Hi no haven't cropped it at all this is just as taken from the camera, other than bwing it and then tiny bit taking care of the highlights thats all i did to it.

Maybe I should experiment a bit more but it is so rare for me that pics come out of the camera and I just like them that I just thought I'd leave it alone!

I would get the 17-50 Tamron unless you absolutely need the extra 20mm. However given that you have a K-5 a few feet forward and some cropping should do the trick.

The Tamron is not sealed,built quality is only ok and AF speed is average but it is fairly compact, very reasonably priced, 2.8 throughout its range and has great IQ.

That lens is one of the two (the other is the 35mm AFS) that I kept to accompany my D40 when I sold everything else of my Nikon system to move to Pentax simply because it deserves every penny of the £290 I paid for it new.

If you look for it s/h on here it is easily less than £250 and you won't lose much if you buy it and then decide to resell it.

I could have tried but it was a very very busy road, I'd have another 10 bodies between her and me if I waited even 5 seconds to recompose! I should have tried I guess regardless.

I am extremely happy at the ISO 4000 performance of the K-5 though!

Your wish is my command!



A moment alone in colour by vrapan, on Flickr

Since I bought into Pentax, I have only managed to shoot a bit over 1k of pictures plenty of them testing and trying the few lenses I bought to accompany my K-5. Very few have passed the test of actually being any good at all but that is mostly due to the fact that I am a rubbish photographer at best.

These two pictures have been posted in the gallery and got a few good comments so I thought they are worth sharing. It is not that they couldn't have been taken with my D7k rather that I wouldn't be carrying it around with me whereas I am more than happy to drag my K-5



Reflections after the rain by vrapan, on Flickr



A moment alone by vrapan, on Flickr

Your 21mm still available?

Tamron 17-50, cheap (relatively) quite light and smallish and great IQ. Was my most used lens when on Nikon and till I bought the 35mm.

I was not a big fan of its built quality though so looking for something different. Would have gone for the 16-50 DA* but have heard enough complains to be holding out maybe for a revision or simply not bother and get the 21mm which together with the 40mm will give me all I need from the 16-50 in a more portable package and with amazing IQ

Depending on how much of money they have invested in the Canons it might be just better to get a 60D although high ISO and quality will not be as good.

The D7k is a lot closer with a much more sophisticated AF and very similar high ISO characteristics as the K-5 but a lot bigger and heavier for no reason that I can understand. Then again if you are to move from a camera system for which you have invested in you might as well go for a K-5.

Oh come on Smeggy he means the Q could do for Pentax what the iPod did for Apple - ie turn the fortunes of the company around (more market awareness, more market share, more cash).

Don't think it is going to happen....

I think I am sold.... I have an LX3 if anyone wants it