I'm ready to place my bet.

It is going to be a K5mkIII, a 24mp sensor being the only difference.

I also suspect they won't even release a version with a AA filter this time.

I'll also add 'No FF' to the accumulator is pressed.

That is weird. I like to examine it on an Imax screen

I think most of us understand that John, however I am talking about direct comparison with Pentax products, or at least 'with reference to', jules has been doing this recently and has not been reprimanded?

I'm sure you'll make the correct judgement call either way if/when simon decides to write something.

Well done, if you've got the dosh no point messing around life is too short. D800 is not for me, but seems the obvious choice for anyone seriously specializing in landscapes.

It will be good to get some more real user system comparison feedback when you get a chance?

Hehehe

I believe the full-on Dragan Effect works best on weather worn faces, or ones with a certain character, while I can tell you've done the work, it's perhaps lost on this chap (which I suppose you can feedback as a complement to him i.e. he's not weird enough looking )

Always good to practice, I remember I downloaded some 'rugged' faces from the internet to practice Dragan, might be more useful.

Fantastic study, thanks so much for sharing. Love 23 & 24

Yes, and amazing how the keeper rate seems so higher when out with my MX?!

Indeed, my mum has a suitcase full of photos, all full of meaning & human interest. Even to a non-family member I'm sure. You look at them and it really makes all the discussions about Full Frame, sensors & megapixels seem soooo utterly ridiculous and removed from what photography is all about (and makes me think how 'landscapes' really are the smooth-jazz elevator music of photography.)

Vivian Maier does fit here. What an incredible hit rate, and what an incredible amount of 'hard drive's she left. But while she went to great lengths to store them, she never shared and I can only guess had no intention of ever doing so. Society can only be thankful her work and its records (and with such artistic merit) have been preserved.

Philosophically however, I believe it really is the artists prerogative what they do with their work. Whether they hoard, share, promote, or at the end of their lives burn everything in a bonfire.

No amount of criticism or gushing platitudes from others should matter. In the end, true 'value' comes from the artist looking and evaluating in the mirror of their own work IMO.

Would Maier approve of what has become of her legacy? The evidence suggest not. Would the great painters appreciate the X-rays to reveal the work under reused canvas? Would you approve if one day far in the future your hard drive was scanned to reconstruct deleted files for others prosperity?

I guess I would be flattered..... but only if it was ones I liked.

Oh dear. Please close this thread mods.

Nostalgia turned into a fantastic test card, great to see