Here is a shot that I like from a recent holiday. Please offer any criticism or comments.

A fine couple of old timers !

Love the Sty head shot.

Stunning pictures. Amazing what the right light and good technique can produce.

Congratulations to Niblue ans all the entrants.

Lilly, I use PSE 4.0... sharpening done with the USM......no magic wand...honest.

Had to go through the archives and this is what I came up with:

DS + DA 50-200mm

Nimitz

I assume you mean "same shutter speed for the same lighting conditions". In Av mode the camera will change the shutter speed to get the correct exposure, only problem being that it will only work at widest aperture.

Good luck with using the old "K" and M lenses on the K10. I use them all the time....love the feel of them and the quality is as good as it was when I first bought my M 50mm f1.7 new in 19....whatever (I was quite young)

on the K10D

set the aperture on the lens
press the green button
the camera will then stop down and take a meter reading ..and it will set the shutter speed.
You must be in Manual exposure mode for this.

As an alternative , you can turn on (and hold on) the DOF preview and adjust the meter by changing aperture (on the lens) or shutter speed. You need to be in manual exposure to do this also.

You can use the Av mode in a limited fashion. The camera will set the shutter speed according to the available light, but you will be shooting at wide open only....irrespective where you have set the f stop on the lens.

I had the FA28-80 and FA100-300 with power zoom which I used to use on my Z1.

The power zoom function intself, I tended not to use as it drained the battery quite quickly. You could use the poer zoom while exposing a frame, so as long as you used a slow shutter speed you could zoom out or in to create a special effect. The power zoom would ensure your zooming was smooth and not jerky. No, I didnt use it much !!

I also recomend the Pentax FA 24-90. A very fine general walkabout lens with excellent image quality