If you check your EXIF data you'll find that the camera records its internal temperature.

I for got this one, I use mine mostly for gigs.

In general, I like what you've done with this image. or images. There is a fair bit of halo'ing around the dogs ears which could use some work I think.

For the record, it makes zero difference to me that the image wasn't taken with a Pentax camera, and the fact that it wasn't shouldn't attract comments suggesting it should.

I have had all of the DA* lenses except the 200mm. With the 60-250mm there seemed little point in having the 200mm as well apart from it's faster aperture.

I sold the 300mm because it was getting very little use and used the cash towards a K-5 II.

Whilst I still have the 60-250mm, it's max aperture of f4 is too limiting for my winter nighttime motorsport needs and I now use a Sigma 70-200mm 1:2.8. I'll be using the 60-250mm again in the summer daylight for its image quality which only very slightly beats the Siggy.

I still have, and regularly use, the 16-50 & 50-135.

Ahhh, I remember this old chestnut.

Oddly, I made these images for a talk on macro that I did for my local camera club in January.

I don't have any UK coins, this is a 2 Cent (0.02€) piece. Look at the crowned M (no idea what it means) to the right of the right hand tower, it's approx. 0.8mm wide.

All images taken with a Pentax K-5 II and are uncropped. I wanted to show the different DOF effects so these are taken at 45 degrees and lit with an AF540FGZ and Stofen diffuser.

This first image was taken with a smc Pentax-FA 50mm macro lens at its closest focussing distance, magnification ratio 1:1.




This image was taken with a 28mm lens reversed on to approx. 250mm of extension tube & bellows. Magnification ratio (you can measure it on your screen) is approx. 9:1.

A blood moon appears as part of a total eclipse where the sun passes through the earths contaminated atmosphere and illuminating the moon with red filtered light.

A hunters moon appears red simply because it's low in the sky and you are looking at it through our contaminated atmosphere.

We had a blood moon in Spain on 3 & 4/3/2007. This is the best I could manage with the equipment I had at the time.




You are shooting a moving target so shutter speed shouldn't be too long. I got my best shots between 0.5 and 1.5 secs. This image was at 1.3 secs, f5.6,ISO 400. You are going to be very hard pushed to get a fast enough exposure at ISO 100.

That's the main reason I passed on it Steve. The seller looked a bit astounded when I took the lens off to have a look inside the mirror box. I should have bought it anyway, the lens was worth more than he was asking for camera and lens together.

I have the very similar Super-A. My biggest problem with using it is that I wear glasses and the Super-A has no diopter adjustment. I imagine the Program-A is the same. Diopter adjusting accessories are available though.

I found a Program-A + SMCP-A 50mm 1.7 lens at a boot fair a couple of weeks back. The guy wanted €20 for the two. I passed, and regretted it very soon after.

MIke, the catch in focus system only works with manual focus lenses, or lenses that have an MF/AF setting set to MF. It won't work with AF lenses even if the body is set to MF.

I was editing my post above when you posted yours Mike. Read the amended version. If you are using SR turned on, that might be the cause of your blurry images.