I did indeed . It seems to me to be a fair and reasonable review, points made clearly and concisely and no superfluous waffle.

I don't think I'll be getting one to replace my Irix 150mm macro, though, even if they do release it in K mount...

Steve

Thanks folks. I'm not likely to be taking more photos of the family wagon for a while - too much hard work needed either to get it clean and shiny or to do a virtual wash, shampoo and polish via PP.

Mazda 'Soul Red'. Best colour I've ever had on a car. Much nicer than the 50 shades of grey that seem to be so popular.

Steve

Clever! It kept me guessing during a wet and windy afternoon. Thank you .

I was actually wondering about electronic shutter and had tried to cheat () by looking for the shutter mode in the exif data, but couldn't find anything useful.

In case anyone is tempted, don't bother looking at the bottom of a pan that has been used for pasta. It's just an uninteresting, unphotogenic mess...

Steve

Vehicle photography ain't my fing. However, while photographing flowers in the front garden a couple of evenings ago I noticed the front of the car looking interestingly abstract. So here it is. Taken with K3iii + Tamron 500mm mirror lens. Bird deposits and other bits of muck on the car removed in PP (it's going to rain today so will hopefully remove them from the car without any effort from me :mrgreen. And yes, hightlights are blown but that was what it looked like through my eyes at the time - I don't have HDR eyesight .

Thoughts, comments etc. welcome.




Steve

Yesterday evening the battery indicator was showing empty when I turned off the K3iii. This morning I attempted to recharge the battery in-camera. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. No red flashing light, no sign at all of anything happening. So I tried a different USB cable and different socket. Still nothing. So I changed the battery for a fully charged one and, with fingers firmly crossed, turned on the camera. It started up normally - to my great relief . Next step was to put the discharged battery into a battery charger. It started charging normally. After a couple of minutes I put it back in the camera and tried in-camera charging again. This time, it worked. It seems that in-camera charging will only work if the battery still as a little charge remaining. At a guess, the battery is needed to start up the circuit that handles charging.

So that's the tale.

And the caution? If you are away from home and relying on in-camera charging, always recharge the battery before it hits zero or you might find that you can't use the camera again until you get home and find the battery charger. But, of course, you always carry a spare, fully charged battery in case of emergency, don't you?

Steve

Thanks folks. I'm actually quite intrigued by the Mysteron rings. With the right subject, they open up interesting possibilities for the background. And with some subjects they were an unexpected focussing aid - a bright spot on the subject showing as an ever-decreasing ring as focus was approached.

Pure luck. The camera was pointing at something else in that direction when it landed on the ivy. Time for one shot then it flew off. There have been a lot of butterflies over the last couple of weeks - red admirals, peacocks, gatekeepers, whites etc. etc. We were rather concerned earlier in the year when numbers seemed low, but there's no shortage now.

Steve

Well done on getting that 1st class hons - well deserved !! Are you now going for a masters in landscape photography?

I'm going to give my vote for first place to ... (drum roll...) ... No. 3 because of the questions asked by the abandoned railway track. It was a toss up between that and the other lighthouse shot, but the other one lost because to my eyes the lighthouse gets lost against the sky.

Steve

Definitely not in the 'cute' category then...

Steve

+1

And it looks like you've just invented a new direction for food photography - macro rot . But how on earth do you explain it to the lady of the house???

Steve

Superb!

Yes, the deer gets the vote for cuteness. But the herons and blue tit are equally excellent photos. I can't quite make out what the heron is about to swallow for its lunch though - fish? frog? great crested newt???

Steve