BTW Thank you John for highlighting what pf is

Mat W

I do too. A great set... I think nos 4 and 6 are my faves.

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Mat W

Number two for me as well - i love the boundary between the beach and the sea with the thin foamy line on the edge of the water. That said, I would be chuffed with any of them

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Mat W

A-ha! purple fringing... I don't think so, or not apparent to me anyway... (having now been back to have a look...)

Here is the colour version of the leaves shot:



and here are a couple of '100%' crops of the image - first one from near the centre of the image:



and this one from the very edge (bottom right corner)



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Mat W

The last time I was taking pictures at a wedding, I found the most useful bit of equipment was a decent flashgun which could be tilted (I also used a cheapo omni-bounce diffuser). I used (pretty much exclusively) a 16-50mm zoom. It was a f2.8 lens but I didn't use it much at f2.8... That said, I am certain there will be people on the forum who have done loads more weddings than I have. I used the Pentax 540 flash and found it was fine although if you are going to use a flashgun for a lot of shots it's worth taking spare batteries.

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Mat

I'm being dense - pf??

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Mat W

Thanks guys - I thought I had got a little carried away on the PP in the third one Think the leaves is my favourite of this set though - I'm using it as my computer background for now...

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Mat W

As I recall from my K10D, you have to update to version 1.3 (I think) if you wish to use the SDM focussing which is integral to the DA* lenses and becoming more common on others (such as some of the Pentax-fit Sigma zooms). Without the upgrade the lenses are effectively manual focus I think as they don't have an alternate screw-type drive. After the firmware upgrade they work just fine

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Mat W

Thanks very much Cliff

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Mat W

We're quick off the mark this week... here's my effort:

Box of Delights




Taken today, 2nd May at 1702

Pentax K-7 with DA* 16-50 at 50mm
1/100th second shutter
f16
ISO200
Flash used (flashgun + diffuser)

Probably says far too much about my childhood that I still have a box full of Star Wars figures...

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Mat W

Do... or do not... there is no try...