Chrism8 I really like that shiny black tile effect, I’m hunting around the house now to find something that would do the job!

A wander around the garden yesterday with the D-FA 50mm Macro on the K1, all at f2.8. In Lightroom a strong vignette was apparent but rather than doing a lens correction I actually preferred it as it came.

That looks interesting, I see the transmitter is Pentax compatible as well. Hopefully we will see it here soon.

Big difference, the aforementioned don't do anything unless they profit from it. Given the wildly fluctuating stock markets I guess they are revelling in the short term profiteering, its the small investors and pension funds which will feel the pain.

At home we are stuck on the horns of a dilemma, a friend bakes superb cakes and pies and whilst in lockdown has been passing the time with baking far more than she needs. She texted today saying she would leave some outside if we could collect but we don't think the fuzz would accept it's essential travel if stopped.

Police are saying today that with force members going off with Coronavirus they will scale down investigations and ignore low category crimes. Apparently theft is categorised as such which is something we have suspected for years but now there is a new excuse not to bother. I guess the fuzz will prioritise roadside checks instead to make sure we aren’t sneaking out for a country walk.

Great set but the swan in the dark background stands out for me, beautifully posed and captured. You must have got really close to the owl, was it a tame one?

I'm doing an online course on hairdressing, how hard can it be? It's Gill's birthday next month and I offered to do hers as a treat. Her reply is unprintable.

For what I do the screw drive focus is usually ok and as I often use manual the only benefit of a new * lens would be super sharpness over the whole image. I have that and fast focus on my two telephoto zooms which is where they are needed anyway. It also appears that the Limiteds hold their value well especially given the resurgence in film.

Thanks again all. I am quite envious of photographers who stick to just one genre like portraits or landscape as their equipment needs are met by two or three lenses and the associated kit, but I like to dip into different things from macro to landscape, architecture and wildlife, but not yet studio work as I just don’t have the room! I am also trying to avoid over duplication so when I go away for a few days I don’t fret about what I should take, but like I mentioned earlier I am tending towards primes more now as I like the results better and their lightness makes them more pleasurable to carry around. I suppose that is just part of the journey, up to a couple of years ago I thought zooms would be the best way of covering all bases and give the better value for money but limiting the focal lengths to hand I realise now is no bad thing.

It would make sense to sell some kit to fund new lenses but so far I have only exchanged for a better version as I don’t want to have regrets later, but I suppose that could change.

Thanks, I have the zooms to cover the focal lengths but enjoy going lightweight with small primes, currently f2.0 35mm and f2.8 50mm macro so logically the 77mm special edition would be the next. I don’t generally use 50mm very much so have resisted the new F1.4 but the 85mm would fill a gap nicely as well. Whilst I do like to get as sharp an image as possible for a large monitor or print I have started experimenting more for which the older lenses would be ok, and leep’s experience chimes with what I am hoping for.