Indeed great opportunity for buyers, quality stuff here on sale. Pity I already have everything I wanted, only carve for that x1.4 converter! I'm glad you decided not to part with this forum and plan to rearm yourself with the MX-1

Bought earlier this week, but only now had a chance to reach and read the latest issue of Amateur Photographer. In the spirit of "better late than never" AP announces their winners of 2014. K-3 scoops "innovation of the year" and "reader product of the year" awards. "Reader product" sounds pretty respectable, methinks. Congratulations then, Pentax..

Sweet indeed. How could it be improved even more? 1, 2 and 4 could be set more in the centre, I think

I've seen those installations during winter holidays, I thought they'd been removed by now. Never mind, I shall revisit this place soon myself again. Great targets for your Pentax sensor and metering tools, not to mention the atmosphere

Been watching Baraka again recently and also decided to see this "A Closer Look" documentary afterwards. The Baraka crew reveal there how and with what they shoot the film. Now it's no wonder why Baraka is done so beautifully!

Definitely the first, the monochrome one!

Not Photo Guy, but Cable Guy, and not with Williams but Carrey

The one you were after was One Hour Photo.

To this one I would also add Rear Window, as Blow Up would be too obvious

My top ten of best films ever consists of 5 titles (as for now):

Little big man
Vertigo
Koyaanisqatsi
Grave of the fireflies
..and somehow also Forrest Gump.

But if you ask me, which films I regard as so extremely beautifully shot, that becoming very inspiring also for photography work, I will reveal without hesitation:

Before all most of Terrence Malick's works, that is:

To the Wonder
Thin Red Line
Badlands
Days of Heaven.

Then there will come others, that will sharpen my appetite for photography even further:

Baraka
Come and see
Powaqqatsi
Once upon a time in the west
Vertigo
Koyaanisqatsi
Magnolia

Minolta has been swallowed by Sony some time ago and it's not any more. Sony took mirrorless road. You seem to be right in saying that only Pentax, Canon and Nikon are left on the prismatic field. I also think it says a lot for Pentax, but personally have a feeling, that mirrorless technology will overcome prismatic models. Who knows, maybe first Pentax full frame will already be mirrorless?

If you manage to destroy your other than Pentax/unsealed camera through water ingress, you are likely to loose your warranty and become liable to cover the bills. With weather-sealed Pentax you will likely get your camera repaired under warranty. Just another advantage of the well advertised Pentax weather sealing. I, personally, do rather a lot of early morning/late evening, foggy landscape and sky-at-night photography, so it's pretty comforting to know, that your camera is being cosily wrapped in sound sealings