Nope, none of the images loaded, not even if I copied their URL into a browser. The histograms were fine though.

That's a lot of work Matt, I hope something comes of it.

Dan

Mmmmm, like that! Very nice feel to it.

Dan

I bought the K10D when a retailer on Amazon forgot to add the VAT onto the price, so I saved nearly £100 on it. I'm not sure I'd have got the Samsung, but I know I wouldn't have got the Pentax at the higher price.

Dan

There's not a huge amount about the pricing of the Samsung, other than 'expected price £699'. However, this doesn't always make it clear whether this includes an 18-55mm lens or not.

However, Amazon have them listed at:

Body only: £621.05
Body + 18-55: £668.82
Body + 18-55 + 50-200: £716.61


These are significantly cheaper than the K20D, not by just £100. You could save yourself over £80 and get the two lenses for 'free'.

Pentax should address this. £50 more yes, £100 more maybe. Not this difference though.

Dan

You need these then.

I much prefer the feel of a camera with a grip, I find it fits my hand better. But I wouldn't buy one just to be able to use AA bateries - the Lithiums are a little more expensive, but certainly not as much as buying a grip.

Dan

Not sure what time I'll be there but hopefully should be in the morning. Will bring the wife too, but shall have to find something for her to do while I spend a couple of minutes ( ) in SRS. Then we'll be off somewhere for an afternoon out. Not sure where yet though.

Capture One v.4 does, but 3.7 doesn't. So I'd probably have to use the Raw convertor plug-in for photoshop which I used the other day when I'd inadvertently set DNG as my raw format on the K10D. Eurghh. Horrible. Just felt wrong compared to C1.

DNGs from the camera are larger than the pefs, as they're uncompressed. Seems a pain to have to convert them to another format just to use software I don't like.

Dan

Have to say this is one of my main concerns about getting a K20D - I use Capture One v3.7, it took long enough for the K10D to be supported by that and I only got one when it was. C1 is now at v4, but I wasn't keen on the trial version of that, and I'd need a bigger screen to run it. I wasn't that keen on the Silkypix UI either.

So, for me, it would be new camera, new software, added expense, pain in the backside. For now I think I'll stick with the K10D.

I think.

Dan

(Still going to SRS on the 8th March to have a play though. )

Not sure what you're getting at Matt - were you being humourous? (I hate emails/forums when you can't get the tone of a post ).

Unless I'm wrong (again), the magnification doesn't change whether you're using 35mm or a APS sized sensor, as the field of view also decreases as the image size does.

So a 1:1 lens is 1:1 regardless of the 'sensor' size.

Dan

Bob, you're right, I was confusing crop factors with magnification.

Dan

Also, the sensor size is slightly smaller than the figures you've used Bob. This would make the magnification come out higher than your results.

Dan