George,

Have you been able to make any progress on troubleshooting this issue?

George,

Does it appear whether you have set the camera capture the image in JPEG or RAW? Does it appear if you have set the camera to rotate the image automatically?

Pete,

It's a nice image, but it demonstrates my main complaint about HDR images - they tend to look rather "flat". I prefer to see a bit of range from dark to light.

I've only tried HDR once so far http://www.ephotozine.com/photo/601388/large and it too, looks a bit flat to me.

Similarly, Silkypix does a good job of removing CA.

I think Pentax would rather sell more K10D's !

AFAIAC (as far as i am concerned) Still and moving Video fulfill two different purposes. A still image gives you time to absorb detail and information allows you time to appreciate the composition, etc.

Now, please correct me if I am wrong, but a video/motion film camera maintains the same aperture for the whole shot, so grabbing a still from it may not give you the same result as taking a dedicated still where you can choose the perfect aperture for the subject.

We have had cameras capable of recording moving images for almost as long as we have had still photography, the two forms have co-existed for over 100 years, I don't see dedicated still photography vanishing for a while yet!

I've experimented with long exposures of many minutes on bulb mode with my K10. At no time did the flash unit try and deploy.

George,

Have you tried clearing cookies and the internet cache on your main 'puter?

Lilly,

Mattmatic has some great sharpening tutorials on his website

Looks either slightly out of focus, or it might be motion blur. Were you using a tripod? If you did, was SR on or off?