Some lovely piccies there of your littl'un having fun - and hers of you ain't bad either!
Andy

Traded in the *istD - CF cards and by today's standards very slow to write to card. LCD also very small. Lovely quiet shutter comp with K10D! And nice size. You could not configure the dials (unlike K10D) - however they were set to shutter and aperture
Andy

Never bothered with the RAW + jpeg option (although think that if I get the jpeg settings right in camera, it could be a good thing to try).

However, I tend to use just RAW, and often leave the dynamic range on with the K-7 (limiting base ISO to 200) to help retain highlights. Works well for me most of the time. I usually check histogram on taking the shot, and try a diff exposure if it doesn't look right.

IMHO you can safely just use RAW!

Andy

Glad it doesn't recommend it for Pentax - one of us might have gone for it...

Seriously I guess this could have been the price when they first came out? (5 years ago it was around £80 to get a 1GB Cf card)
Andy

Thanks for the link Mike - will have a play later
Andy

I have one of those somewhere in my collection of goodies! Would be safe to use with the old flash guns with high trigger voltage
Andy

Thanks Gwyn!
Its great!!
Andy

I echo that - my K10D back focusses (or front whichever way it is!) Have had no such issues with the K7 - haven't even had to use the focus adjust that is available

Andy

I think you are probably right, John: another issue that we now see as a potential problem that didn't worry us in the past pre-digital and ability to pixel-peep etc!

However I did find it a very interesting article which I guess could lead to further improvements in the stride for 'better and better'. I guess one of us could actually try to repeat the effect on a real picture and then print it up at different sizes and see how it shows up (or not) in reality!

Andy

Having trialled LR 3 beta and had one go with trial of Topaz, there is no contest speed-wise; as has been said LR is quick and Topaz is very slow. Whether one is capable of a better finish than the other (putting time factor to one side), I don't know, but as can be seen Mike's and Peter's piccies show LR would take a lot to better it
Andy