you would get everything you have listed on your post and more in the slingshot 300. it is about 3 inches wider with , extra lens compartments ,wider front & top pockets than the 200 that you have, if your happy with that type of bag, cheers

you can buy another with a greater range than the standard one but cost may be a factor to consider if the magnifying eye pieces are anything to go by. i may have to get one in the future as i could not physicly use the standard viewer with glasses, just too awkward, and as i say i am on the limit of this doipter at the moment without my glasses

have tried both john lens on lens off diopter setting the same plain wall lens off then an item lens on

when you move the diopter slider the whole image through the lens goes in & out of focus not just the markings on the glass so when mannesty says he cannot see the viewfinder info with the o-me53 and his glasses on he could take his glasses off re adjust the diopter for a clear image and see the info . just played around a bit more, set the diopter so the viewfinder image was completely out of focus to the point i could not tell what i was looking at. manual focus on 16-45 until confirmation beep pressed shutter a spot on focus photo appeared . so it would appear if your pointing in the right direction you won,t go far wrong. any thoughts. one for stefan perhaps, glad to see him back, sorely missed

if you have glasses they focus what you see on the retina at the back of the eye. if you put another set of lenses in front of them,view finder plus lens surely this is going to throw everything out and varying the focal distance of the lens will not alter that. the item that makes the difference as far as i can see is the dioptre adjustment which you can adjust for the sharpest image in the viewfinder with glasses off and if the standard one will not do it you can buy replacement with a wider range of settings. i wear varifocals and i used the above method ,i was lucky i had a sharp image with the standard one albeit at it,s extreme.so i focus with my glasses off.

thanks for the replies and yes that article from CoDa is quite heavy, also had help from thoramay which has been very useful once again i,m glad i bought a Pentax

i had the slingshot 200 and that became too small for the collection i have. now moved up to the slingshot 300 this takes the following:- K7 with 16-45 or 55-300 or 105macro attached. plus 10-20mm, the 2 that are not attached out of the previous 3, 35mm f2.4 ,50mm f1.7, 35-70mm, 1.4x coverter ,ext.tubes. cokin wallet(full)cokin filter holder, spare battery, lastolite grey/white fold up, remote control

using two mirrors facing each other to get a multi reflection of an object, what is the way to get the shot without you or the camera being in it if there is one or is it all down to photoshop. any help/advice as always much appreciated

thanks steve

using the clone tool in pse8 everything fine until i opened up a new file after closing the old one and all i have is what appears to be a gunsight not a circle no matter what size i make . what have i done and how to correct it. HELP, thanks in anticipation