Thanks for the comments. I have checked the original, there is no pixillation.

The photo is as taken with a sigma 105 macro. No magnifying or cropping in photoshop . The only thing I did was a mono conversion and save it to web for photobucket. So I am a little bemused

Davem

I lame Lilly she has all of us playing in photoshop creating mono photographs. That's what is great about the forum it gets you thinking and trying out new ideas!

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Ken

I have sent you a pm

Davem

What an amazing collection of photos!!. Well done to all.

Martin thanks for your comments. You have inspired me to go back to the church when the light is better. I will attempt the shot again but using the iwder 10- 20 sigma as moving back and right would have been difficult. menatly as well as physicaly!

A happy start to the new year

Davem

Davem

Here are a few of pictures from my foogy day out at Malham Cove on Friday.

Constructive comments always welcome...










An odd day of freezing fog with little light. Shots taken with DS and 16-45 lens, hand held with ISO at 800.

Davem

hello

Just thought that I would report back that i have successfuly cleaned the viewfinder. It was a little tricky like most jobs you do for the first time - you are never quite sure how much pressure etc.

Thanks for your help. My daughter is now a pentax convert and the proud owner of the DS and I have moved on to a K10d.

By the way Ken good to meet up with you in Bradford earlier in the year. The Anglo Scottish pentax forum should meet again.

Davem

Thanks

I will have a go with trembling hands and tweeezers and let you know how i get on.

I thought the shop was not being quite truthful....something did not ring right. Even if I cannot clean the camera i will not leave it in their care!

Davem

Hello,

I have found very noticeable black specks and small grey splodges behind them in my viewfinder. The camera is a DS about 2 1/2 years old. There is no dust showing up on the photos. I have given the insides a blow with a Q ball but the 'dirt' is still there.

I took the camera to a local pentax dealer today. He shook his head and sucked his breath in . ..."The seal around the viewfinder has gone, you have got dirt and possible some damp in" he then cheerfully offered to send the camera for cleaning at a cost of around £90 possibly more.

Unfortunatley, he also said that this might not be a good idea as the repair shop would have to dismantle the viewfinder and prism to get to the dirt. This would then render the the area to becoming prone to dirt in the future as it could never be sealed properly again.

Has anyone views on:
1. How the dirt could get in to what is supposed to be a sealed unit?
2. Is having a £90 clean worth it?
3. If I have the viewfinder cleaned will I really make it worse in the long run?

A depressed and slightly confused Davem

Whitby harbour ds and 18 - 55 kit lens




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