Whoops, forgot about that, must get my passport sorted.

There aren't any spiders in your shed are there?

Dan

Indeed I will - sent you an email this morning, but if you haven't seen it yet I'll be there about 7.30.

I shall be using two methods for the clean, which I used many times with success with my *istD.

First, a quick spray with some liquid catnip to soften the dirt. Then, introduce a well trained cat to the sensor - its rough tongue is enough to shift the most stubborn dirt and pollen. The catnip helps encourage it to lick the sensor. Job done!

Dan


(Actually, I'll use a rocket blower, to see how much that shifts, then the sensor swabs and Eclipse fluid, as linked to by Bob. Never had any trouble with this, although I no longer use it as it's incompatible with the K10D sensor. Handy for cleaning lenses and the wife's glasses though, and I'll hang onto it in case I start using the *istD again. As a further aside, I've never had the need to give the K10D sensor anything other than a blow with the rocket - much better than the *istD, which required at least a monthly wet clean.)

I really don't think you'd need to know that.

Dan

Okay, so if we all club together it wouldn't cost us more than £50 each, I say that's a worthwhile purchase to see an Australian wish he'd thought a little more before typing...

Dan

I was judging by the lack of harsh shadows, and especially the soft shadows either side of the blade of grass at the bottom, just left of centre, looked like the halo effect a ringflash gives. Do you use a diffuser on the pop-up?

Not noticing something at the time is a nightmare, I do it all the time. Especially with macro when you're so concentrating on focusing, it's easy to get too focused on one aspect of the pic. All part of the fun though.

Dan

Pop up flash? : AF080C ringflash surely...

Stunning detail, could probably count the hairs. But if it was so friendly you really should have moved that blade of grass. But yes, it is a handsome spider, looks like it's got a big bushy moustache.

Dan

What exposure length are these images? The lines look too regular to be flare.

Reminds me of the one time I tried using multiple exposures instead of one long exposure with my *istD. The resultant image had a strange colour cast down one side, which wasn't evident when doing the same exposure in one go.

Dan

All the pro dealers are listed on the Pentax UK website, but I think Rob was wondering who the other two of the "three independant photographic retailers in the UK who buy direct from Pentax and not a distributor" are.

Dan

What? And you had a whole extra year to revise - mine was an 11+

Dan

Yeah, I was sure I'd see you there.

Dan