I thought that just didn't like saying...

Agree with this too...

No disrespect to Gary. Who's work I have admired with envy, Since I became a member here. But for me. I'm still in the "Pentax cant do sports, Gig photography camp" Ive seen lots of good plausible attempts. But nothing that consistently cuts the mustard. Camera's are getting better, in terms of focus ability. But lenses lag way behind in speed of focus. Check out the professionals. You wont spot any Pentax users, for a reason.

Sorry Gary but all the images should have blurred backgrounds in my opinion..

Your correct in saying you need to keep hold of the 55-300. The Sigma has reach advantage but weight disadvantage.

The Sigma would be far, far better. The 55-300 is a great lens, but too slow, and good quality converters are expensive and fairly rare. Though there is one for sale here at the moment.

Cant see the problem here..unless im missing something. Just use the netbook & HDD. Leave the ipads at home.. How about using your phone for extra storage ?

I guess they just didn't take these negatives down to Max Speilmans..

There is no need to go down the K5iis route, at present. In my opinion the 55-300 lens is too short and too slow for serious wildlife photography. If approx. £1000 is your budget I would direct you towards a sigma 150 - 500 or 120 - 400 and K30 or K50. I feel you would get better satisfaction from this set up.

As a football fan. There is always something a little more interesting about games under floodlights. These two are very acceptable journalistic shots. In fact imho the noise adds to the quality...

That's a shocking tackle........ Good set of pics.

Nice portrait. Lovely lighting. Well done. Cropped a bit short at the bottom for me. But a fine portrait nevertheless.