Hmmm!
I was rather hoping you guys would agree with me I'm still not convinced that the colours dont look over-cooked, especially the greens which almost look radioactive

After posting this last night I decided to try adjusting the colour, I had to reduced the saturation by 20% to get something I thought was acceptable.

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Maybe I like Pentax because the basic setting on the camera gives me what I want

Thats a very interesting point Kris, certainly one my brain would never have thought of a 55mm lens will form exactly the same image on an APS sized sensor as it would on 35mm film, you just dont get all the image on the sensor.

BUT...would a 55mm lens designed to form a smaller image circle have the same properties regarding focal length and DOF?

If a man walks into the middle of a forest where no woman can hear him is he still wrong?

Some very nice captures there Mike, I like the third one best too, a bit of advice about number 4 though.....this is NOT a good position to be in

NO! why would you want to turn off a noise that Pentax developers have spent hours getting to sound just right and does it really matter as we cant turn off the noise of the mirror flappy thingymawotsits.

The shutter noise could theoretically be turned off but this would require several screwdrivers and somthing to short out the noise generator circiuts, and of course you'd have to take care to avoid the plasma conduits and make sure the Dilithium matrix remained undisturbed or you could cause flappy feedback to the dormant GPS distributor hub, and if you disturb that your thingymawotsits will go limp and you'll be in real trouble

And stuck together with Pixie Glue no doubt

I'm not concerned about the delay, or even the delay of the 60-250, I cant possibly afford either (which really means the wife will kill me if I say the LBA words)

Excelent shot, terrific expression, he's definately thinking "whats my dinner got around its neck"

Well actually thats not quite true, the mirror flappy thing is a noise in its own right, and it can be turned off.....you just have to avoid pressing the shutter

There is an electronic noise generated to simulate what would have been a shutter firing if the camera had one, if you dont believe me put it on self timer with 2sec delay , you hear the mirror lock up then you hear a "simulated" shutter firing noise

Tried messing with the custom colour setting on the K20D the other day, I seem to recal someone saying the "bright" setting produced good results.

This looks a bit over the top to me, what do you guys think?

Shot on the Bigma at around 300mm 1/125 f6.7 ISO 800 (miserable day) SORRY! just a quick EDIT, ISO 400


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I'm in agreement with John, the istD is getting a bit long in the tooth and despite it being a superb camera there are probably better bargains to be had with a used K10D, I wrestled with the idea of selling my own but realised I would get very little of what I paid for it back.

In the end I decided to give it to my son for Xmas, with my first grandchild on the way I thought it would be an excelent way of ensuring decent pictures of her growing up Whether that happens remains to be seen, we rushed over to the hospital last week to find him snapping away without the flash, 1/6th wide open (set on auto)