Yeah well shot and put together, certainly shows offthe camera, and doesn't have the annoying whine (usually from the music choice) of a Canikon advert. But they sure went OTT with the script..

"To explore the city of lights, I always take my Pentax MX1" - so you've be exploring for about a couple of months then Mr passionate photographer?

Hopefully the price comes down a but. Personally I chose to just pick up 'the legendary MX SLR film camera' last week, with lots of change (ie the entire RRP of the MX1) in the pocket to fire plenty of 'full frame' (:roll rolls through it.

It is worth stating, (particularly for the OP pauljay), that Photmatrix Pro does give you more options, ie sliders to tone down the HDR effect. The output is also very large TIFF files, which gives you even more scope for manipulation in Photoshop, (often I find the colours, particualry blues, need returning to reality).

That being said, it has already been said, the K5's dynamic range using RAW has made for more subtle single image presentations. Though I do still bracket quite a bit in the field out of the habit for 'playing safe'.

Apologies all - but I blame this thread - I decided to see how big the signature 'limit' was - but then got called away from the laptop and forgot all about it

Whoops....

Remarkable, stillness of the Heron contrasting with the gushing water, should be popular with Zen Buddhists...

I've used my K5 to make DVD of my mom's watercolour classes, which she then sells on cruise ships. They're fine for what they need to be.

But it is a well known fact the Canon 5D Mark II is the go to choice for video and one of the few/only 'consumer' models to be authorized for use by organisations such as the BBC.

Its great start, like the angle of views you chosen, and there are definate signs your going to enjoy the create possibilities both in use and post processing.

CC wise, shooting under harsh light can be a challenge, and a shooting directly into the sun something to be very wary of. Burned out patches and black underexposed patches where even the great dynamic range of the sensor is not gonna help you bring back detail. Try exposure bracketing, or picking up some filters, and always use your lens hood. Though 3 is my favorite even with the sun flare

Bit of a coincidence!! I just spent all yesterday cleaning up a Pentax MX, and cleaning fungus from it's M 50 1.7.

Picked up some BW400CN today, new batteries, and all is well so far.

Going into town tomorrow with my F50 1.4. Looking forward to going full frame with, no bag of lenses, no buttons, no screens, no HDR, no memory card full of 300 images, and no bloody photoshop.

Love'em or hate'em - RiceHigh has picked up some more rumors today, no FF in amongst the 5 new DSLRs

Not sure how many posters actually read the article.

Whats being defined here, and indeed in the competitions rules, is that photography should reflect the scene at hand and that PP'ing to enhance the scene is fine. PP'ing to create the scene you wish you had captured is not.

I think we all felt a healthy dose of schadenfreude when Byrne was exposed, though I did feel a little sorry for him as there are a number of images in the comp which annoyed me even more than his, with regard to blatant PP'ing.

I'm pretty sure if you put Byrne's and the shot they posthumously awarded the top prize, side by side in a shop and let 'joe public' decide with their wallets, Byrne would be sitting pretty. In that respect he would be right to have 'created something beautiful'. But photography's invention was to record a reality, to capture memories, and in this regard he is way off the mark.

Perhaps the debate here is actually whether Landscape photography as a genre has lost its way somewhat and what can be done if anything?

Perhaps even attempting to define over manipulation of an image is becoming pointless, particularly as technology progress.

Or perhaps the debate should be how subjectively pointless is competition photography when the judges, even the judges of a comp with a £10k top prize, can't even make the PP distinction?

Subjectivity aside, winning that competition in particular is a utter crap shoot akin to winning the lottery, (you cannot convince me all the entries are reviewed properly), in that respect I feel a little sorry for the 2 bloggers and all the other 'haters' who were so competitively 'righteously offended' by Byrne's misguided entry.

LOL.

Yes, in the end the only realistic comparison you have to make with any camera, is that between the cash it costs and the cash in your bank account.


As done & stated by the OP I believe...