does the PLM version warrant the extra cost over the standard WR version in terms of image quality and how good are either of them at 300?

sold

does the lens focus accurately in live view?

for sale as one lot £150 :- Think Tank RETROSPECTIVE 30 shoulder bag in very good condition, ddefinitely up with Hadley on quality i would say. inside this bag are the following :- Tamron Adaptall Lenses 23A SP 60-300mm f3.8-5.4,
52BB SP 90mm Macro + 18F 1:1 Ext Tube
01B 24mm f2.5
17A 35-70mm f3.5 CF Macro
3x P/KA- Adaptall Adaptors , getting quite rare now
Pentax A 70-210 f4
Pentax M 28mm f3.5
Teleplus 2X KAX MC7 Converter
Teleplus 2X APK Macro MC7 Variable Converter

£150 ,collection only from M5 J 12, 13 or 14 and Gloucester or Stroud . lenses no longer used as can't be bothered with MF and due to neck and shoulder problems cannot carry the bag with all the kit in, having to use a back pack which i hate but no choice.

excellent set David, i wish our canal was as interesting. re your comment on the boats in winter, having been offered a look over one i found it equiped very well with wood burning stove , full size washing machine and all the other essentials needed, the couple who owned it were going to install solar panels on it next. they had been through their first Winter and and said it was as warm as toast, as the saying goes. this was a small boat at 42ft so everything had to have a place and be in it, no room for clutter so would not suit me.

remember going here when i was about 8yrs old with mother and baby bother in a push chair. said to be the earliest mock Gothic Castle style folly to be built ( started in 1721 so about 300 yrs old) in England. it was used as part house, part banqueting hall and also as part ruin. it is now a total ruin. . it makes for a subject to have some fun with. cold 2 mile walk back to the car took a couple of snaps on the "Broad Ride" which runs about 5 miles from the park entrance in Cirencester to Sapperton Lodge at the village of Sapperton.

1. A Coat of Arms, Plantagenet apparently , so what they have to do with King Alfred i have no idea.



2. King Alfred's Hall. built on what was thought, by the first Earl Bathurst, to be the site of Alfreds encampment before he went on to defeat the Danes at Chippenham



3. Corroding Stonework. colours were there but just needed a little push on the saturation slider



4. Gothic. at least some glass has survived



5. Very Fragile, definitely in a very dangerous condition



6. Nature Taking Over



7. Winter on the "Broad Ride" Cirencester Park



8. Winter Trees near Sapperton

another well observed and taken set Bill. as said they are brutal yet captivating at the same time, well done.

most of these taken on K5iis with Hoya R72 filter on a Tamron Adaptall 17A 35-70 f3.5 lens also used the 01B 24mm as well. downside is the adaptors are getting scarce and sometime are more expensive than the lenses, if you buy one per lens that is.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/haywagon200/albums/72157670934936870

beautiful set. love the waterfalls ,it was images like this that got me curious about photography and buying a K7.

thanks for looking and the comments. i was born and grew up in Cirencester but only found out about this roundhouse recently. they do a good cup of coffee as well Stephen but definitely more up market now than it was when it was part of our "pub cawl" on a Saturday night in my youth. Gareth, the glass ball came with a small square glass stand that is the same width as my tripod Q R plate. so secured it on the tripod then a blob of blue tak applied to it to hold the ball securely, although i did have to catch it twice. definitely found it not as easy as it looks. apparently a bit farther on is an alledged source of the Thames, another day for that