Oh, Oh,

Now I'm adicted.

At least it isn't a total waste of time - someone might get fed.

So long, Freecell.....

Erik,

WAY TO GO!!

Your first post is to help someone.

Welcome to the forum, and congratulations.

Cheers,

Lilly,

Again you floor us with your images!

As for cropping the light in #2, how about only the bulb - leaving the shade and that wonderful old wooden ceiling? It's only the bulb that I find distracting in any way.

Cheers

Matt,

Glad to see an evil Nikonian has provided the world with a very useful chart and an insightful writeup.

Thanks for passing it along.

I'm using it on manual focus Spotmatic, Super Program and P30 bodies with my 50mm Macro prime, to see how well the mirrors are adjusted.

'Course, it's my failing eyesight replacing AF in these tests

Maybe I'll see if I need new glasses.

Oh, boy - new lenses! (Any way I can get them )

[quote= I now have one of every generation since the K1000 except the P series.[/quote]Want one?

0207887302 eBay

In Devon, if anyone is interested.

Mike,

Actually this is the simplest K Mount body Pentax ever made - FULLY manual - will operate forever without a battery - which is only used for a light meter.

Thousands and thousands of students in as many photography classes around the world cut their teeth on a 1000.

It was and is a veritable TANK of a camera - virtually indestructable.

I would think in today's world of disposable everything, it symbolizes what Pentax is most proud of, and holds a lot of nostalgia for many folk.

Collectors seek these out.

I think of the 1000 as carrying the Spotmatic tradition into the K Mount era.

Sniff.....

That's going to be one very unhappy customer if he was buying it for the lens - which was misrepresented.

Isn't it wonderful when you happen upon a model who knows how to pose?

Makes life so much easier and makes for a very fine portrait as well.

Congrats to you and your subject.

Prime macro.

Can't beat 'em!