Splendid Amin, those look better then my blue inkt ones.

Hi Matt,
Which one do you mean, the studio or the normall one?
If you're looking for the studio one I would say get the Studio XPS 16 with RGB LED, if you get the basic one with the screen you are 30 pounds cheaper then the studio XPS 13 which come standard with the led back light. Those RGB led screen come close to covering 100% of the Adobe RGB colours.
Here is a little review about it link
You might find some more info on the screen but it looks promising.

How come that the camera exposue so differently with teleconverters, I thought the camera meters through the lens so it shouldn't matter how many filters you use, extension tubes or teleconverters.

Just try the firmware update, there is nothing to lose at the point you're at now link here's a PDF on how to do it link
I believe the firmware updates do a full reinstall though, not sure but hopefully they do but you don't need the previous versions.

Here are some shots compares to the FA43 if you are interested link
He sayd the resolution is better of the DA*55 but it looks like the FA43 produce more vibrant colours. He didn't use manual mode it seems since the shots whit the FA43 have a longer exposure so I don't know how much that will effect the colours.

There are some photos further back in the topic and I much say the DA*55 is more appealing to me then the FA43

Edit: And of course the DA*55 vs FA50 link

Oh yes very lovely and like Peter said it draws the eye.
The only thing is that I would like to have a bit more sky, simply to get the horizon on a third line so that you get a better balance.
But yes a splendid shot, I wished I make it.

Prieni, thank you for explain all that, it's surely an interesting project with a lot of potential. These untis are also probably upgradable when more, other or better sensors wants to be added. I can see that they can help with cost-effectly planning a reseach vessel also when you know more about the chimical balance over a time frame.

The NASA Pathfinder is also very interesting, it come close to what you're working ar but then in the sky. The great thing is that they don't fly that high as satiliet so they have less interefrence, by the ozon layer and such. Also since you can simply let it land and change the sensors on it, it's far more practical and cost effectly in most situation.


Hi Ronald, I know what you mean. The setup was quite cruel and I just looked at what kind of effect they give, this my first time trying these things. Next time I'll spend some more time with it and optimize the lighting better. Al these shots was shot with the same light setting you know, only played with the cmaera to get the differend effects.
I would love to see some shots from you, domestos in the toilet pan sounds very interesting. Just do it and be creative and see things.

Have you tried to install the firmware again, I don't see that in your list you see and it might be worth the effort.

I don't know if you can use antoher brand flash to controll the AF360.
With a Pentax AF540, you can controll the the AF360 or the other way around so it might be worth the extra money. You can build a small studio flash system then

Well thank you, I was hoping you would like it.
BTW you can all look it up so you know I'm not telling some bogus story here, all those places are real even the fairies

Ken that's quite a nice title but I ain't no story teller though
God Asahi is quite a splendid one, The God of the morning sun.
Do you know he even has his own beer link
They are creating new levels of satisfaction they say, I wonder what they mean since research shows that woman like to have sexs in the morning and Asahi means moring sun so...
All we need now is an Asahi camera to capture the moment for later enjoyment. I'm getting a bit off track here I think

To go back to the little small lenses, Takumar have some very small fisheye lenses. Any change they get a new live as a Limited lens, it would be interesting to have one.


With digital a bit wider then this would be more usefull though but you get the idea.