Final bump for the Eizo Flexscan. This really is an excellent monitor for photo-editing and, IMdispassionateHO, represents a good buy at £75.00 + p&p. New examples are currently selling for £275.00 or thereabouts on ebay and 'seller refurbished' for around £170.00.

Jon

Pentax-K to M42 adapter now sold to DaveG subject to receipt of payment.

Jon

Great news and thanks also.

Jon

I am not familiar witht he FM-900 or its mode(s) of operation, but a quick search on the web indicates that was almost certainly a successor to the XE-99 and therefore unlikely to be an 'upgrade'.

Thanks for looking anyway

Jon

Final reductions!

Monitor now reduced to £75.00, Ashai Pentax K-mount to M42 adapter to £20.00 and Shepherd flash meter to the same. As before, all prices exclude p&p. For payments by PayPal, buyer contributes 50% of the fee.

Jon

Alan (a.k.a. Blytheman),

This, and the previous set, are truly deserving of the high praise heaped upon them. It has been immensely satisfying to pore over each shot and revel in their artistry and technical mastery. The many hours spent planning and patiently watching have been fulsomely rewarded

I, too, fulfilled recently the long-held ambition of capturing a kingfisher on film/sensor (hence the change in avatar), and had been looking forward to uploading examples onto the forum in the anticipation of a generally positive response from other users. Whilst I shall still do so at some point, it will be with a more realistic (or should that be "modest") assessment of my own achievments

Best wishes from the midst of the peloton,

Jon 'who dat burst mi bubble'

Ouch

That's just plain mean, Smeggy

Jon

Good point, Alan.

All images were captured in RAW format and then developed in Lightroom 3.41 using the appropriate lens profile. Selective sharpening was applied using layers and the high pass-filter in PSE 9 after converting to 8-bit files. All 4 images have been quite heavily cropped, but I can't be more specific without giving the game away!

Jon

All captured with K20D plus one of the following lenses: Pentax-D FA 100mm F2.8 macro, Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 DC or Sigma 100-300mm F4 EX DG APO HSM. Just for fun (i.e., no prizes), can you match the lens to the shot without looking at the EXIF data?

1.

Beeutiful sight by Dr 'B ', on Flickr

2.

Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) by Dr 'B ', on Flickr

3.

Cinnibar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) by Dr 'B ', on Flickr

4.

Yellow dung fly by Dr 'B ', on Flickr

Jon

Bumpety-bump!