Thank you Alan, I appreciate your comments.

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David

Cheers Shaun, thanks for making the effort once more.

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David

I did see the thread on the water ingress problem, but the point is that Pentax don't advertise the SLR's as waterproof, so I still can't understand why there's an issue.

Some common sense is surely expected to be applied and the fact that some Pentax SLR's have a degree of weather resistance gives people the confidence to use them when other cameras may be put away. I certainly would not expect my K-5's to be fully waterproof and I wouldn't expect Pentax to cover water ingress under warranty, unless there was clear evidence that a manufacturing defect existed in one or more of the seals.

I don't think Pentax's position on this is any different to any other manufacturer?

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David

Agreed, it is excellent!

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David

I don't think you will find many, if any 'weather resistant' products will absolutely guarantee against water ingress. Pentax don't claim their SLR products are waterproof, so I can't understand what the issue is here?

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David

There is a '*except some models' disclaimer directly underneath the words about weather resistance and it doesn't make any false claims so I can't see anything misleading?

The spelling mistake is a bit amateurish, but I think the overall thrust of the advert is positive and sells the benefits quite well.

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David

All good advice above. I think you've done well for you first attempts and with practice you will only get better. The best tip above is to get down low - if you are on the same level as the subjects it transforms a macro image completely. Hope you don't mind me posting a few that illustrate both the low angle and more of the composition:










All of these are with natural light, first and second are with a Sigma 105 macro, K-5iis/K-x, third one with a K-5 and SMC Pentax K55 F1.8 and extension tubes.

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David

Hi Algi, thanks for the comments. What you are seeing is not moire and is not due to the camera or the processing. This is due to compression artefacts caused by reducing / compressing the images for upload onto this Forum; I have checked all of the originals and the full size processed versions are clean. Let's not set any hares running about the K-5iis 'moire' issue!

Regarding the first shot, the 'blurring' on the path is intentional. The image has been combined with a textured background to add a different look to the buildings and the path; whether this adds to the image or not is down to personal preference, but it's not blurring.

I think you will see similar things if you zoom right in on any images uploaded to the Gallery or the Forum, as the size of image it allows is massively compressed from the original. The extent of this will depend on he method of compression used; I have used 'bicubic sharper' on these are this seems to suit web images well.

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David

It's not light leakage that has caused this issue - it is too defined and uniform. If a square filter was used it looks very much like the filter was positioned incorrectly. Other than this, I can't think of anything else that would cause this effect.

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David

A few more images from my recent holiday in the Med, this time with the emphasis on a diversity of photographic subjects and styles.

Hope you like, CC welcomed.

A Street in Old Genoa - K-5iis, DA L 55-300 - Genoa, Italy





On Deck - K-5, DA 16-45 - Atlantic Sea, Western Spanish Coast





Sunset On The Sea - K-01, DA 17-70 - Italian Mediterranean, near Genoa





What's In The Bag? - K-5iis, DA L 55-300 - Genoa, Italy





Girl on a Picture Stall - K-5, DA L 55-300 - Rome, Italy





Ghost Town - K-5iis, DA 17-70 - Lisbon, Portugal





Into The Shop Window - K-5iis, DA 17-70 - Lisbon, Portugal





Main Square - K-5iis, DA 17-70 - Lisbon, Portugal




Thanks for looking.

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David