Surely, having the winner go to all the hassle of producing and sending a printed version to the judge would be a DIS incentive to enter contests (in case you ended up the winner). And would the judge want a copy of it?

I like it.

I've never succeeded in growing the pesky things. These images have suggested that I try once more!

Is there not a thread somewhere about getting failed SDMs going again after prolonged storage times? If it was OK prior to storage then inactivity is likely to be the trouble rather than outright failure?

The colour one is better IMHO. It emphasizes those lovely clouds on the horizon and picks up all of the subtleties of the foreground rocks.

Hi Drago. Welcome to the source of most Pentax knowledge. It's freely available if you need to ask.

The teasel is a nice one.

I too was going to offer £900 but then the car got advisories on its MOT - Your camera money went on four new tyres! (it was me that asked you about warranty and where you'd purchased it from).

Most of us 'old' photographers are just that - photographers and we appreciate the quality we have in our hands. Kids today just snap all and everything with their smartphones and have no interest in the quality of what they produce (otherwise they would be using some sort of 'proper' camera). If you advertise a given brand of DSLR only their adherents will take much notice of it. As to brand familiarity, I was out with the K1 on a tripod recently in the park. This fellow about late 50s 60ish commented, "A Pentax. That's a nice old camera and it's in really good nick for its age isn't it?" Richo haven't much chance with this one so why thrown money at advertising?

I'm not sure that they do fit on DSLRs. They were made for M and K series film cameras and the mounting is about .5mm too narrow to go over the eyepiece. If you take a Dremel tool to it to remove a bit the two spring grippy thingies fall off. Been there - lost the T shirt.