I think Pentax is in a good position at the moment.

- Three high quality SLRs with image stabilisation built. (Personally I don't much see the point in the K-M and K200 coexisting as they are so similar.)

- Consumer zoom lens line-up from 10mm through to 300mm.

- Prime lenses from 14mm to 300mm all of which are of high quality and many of exceptionally small size and weight.

- High end zoom lens line from 16mm to 250mm (very soon).

- 1.4x Tele-converter round the corner which should be a great match with the DA*300mm.

- No ridiculously expensive specialised kit with low margins to damage them.


Plus, The K10/20/200 and * lenses are the best sealed kit after Oly's E3 and the two newest SWD lenses.

For the price you pay you get a hell of a lot with Pentax.

The only thing that I would like it a more sensitive AF module for low light shooting.



If you look at Nikon they have the D40/60/90/300/700/3/3x, 7 cameras and they still have huge gaps between them. The gap from 60-90 is the biggest of these in terms of capabilities.

Canon have the 1000/450/40/50/5/5II/1DIII/1DsIII, an amazing eight cameras!

The black things are spore heads where reproduction and dispersal occurs. The single celled spores get blown or brushed off and transfer to other things.

What lens did you use to take that?

I don't have an adapter for my 55mm F1.8 Takumar It is Stuck on an old Asahi Pentax S3.

I used AF the whole time, not enough light for me to MF. how far was I? Erm, about 4-10 meters or so depending where on the stage she was.

Was quite hard on the AF though as she was moving all over the place and no flash meant to action freeze or low sensitivity shots.

Hehe, no tours planned as far as I know. You'll have to wai.

LOL, that is quite funny. Wonder if that place is still a club, where was it?

Yeah, I think I should have cropped them to 10x8 proportions as there is a lot above their heads.

I shot the entire evening at ISO1600 and F2.8 as there was very little light. Was tricky getting enough depth of field and sharpness as the 50-135 is a little soft wide open at 135mm. I had to push a few of the images a little and rebalance the colour somewhat as the coloured lighting made it really hard to balance.

I must say some of those photos are really clutching at 'straws', time you got 'plugged in' and 'switched on' to 'illuminate' the murky 'glass'. Perhaps you should steady yourself with a 'third foot' or walking stick to get a 'sharp' photo.

PS. Clean that viewfinder.



Post created with words taken from the objects I can recognise.

It is quite hard to tell what some of those things are.

Disclaimer: It is hard to tell in text only but I am not being nasty or critical.

The DA*300 really is special. It is definitely a must have, even at the high price it has.

I could tell you what you can do with one of those long lenses...





Erm...

I rather like the 'Peacock on the Pedestal' one