My bank manager is glad I didn't see this one first...

I'll be interested what you think of it Algi and whether it's iconic status is justified.

K.

I'll stick to the land on this occasion, thanks! K.

I love the pelican shot. K.

Lovely lens and a good price. I'd snap it up but I don't need two.

Good luck with the sale. K.

I find selling lenses all but impossible but it seems as though you may have answered some of your own questions already. If you hardly ever use a lens, then it is worth considering selling. I'd keep one of your two 400mm primes, but sell the other one. If after a few months you find that you never now use the prime, or that the Bigma IQ is good enough for you, then you could sell the other one. Whether you should keep the 55-300 depends on whether having a zoom of that range will be useful when you do not want to carry the Bigma. After all, the 'Bigma' didn't get that nickname for nothing.

HTH. Kris.

As I have written on probably hundreds of essays: answer the question!

K.

I have been using the Darkroom UK for all my developing over the last couple of years. I have no complaints at all about their treatment of the film, it has always come back fine with good quality en-prints. They aren't cheap, but the shipping is free (they supply shipping labels or you can download them from their website) and usually they are quick, often posted back the day they get them. It is rare that they take a day or two longer. That may depend on the type of film I have sent them?

If I have a small complaint it is that sometimes their scanning is not as good as it is other times. Usually the problem is that the black point is way into gray and so the scans are flat. As I only pay for the cheapest lo-res scans, pulling the black point back in software can leave artefacts in the jpegs. I get them to do the lo-res scans as they are good enough for flickr/on here which is as good as I need for 95% of my images. If I need much higher res scans from 35mm I have my own scanner. My 120 roll film images are an issue, though, as the lo-res scans do not do them justice but I don't have access to a 120-capable scanner.

Virtually all my film images posted on here/flickr/my website were developed and scanned by them.

Best wishes, Kris.

Great fun! Hopefully they have dropped that daft "pix your life" tag line.

K.

Not that I have tested it but my KM's meter seemed fine when I used it last. I wouldn't have thought the adapter would cause problems. Maybe the camera just needs a CLA.

Sorry I cannot be more helpful.

K.

We have a little gorillapod that we use with a compact camera for taking self-timed photos. Fits nicely in the lady love's handbag too. I'm not sure I'd want to trust my K20D to one, even the SLR sized model.

I love my spirit level (assuming that is the same as a spitit level... ) and was very annoyed I had left it at home when I went to Romania last.

K.