Lovely.

It's essentially a Spotmatic without a meter. As the meter doesn't work on my Spottie, I shall henceforth think of it as an SV.

Did you get the lens serviced too? I have a couple of 55s, but there is a slight trace of roughness in the focus movement. A tiny bit of grit no doubt.

G

Careful, or she will be feasting on your liver, ere long.

G

I rather like the slight under-exposure, which reinforces the gloomy feeling that overcast skies induce. It's what I call the Betws y Coed look, deep dark greens and dripping leaves. Very atmospheric.

Stan's variations both work, but Alan's is a real corker, showing how effective a fairly fierce crop can be.

Cropping is bit like cooking fish, though the other way around. Most people are terrified of under-cooked fish, with the result that fish is nearly always over-cooked. Photographers, conversely, seem to be averse to cropping, with the result that many pictures aren't as good as they could be.

The ultimate picture for a cropoholic would be cropped down to one, elemental, pixel. The problem, of course, is choosing which.

G

Good grief. They look as though they were taken on a Hasselblad. Stunningly good. And superb PP too.

It's difficult to imagine how they could be better.

(I'm impressed, if you hadn't realised!)

If these don't win your competitions, the judge needs new eyes.

G

This should be in the Announcements section. Many people didn't see it in the Photos section.

Any significant changes should be "announced".

ETA: The sub-title of the announcements section says: "Anything new concerning the Pentax User Magazine or web-site will be posted here."

Also, "How to post images new!" is not the same as "New way to post images!"

G

It's hard to find anything at all to criticise in these. Well done.

G

I wonder to what extent this model will have been specified by Ricoh. It's possible that it is still largely the brain-child of the former regime, and if so, that would be a pity.

The only significant defect in modern Pentax cameras compared to the opposition is the relatively slow AF. I would expect that Ricoh would be concerned to rectify that problem, and I hope they will have had time to do so.

G

You are a man of great taste and discernment, Alan.

G

C&C welcome.

The location is Kintbury, an attractive place somewhere in Berkshire.




G

I shall. If I can find one that's not tired, hackneyed, .......!

G