well, i thought it was an interesting read - thanks for posting!

i think your experience just about accords with mine. i got as a handy, flexible lens to take out with me when i am doing "outdoor pursuits" and don't want to worry about bad weather etc. the fast focusing is also quite good for skiing (which i do a lot of)

when i have my (wannabe) photographer hat on i'll generally take a couple of primes but the 18-135 is great when i am doing something else and want to get some decent pics while i am at it.

it is pricey new but i got a reasonable deal on ebay

love the 3rd one in particular

some very interesting features on the Nikon. will be interesting to see if they are useful in practice

cool photo - thanks for posting

i've actually played around with the exposure and brightness a bit and that seems to be working for me. aperture might be syncing the result automatically so the pic on the first page may no longer be too blue and the whole thread will cease to make sense

anyway - lots of helpful tips here and i will try to take them on board in future!

thanks

Don - that is a nice idea! Thanks

^^^ maybe but I really like the GF1 + 20mm/f1.7 package in terms of handling and results.

if i think about it rationally, there are a lot of reasons why i should sell my GF1 and associated equipment because (IMV) it does overlap considerably with the K7. however, i am quite sentimental about it because it was my first move away from small sensor compacts and it's a great unobtrusive package for street photography.

Thanks, John. I will give that a try. My only concern is that the yellowness will creep in

I am a bit of a skiing nut and like to combine some shooting with skiing. All the whiteness does tend to throw cameras into a bit of a tizzy so you get problems with under exposure, white balance etc. I recently took my K7 for its first outing and I am having some trouble in post production getting the colours right.

the following isn't too bad but is maybe a little blue



this one is far too blue



the problem I find is that if I reduce the blue tones, the snow takes on a yellow hint which is also unwanted.

Any top tips? I am shooting raw and doing PP on Aperture so I'd hope to be able to fix this stuff reasonably well if I can find the right settings. Any hints on how to set the camera up for optimum results without PP would be very welcome too.

Cheers