Tim,

There is certainly plenty of work and preparation in that.

No joy Oggie, I have a feeling neither you nor any family members will sleep that well for a while. Commiserations.

Have you worked out how s/he / they got in? Have the neighbours suffered the same fate per chance? Good to hear no-one was physically injured at least.

1 & 3 for me also Andrew.

David,

No 1 is a standout for me - it has a real 'wow' factor.

The interview with Ned Bunnell featured in an earlier thread in this forum might give a clue as to what Pentax proposes to do, within Hoya's strategic context?

Samsung = Volume; Pentax = Primes plus the 'niche / boutique' market on one interpretation? On Ned Bunnell's account, that is how Pentax have situated their prime lenses in the market, and would be seeking to leverage off and capitalise on those...

My take and paraphrase - Pentax is about the good glass: most everything else is commoditised (and like all consumer items that are commoditised, subject to fierce competition predominantly on price).

Sophie,

As I understand it, PF is a sensor issue - it is a charge 'overflow' into adjacent sensor sites. That's why you see it in lines of high contrast. Someone here may be able to explain why it is purple, as I have no answer for that. Lens design may or may not make PF worse.

Mark,

That's a fascinating subject choice - and photogenic into the bargain.
Rather than the globules being 'half full', they might be full droplets, but with a particulate matter that drops like sediment to 'the bottom'? If the spores are in suspension in a droplet for eg, what you may be seeing is some droplets with fewer spores looking more translucent?

Ordinary! Scary... and totally lacking some common sense?

Thanks Tim, happy to have feedback on those edits, clearly the saturation aspect needs work by me. That brutal honesty you want works wonders for me as well.

Thanks for the feedback - it's a powerful image BTW. I'll tone down the saturation.