Having missed the UK summer and heading directly into winter, here is an image from today mainly taken to try out my recently acquired Jupiter-9 85mm lens (thanks hefty!). Taken at F2. Not sure what caused the halo around the leaf, not an artefact of PP on this occasion!




Best wishes, Kris.

My excavation in Romania has the lightest, dustiest soil I have ever come across. It gets into everything. It is like talcolm powder. My K10D is fine. The kit lens has a slight nasty noise as you zoom... I just use a soft cloth on the body, with a little water if needed.

Kris.

Vert tempting Hefty, but on this occasion I think I will resist!

Cheers, Kris.

I've never managed to stop the in-built flash from firing my AF360FGZ too soon when I have had it off camera. I bought one of those tiny old Pentax flashes and it works a treat instead of the inbuilt flash. Thankfully, I am usually photographing things like gravestones and so I can experiment to get the exposure correct.

K.

If I can persuade my boss to let us use the facilities, I could organise something this autumn. Provisionally, meet up at the Institute of Archaeology for coffee, chat etc in the morning. Go out and take photos in the Bloomsbury area of London (British Museum, Russell Square, etc.) Do your own thing for lunch. Meet back at the Institute in the afternoon for more tea/coffee and an oppotunity to show images using the data projector (either ones you took that day, or some you prepared earlier). Head down the pub / go home.

If there is enough interest, I'll ask the boss. It is very close to Euston and a short walk from Kings Cross and St Pancras stations.

Best wishes, Kris.

I agree with HG, two has got something compositionally. No. 3 is the weakest, IMHO as my eye has nowhere to go, the image lacks a focal point.

I am fond of flower photos (although I mainly shoot wild ones) so please keep posting. After all, we get more than enough bugs!

Best wishes, Kris.

I often use a Leica. Stunning telephoto lens, very sturdy tripod, in-built laser distance measure, more buttons that you can shake a stick at and it only cost £1000 second hand. Only problem, it doesn't take photos, but it is very good at surveying...

Sorry, I seem to be full of facetious comments this evening. Must be the lack of a mosquito net over my bed.

Cheers, Kris.

PS Hurrah for lack of flames.

I always look at these (and the other Ashaiflexes) when they come up on ebay but they command pretty good prices. If you see one for a good price snap it up. If you don't like it you could see it to a forum member...

If you were in the UK I would recommend Harrow technical, but I guess the postage would be a killer. He has done my LX (sticky mirror but not the usual fault, turned out to be something electronic), ME-F (corroded battery contacts), MX (battery drain problem) and ME Super (sticky shutter probably due to dirt from the dig). All the cameras have come back in lovely condition. I am about to send him my other two ME Supers which have just come back from the dig. You can actually hear the dust scrunching when you turn the expcomp dial!

Best wishes and good luck with the repairs.

Kris.

Many thanks for checking it out Amin, but I have already got one of those thanks to hefty's not very subliminal persuasion. Now if it was a 77mm Ltd...

If anyone has a K20D body they wanted to exchange, I would be interested in that.

Oh yes, and I am back in civilisation, if the wilds of rural Hertfordshire can be considered civilised.

Best wishes, Kris.