I have had some pretty good results at 12800 with PP noise reduction.

Kris, thanks! I love your Venice collection, especially the B&W ones. One of the problem I had this year is that I have been careless and often do not stop and think when taking pictures. The result is that if there are good ones it is more a result of taking a lot of them and getting it right sometimes....

In any case, your collection motivated me to put here some B&W conversions I did, not sure which I like best (colour or B&W). I really appreciate your thoughts and suggestions.

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Don, thanks for your comments!

I have not been very active this year for a number of reasons, and a bit disappointed because of that.

I did take some pictures this Summer , and here are a few I have taken in Venice, always my favourite photographic location. All pictures taken with the Samsung D-Xenon 12-24, except the first one with the Pentax FA 43.

Comments and suggestions very welcome!

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testing it as well:

I do not like the yellow one shown here, but the gray/silver one with the wooden or leather grip is gorgeous. I would not spend that kind of money on it, but it is a great design object. If this would have been the K-01 I would have bought it

The original for me as well

Well, I do not know if that would work, but I would try.

As far as I understand, each country in Europe implements customer protection regulations differently and in the UK you have 6 years time to report a fault. And I guess that normally the challenge is to prove that the defect existed at the time of purchase. The article above is at least giving some help....

But I am not a lawyer, and I might be wrong..... Here's anyway a summary of the matter:

The Sale of Goods Act 1979, as amended by the Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994 and the Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumers Regulations 2002, covers the purchase of goods from shops, suppliers and online or mail order retailers.
The Act imposes certain ‘implied terms’ into the contract of sale for the benefit of the consumer. For example, an important statutory implied term is the expectation that the purchased good will be of ‘satisfactory quality’. This includes fitness for any purpose specified, appearance and finish, freedom from minor blemishes, safety and durability. The failure of the product to meet any one of the implied terms may be a breach of the consumer’s statutory rights, enabling the consumer to go back to the retailer for a remedy, even after some months of use. Also outlined in legislation is the required ‘burden of proof’; the extent to which the retailer is entitled to ask a customer to prove that an item was faulty when they bought it.
The law states that a consumer can approach a retailer with a claim about a good they have purchased for up to six years from the date of sale (or five years after the discovery of the problem in Scotland). This does not mean that every good sold has to last six years; it is simply the legal cut off point for bringing a contractual claim. A consumer cannot hold a retailer responsible for fair ‘wear and tear’.
However, if a good has an inherent fault, the retailer cannot evade responsibility by simply referring the consumer to a manufacturer’s guarantee. A guarantee does not replace or limit a customer’s statutory rights. Consumers are entitled to rely on the remedies available to them under sale of goods legislation rather than their rights under a guarantee if they wish.
The purpose of this note is to provide a detailed overview of a consumer’s statutory rights to return a defective good under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and other relevant consumer protection legislation.

Noticed that.
A pretty unusual admission by a consumer goods company official. I believe that this can make them liable under european regulations for all repairs of SDM failures. All 16-50 and 50-135 owners should keep a copy of that statement as insurance .

K5 vs D90? link