I saw that Huw, but there is definitely no icon on the box.

Are you sure? There is no waterproof icon on my DA*16-50 box.

That was the Tamron on a tripod 500mm F10 100th ISO 400.

I had my 150-500 out today and thought I would give it a try with the TC.

It took two or three attempts to get it to focus but the result was not as bad I expected.

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I thought I had too.

Another question - have these batteries ever worked satisfactorily or are they new?

The imminent price rise might suggest that is the way forward

My wife has an old photo of her Mum and Dad which she is trying to get restored so she can give it to her Dad as a birthday present. I have scanned it and had a go at it with PSP and Gimp, but do not have the talent.

Does anyone know of a restoration service where preferably I could email a scan and they could clean it up and print it.

Original looks like this -

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Where did you focus?

Looks to me as if it may be slightly near focussed as the right side of the picture and the hands are sharp and the left side is less so.

Hi Mat - welcome aboard.

If the batteries are OK in another camera then this does tend to suggest that the problem is with your Pentax. Check that the battery contacts are clean and shiny in the camera.

Does the Canon take as many pictures as you would expect on the charged batteries?

With rechargeables you should only use pairs of the same manufacturer, of the same capacity and type and preferably of the batch together. If you mix them, they may not charge properly (amongst other problems), although that would not explain why they are OK in the Canon.