Looks like he's playing 'Noughts and Crosses' with body parts.

That's a cracking shot John..the detail is superb. I'm not really up on these little compacts regarding the sensor sizes and apparent magnifications but what does that 15-45 lens equate to in 35mm terms?

My Canon compact is starting to show signs of wear...i'll definitely look at these newer Pentax compacts when the time comes.

Karlo

Thanks for those MIke, they do look very good. Have you any airshows coming up during June?

regards

Karlo

A very unusual set, really nice.

Karlo

P.S ..forgot to thank Jonathan and Gareth for their replies...many thanks.

Karlo

Thanks John. The thread was Mike-P's concerning his purchase of the new 150-450 lens from The Netherlands. I've just posted a slightly re-worded version of my earlier 'posts' (going from memory) and it has appeared ok so it was hopefully just a gremlin. I'll let you know if it happens again.

cheers

Karlo

As the £ is so strong against the Euro these days I did a quick recce last night to see what kind of saving could be made against an expensive item like the 150-450 lens.

A very brief search yielded a company in the Netherlands ...cameranu.nl from Urk.

Their price for Pentax 150-450 is 2199 Euros plus 45 Euros courier to UK so 2244E altogether. Converting this in absolute terms using a rate of 1.37 Euros to £ gives a UK price of £1638.

Using a more commercially realistic rate of 1.30 to the £ to allow for conversion rates/commission etc this brings the price up to about £1726...but crucially a useful saving of about £273 against UK price !

One of the 'benefits' of being in the EU...at last.

I suspect that the UK price will fall sharply soon as it does seem to be massively overpriced. To me it looks more like a £1000 lens and at that price i'm sure Ricoh would do very nicely out of it.

In the meantime, like everyone else i'm really looking forward to see images from it.

I've twice tried to add a comment to a particular thread tonight ..both times upon clicking 'Add Comment' button it has simply disappeared. Over 25 minutes wasted in total including time preparing the comment. This is the third separate occasion it has happened in as many days and about the fifth or sixth in total since the 'New Look' site appeared a handful of months ago.

Just wondered whether these were one-offs or whether there is a more generalised problem with the site.

Karlo

Some nice shots there percy, particularly good considering this is your first airshow. I do tend to favour props myself rather than the jets and particularly
like No's 4,9 and 8 in that order. Well done, hope you have another go...there's loads more airshows coming up.

cheers

Karlo

It is very annoying and i think will backfire on the manufacturers, causing a lot of resentment. My attitude now is that I will only buy at the lowest price i've seen a photographic item for sale at over the past 12 months or so. If it doesn't become available again at that price then i won't be buying...on principle...even assuming i have the cash ready and want the item.