Try downloading Photome (free) and seeing if that recognises your lens. I would think that CS3 is failing to recognise it.

K.

I'm not sure the whether the L version is the same optical formula etc. as the Mk 1 or the Mk 2. I've been using my Mk 1 on my K20D and have been very happy with the results. I do seem, luckily, to have a good example of that lens which is why I have stuck with it rather than splashing out for a 16-50 or 16-45.

K.

Just to hark back to an earlier comment. I teach archaeology and every year we churn out graduates clutching degrees. Are they competant 'professional' archaeologists? No, they don't have the experience. My guess is that something similar holds for photography: skills learnt through experience and demonstrated through the product count for more than a piece of paper from an academic institution although (hopefully) the knowledged gained in obtaining that bit of paper is a step on the right road.

K.

Very nice Prieni. You have essentially applied a graduated filter to it is PS?

I tried making the sky darker but hadn't thought of a grad-type effect.

Best wishes, Kris.

I just checked the original large file and there is exactly the same amount of space on either side with no branches nipped off so perhaps your browser is cropping the image slightly:

Glad you both like it. Thanks, K.

Out of pure sentiment I have just had my original 50mm f/2 lens serviced. I spilt something sticky on the aperture ring some 20 years ago (?beer) and since then it has been acting as a rather bulky body cap. I went out today with an ME Super (not my original, sadly) and the F2 lens and yet another roll of K64 I am trying to use up before the end of the year. Talk about a trip down memory lane as that combination was where I started back in the summer of 1982. Sadly, the weather was rather against using 64 ASA film!

Cheers, K.

Various friends are very taken with this image. I'd be curious what you'all make of it. Thanks, Kris.

Which is better, chalk or cheese? Lightroom is a fully featured image processing and management package, bridge is simply for organising files I believe.

K.

I am pretty sure all Pentax SLRs/dSLRs have had the same sized viewfinder fitting ever since the M-series cameras came in. The Spotmatics (and, I think but I am not sure, the K-series cameras) had a slightly different size. This explains why things like the refconverter-A go for so much on ebay.

Cheers, Kris.

Do you mean the SMC-A* 200mm f/2.8 that went for a paltry £465.00? Wasn't me either. I was thinking of putting in a bid but it went too high quite early on.

K.