teogin, no-one is having a go at you, I suspect the term "nitwit" was used with tongue in cheek.

At the end of the day all it comes down to is Pentax will continue to make bodies and lenses that are not totally backward (or forward) compatable, for example the first autofocus lenses for the ME-F, plus the crippled mount on the MZ30 (I think it was MZ30) that wouldn't function at all with K mount lenses, and lets not forget the varying number of shutter release cables, remote controls, battery grips etc etc etc.

I for one will not be put off buying the K10D just because my AA batteries or compact flash cards wont fit, (I may be p!$$£d off about it but it wont stop me buying it)

Maybe its time for Pentax to ditch the idea of backwards compatibility, lets face it, it never did Canon or Nikon any harm, their sales figures prove it!

Seriously now teogin, Pentax have dont their best to maintain the K mount and keep it as adaptable as they can without compromising features on later models, can the same be said for other brands?, As for flash, perhaps Pentax realised that buyers WANTED more advanced flashguns for thier newer bodies and sales figures reflected this, why go to the expense of making a modern DSLR TTL flash compatable if the majority of its buyers will want PTTL.
As for reduced circle lenses you can apply the same argument, but hey, if you dont like them then Pentax still produce "35mm" alternatives.

Errr?

I tried copying slides with my 35mm Ohnar and my istD, I couldnt get all the slide in because of the increase in focal length!

Thats all well and good Don, but what if the dog sees a cat and takes off?

I have a cheapy Jessops tripod too, It wont take a SLR with a big lens on it, but SLR with standard zoom in a gentle breeze does ok, anything else and its useless.

I think interesting the interview was, really it opens our eyes to the thinking before the K10D, shutter speed of a higher speed would have the price made higher, also aware it makes us of the importance of balance of features againt price .........etc etc etc

Apart from the translation that was a very interesting article.

thanks

How long do you think its going to be before Sigma release Pentax mount HSM lenses, or has anyone read or heard anything regarding longer Pentax lenses?

Having just got into shooting birds I intended to buy a Sigma 135-400 with my K10D but then after reading posts and praise of the 50-500 "bigma" considered it would be a much better option, then after seeing the price narrowed it down to the 175-500 (I would only use the long end anyway),

Question is, do I wait for the possible HSMs and either buy that or a discounted non HSM lens?

thanks for the input guys, silkypix sounds good, but i'm not going to rule out the other options, have allready tried the "quickfix" tools in paint shop pro which gives a sliding scale for colour temp (in Kelvin would you believe) the results were quite favourable so all may not be lost.

OK guys and gals, its time for me to wear the dunces cap. and also ask if anyone can solve my problem.

I just got back from a few days in Prague, the weather was overcast on a couple of days and nice blue skies the rest of the time, problem was my istD was shooting with an undesireable blue cast, my wifes Minolta Dimage was turning out reasonable stuff and I thought my istD had thrown a wobbly, I checked the saturation settings etc, tried it in different modes, but the blue cast was still there, I decided to continue shooting (blue pics are better than none)
On the last day I tried some flash shots in the hotel, they were equally as blue, I was just about to resign to the fact my camera needed some expert attention when it dawned on me what the problem was, dont know how its happened but my white balance setting had been changed from auto to tungsten, why I never thought of this is anybodys guess, I felt such an idiot.....

So, does anyone have a quick fix method of adjusting the colour balance in photoshop, preferably something I can apply as a batch filter to every image. the images were all shot at the highest quality jpeg setting,

My MZ5n also had a fit, but thats another post......

Tremendous!

I'm still laughing.