Thanks all. I also thought the statues really looked nice against the pink sandstone. They are very expressive pieces! No one seems to have a good word to say about Coventry, but it's actually quite an interesting town. Looking forward to exploring the new cathedral which looks awesome - couldn't access it last week because of Evensong.

You need to ask yourself - do you want the subject isolated, with an out of focus foreground and background? (Wide aperture). Or do you want the whole view in focus? (Small aperture)

Or is there very low light, which would create camera shake (less than 1/15 hand held) or require too high an ISO?

Thanks Dr Mhuni. Think I was getting a bit anal about cropping the spear!

On paper this lens would seem to offer far less than the 18-55mm WR kit lens - no autofocus, more limited range, no weather sealing (important for mountaineering?)

But it looks very nice with the knobbly knurling, and is small so might balance the K-7 well. I'd give it a whirl, if you can get it at a nice price... you can always re-sell it (showing it mounted on your K-7 would probably add a few pounds to its value!)

In response to comments on a recent shot in the gallery, I have tried a few alternative crops here for c&c. Grateful for any comment, good or bad! The middle version is actually a different shot, taken a few seconds after.

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Crop 3:

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Hey, great picks, especially The Life Aquatic and South Park!

The Big Lebowski
Alien
The Thief of Baghdad
2001 A Space Odyssey
The Man who Fell to Earth
Night of the Hunter
Princess Mononoke
Dead Man's Shoes
The Straight Story
And now... Avatar! (I went to see it with a degree of cynicism, and came out an emotional wreck!)

Nice... I like the avenue shot. Were you using the 16-45mm?

Struggling a bit financially at the moment, and I have decided I'm not using this flash enough to justify hanging on to it. I have used it a couple of times (and it works beautifully), but it's in mint condition, with original box, leather pouch and instruction booklet.

Fully auto PTTL flash for Samsung / Pentax DSLRs. Shouldn't really need an introduction - this is a clone of the Pentax AF360-FGZ.







I am looking for £140 for this item. Please contact me by PM if interested.

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Will