Pete,

That shot just might be the clincher for me to start saving for a 10D.

What are the details re lens, length used, speed, aperture, breed and anything else you can tell me?

That is an amazing photograph.

Cheers

See!?!

This stuff is brilliant!!

Even grumpy ol' George has got to like THAT one!

Right?

Savin' up, oh, my Guru, savin' up!!

Quantum leaps are my speciality, from a Super Program - manual wind, manual focus - straight to the latest and greatest gear.

Tell me, Folks, what you you blame your crappy shots on now? I'm gonna need help here..

Have a great day everyone - and keep those wonderful 10D examples coming.

Cheers

Well, Liam, I thought it was GREAT!!!!!!!

Everyone else is just a bunch of old poops.

I finally got the real deal on eBay. (After a few miscues and OEM mistakes).

The Pentax one I have actually comes with a "key" for removal from the camera body. It is a VERY tight fit and good! Zero wobble.

I still take my hat off to Pentax re their forward - backward - sideways compatibility. They will have my loyalty as much for that as for thier superb quality.

Cheers

Link works great for me.

NICE SHOT!

Peetle,

I can't help you with speeds, but after years of (trying) to shoot sports car, dirt track races, I have one little tip. Even if your shot is slightly out of focus or motion-blurred, if your subject is entering the frame rather than leaving it (as happens all too often), your picture will be way more acceptable.

These are high speed action shots after all, and the blur often adds drama.

I finally got my shot of a lifetime (or so I thought) of a little Spitfire screaming down the back straightaway. Perfectly composed, perfectly in focus, panned exactly. - and boring as hell. It looked like it was posed in front of a blurred backdrop.

Most of all, make sure you don't get run over by an out of control skiier who is so discombobulated by you waiting there with a camera that he/she loses concentration. Skiiers tend to go where they're looking!

Most important of all - HAVE FUN!

I, too, have a 2.5 and have been tempted to weld it to one of my Spotmatic bodies so as to use it more often.

I'm always delighted with the results from it and keep asking myself why I don't use it all the time. It's bright, focuses like a dream...

Nice shots by the way, please post more.

Cheers

Viewfinder,

I've ventured into the arena of AF lately as my eyes are not what they usta was.

Know what's frustrating? Most of the situations that fool my eyes also fool the AF.

Very wide angle lenses always seem to be in focus, and I'm not surprised a 21mm can fool the K10D, they ALWAYS fool me.

Mid length lenses focus just fine, but are easy to focus manually as well.

Zooms, long and really long lenses in good light, focus quite obviously to my eyes, but often leave the AF searching repeatedly (and noisely - there goes the wildlife).

I now use most of my bulky, relatively dark, Auto Focus zoom lenses in Manual mode and wonder why I bothered. Faster ISO and smaller apertures for me.

Sigh

Don't believe him folks!

Just like the lunar landing back in the 60's, the whole thing was shot in a studio!!

Shame on you, Brian!

"One Giant Leap for Pentax!"

Really - Good on ya! That'll be tough to beat!

Heck, I was so embarrased, I took myself out and re-enlisted so I could set my count back to zero.

That and I totally messed-up changing my profile when I got a new email address. - Doh!

Actually, I had over 5000 posts and had reached "God" status. Really. Ask George.



Cheers - rookie!