Wow, that is one beautiful hunk of lens! (hunk seemed the best word I could think of to describe it). Plus you get to fit your K1 into the case with it .....super jealous!

It's always fascinating to see specialist items from Pentaxs past, and even more interesting when they actually fit onto the latest modern cameras. My K7 was graced today with the A28 F2.8 and the AF 280T flash ..., the combo certainly came up with the results, and was a pleasure to operate ....I might post up a thread about it later.

Thanks for showing your lovely new lens John.

I think you'll find a recurring theme here ...... We've chosen, or stuck with, Pentax because of the ergonomics, build strength,intuitive controls, good value camera bodies with more features at each price point than the competition.... Plus as you already said, the amazing possibilities for choice in lenses. Many people specifically use their Pentax cameras because of how practical it is to use legacy, even 'historic' film era lenses, and the huge possibilities there are with K mount compatibility going back.

Now you can add all the special this that Pentax offer into the mix. ...eg sensor shake reduction, pixel shift, AA filter simulator, Weather Resistance, GPS.

Very original angle plus a lovely play of light!

Very stylish results and sophisticated looking lighting! The low angles complement things very well also...... Great stuff

Some strong detail and you've pulled the subject close in for impact ..... the vertical framing was the right choice for the shape of the horses head as well.

A good self portrait Mike! I like how the reflections actually become the focal point of the images, as they have the stronger light on them. I hope we will see some more of Vienna, if you have some

An interesting photographic glimpse into a mysterious, and apparently, rather secluded place. You've got some good perspectives and leading lines , plus a sense of depth from the wide angle zoom. I hope you get a chance to go again when the light is more favourable.

16Gb is the best figure, plenty of performance potential without unnecessary overkill and needless expense.

Really, 8Gb should be ample for photo work, but once you run a few programmes together it can add up. Your issue sounded more like a graphics bottleneck, not a RAM problem.

A camera manual is not the place to learn the fundamentals, it's more the way to find out how the fundamentals are specifically applied on your own camera.

But we need to know what we need to know firstly ! That's often the difficult part.

I recommend a good browse in Waterstones or a library ...there are a number of good general books on photography that have all been updated for the digital and DSLR world.

Thanks again, the maths tutorials have been much appreciated! I will do some decimal point shifting for homework each night.

The next thing to consider when setting up Manual 2nd Curtain Sync with a delay in milliseconds is the exact position within the exposure period to place it. I imagine that around 2/3rds to 3/4 through the exposure is about right, but I wonder if the actual length of the flash output itself has to he considered here? (higher power outputs lasting longer than lower power ones). I can imagine that it might be possible to misjudge this and place higher power outputs too close to the end point of the exposure, and so risk losing some of the flash light against a closed shutter ......?