Nope, don't spend a lot of money on kit... the camera cost me under a tenner.. The film was practically free.. the extra time is also negligible as I shoot just the odd frame on film along side the digital.

Thanks for the link though.

Can anyone help me with recommendations for 35mm E6 (slide film) processing please?

I am looking for cheap and cheerful rather than expensive but good.

many thanks...

Alan,
I have the slingshot 200. I can bring along one club night if you want a shufty but then again they are viewable in Jessops if you're passing.

Oh and I'd love to see some comparison shots to see how the new lenses compare to the kit ones I've got.... You know, the ones I got free from SS with the free GX20 body

Revise this one. destination is now Abu Dhabi (not Dubai) but what's 80 miles or so between friends?

So same question different locale.. any helpful tips for visiting Abu Dhabi anyone?

Have to pop over to Dubai on a work visit pretty soon. Wondering if anyone has any photography-related advice for while I'm over there.

Is photography allowed in public places?
Is it a good place to get some Pentax bargains?
Are there any must-shoot places?
...that kind of thing.

Just a suggestion...

Burn a CD (or USB stick) of EXACTLY what you want printing.
ie if you want 10 copies of a print then copy the image 10 times.
Then all you have to do is select the "print everything once" option...
.. or whatever is the Asda equivalent.

Me too...

Sent my slightly broken GX10 to their service department and when they totally stuffed it, they had to replace it with a GX20.

Loved the GX10 it's so user friendly. The GX20 is a slight upgrade and still has the same controls which I had come to love on the GX10.

Honestly couldn't give a rat's for the extra mega pixels or the liveview but there are some cool additions to the ISO range and the image palette which are worth experimenting with.

GX20 Works perfectly well with all my Pentax lenses. If I had to replace I would look at the Pentax equivalent as I hear they are virtually identical then probably end up buying the cheaper one. Which strangely, from a quick search, isn't the Samsung.

I could however give you some terrible stories about their customer services but in the end they sent me this camera and 2 kit lenses to replace my broken GX10 body only so all's well that ends well.

I have noticed that my GX20 (K20d equivalent) massively under-exposes PTTL flash shots when I have a split-image focussing screen fitted.

Haven't found any elegant solution to this other than to replace the focussing screen with the default one.

Wondering if any Pentax users have seen this too?

Well, unfortunately for me, I'm without camera at the moment cos the fiddly Anti-shake button on the back shook itself off and the camera is with SS at their service centre (hmm, why did I buy a camera made by the Gestapo?).

As for a suitable date... if you look at the events | Entry lists tab you can get an idea of the types of vehicle are appearing at each event and see what interests you (old/vintage or whatever) My 2p is that David Holden's Alpine Renault A110 is a truly gorgeous machine. He's on the entry list for 24th Aug at the Summer Champ meeting. There seems to be a wide variety of entries for that one; everything from pre-war Austin 7s to TVRs, to single seaters and more.

Then again... the Greenwood Cup (20th Sept) has a meet including the Ferrari Owner's Club and the odd Nissan Micra

ewen

Just to go off on a slightly different tack.

Has anyone ever taken in the Hill-climb at Harewood?
http://www.harewoodhill.co.uk/

I went a couple of times last year and it's a very entertaining day-out. The track-side is very close to the spectators in many places, there's loads of room for photography and you can get up-close and personal in the paddock area.

Lots of opportunities for photography and events are held regularly. I think it was around £10 for the day.

ewen