Pimms and coke....not tried it before but can now recommend it....

Well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words.....





(both taken on a Pentax btw)

Great stuff, and all being in colour makes them even better. They all look they've been through Topaz Adjust or similar.

Personally I think you asked the wrong question in your poll......but in the interests of being civilized I will keep my opinion of what question you should have asked to myself.

It is a slightly abstruse subject.....

There's plenty of other options, including the unfortunately named Gimp, which is free. Gimp has a RAW processing plug-in available (also free) called UFRaw, which works as well as ACR.

I've just downloaded the 60 day free trial of Capture One Pro, which looks promising so far, it certainly does a far better job with Fuji files than ACR.

I think I will give Gimp another go or have a look at other alternatives. The idea of having to pay a monthly subscription to continue using their software after I retire makes me not want to be dependent on it now. I am definitely opting out of this idea.

This whole "Creative Cloud" thing is just a fancy name that means nothing, you still have to install the software. It's just a way of ensuring that you have to keep paying them rather than at some point deciding (or when you retire or lose your job and can't afford it) you don't need any more upgrades.

That last image is a cracker!

Thanks for the comments! Have to do something to stay awake at work!

Chuck the knackered battery, but it doesn't mean that all non original ones are bad. The generic spare I use, I had with my K7, and it still gives me more shots that the Pentax one that came with my K5.