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Pentax T9-x2: I bought mine for 99€: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pentax-Close-Up-Lens-T9-2x-fur-2-1-Abbildungsmasstab-/271169441150       But DOF is rather small. The insect was sitting at a window,...

I woud increase the vividness and warmness of the colors an apply some cropping: cheers Anton

Placed 27^th in the challenge. Venezuela, February 2007. Flight from Canaima to Santa Helena. I do not know the type of the aircraft. After takeoff the pilot was fixing the door with a piece of wire.

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I also use the DA 17-70 and the DA 60-250 if I do not need the special rendering / bokeh of the FA limiteds wide open. And there is not too much difference at F/4.5 between the FA 31mm and the DA...

2.8/50andF2.0 MC Close Focus Wide Angle cheersAnton

I have a Pentax smc DA 17-70mm 4.0 AL IF SDM. The reviews at photozone, slrgear and lenstip are very consistent and not that awful.out of the camera, no post processing I took this picture today: I...

Hitoday was the first sunny day this year in Austria. Some pictures from my parents' garden. All with K-01 + 100mm Macro WRThis winter was hardAnton

Placed 13^th in the challenge. Surprise guest (unexpected visitor) at my parents' weekend cottage in Styria, Austria

There are only a few rules. And these rules were useless, if nobody cares if these rules were respected.Btw. Since I live in Europe, I always skip all these “great deal” threads.And in case I am...

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But I do not believe that dpreview had evil intentions.
Everywhere mistakes can happen.

tent roof?

power adapter which is very sad because it does not work without conductive parts.

Placed 71^st in the challenge. I like mosquitoes and most of you have already seen me.

maybe this helps to reduce the reflexions from yourself:cheersanton

Thanks!Yes, they say that the 55-300mm is much better than the 50-200mm. (I have neither of the two.)

Thanks for sharing!Which zoom lens did you use for the second picture (Scissor-tailed Flycatcher)? The background blur is very nice at the selected focal length and aperture.I'm looking forward to...

I have the Pentax 17-70mm and the 31mm. The sweet spot of the 17-70mm is between 25mm and 50mm, in this range there is not that much difference:Pentax 31mm:Pentax 31mm limited f/9.0Pentax...

Is one lens (16-45 or 18-55) that much more weight and bulk than 3 lenses (15,28,50) ?I was travelling with 6 (4primes+2zooms) lenses. After the first day of 100 lens changes, I decided to use -...