A new one at SRS is £499 so the one from CEX at £150 with a 2 year warranty seems a bargain, even if it's without a hood.

Philip

Sorry Ian - I hadn't realised that the bridge was made of imitation concrete!
Whatever it was, I would still prefer the images without it!
As always, to each his own.

Cheers.
Philip

I like the compositions of 2 and 4, and the light on the boulders and buildings in 4 makes that one my first choice.

Philip

No idea which is HDR, but I prefer them all after cropping off the concrete at the bottom.

Philip

You have a nose for a good lens, Peter.

Philip

An interesting historical location, looking still in good condition, and well-displayed in your set of photos, Peter.

Philip

Thank you for your comments, Joe. Thank you also for the suggestion which others might explore and find useful (but I don't use Photoshop).

I would think IR is comparable to many other branches of photography - each photographer/viewer will have their own preferences with regard to colour, etc.

I sometimes play with IR colours, but but I actually prefer converting them to B&W images.

Cheers.
Philip

Thank you for all the comments above.

Michael, I also used Advanced Camera Services but it was several years ago pre-pandemic. I can't remember how long it took but I'm sure it wasn't any time as long as 6 weeks. Have they explained the delay - perhaps there's a parts supply problem?

Philip

Yesterday I had lunch at a garden centre café then on the way home, during two short sunny intervals, I snapped a few shots at two different reservoirs, using my 720 converted Pentax K-r:

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#1 and #2 were at a reservoir near Aylesbury; #3 and #4 at one near Tring.
Mono conversions using the Full Dynamic preset in Nik Silver Efex Pro (free version).

Here are a couple of false colour images, done (by trial and error!) in PaintShop Pro.

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#5 near Aylesbury; #6 near Tring.

All the Aylesbury shots were with the 18-55 II kit lens;
all the Tring shots with the 50-200 kit lens.

C&C always welcome.

Philip

Good, detailed and colourful images, Steve. I don't have a Q but feel similarly about the MX-1, another small sensor Pentax capable of remarkable results although, of course, it doesn't have the possible focal range of the Q.

Philip