Group shots are organised by their nature, what's candid about them? If in doubt, stick the 50mm on.

Well then . . . cheers (salud) from Totana.

I'd take the 50mm and the 90mm too. Now get off of here and practice your speech.

Good luck to your son and his bride to be.

But if you check any weather forecast for Murcia, they show a high of 31 degrees. Who are they kidding?

We've been confined to barracks (y la piscina) today due to the heat.

Sorry, got to go, my brandy is now above blood temperature.

Welcome back melness.

I'd look for a used K20D at a good price. One issue with modern DSLR's is AF accuracy, or more accurately, AF inconsistency with different lenses.

The K20D can hold individual settings for up to 20 lenses.

That option is available on the K10D, but there is only one adjustment which is applied to all lenses.

I'm pleasantly surprised at the sharpness of this lens. It almost makes me want to go and buy one. But . . . only 38 degrees, pah, that's quite chilly, it hit 44.4 degrees in Totana today and I still can't convince SWMBO to get aircon.

A forum member has these for sale, including some of the lenses you require.

OK, now let's stop blaming the equipment and start looking at your understanding of it.

Your equipment is not at fault. What needs some work is understanding the limitations of the equipment you have, and the camera is not a good starting point. It will produce very good images, even up to ISO1600. I know, because I have one and I've produced excellent images at high ISO settings, but not with cheap lenses at full stretch and wide open. Essentially, it can't be done.

These later images prove that, once stopped down, your lenses are capable of good results. Now that you know that, don't try and push them beyond their capabilities.

Why 1/400th at f4.5 if it is on a tripod and the subject is static? It doesn't make sense to use those settings unless you want bad results. Close the aperture down to f11 or f16, lengthen the shutter speed, and take the same shot again.

That looks like the worst possible scenario for any long zoom lens. Maximum zoom + maximum aperture = soft images (unless you pay a lot of money for lenses).

Can we see the whole image please?