Hi folks, guessing this might have been a popular Christmas present so someone might know...

PCWorld (UK) website suggests that the wacom bamboo fun comes with photoshop elements

which version of elements is it ?

did anyone get one from amazon with elements included ?

thanks

I tried accessing the forum again today from the isl jp website and got this message .....

"The Forum has been temporarily closed. Updates are being made.

We will be back soon..."

hopefully they will fix the problems they have been having when entering via shortcutinc's website

sigma lenses are notorious for getting the reference code wrong for pentax cameras, my old sigma 28-200 is reported incorrectly when used on my K10D, just ignore it.

If it really bothers you I understand this sort of data can be edited in the image file, others may have some suggestions for such editors, I haven't done it myself (yet).

Hi Roscoe,
thanks for the extra info about the voucher Seems like pentax are supporting their pro centres ?

I'm a bit puzzled by the 'not sold in kit form' comment though, since the cashback form says "K20D Camera and Lens Kit £100", but maybe we're just being picky on terminology !

Hi Roscoe, why the extra £15 'voucher' ? - which item is it redeemed against, or is it just a "we'll be nice to park cameras" thing by pentax ?

http://www.pentax.co.uk/en/photo.html

reading the pentax cashback form you get £100 cashback on the K20 if bought in a kit, with any lens, but not body only

you can get cashback of £25 on the 55-300 without buying a camera body

cheers

Try looking into imatch, it has the ability to search for duplicate images, or visually similar images, or alternatively via the exif data such as original image creation date.

http://www.photools.com/products.php

I have had this on trial and am impressed, has a v.helpful user group too.

I know exactly what you mean, being in the keen amateur boat myself.

FWIW, consider how many older lenses are used on pentax bodies - even back to M42 mount takumars get used ! I'm using one 20yr old lens regularly, so it's not unreasonable to anticipate a decent period of use for a new lens, especially a prime and the better quality you buy the better it should last.

for pro vs am I think the key thing is how much use it will get.

It's daft to put a top quality lens on a shelf and worship it rather than use it.

Is a £500 DA12-24/4 better value than a £700 70-200/2.8 ? it's up to your style of shooting. Buy a cheap lens in that zoom range, if it's used lots then you can justify the purchase IMHO.

I'm leaving the whole image quality pt aside, just my 2d worth.

enjoy the dilemma!

I don't see any colour cast down both sides, by eye I see a slight green tinge on lhs and slight pink tinge on rhs and about even in middle. (NB awaiting huey replacement!)

RGB values are
topleft: 130/128/139; topright 141/139/153
botleft: 81/81/85; botright 82/78/88
suggests too much blue in the white balance to me, the histogram looks like blue channel is shifted to the right a bit.

silkypix greypt tool gives ~7000 for lopleft, 7300 for topright and 7132 in topmiddle (and corrects the blue shift in WB in all cases) which suggests slight range in WB across the scene to me.

solution ? set the WB to area near the topmiddle and then poss a gradient colour shift via photoshop, but I'm at beginner level in elements so don't know how, I've concentrated on trying to learn as much as poss about RAW conversion stage.

FWIW your later post (20.17) looks similar to me wrt colour 'shift'

hope this helps

I e-mailed their customer service dept about the price of the pentax lens, pointing out how ridiculous their price was, this was the reply

".....Thank you for your e-mail regarding the price of the above catalogue number.

I am sorry Argos does not offer a price match guarantee. We do however review all our prices on a regular basis to ensure best value for customers across the whole of our product range. Please see our website www.argos.co.uk for the most up to date information on all of our prices, including our regular ?Wow? deals.

Should you require any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact us at >order. [email protected]< or call us on 0845 640 2020.

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they don't offer price match, no kidding !!!

Do you feel you would like wider or longer than you have, or better somewhere within - in which case what focal length have you been using most on your current lens ?