I rather like the first two but in both cases I would crop a bit from the bottom where it is a bit featureless. With the last one I can see you are trying to introduce a bit of foreground interest with the bush but it doesn't really work for me.

Best wishes, Kris.

Just buy a katzeye one, it'll be cheaper than a whole new camera!

It also appears to be sailing up-hill! I can never get my horizons straight either...

Great photo!

K.

I keep returning to the pictures I took on the beach in Florida. Remarkably, I managed to get a reasonably sharp photo of a bird (not my forte as regulars will know!). Anyone know what this wader is (remembering this is Florida in January).

Taken with the Tamron 70-300mm @ 300mm, f/8 @ 1/1000 sec.

K.

The first of the two sub shots for me. When you are doing the conversion from RAW see if you can "recover" the blown highlights in the clouds a bit, or perhaps use a "digital" neutral density filter to sort out the blown highlights.

Best wishes, Kris.

Try cleaning the contacts. On your MZ-S it will be using the screw drive. I have found that a quick rub with a clean tissue often works wonders.

Johnson's Photopia did a good job on fixing my 50-135 (self inflicted problem) but aren't all that quick, and aren't very communicative unless prodded (e.g., they didn't let me know the lens had arrived until I asked, but replied very quickly when I did).

K.

We have gone a bit off topic here!

My recommendation would be to buy a second hand K10D. If you are used to using your MZ6 in Av/Tv etc. modes and won't miss all the "Paction" type modes, the K10D has the advantage of dual control wheels which is an excellent feature, of not being too long in the tooth and having the 10 megapixel sensor.

I was very happy with my K10D and only upgraded to the K20D to get the multiple lens focus correction feature.

Best wishes, Kris.

That looks much sexier than the various white / red editions of other models. Shame my FA43 is black...

The Magic Latern Guides tend to be written in clearer English but are less comprehensive than the manuals. For the K10D I used both. For the K20D I haven't looked in the manual yet...

K.