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Some other questions for the more experienced photographers:

there is a spec of dust and piece of lint between the viewfinder, and the focusing screen... I have double, triple checked, and cleaned... I know the focusing screens are replacable.... would any of you remove and clean these yourself? It looks like it just snaps in, and removes easily...

secondly, the photo I just posted I painted out any noise on a duplicate layer, after I cut the moon out... Is there noise in the image of the moon? id so how would one clean that up?

Should I make a thead more dedicated to photagraphy and techniques? or just use this thread
Not sure about your Pentax, but if it's like the D200 I used to have, there's a piece of glass the focusing screen lays up against. Cleaning dust out of the pentaprism would require having the camera opened up professionally- probably not worth it, but talk to a repair shop. My D200 was pretty rugged, and after thumping it a bunch of times, the dust cleared out.

I don't really see any noise in your moon shot, so I wouldn't worry about it. Photoshop has a noise removal tool under the filters tab. Otherwise, you can spend money on Noise Ninja or Neat Image, for example.
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