Peter, I'm sure that if the 60-250 was an f/2.8 with a matching TC they would fly of the shelf. Even I would buy one to compliment/replace my Sigma 70-200 EX Mk1.

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I never upgrade. I buy additional kit. My D700 was never bought as an upgrade to any of my Pentax bodies.

I live and work in bright, sunny climates so an istD, K10 and K7 will always produce great daylight IQ. My K10 has also turned out some very acceptable night time shots.

By all means get a K5 but use it for the Hi ISO, low noise shots that your K10 can't achieve. Nothing wrong with using two bodies and removing a lens change.

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A great set. The "Alien Emerging" in the last shot is a cracker.

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I set my cameras to "flat" with no in camera adjustments for colour or sharpness etc. The Pentax images are a shade warmer as they come from the camera. The Nikon images are how do I put it, 5 deg cooler?

I've used a D700 since May 09 and love it. I bought the D7000 to only use with the 70-200 VR. I am currently shooting with the K7, D700 and D7000. Three camera's every outing and no lens changes.

I won't by a Nikon macro as it wont be better than my Pentax 50 & 100mm macros.

I like FF and having the 14-24mm covers all bases for me as far as wide angle goes and it's a tad sharp.

Would I give up Pentax kit? No chance. I intend to bring the K10 back to Oz in Sept because it's IQ is excellent.







and I still like CCD results.

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Tim, take the existing collar to a small engineering or machine shop. You may well get an "OK we can machine one up for you" response. 12mm ally plate would be just fine to machine one up. The foot would be screwed onto the longer neck or even be ally welded. Gotta be less than 185??

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Probably due to the fact that Pentax are not alone in previous lens compatibility. The D7000 works and meters with converted AI lenses (the pronged lenses)from 1959 with A & M metering and P,S,A,M with lenses of 1986 to present day. The Nikon G lenses are crippled like my 16-50 & 50-135mm SDM Pentax lenses as they have no aperture ring.

Also, Nikor AF zooms since 1986 have had focal length encoders that still work with today's digital cameras. This does not improve IQ but I don't use the fact of retro compatibility to "push" the brand against another.

The reviewer did not mention the flash systems.

I shoot Pentax and Nikon. I find them so close in operations as not to be an issue.

Best IQ ??? Pentax.

Best current lens range, AF and flash ??? Nikon.

Only tools at the end of the day.

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A great capture and presentation.

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Possibly a Canon.

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Yes, well spotted and captured. Even the ladies bag in No. 1 has a lot of colours going on.

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A good set and well done considering the limitations of the kit you had to deal with.

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