I think in terms of an image you have a fair point, but in this instance I felt I wanted to record the room as it is. It's a tower room that's very tall and I wouldn't want to reduce any impression of that height. As it stands, that was as much as I could get in with the 12-24mm lens. If I had a wider lens I would have used it here...

I have very rarely shot a male model, but the ladies at ADAPS wanted one, so tonight was the night. Here's a sample from the shoot:
[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/johnriley1uk/031-James-1.jpg[/IMG]
Pentax K20D, SMC Pentax-DA 16-45mm, studio flash, 200 ISO.

Another opinion, so you now have the choice of two diametrically opposed ones!

I deny talking complete cobblers though, on the grounds that no-one is perfect....

An East German 35mm lens? No, not worth £100 IMHO. £10 tops!

However, sometimes these things gain a reputation that is not really deserved, so maybe people are paying more for them.

The SMC Takumar or Super Takumar 35mm f3.5 would be a far better lens, again IMHO.

Another thought that maybe if the battery is three years old it is no longer holding sufficent charge? Batteries have a limitede life and 1000 recharges may be enough for it need replacement.

You could just check that you are within the correct distance ranges to use the macro setting.

The correct technique with Pentax Adaptaer k is to screww the adapter onto a screw thread lens. Then the whole assembly can be bayoneted onto the camera body.

Screw thread lenses can now be changed by unscrewing in the normal way - in effect, the adapter converts a bayonet body into a screw thread one.

When you want to remove the Adapter K, press the small spring with a sharp point and simply rotate the adapter whilst the camera is pointed downwards andf it will just fall off into your hand. The engineering of the pentax adapter is so good that this will work freely and easily without any damage or force.

AFAIK the only Pentax cameras Eye-Fi cards will work with are the new crop, such as the I-10.

Only just back from this shoot, but here's an image of one of the rooms in the church tower. This used to be the vestry but is now an Artist's studio. Fantastically interesting building.
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http://www.ephotozine.com/u22471/gallery/1564780
http://www.ephotozine.com/u22471/gallery/1563803
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=207708&id=790667817&l=8900c34863
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=221220&id=790667817&l=657237cac5

A selection of links to I-10 images, including a wedding. The wedding wasn't a paid job, I was a guest, but it was an opportunity to see how difficult it was to use a compact for the purpose. A DSLR would have been much, much easier but i thought it wasn't too shabby anyway.