Thanks Rodger, that will save a lot of time.


Successfully update my firmware, now I'm off to play with it.

I had a feeling there was a wall there.....

Matching what you see on the screen to what comes out of your printer is a headache, unless you want to buy expensive calibration tools.

Do a search for "monitor calibration" it should return an asortment of free online "tools" to help you adjust the gamma on the monitor.

Its Alan

And I took the Swans yesterday with the K10D (all the info is in the EXIF)
Actually managed some shots at ISO100, amazing I got an even better "heart" shape than that but unfortunately it was a grab shot and a bit out of focus.

That first shot of yours is a bit bleak, needs some forground interest (couldn't you have throw a stick in for the dog ) though even I take stuff like that, just cos' it appeals to me at the time, and probably because theres nothing much else about and my shutter finger is getting itchy.
The second one is much better (we'll make a photographer out of you yet)
its just a pity you cant see more of the gravestones at the bottom of the pic, if its local I would go back and have another go, take a few steps further back or try and lose a bit off the top (without clipping the spire of course)

Keep the pics coming.

Pete, you may not be able to rescue the Swan, if the detail is lost then it cant be replaced, It looks completely burned out to me, all you'll end up doing is turning it grey,
Dont be discouraged though, swans are difficult to capture at the best of times, I've been a photographer since my early teens and still have problems with getting the exposure right.

Take a look at this one, you can still see small areas that are completely burned out.

Stop nitpicking Mongoose, its and excelant pic !, we all admire the landscape photographer who gets up at 3am in the morning for a three hour drive to location , who then hangs round for an hour or so till the sun comes up and then presses the shutter , yet when it comes to a piccy of a dog we think nothing of the amount of time (and cost in dog food) to raise such an animal until its ready for its piccy taking

Remember, a dog is for life, not just for your K10D

PS; Whats the plural of Mongoose?

Dont you just HATE the Scots

All that scenery on their doorstep

It should have been OURS, OURS I tell you!!! if it hadn'a bin foor thaat Wee Willie Wallace.... (excuse my poor Scots accent)

......stomps around the house in rage cursing his own scottish ancestory occasionally looking out of the window at the leaden Yorkshire skies!

Hmmm.....

I wonder if theres a market in selling stick on PENTAX badges?

Yeah we have
But we also have a load of rubbish and still need to learn a lot more

Your getting good at this photography lark aren't you!

Excelant news

Maybe Pentax ARE reading this forum and taking notes .

.......now what else do we need