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Thanks Jon, bought the Tamron.

Recently sold my Pentax 70-200mm as it was a lot of money tied up in a lens I rarely used but I can live with £300 sitting in the cupboard doing very little

Comment by Mike-P posted on Tamron 70-200 SP Di LD f/2.8; IRIX Firefly 15mm f/2.4 at 10/05/2021 - 06:59

Great shots but I have to say I looked back on your postings as I remembered the one you did when you got the K-3II and they are just as good.

Comment by Mike-P posted on First Time Out With The K3 III at 08/05/2021 - 11:02

stub wrote:
How do you get the insects to stay still long enough ? (Genuine question )

A lot of macro shooting is just down to patience really, you go through a lot of "subjects" before finding one that is willing to sit a while.

davidwozhere wrote:
Is the purple colouration on the jumping spider due to flash? The eye colour is beautiful.

Think that may be my processing actually, it was a bit warm but maybe I took out too much of it.

Anyway, cheers for the comments.

Comment by Mike-P posted on A few macro shots .... at 06/05/2021 - 21:26

Not done any macro for ages so a bit rusty, got some reasonable ones though.

IMGP2725_Jpg by Michael Pursey, on Flickr

Fly by Michael Pursey, on Flickr

IMGP2741_Jpg by Michael Pursey, on Flickr

Ladybird by Michael Pursey, on Flickr

Fly by Michael Pursey, on Flickr

Proud Mum by Michael Pursey, on Flickr

Comment by Mike-P posted on A few macro shots .... at 03/05/2021 - 19:46

Excellent, so lifelike it's almost like beeing there.

Let'a hope they were beehiving themselves.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Bee bothering with a 420mm lens at 02/05/2021 - 12:41

jvs wrote:
Suggestions, please!I then attempted to do the same for my K-1 - downloaded the firmware file; copied it to the root directory on a newly-formatted SD card,

Unzipped it first?

K1 or K1 MKII?

That's all I can think of.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Firmware update failure at 01/05/2021 - 12:30

It's one of the things that eally annoys me about Pentax, trying to get replacement accessories is just about impossible. A lot of hoods are unavailable and why not make the little plastic tabs on the hood for sale rather than having to buy a complete new one anyway.

Comment by Mike-P posted on AF160FC Ring Flash: In need of adaptor! at 01/05/2021 - 11:58

This is one from my Canon Twinflash ... it looks very similar and they are easily obtainable

Comment by Mike-P posted on AF160FC Ring Flash: In need of adaptor! at 29/04/2021 - 18:20

Tyr wrote:
AF accuracy seems spot on even in poor light. AF speed is as good as my lenses will allow. AF hunting is negligible to non existent.

I see from your Flickr you have the 16-50mm & 50-135mm, how do you find the autofocus speed on them as I always thought they were slow to get where they needed to on previous bodies plus they tended to hunt quite a bit. Fantastic quality though so I have kept mine for when I decide the K-3 III price is right for me.

Comment by Mike-P posted on K3iii a few initial thoughts at 27/04/2021 - 19:19

Have an offer for £700 on Ebay for it ... really don't know if I should sell though.