If they leave it like it is then it will die just like myspace & friend reunited before it, yes I know myspace is having a little bit of a resurgance, but I don't think it will last...This....

I tend to spend more time on flickr & PU also in recent years on my phone than PC so look forward to the update, hopefully the groups will become lively again, I miss some of teh group activities on flickr...

I hope they do it in Pentax..

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No flash used.

There was someone else in the room flashing with a point and shoot.

I uploaded the images to Facebook and shared with the fayres Facebook group. All the models have since added me as a friend to tag themselves in, so it's a good way to get potential professional relationships with models.

The catwalk was T shaped & for the first image I was at the end of one of teh side walks, hope that makes sense. unfortunately the models wouldn't look at me. So I joined the official photographer at the end of the runway, to get some looks from the models which seems to have worked...

Had a table at a local prom fayre last weekend & whilst there pushed my boundaries by taking some shots on the catwalk.

K-5 with F 50mm 1.4 at ISO 2000 f/2.0

First one is a little soft but I love the composition.
















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George, I actually agree with you on that

I think the lifespan cycle of the 560mm will be a lot longer than the 18-135mm

@George

Day of work!!!

I think you should make a career out of this, these are great, I love number 2 & amazingly sharp.

Actually I based my pricing on how other companies priced similar products, along with a reference to the product lifespan cycle and previous pricing strategies by Pentax.

The high new prices are not about fleecing potential customers but about recovering initial tooling costs & r & d. if you look at the product lifespan cycle image, just google it, you will see that the peak sale is generally half way through, from that point, demand for the product decreases so the price decreases..

Apple avoid this altogether by keeping the price constant all the way through the product cycle, with this in mind Apple consumers are more likely to buy on launch as they know there is no reason to buy later as there will be very little difference in price. The price usually stays constant until the next product replacement is launched, then the price is reduced...