Buying Advice!

Hi,

no, indoors, even the popup flash is pretty good (for what it is).. using one of the dedicated flashes I mentioned, and you have full control over the lighting. If it's pretty dark to start with, the autofocus may struggle, but the flash sorts that out for you. As an example, you can take a picture using the 360 in a totally dark room (I tried it, and couldn't see my hand in front of my face), perfectly focussed and exposed.

I assume that these will be used for promotional pictures, in which case, given the option go for the K10D. That way you get a 40% bigger image size to start off with. Even the K100 will produce A3+ images quite happily without doing too much to the original, but if you can use PS, then the world is your oyster.. so to speak.

RE: UV filters, yes you can use them, but if you are going to use filters, then invest in Cokin or Lee, as if your going to stick an extra optical element in to the set up, you want to undo as little of the excellent optical quality of the lenses as you can.

Cheers

Liam

Search these forums for various opinions about using, or not using, filters. A UV, or haze, filter is said to work best (as an optical filter) in sunlight. I'm thinking you're not going to get too much of that inside a building.

If it is physical protection that's a different matter and before you take the shot, remove it, as it will only ever compromise your image, not enhance it.

A simple reasoning would be, why pay several hundred pounds for a good quality lens having just about the best anti-everything coating ever made, then screw a piece of cheap glass over the front? No need, no point, don't do it.