Well, smart move. You're not going to lose with a price like that.

My experience of the K35f3.5, K55f1.8 and K85f1.8, a collection that cost me less than the price of a new DAL35f2.4, is that the level of detail in those old lenses is very impressive indeed. It's difficult to compare as you would need to know what the lenses would cost if produced today. It's not just a case of inflation adjusting prices as consumer goods prices relative to wages has changed. But my guess is I would conclude the opposite for my beloved K's. I wonder how a DAL35 would stand up to 35 years of use.

I don't see this as a test of the relative capabilities of different RAW processors. To achieve that the same look should have been attempted by one person for both images.

Number two is as cute as it gets. With two newfies your brother in law must be permanently covered in slobber.

It's no contest, number 1. The second is way too blue, just looks wrong. Both, however, suffer from a lot of haloing around the trees on the right.

Like a tilt shift lens baby hybrid. Very interesting and engaging results. Great ingenuity.

3 and 4 for me. You have a unique, immediately recognisable style.

I wouldn't recommend that without speaking to Pentax first. Postage from France is expensive. If they don't agree to fix it under warranty then they have your camera and you will have to pay to get it back if the quote to fix it is too high. Other cameras with this issue have had a circuit bioard replacement, which could be expensive. When I dealt with Johnson's they insisted on returning it to a UK address, leaving the hassle of getting it back to France.

I would first contact the MD of Pentax UK.

I have a degree in chemistry and A levels additionally in physics, maths and further maths. And it's got sod all to do with my photos.

Well done on your first acceptances, there are some crackers there.