculation, as is even its name.

John

Could be that or perhaps the contacts could do with a clean?

John

I've got the Tamron badged version of that teleconverter and it works fine with my DFA 100mm macro. Only suggestion is that the lens has slipped off the A setting?

John

You can download the manuals for the various Pentax DSLRs here:

http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/

John

Do I therefore take it you proposing that the competition rules should be abolished completely as you do not consider them relevant? Minor details can often be extremely important, perhaps not with our fortnightly comp but millions have been won and lost over officialdom not bothering to make sure 'rules' and instructions are written and implemented correctly. Our local Council is a case in point who thought they knew better than the Department of Transport when they introduced a parking scheme that failed to comply with Government regulations - and who pays to clear up the mess?

John

Not at all, "within 14 days of the current theme being set" counts 14 days backwards as well as 14 days forwards! To top it off, the competition will have already ended and possibly judged before the point in time that the 14 days afterwards has been reached!

That requirement has been really poorly worded.

John

Could one presume that Pentax are releasing a new 50mm 135 format standard lens with the intention of coupling it with a new 135 format body? Otherwise why would they bother to do this?

John

May I therefore suggest that the rule is rewritten to clarify it:

1. All entries must be images taken after the current theme is set.

The current wording 'within 14 days' implies (to me) its either side of the date the competition is set, but I suspect that isn't what was intended.

John