The focus looks a bit more on the wall and a little less on the pull to my eyes, don't you think?

Best wishes, K.

Yes, indeed they were. Unfortunately, the close-up shots were a bit too soft

Use esnipe.... much easier way to bid than staying up half the night.

K.

This 35-70 is a it more than I expected... unusual though

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... and most of my manual nifty 50s and some of my other manual glass. All my coloured filters for BW are 49mm so that'll work nicely.

Thanks All! K.

With running water...

If you want to "freeze" it you will probably need a large aperture to give you a fast shutter speed, the down side is you get shallow depth of field.

If you want the blurry, milky effect for the water use as long an exposure as you can which will require a small aperture and, incidentally, give you a large depth of field.

Obviously, there are in-between possibilities, and you can also change the ISO but I think that is next weeks lesson!

Best wishes, Kris.

The F 35-70 with the macro sounds like the sort of thing I am after and is the right vintage for the SF7.

Matt: I will use the manual lenses as well (and probably try out some of the DA ones too for fun), I just like to have something of the right period to go with it in case I decide to keep it. Hence my search for an Auto-Takumar 55mm f/2 to go on the H2...

Thanks for the pointers, I was just getting a bit over-whelmed by the variety of F/FA/FA-J 28-80mm zooms. Pentax seem to have produced quite a few different models!

Best wishes, K.

I am glad I am not judging this one. Some lovely entries this time around. Please note: I got my entry in with 3 hours to spare, and took the image 11 days ago! No more Mr Last Minute... Well, that was my New Year's resolution, and you know how well they usually work out.

K.

The Old Market, Charleston, SC.

Pentax K20D, DA 12-24mm @ 12mm, taken January 9th 2010.

I seem to have it all wrong. I only ever buy stuff on ebay...

Good deal, BTW. I'm not surprised the Super Tak went for that money, they are very popular at the moment.

K.