I am back home, but I was at Goring last night....

I was at the north end of the crowd - having been dismayed how many people were there - viewing was difficult with all the seats.

I parked at the south entrance, and in spite of the announcements people were able to leave from around 3pm from that exit, but the A259 was solid through to Lancing and beyond. I did look out for other Pentax users before the tragic events unfolded.

Won't comment on the organisation, I don't think even the best planning in the world would cope perfectly with such an incident but I will sympathise for the victims and families of those caught up on the A27 - the first things people around me were saying that they hoped the plane missed the road.

First things I do is format my cards without downloading all the images, just saving one or two of the aircraft itself.

One for the North Wales based aviation enthusiasts not able to go to the Eastern/South East based airshows

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Vulcan XH558 will be there, weather permitting so will I

Definitely Saturday unless some idiot blocks the A24. Was hoping to go and see the Thames Barge Race but we were gazumped to our boat by fishermen

I will certainly be in Shoreham with my K-3 (look for the knackered mode dial - I only ever shoot in Av) plus the big Sigma - still undecided about the 2nd body. No prizes for guessing what I'll turn up in.

Hopefully see more South east based PUs there.

Mmm Saturday more promising

Will be there with at least the K-3 + Sig 150-500, not sure whether to bring D7100 or K-5 as 2nd body

Reports of Pentax's demise due to shrinking market share have been doing the rounds for as long as I remember....

who gives a monkey about market share. As long as Ricoh give us a product we want and continues to develop new technologies that set Pentax apart from the others then it will survive.

I have a D3 and D7100, both are in my cupboard - the K-3 and K-5 come out a lot more

Probably Sunday for me

Went last year, great apart from the exit procedure from the car parks...wrong weekend this year so will be going to Shoreham instead the week before.

I have a Benro one (which I paid a good deal of money for) - cheaper than the Wimberley and it's very, very good but I guess the increased availability and affordability is due to awareness and the flexibility they offer.

This was from Nikon User, subscribers pay £59 for the privilege of a year's membership through Grays (so this is Nikon gospel not Ken Rockwell excessiveness). just imagine you'd published in a 'Pentax User' (ah yes those were the days) , a publication supported by SRS (other Pentax Pro dealers are available) for example and you'd openly criticised the performance of Pentax's new lens....nice knowing you John

But then again, just like in the good old days of BL, the early customers did the final development of a new product, that's the price you pay for being an early adopter I suppose.

Try joining the Nikon User Club - through Grays of Westminster....

latest copy has a review of the new AF-S 300 PF f4 lens - Simon Stafford, a renowned reviewer of all things Nikon, tore into Nikon's QC - in black and white - due to the inability of the lens to focus properly with the D7100 and D810. The problems were so bad that lenses of certain serial numbers have had to be recalled.

So much for perceived quality eh? Nikon haven't quite admitted fault for the D600 oily sensor but to have a senior editorial reviewer and a Magic Lantern author slamming Nikon that way you'd be worried that the next ANA/JAL 777 flying into Heathrow will be a sword-winging Ninja....


That's the extent of my bragging - sod's law dictates the next time I use my DA*300 the SDM packs in....