+1 black rapid ,hate camera hanging round neck.

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The Old Serpentine Works......Guarded By The Serpent



used a grunge filter on the photo of the ruins with a bit of levels and colour tweaks

thanks John ,have set dioptre ,as a specs wearer i had to, have done lens calibration and adjusted settings as required.
thanks Gary a mixture from f8 to f16, shutter speeds from 1/50 to 1/400, DA40 ,DA55-300, DA16-50, 10-17 fish eye.
thanks Mike that sounds like a good suggestion. i think i will have to give it a go just for peace of mind, if they do not find anything will have to look at the operator. all the lenses i had with my K7 ,except the DA*16-50, and had no problem with them on that so fingers crossed they find something.
once again thanks to one and all

i bought a K5 from a forum member a while ago and did not have much time to use it fully. i have now made more use of it and i feel the focus is out at distant (infinity), i will try and explain- if i take a photo across the roof tops to the distant trees it all appears in focus up to a point but then drifts out of focus to the far distance. have tried various lenses with the same result, the further back into the picture the further out of focus it becomes. the camera was purchased from Park in january 2011 (i have the original reciept) so over 12 months old but is it covered by european 2yr warranty as i feel Pentax should bear the cost rather than me if it is .if not then will bite the bullet and send to johnsons for af calibration check. any advice welcome

i have a giottos MTL 9361B tripod with MH5001 pan/tilt head and there is no problem moving up and down in portrait position with this. it may be your head is not 3 way pan/tilt

+1 on the appearance of the first one

"Trading Standards are not interested in teh consumer"
my son was very gtateful, as a consumer, to trading standards when a garage tried to charge £400 for a repair to a car he bought , they pointed out all the consumer legislation they had broken and even dictated a draft letter he should write. the outcome was car repaired free of charge

has anybody had experience of these. the type of thing i,m looking for is a unit that has 2 fibre optic lights on flexible arms so they can be manouvered into any position around the subject(macro):

i have been guesting at a local club for a few weeks and will probably join next season. i have found you pick up different things at a club to a college course. the speakers they have had have been very good and have given valuable insight into their chosen field of photography, also the judging of competitions was an eye opener as to what different judges wanted,one picture went into three competitions and had three totaly different appraisals. college you learn the more technical aspects, but i am about to start my 6th term we are well into ps now and we have become virtually our own club and we give and take critique on our work,no holds barred sometimes but no malice, "all done in the best possible taste". so i feel there is a place for both and you can learn from both in equal amounts, just different parts of the same game

how do you zoom in to check your focus in live view. when i have tried to use lv half press it zooms focuses and zooms back out again too quick to check anything.