Didn't realise this was on forum as well as gallery.

I have pictures of people having set themselves up for the afternoon right next to signs warning of the cliff that would happily engulf them. All Darwin Award candidates!

However, Very tongue in cheek ....

If you remove all that deposition and then continue to remove the earlier depositions (several billion years' worth) there isn't very much planet left - it's certainly less than half its present diameter! So where did all that additional spoil come from?

(jumps into nearest dustbin).

Don't worry in the least about my comment over 'legaility' - while valid (non Pentax) it is somewhat irrelevant in the face of the excellent debate that has been created. You have now proved convincingly that the camera is of little real consequence. It's what the user does with it that matters.

This is getting tricky now.

The above is a magnificent shot but it isn't taken with a Pentax. I initially criticised mobile/tablet image making machines and then conceded their advantages and I added to that by using a Samsung mobile phone to capture a beermat image (see "another pointless thread") because it was a far faster means of getting an image published than picking up a DSLR (or compact for that matter).

I could easily argue that all of the forgoing is illegal (i.e. not Pentax produced) and should be expunged but this is a genuine debate that all camera manufacturers should be examining. It doesn't require major research or development - it's already been done and is available. So why hasn't Pentax, Nikon, Canon et al produced a credit card sized convenience camera?

There you are. What did I say? you are not drinking enough beer!

You may rest your case.

I have to envy you as this time of day doesn't exist for me! Beautiful captures of things I can only fantasize about.

Horses for courses. This is a flat plane, unencumbered shot that only has two criteria. Exposure (bang on) focus (bang on). It is clinically precise. All mobile phones ought to be able to do this. Now turn it three quarter view with a twig in the way and reflective leaves as a background ??

Do you marinade the beetroot in the Arbour Nashoba Neipa beer? At 6.2% the result will be quite powerful! (Almost as interesting as Steve's 4 pack of baked beanz).

Whoopee! Something to look forward to in the New Year!

And that goes from ALL of us !!