Msroberts

...if they immediately announce that a full-frame camera is coming they'll immediately kill sales of the K5-II (even though the FF camera is likely to be in a much higher price bracket). But the...

Uh oh! Looks like we have an experienced GFM photographer here! In other news: It seems likely that my FA*80-200/2.8 will be back from servicing in time for the Nature Photography Weekend. (Yay!)...

Sounds great! I always arrive a day early to be sure of getting in plenty of photography of my own. I've recently updated my own gallery of Grandfather shots here:...

The owner was Hugh Morton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Morton). His family owned the mountain since the late 1800's. He was a truly great man, way ahead of his time in many ways. And a damned...

There are still a few spots open at the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend and I'd really like to see more Pentax users present...I'm mentioning this because there's always an...

Full details here: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/ All profits go to charity, as usual. The physical book can be ordered here: http://www.blurb.com/b/4291963-pdml-photo-annual-2013 There's an...

Full disclosure: Although that shot really is on Fuji Velvia as described... the film rebate around the image was added in Photoshop. See my blog post at...

If there's any advantage to 67 transparencies over shots from the K5 it would have to be only at very large print sizes – much bigger than the 13 x 19 maximum that I can print with my Epson R3000....

Yes, I use both the K5 and the 67 for landscape photography. I don't get to  use the 67 as often as I'd like (hell, I don't get to use the K5 as often as I like!) but I get in at least a couple of...

Having used the Pentax K5 and Sony A850 together for a couple of years now I can assure you these issues are less significant than you think. The latest Sony Exmor sensors have all but eliminated...

See item #2 on my list.

It should have in-body Shake Reduction (unlike the D600) It should be able to use all my K-mount full-frame lenses (not just Pentax glass – I'm including my beloved Sigma 180/3.5 macro in...

...just drink the beer! ;-)

Though I hasten to add there's no way of telling from your original photos if it's Pentax K mount. No "A" setting (even if it turns out to be K mount), but still a fairly good lens.

It's "version 2" of the Vivitar 70-210 Series 1 http://www.robertstech.com/vivitar.htm

Smart money would bet on it being a variation on the Sony-built IMX128 sensor that's used in the Nikon D600. Quite new.

A weather sealed superwide zoom would be a good complement to the 16-50, 50-135 and 60-250 zooms.

Correct. But there's another cost as well — no matter how well they try to emphasize the potential downsides of shooting without an anti-aliasing filter, some users will not get the message and...

I'd be very surprised if Pentax didn't have a full-frame camera that uses the SOny 24-megapixel sensor very soon.For my part, I don't want a really small camera. My K-5 is brilliant for cycling...

Both can produce excellent results if you good quality items and work carefully.If you get a close-up filter (diopter), make sure it's a two-element (achromatic) type. The single-element ones are...