Great fun!

I am going to go against the trend here and go for number 1. The other two are pretty pictures and pretty obvious. I like the fact that I have to work to see what is happening in 1, there is a lot to explore visually. I find it more interesting as a result.

K.

Excellent first shots. The second one is a rather surreal! I'd crop the left and right closer to match the top and bottom and try and pull back the bright areas a little more.

K.

It was wet and horrible yesterday. So being an awkward person I took my camera out for a walk... First four are with the DA* 50-135mm, last two with the M 100 f/2.8 and extension tubes.

1. Damp snowdrops



2. Damp trees



3. Damp tree trunks (colour version)



4. Damp tree trunks (monochrome version)



5. Damp bud (1)



6. Damp bud (2)



Best wishes, Kris.

No idea but worth ringing up and asking, they are a helpful bunch all round.

K.

Personally I don't consider defending civil liberties and trying to prevent the UK becoming even more of a police state than it is already a waste of anyone's time.

K.

This weeks poll for AP is about whether or not you think that their awards are free and fair. If everyone feels so aggrieved, go and make your thoughts felt!

K.

Nope. I couldn't see what it meant either. Nice to get an award but otherwise...

Info from the MFlenses guys seems to indicate that I indeed have a Auto-Tak labelled Super Tak. The S3 works with this lens (and my other Super Taks and S-M-C Taks) but the H2 requires the lens to be on manual for longer exposures.

Thanks Matt.

K.

How does the semi-automatic "Auto Takumar" work? I assume one "cocked" the lens which closed down when you took the photo and then stayed that way until you cocked it again.

The reason I ask is that I recently got an Auto Takumar 55mm f/1.8 lens (on a Pentax S3) but it works exactly like a Super Takumar. I read somewhere or other that the latest Auto-Takumars were actually Supers with the Auto name on them as they hadn't released the Super range.

I assume that when using a Super Tak on a Auto-Tak era body and using long exposures one would have to use the lens on manual? When checking out my H2 I found that the aperture closed down as one would expect but then opened straight back up again. Not a problem I would guess with a fast shutter speed but a bit of a disaster at 1 second!

Many thanks, Kris.