lens arrived safe and sound, well packed and in excellent condition. thanks once again John

had those pangs myself a few times and ended up buying lenses a second time, Sigma 10-20, Pentax 10-17 Fisheye being a couple but stil not used that much. nice doing business with you John

payment sent, thanks John

and another

you have another pm

you have a pm

you take a shot of your nice green lawn in bright sunlight, without the filter, then use that image to set the WB then attach the filter to take the IR shot. You get blue skies by swapping the blue and red colour channels. there are some good tutorials on youtube on using an R72 filter.

apparently patience is a virtue or another little gem anything worth having is worth waiting for. perhaps some out there should take one or other on board

had the same problem , did all the stuff that has been suggested here which appeared to cure but it kept coming back, usually when you least wanted it the shutter count was around 35-40,000 so got rid and bought a 11s. it is a fault that was reported more than just now and again but not a real hot topic like the AF problems with the model, somewhere in between. would not think repair would be a viable option financially when the camera is only worth the cost or even less maybe.

the big Sigma lenses, 170-500, 150-500 have a reputation for needing good light to get the best from them as well