love the tourette's-style comment on the pop photo article!

speaking of the Echo arena, I must check whether I can take my camera into Anfield this weekend...

wonder how the photos came out

I believe transferring your photos from Aperture to Lightroom is quite an undertaking because of Aperture's file structure. If you have a big library there would need to be a really compelling reason to switch IMO (unless LR4 has some clever coding to fix this)

I've seen excellent reviews on a ski forum I visit - these come from professional photogs who seem pretty demanding users.

How are you planning to buy? The downside seems to be actually getting them from the company - seem to be recurring stock/delivery issues - but if you know somewhere which has stock, that won't be an issue.

This is pretty good:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Understanding-Exposure-3rd-Photographs-Camera/dp/0817439...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326666085&sr=1-1

Like it - it's changed a lot since I was growing up there in the 80's.

Generally I like the lighting but would have been nice to have got a bit more light on the Anglican cathedral. Must be difficult to get a time when the lighting is perfect on all the buildings though

so the OP really really wants a FF Pentax, but not quite enough to sign up to Facebook
but enough to start a thread complaining about having to join facebook to add his name to a non-official petition in favour of a FF Pentax

yes, i am confused

oh snap!
PM sent

funnily enough, I have come the opposite way. i have a panny GF1 which was my first step away from compacts but wanted something with better external controls and all round performance. the GH2 didn't quite do it for me in those respects (although it is a pretty cool camera in many ways)

i sometimes think about getting an adapter so i can use my Pentax primes on the GF1 but the autofocus on it is not great. the NEX7 looks very cool indeed but I can't justify the cost - it's considerably more expensive than my K5. maybe a Pentax module for the Ricoh GXR with APS-c sensor and focus peaking functionality? might be a bit niche but it would be a cool result of the Pentax/Ricoh merger.

I still have the GF1 because with the 20mm pancake lens it can be a really useful camera at times when lugging the K5 around isn't an option

Anyone used this:

http://www.gettotallyrad.com/

Looks pricey but potentially a great timesaver (for pros/enthusiasts) and simplifier (for those who find all the options on Photoshop a bit intimidating)