I LIKE the feet reflections - makes it 'spooky' !!

Why did you leave you photo gear downstairs near the door in the first place ? I have mine in my Darkroom upstairs and we take the car key/ house keys into the bedroom and put it into the bedside locker -- never near the front door then my Wife makes us have a small light on all night near the front door until about 0500.

I though I was the Only One who spoke 'Unwin' speak -- just seen a small Robload in the Gardimold --

I was a 'Local Organiser' for several years for the Pentax Club -- here in Brentwood, Essex, Peter Cox hired the whole of 'Old House' from the Council and we had many things happening in each room and an exhibition of photography - it was packed out with members -- I did 'Macro Photography' then in another room we had 'Model girls by Window Light' with Ross Smythe a 'Pentax User' member now but no longer active in still photography and I gave it up in 1993 when Wife No. 2 went off.

I cannot understand what members say on this site that 'M' series lenses will not 'stop down' and can be used only at full aperture -- I have no probs seeing the aperture stop down if I use 'AV' or 'M' exposure mode -- all my 'M' lenses stop down OK -- the aperture activating thing works. Here is the actual 75-150mm SMC Pentax-M lens set to f11 and photographed during a time exposure I set of 13 seconds on my K10D -- it has stopped down OK ---

Thanks for all your 'Expert Input' -- well NO I didn't use a tripod as the Public Gallery was packed -- I have done pics from there before and got better results last year -- I will try a PRIME 150mm f4 SMC Takumar with the Screw-Bayonet adapter setting full aperture . Usually when I use an 'M' fit lens on my K10D I find it DOES stop down OK -- I usually have to use some + exposure compensation though -- I have no trouble in better light using that lens for local Press work as here ----



These were 'stopped down' OK and used in the Yellow Advertiser Havering Edition this week.

I was photographing the Brentwood Mayor-Making from the public gallery -- I used my K10D set to ISO 1250 and a 75-150mm f4 SMC Pentax-M lens at full aperture and 'AV' exposure mode -- well, the pics looked OK in the viewfinder for focus BUT they are all un-sharp due to shake and I had the Pentax 'Anti-Shake' on --Iooked at the 'EXIF' data and I was getting 1/60th and 1/50th second also do you think I was getting back-focus again as I suffer quite often with the K10D ?

That will be safe to use --I have a Miranda 630 CD Multi-dedicated flash and it works.

I'm on Wife Number Three ----

Blimey -- I MISSED that when I was in Poland recently ----