Never mind the Minack Simon, where are your pictures of the most beautiful beach in the world - just a mile away!

Do you use a CRT monitor? your images often look a little overworked on my monitor. (CRTs can be a bit soft)

Hey George I just marked your post as helpful, whoo hoo! my first
Because before my tea was cold (or drunk) I had the answer.
I wouldn't really hose the ol' gear down of course, but it's useful to know what it can really tolerate. I reckon I could get away with a fairly major dunking in the sea and carefully washing it.
At the moment my camera and lens looks a bit like a kellogs frosty.
I'm thinking along the lines of J (shhh), that if it all goes tits up I'll have to by a nice set of DA* lenses.

Don't worry, I never sell anything (you're safe!)... crash and burn that's my motto.

Ah.. thanks,
I just got thinking because this sort of thing, although fun, is not particularly clever with a 16-45.



So I could just hose the whole lot down along with the wet suites?

Do the new * lenses mean the entire system is weather sealed or is the joint between camera and lens still vulnerable?
I could search for the answer but I want to make a cup of tea

Thanks Guys,
Personally I like number two on technical grounds because I know what went into it but I think the composition could be better.
And I am gutted that number 4 is such low quality/low resolution, because that could have been a nice print. Good idea to crop it higher Martin, seems obvious now!

Despite being a designer and having a camera since 1980 I still have zero confidence in my own stuff... I think that in my business if it's flawed it's not good enough... so I just see flaws. I'm going to enrol in a Photography course at my local Art college and see if that helps me chill out.

Couldn't decide whether to enter the comp with any of these, or which image, if any, was 'the one'. Feel free to comment and be brutally honest.
One of my first shots with the K10D 30, second exposure.



2 long exposures and one flash combined the old fashioned way.



straight forward long exposure.



This next one was heavily cropped (quickly grabbed with a wide angle) so not much use for printing.



More useful, uncropped image a few minutes later (correct lens) but less impact maybe.

I like number 1 a lot, I prefer it to the BW version.
I use my two SMC M 1.7 50mm lenses all the time (one permanently attached to extension tubes). looks like it's time to invest in a more modern variant.

You should sell the NC30 track bike....to me... and buy a DA*200mm, a DA*300mm, a spare body and two monopods with the money you save not racing any more

err...what are you all on about? I don't want to resurrect this, but isn't this all a bit pointless if the remark has been removed? or am I missing something? feel free to PM me

He looks unbelievably nice! I want to be him when I grow up...
Great shots, by the way.