Pete,

Sombody once said that only fools learn from experience. A wise man learns from the experience of others.

When it comes to things like incest and country dancing, he was no doubt correct. But in photography, trial and error, supported by a bit of learned theory, is the only way.

Yes, f22 will give you greater DOF than, say, f8. But on most lenses, f8 will be sharper. Only you can decide, from experience and depending on what you are trying to achieve, what works best for you.

So stick with it. Your approach is spot on.

G

Sorry for high-jacking your thread.

But, because the K10D is new, and because it has more functions, this thread is even more interesting for K10D owners.

G

Good grief. Hell has frozen over. I spoke too soon.

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3717

G

Perhaps not Peter Elgar.

G

DNG RAW
Centre AF
AF-AE Lock
Tv and Av have ISO on the other dial
Exposure steps in thirds
Images in dated folders
Matrix metering (sometimes spot)
ISO 100
AWB (often over-ridden)

That's it.

G

For goodness sake, Peter, stop moaning all the time. It's very tiring.

Do you hang around record shops, objecting that your 78s won't fit into a modern CD player?

Do you complain because you can't get hay for your horse at the BP station?

Do you whinge about having to have an anaesthetic when you have your appendix removed?

All this is called CHANGE. It's an inescapable fact of life, and if it weren't, we'd all still be in caves.

Flash has moved on in the last thirty years, and you can't expect everything you buy today to be fully compatible with everything you bought in 1965 or 1975 or even 1995.

As it happens, I have a Bowens Monolight. It has always worked when connected directly to all my Pentax cameras up to and including the *ist D. An American Pentax engineeer once said that Pentax cameras could handle flash voltages up to 400v.

But I prefer to use a little IR flash trigger. No danger, and no cables.

G

Good links.

Bruce Fraser was the high priest of digital image processing. Sadly, he died late last year.

G

Ach, head to the coast, and shoot the sea breaking over Beachy Head.

G

There is no contest. Silkypix is best. By far the best colour balancing, and pretty quick. I've just downloaded the latest upgrade. Be interesting to see what has changed.

G

The lenses are rebadged Pentaxes, and many people believe they are SMC coated.

Looking around, the price seems to vary between £149 and £179. Since the real one is available for £149 from Park, there seems no reason to seek out the Samsung. Unless of course they are discounting it heavily in a bundle.

G