I would have thought pictures taken with (say) a Nikon DSLR and a Pentax lens via an adapter would be a definite no-no.

I would hope that a little slack would be cut for people who have a Pentax DSLR camera but an off-brand K-mount 35mm SLRs for their film work, if they had bought it to augment their Pentax system or ended up with it as part of an ebay lens purchase - Ricoh or Petri for example.

(I met someone with a Petri SLR recently, and couldn't resist trying her lens on my K200D and taking some shots - sure enough it fitted and worked perfectly!)

Well, neither really! I'm not saying anyone 'shouldn't' have made any comment - just that it's understandable that Ems is feeling a bit stung given that you thoroughly dressed her image down not for her benefit, but to make a point.

I agree, but shouldn't we refrain from commenting on other people's comments - or, at least, do so very diplomatically?

Often i'll see comments I disagree with, but it's not fair to hijack someone's c&c thread to get up on your personal hobby horse re another member or the site in general.

Address the photo!

This is very interesting cos my partner is very dark skinned. Direct flash is a no-no due to the shine factor!

Thanks, some good pointers there. I think i've retrieved as much detail from the dress as I can - i'm afraid I forgot to press the green button so the shot wasn't just a bit overexposed, it was totally overexposed! It was my cousin lucy's wedding, and her partner dave. I wanted a shot of their table settings because they had gone to great lengths to dress all the tables themselves, the reception was in a barn at my uncle's farm. It was unrecognisable by the time they'd worked their magic (althoug it took a week of hard graft!)

The good news is that suitable lenses are readily available, and almost without exception, will work on Pentax DSLRs. Your DSLR lenses will fit your program A, but as has been mentioned, they will not allow any aperture control (they'll be stuck wide open) and most (not all) will vignette severely.

I did not find the 55-300 to be very good over 250mm (although it's probably still better than the competition) but even so, unless these are heavily cropped, I doubt it's the lens. Maybe the subject moved?

Looks like a perfectly good lens to me Andrew. In fact I think I had one once, and it did me proud (until I dropped it!)

Generally you do stop down for landscape shots, even in low light. So the kit lens will be adequate. The 16-45mm is slightly better and great value.

Can't stand wildlife photography.