We may be brand specific, but hardly a group of "happy clappers" as it is. The evidence sometimes indicates the very reverse of that....

There's no conundrum at all if we think about it logically. Put a Pentax lens on a film camera and you have a picture made with a Pentax lens. What's the problem?

Likewise, what's the problem with scanners? My Pentax film shots are either copies made on a camera, scans made on a Nikon film scanner or scans made on an Epson flat bed. They are still Pentax pictures.

Just remember Pentax or Pentax related or of interest to and usable by Pentax users. Ain't difficult until someone tries to have fun bucking the system, then we get grief.

As Ken said, this is Pentax User and it's here to support and encourage Pentax Users.

It is specifically covered in the Terms of use, but essentially it's Pentax and Pentax-related only.

This sounds like you've started a competition of sorts, so I've moved it there.

I can't specifically remember, but I wouldn't be surprised. If you look at the review I did (part of the K-5 II review?) at the time the answer may be obvious from the images.

I was anticipating the 18-200mm was an older lens like the Pentax version was, but it's quite possible that Tamron made more than one model. In which case, worth checking before you buy.

The 18-200mm lens was a film era lens. The 18-250mm is much better, and the 18-270mm slightly better again.

The biggest problem with all these lenses is probably the very limited maximum aperture, especially at the longer length. That leads potentially to camera shake problems.

Having said that, they are fantastic travel lenses.

Nigel, with reference to your unanswered question. I thought I had answered it really, in that I felt the effects applied just destroyed the underlying content. In effect, my feeling is that you presented the effects as the content.

An example would be making a portrait sepia toned, perfectly valid in itself, but presenting it as "an example of sepia toning" rather than as a portrait of a person that reflected something of their character. The sepia toning could add to that, but it wouldn't be the point of the image.

It seems it was a monthly competition:

https://www.pentaxuser.com/competitions/monthly-competition--7---digital-filters...

Leaving out the sniping, which doesn't add to any debate, the consensus seems to be a dislike of effects just applied by touching a button. There's no skill in that in particular, so I don't think we can argue artistic merit for it.

We'll have to have a competition again sometime for manipulation and see what people can really do when they do it with artistry in mind. I set one a while back in the weekly competitions and some good ideas were posted.

The thread is also 3 years old, it's just been resurrected by a new member who found some interest in it.