Which just goes to show that there's still a market for Pentax if you're selling decent kit at a sensible price in the right place and you're someone who people respect and trust. I'm pleased that you've found new homes for this lot. Hopefully the cash will find its way into other kit that will produce images which will continue to brighten our days as your Pentax images have done .

And don't forget that you can still enter the weekly competitions with shots from the past taken with Pentax-related gear .

Steve

Well, who'd have believed it? There it was, sticking out like a sore thumb on a bush near the front door with the temperature at close to freezing. A few quick grab shots was all I could manage, given that I wasn't dressed for that temperature. It isn't the greatest shot of an insect and definitely lacks technical sophistication (shake reduction probably wasn't intended to cope with low-temperature induced shaking ). However, it's a record of something that I wouldn't normally expect to be hanging around at this time of the year and in these conditions.

Comment as you think fit!




Steve

Totally agree. I've had many scam calls from people with British accents. I've also had a step-grandfather whose accent was incomprehensible to anyone in the family other than my grandmother and my toddler sister. He came from Tyneside in NE England and was always known as 'Geordie'. If he'd been in a call centre, the only people who would have been able to make sense of him would have been fellow Geordies!

Steve

OK, so here is what is currently beering-out the old and beering-in the new.








Happy New Year, folks!

Steve

Not really a blunder or near-miss, more a result of misplaced optimism, but here goes: Flashes. I've got three (not counting those built into the camera) . Each bought for a very good reason and with full intention to use it. But how much do I use them? Hardly ever. Could I have spent the money on something more useful? With hindsight, probably yes. Will I sell them? No, because as soon as I do, something will crop up for which the flash is essential.

Steve

And still back home to see in the New Year with Jools Holland on BBC2? Time might fly but some things don't seem to change...

Happy New Year to you and everyone .

Steve

Be careful if you're out to get a shot of that superb view. Another bit of the cliff fell onto the beach yesterday. It happens quite often on that stretch of the coast. Not a place to hang around near the base of the cliff or to walk near the edge on top. And if you hear a rumble - run away from it!!

Steve

Burton Bradstock?

And your first impression after using the K3iii in anger is...?

Steve

Under the forum category heading 'Your Photos': "Share pictures taken within the forum using Pentax cameras or lenses." By common consent, that includes the old Samsung clones of Pentax cameras and, since the Ricoh purchase of Pentax, Ricoh cameras.

There is a partner forum www.camerauser.online for all brands, run by the same folk who run this forum. Not surprisingly it even looks like this forum. I expect they would be delighted to have contributions from non-Pentax cameras/lenses . (Note to rick: do I get a late Xmas pressie for that blatant plug?? )

Steve

Funny thing, this forgetting the date. I've started doing it myself. "What's the date today?" and wait for the answer is usually enough to rest my internal calendar. I regard it as an endearing feature rather than a fault. Is my internal battery dead?

Steve