If you want a film like appearance you can always use silkypix for raw development which comes with the K10d.

I took this with my new Sigma 50mm at the weekend. Poor old Fly was still alive!

Dave - I've just got hold of that lens aswell. Really like the film grain effect you've got there on the pebbles. I've not seen people use that before but it looks really good.

I've had a couple of the Pentax-M 50mm and it is possible to use it on the K10d however the A mounts are much nicer and the metering is spot on. I'm selling my Pentax-A 50mm F1.7 on ebay for best offers if your interested - Item number 110162024325. I love the lens but I've just got hold of a Sigma 50mm Macro so I can't justify keeping it.

Cheers


Rob.

Like I said, I've got a mint condition pentax-a 50mm F1.7 with a 49-52 stepping ring going on ebay tomorrow. If anyone from this forum is interested then please give me a shout. I've had a couple of old pentax lenses but this is a keeper as it's really top notch except I've just bought a 50mm Sigma so I can't justify keeping it! I'd let it go for 50quid delivered if anyone's interested before I stick it on ebay.


Cheers


Rob.

I have a mint condition pentax-a F1.7 50mm which I'm about to auction on ebay if thats any use? I used it with closeup filters but obviously you could get a manual extension tube for a couple of quid and use that with it for better results.

Very sharp lens and I love it but I've just bought a dedicated 50mm Sigma macro from srs which is superb but obviously a lot more money.

That's great. The flash I'm interested in is only 5v on the chart so I think given the info it will be fine.

I'm interested in an old 3rd party flash unit and I was wondering if you guys know if there a guide to the safe voltage that the K10D can cope with on an external flash unit?

I found this website very useful and I'm guessing there is probably a safe guide voltage for the K10d aswell.

http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html

Many thanks as ever.

Ricardo,


Superb website with amazing images. I hope I can take shots like that some day. Superb.


Rob.

Thanks for all the help on this question - I've been playing with the optical/radio solutions and I wanted to give something back to the forum on my experiences in case any other people are following the remote flash/strobist route.

I initially went for the cheap (6 quid each) cube optical slaves from ebay which work great indoors although the sensor only points in the same direction as the flash - Not a problem if you have a flash which can swivel/tilt.

I then purchased the 7 day shop IR transmitter to trigger these but unfortunately you cannot change the direction it fires in so this causes problems when your trying to use flash guns if they are to your side. The slaves also have a problem is that these only work indoors or when it's cloudy and only if the slaves can see the IR trigger. They just don't work reliably when your trying to do macro work as the sensors/ir transmitter is so directional.

So I decided to go for the ebay triggers (Cactus Version 2s) from Gadget Infinity despite hearing some negative press about them but I reckoned that it's probably only the people who've been unlucky that complain. Had the same battery compartment problem as above but this is easily remedied. Got the full sync at 1/180 and a range of about 25 yards.

Checked on instructables/flickr and used the well documented method of extending the range and reliability using a 6 inch bit of wire. In the end I cut this down to 3 inches with no difference and used a wifi antenna cover over this and glued it on. It looks almost as if it was designed that way!

Now the range is 300 yards and I'm over the moon with them - I can't recommend them highly enough.


Cheers


Rob.