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Steve

Definitely a cold looking view towards Dartmoor. The flower looks like Herb Robert link - a bit early, but you're in a warm part of the country!

Steve

No. 2 for me, too. Strong lines. And the 'IT IS AN OFFENCE' poster is an intriguing touch - makes you wonder what the offence is.

No. 1 is rather muddled. It might be improved by cropping out the right and left sides to concentrate on the central walkway.

Steve

Let's not forget that Covid in still causing problems in the UK and elsewhere. If J Pye's repair team is small and a couple of people are off sick, they will have problems keeping on top of things. And with anything electronic, the world shortage of chips (due in part to Covid) is hitting everything from computers to cars. Supply of parts might also have been affected by B****t. Lots of reasons why camera repairs might not be running smoothly at the moment.

Steve

That's what I said about the K20D, albeit for different reasons. How wrong I was...

Steve

That's not a hover fly, it's a bee fly! And while you're right about them changing direction impressively quickly, they can stay still for long periods when they find the right spot - usually over a warm patch or looking for a suitable hole in the ground.

Nice shot by the way.

Steve

That's because they are now photographic shops, not camera shops. My local place openly admits that it survives because of the money they make from things like picture frames, prints, accessories etc. etc., not from cameras. They have very few cameras or lenses in stock but can get most of them, including Pentax (and they do have a Sigma lens or two in K mount in the window display!).

Steve

That's impressive . I've tried similar with that lens and the original K3 - and failed miserably.

Steve

Depends on what you want to use it for. I was very happy with the 16-45mm except for one thing: too often found myself wanting to change lens because 45mm was too short. Eventually got the 16-85mm rather than any of the others because I really like 16mm and a mm or two at the short end makes a significant difference. And while the 16-85mm isn't f4 across its whole range, it is from 16 to 45mm so no losing out there. As Nigelk says, the 16-85mm and 55-300mm make a good pair for general use and are what comes with me if I don't have a specific reason to take another lens.

Steve

And the lens that enabled the K3iii to do it was...??

Steve