Well, they've had B&W ones on £20k television cameras for many years, and people said they were great. It would make the cameras smaller, lighter, cheaper, and more reliable. So, I wouldn't rule it out.

G

No.

I think it should be much smaller, and of much higher quality. As it is, it's becoming just another Flickr. When it started, it was something that only really good photographers could hope to get into.

G

At the risk of being thought a genuinely retarded lemming, I would simply observe that the K5's successor was probably being planned before the K5 was announced.

So the only odd thing about this rumour is that it is a little premature, perhaps by four or five months.

G

It's interesting to look at images taken with the *ist D, and compare them with images taken with the K5.

I would say that there has been a decline in standards. At one time, people were in awe of the PPG, and were disinclined to flood it with second-rate pictures. Now every man and his dog seems to think his snapshots are worth submitting. And these photographers get to vote on what gets in.

Quality and quantity are seldom found together. The PPG needs a cull, and it needs to raise entry standards. Otherwise it will continue to be what it has unfortunately become - a huge collection of not very good pictures which do no credit to Pentax, and which I am unable to commend to friends who ask for evidence that Pentax equipment can produce superlative images.

This is a general observation, not aimed at anybody here.

G

That's a very practical plan.

I was amused by your last suggestion. A pub which "always has just lots of people having a drink and talking".

Amazing! What will they think of next???



G

I think I would prefer these in full colour. I would also crop vigorously, so that the gannet, which is the subject, was much more prominent. As it is, he's rather lost at sea.

Now, getting down to more important matters, did you visit the Bowmore distillery?

G

The price has stayed level at 500 pounds for nearly a year. It hasn't gone down.

The fact that a rather nice lens hasn't sold suggests to me that the price might possibly be too high.

G

Are we not in the presence of Pentax Expert Mk II?

G

It will almost certainly lead to some extra sales, providing Pentax is able to meet the demand.

Faced with having no Canonikons to sell, the "salesmen" is Jessops will be falling over themselves to sell Pentax. They might then discover that Pentax cameras are quite good, so there could be an enduring impact.

But if there are no sensors, then there'll be no Pentaxes either.

G

Actually, no.  It looks better, which is why people do it.

See how much better this one looks.

G