I like the third one. Great colours and I love that crazy looking tree and its reflection.

These are great!

Thanks for the comments, although I have to mention about the bridge - I assume you're referring to "North Bridge" which can be seen at the top of the photo. In fact it is not horizontal at all, it's on a slope - I've cycled across it many times in my younger days (before I got a car and became lazy) and trust me, it's enough of a slope to work up quite a sweat heading Southbound. Northbound you can freewheel down it. If I got it horizonal all the other horizontal and vertical lines in the photo would be tilted!

I ordered the Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 XR Di II etc. From all accounts it's a very good lens. I'd have liked the DA* 16-50, but well, it's more than twice the price.

My bad. I renamed the album on photobucket which invalidated the links. Ooops. Here they are again.

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Just posted some of my first K-5 shots in the Your Photos forum for anyone who's interested. Still no Tamron lens so I'm using the manual focus one.

Took the new K-5 out for the first time today. The lens I ordered still hasn't arrived so I only have a SMC Pentax-A 35-70mm F4 which I picked up for peanuts on ebay. Anyway I'm still learning and getting used to the camera but I managed to get a few shots I quite like. I've actually quite enjoyed having to work with the limitations of the lens and rely on manual focus! It certainly seems capable of producing some nice images.

The first five were taken at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh at the other two later on near Waverly Bridge, also in Edinburgh.

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The K-5 arrived! But still waiting for the Tamron lens. I do have a SMC Pentax-A 35-70mm F4 which I got from ebay for peanuts (£18 including postage!) I got it mainly for its relatively decent close-focusing ability as it will likely be a while before I can afford to splash out on a proper macro lens. It's not in perfect condition but it works and the optics seem sound from what I've seen so far. Plus I quite like playing around with manual focus anyway so it's right up my street and a bargain at the price.

Sadly all I've had time for this evening are some quick snapshots around the house. Come the weekend I'll get out and about and get creative regardless of whether I've got the Tamron lens or not, then hopefully I'll have a shot or two worth posting.

Thanks again for all the greetings!

Originally I was saving up for a K-7... then the K-5 came out. Some of the images people were posting from this camera are just incredible in terms of the sheer detail and colour fidelity. Impressive enough to save for 2 or 3 more months for, I thought. So I did.

Don't worry, despite being Scottish I can speak "Nearly Proper English" (If I have to :mrgreen.

Thanks. Actually if it wasn't for the K-5 I'd have been a Pentax owner a while sooner. I was originally saving up for a K-7 but then the K-5 came out and I was blown away by the amazing images people were posting, so I had to save up for a bit longer. I'm sure it will turn out to have been worth the wait.

Going off topic a bit, sorry, just excited about getting my camera next week.