I've always processed my films and printed myself until I befriended a brilliant B+ W printer (Paris Match, French Vogue, GQ etc.), he is better and faster than me and doesn't waste so much paper!

I cant see anything amiss either

ken

Best bag I've ever owned, you wont be disappointed. The pull on waterproof cover is really useful if you have to work on a beach just to keep the sand out.

what sort of batteries are you using?

John, we tried them, by them I mean the curly sort I think Interfit and others do, on a shoot as practicals and found the output wasn't sufficient, less than old style photofloods. From this less than scientific appraisal I formed the opinion that in any sort of studio situation you might really be struggling and by that I mean shooting wide open at 1/30 or something. I have to confess that I do seem to be rather spoiled in the lighting area using several 10K lamps at once regularly. On the other hand we often work at very low light levels with the luxury of T* f1.2 Distagons wide open at 1/50th (not on a Pentax unfortunately). So, in conclusion, the lamps you mention will have their uses undoubtedly but I prefer my little budget flash heads for still studio work.

Ken

The tubes come in Tugsten and Dalylight balance and are flicker free, they are also dimmable. I find that using all daylight tubes is too cold and all tungsten too warm so I tend to use three daylight and one tungsten or vice versa. They also have barn doors. They come in a wide range of sizes from 6 inches (ideal for use in cars and indeed they can run off the car cigarette lighter) up to banks of 18 6ft tubes. There is also a white nylon diffuser which gives a really great quality of light.

However, getting back to McBrian's OP, no use at all for stopping motion!

Ken

doh!!! I'm obviously having a Homer moment, thanks Daniel

There is an even better range of lighting which I use quite a lot called Kino-Flo Diva Lites (www.kinoflo.com). Whilst on the subject of lighting, I recently bought a really good book called 'The Complete Guide to Light and Lighting in Digital Photography' by Michael Freeman and published by Ilex and £19.99 from Waterstones. It covers every aspect and almost every piece of kit I've ever come across; I cant recommend it highly enough.

Ken

PS
When quoting on this forum is there a way to include 'Gartmore wrote:' or do you just type it in?

Brian, why do you want to sync higher than 180 in a studio? Depending on the flash head in use your effective exposure could well be 1/20000 of a second at f*. Outdoors, of course, is another matter and that's why Pentax have made leaf shutter lenses for the 645 and 67, probably aimed at wedding photographers primarily.

Ken

In this month's PhotoIcon there is a whole page devoted to the K10D and the 70mm pancake and very positive it is too. There is also an article on Eve Arnold with a snap of her taking those very famous pics of Marylin Monroe - and what does Ms Arnold have around her neck? Why a Pentax of course!

Ken