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Mine was fine also, but the box was battered. This was not helped by the rather lacksadaisical Jiffy Bag packaging. I would not have sent any of my eBay orders in such a way. However, the lens works fine, is clearly new and will lighten my camera bag a fair bit compared with my FA version, which is now up for sale here and on eBay.

Comment by johnriley posted on PENTAX D FA 100mm - £284.89 @ Currys at 01/09/2010 - 23:04

Just one, in perfectly good condition, although the box was battered.

Comment by johnriley posted on SMC Pentax-FA 100mm f2.8 Macro Lens For Sale at 01/09/2010 - 22:48

The Pentax 400-600mm needs activation of the aperture ring to work. Now the aperture changes on this lens, despite it being a fixed aperture physically, simply because it zooms whilst the glass of course remains the same size. It's an optical effect.

Comment by johnriley posted on how to use a Tamron 500mm mirror lens at 01/09/2010 - 18:42

Yes, there's no problem leaving it activated.

Comment by johnriley posted on how to use a Tamron 500mm mirror lens at 01/09/2010 - 18:15

IIRC if you son't enable use of aperture ring then the camera will not fire, even with a fixed aperture mirror lens.

Comment by johnriley posted on how to use a Tamron 500mm mirror lens at 01/09/2010 - 15:35

We have one macro too many now, so this heavy beast of a lens is now on eBay. The BIN price there is £350.00 but if a forum member wants it, then the price is £325.00 including insured shipping to anywhere in the world.
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The lens is in beautiful condition, bought some years ago now from McBrian.

Comment by johnriley posted on SMC Pentax-FA 100mm f2.8 Macro Lens For Sale at 01/09/2010 - 13:45

We are always wary of finding we have been somewhere a few times and thinking we might as well join. That might be the last time we go, and that has happened in the past.

Happily, Martin Mere is somewhere that can be revisited time and again, so we are members of WWT, English Heritage and National Trust. That just about covers us wherever we go.

Comment by johnriley posted on Common Blue at 01/09/2010 - 11:41

In the absence of clarification, read the brief very carefully and then do the best you can. That's all I have done and it's my best suggestion!

Comment by johnriley posted on Weekly Competition # 164 - "Painted Shop Front Window" at 01/09/2010 - 11:39

Not easy to find the right place at the right time with these shots. I would have tried to get the two large bales more into the corner of the composition as I feel the remainder then fall into more of a lead-in, rather than them being so central.

However, depending on where you were able to stand there's no saying that this would have been possible.

Comment by johnriley posted on Harvest time at 01/09/2010 - 09:35

We joined WWT last year and have just renewed. So far we have visited Caerlaverock, Martin Mere and Slimbridge. Next on the list is Washington.

All these sites have a different character of their own. I really liked the meadows at Caerlaverock.

Comment by johnriley posted on Common Blue at 01/09/2010 - 09:32

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