Can you turn it completely off?

I'd better ask why you couldn't use your Pentax?

John K

There's no law (yet) that says you must set the date and time in your camera!

John K

A fine image David, and it looks level to me too. Well done.

John K

Don't be fobbed off.

See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theoneshow/consumer/2009/07/03/sale_of_goods_act_lett...

John K

Yes, I'm a left eye user too and invariably have to clean the screen quite often. I'm pretty confident that the honker wouldn't know what settings it was inadvertently changing thus wreaking the photo!

John K

I doubt the overall number has changed. Most families had a camera of some sort but I guess it depends on what you mean by taking up photography.

That can be done with film too.

I can't think why film couldn't do that quite easily! Why would it have been difficult with film (and do you mean with a negative or a slide?)

John K

Pan F is a negative film, so one normally exposed for the shadows with that to prevent detail being lost in them whereas digital is more akin to slide film where one exposed for the highlights, as we do now. So that comparison isn't really fair.

As can be shown there is plenty of detail in the shadows and highlights that can be extracted from a PEF or DNG that a standard jpeg does not show; with some subjects in sun and heavy shadow setting the camera highlight and shadow correction helps or reprocess the image as an HDR.

John K

I'm pretty sure one's nose would press the touch screen inadvertently and no doubt change the settings to something unintended. Even just holding it might do the same. It's better to know where the buttons are so they can be changed without having to look at a screen, let alone a touch screen which would mean moving the camera so that the screen can be seen. In the meantime the photo opportunity you're after has gone away.

Should a new Pentax offer a touch screen that cannot be switched off I would avoid it like the plague.

As an aside, I bought my Mother a Nook book reader for Christmas. She could manage it quite well apart from one thing.. she likes to keep her finger on the screen to keep her place. Result - the page changes or it looks up the words - a usability nightmare indeed! Have since got her a basic Kindle without touch screen and she's quite happy with it.

So please Mr Pentax Ricoh - NO TOUCH SCREENS on your DSLRs!

John K

It quotes a reason to buy the opposition as having a touch screen meaning
less buttons. To me more real buttons is far better than a touch screen, indeed I would avoid a camera with that option altogether.

John K

Sorry, but what does 'isthing' mean?

I think a larger (FF) sensor might be useful which should provide improvements in all those categories and suffer less from lens aberations.

John K