I Tried it with another bargin: Pentax IQ Zoom 200 35mm Camera and guess what, I too got an extra £5 discount, didn't say "Luck You" though

However, I decided not to get it as I am thinking of the FA 100mm Macro for £850

My favourite bargain (a wapping 22.76% off) is the Pentax EI-200 2.11MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom , there are 25 in stock!

Went to London Zoo to get some pictured for the comp, decided which one to use and then promptly forgot to upload it

Luckily, I remembered at 23:58 and just got in before the comp closed

Problem is, the picture is straight jpg from the camera as I didn't have time to make my usual edits

Floating!




Pentax K10D
1/180 Sec
f2.8
Flash -1/3 + Diffuser
DA* 16-50 @ 50mm

Taken at London Zoo. It wasn't till I moved 1 foot to my right that I got the shot, problem was this was the "splash zone"! Note - splash marks not so easy to get off filters!

My first Video camera cost me over £900! My current video camera has to have the video transferred to my PC using firewire and takes 90 mins to transfer 90 mins of video! It sits unused while my children grow and my only video is taken on my mobile phone! However, my K10D is with me when ever I am out with them. Video on a DSLR is looking more and more like a no brainer to me! Just last week, I wished the feature was on my K10 - my youngest was riding his bike for the first time (with stabalisers) - I have some stills!

A college lecturer of mine used to own a Skoda and he was so fed up with the jibes he did the following: stood on the front bumper of his Skoda, steped on the bonnet, walked up the windscreen, across the roof, and down the boot. He then went to one of his jibing friend's cars and with his thumb, pressed hard against the bonet and left a dent! The Skoda showed no dents! His friends didn't jibe any more.

A habit from my film camera days (I still use the MZ5n) I use centre, half press shutter to lock on what I want in focus and then recompose. If I am using predictive focusing (guessing where a moving object will be) I focus on that point and then recompose and wait for the object to come into view.

I do use Automatic selection occasionally but only for birds in flight and, like you, I do find it a bit hit and miss.

This makes me think as uploading images in the field and doing extensive imaging work are two completely different things. If I was to use a laptop in the field, I would not be using it for extensive editing, for instance LCD callibration would be an issue

I have been looking at small light laptops that would provid a good screen to view images on to determine if there were any problems. For me this would mean I need a laptop that can power up fast and has decent amount of RAM. any editing jobs would be done on a callibrated desktop screen.

Still with the possibility of a much improved screen on the K-7, and editing capability in camera and huge SDHC cards, do I really need to carry a laptop as well? My money is on the K-7

Mines still available if your interested.

I find it works well for fill in flash and mostly use it for that, though not with the 16-50!