Good job - #4 for me.

Phil

On holiday in Italy. Not taken with a Pentax - but with my Pentax in hand.

Phil

+1

lovely set - and #6 & 7 are the 'stand outs' for me

Phil

+1

Phil

Worth considering the Tamron SP 90 F2.8. It's a true 1:1 macro and produces super quality images and it's a lot cheaper than the Pentax 100mm - BUT it's not WR.

Phil

Nigel - thanks.

I went for f22 to maximise the "star burst" effect from the sun coming through the tree; frankly I forgot about the likely diffraction effects. Next time it might be better to use a star filter and get a bit further back from the tree.

Phil

There was some lovely light in Surrey today, so went out to take some landscapes near Newark Priory, and walked past this cherry tree with the sun directly behind it. I thought it looked promising, so thought I'd give it a go and try and 'hide' the direct sun behind a branch.

I'm reasonably pleased with the result - but would welcome critique and suggestions to make this sort of shot work better. Shot with K-5iis and DA 18-135 at 18mm and 1/125 and F22.

Phil

Ditto on my K5iiS, except in very bad light. However, I still prefer the split image screens fitted to my old film ME & ME Super.

Phil

I'm thinking about investing in a mid/long range zoom in the 100-400 mm range. I don't think that I need to go longer than 400mm or shorter than around 80mm. It also doesn't need to be super fast. Uses? - all sorts, some wildlife, some landscape.

The Pentax 60-250, which is the one that I would probably opt for if money were no object, is beyond my price range, and I don't think I need something as big as the Sigma 150-500.

What would people suggest? Anything no longer made that I should consider?

Phil