Happy to grab a quick beer after work one evening some time next week or after to initially meet and have a chat (I work in the city centre so the barbican would be fine - this week is a bit hectic). Agree re the weather, the Pentax kit may have loads of water tight seals but I don't fancy testing mine Let me have some dates, times and venues (next friday as in 7th Aug?).

Simon

Max11, Darkmunk, Tyr

Hi, I'm in Ivybridge and would be keen to meet up (wildlife, landscape and macro) in the future.....

Get in touch

Max11, Darkmunk and Tyr,

I'm in Ivybridge, relatively new to DSLR (18 months). I enjoy wildlife,landscape and macro photography, keen to improve and meet up.

You interested?

you are welcome, it was a good day in May and I'm hoping for a good day in Sept.

I'm posting a shot in the gallery later today (when my time limit is lifted) I took at the last event in May

I've Just seen and booked myself on this short course with Ross Hoddinott (landscape and wildlife expert from digital SLR photography mag) this Sept 19 - North Devon.

I went on a similar course in May with Ross and, as a beginner, I found it useful, although everyone was yapping on about their canon this and canon that......

link

I thought a few more local pentax users/beginners attending to even up the numbers and allow us to have a serious conversation about kit etc!

Hi Blincodave

How much for the K10d, grib and 50m f1.7?

Greytop

thanks for this

MPJX

let us know how you get on with the new eyecup....

thanks

Hi Greytop

I tend to wear my contacts if I'm out for the day when taking landscape shots, I cannot cope with wearing my glasses through the normal viewfinder on my K10D

Do you find the magnifying eyecup helps focusing with your landscapes as well as macro? As a novice, I've come home to load up my photos only to be quite disappointed with the sharpness of my shots.

I'm trying to ensure I'm focusing a third in and using the correct aperture to maximise front to back depth of field, I'm being more disciplined about using the tripod.....does mirror lock up really make much difference? Do more experienced photographers use manual or auto focus for landscape work, which auto focus settings do you use?

I'm just not sure as a beginner if I need to focus, pardon the pun, on developing skills first and then checking out helpful bits of kit like this, or if this would actualy help with landscape work in addition to macro work.

Any views and advice would be helpful

Ps forgot to say, I've had a quick look at all of your galleries and clearly the bar is set very high, plenty of scope for me to improve, but isn't that the bug!

Thanks for the warm welcome, looking forward to learning from you all and improving my skills!