Apart from my aerial shots, which are as much an accident of employment as anything else, I find I keep being attracted to scenes with lots of bright colours, even to images could be described as tacky, in spite of trying not to. Whether it's any sort of "trademark" I don't know.

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I think the title might confuse people: it's a Ricoh GR not GR V.

Good price for an excellent camera.

I'm running it on 4gb RAM, it slows up and occasionally stops working for a moment but it seems to work OK, except my cpu fan is still broken (the one I ordered in the UK turned up the day after we left) and at the moment my computer overheats using any editing program.

I think the free version you linked to is not the same as the full free premium, version, Gareth. Try this link

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There is far more control using the plug-in than the presets. Initial experiments show that it basically does stuff you can do in Photoshop, but much quicker and easier. The presets are just that -presets, without much control over the final result. In the program itself you can vary opacity of effects, adjust various parameters like saturation, brightness etc, and also use multiple effects, as it uses layers, which LR does not. (I've always wondered why not)

The great thing about this program is it uses layers, so you can vary the opacity of effects and/or use multiple effects. For a freebie, it's definitely worth having.

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That's brilliant, for more than 3 times the price, you get a Sony RX100 that's been made to look really ugly!

I use a Jusino carbon fibre tripod with detachable monopod. It comes with a really good ball-head too. It's very well made, lightweight, sturdy, ideal for travel and a lot cheaper than comparable tripods. It also comes with a bag. They are made in China, bought mine there, but I have seen them in the UK.

Thanks, Gary, I just had another look at the contract with Getty, it mentions similar's on the first page, don't know how I missed it. I also only just noticed I can only sell signed or numbered copies of my images as prints, and I've been selling straight prints, whoops! I'll have to have a think about that one, as I can't get printing done in Doha due to quality issues, so I have the printers ship direct to the customer.

Sorry to see you leaving Pentax, btw, though perfectly understandable with FF still not being addressed.