It must surely be the smallest digital 'Compact System Camera' but yes there are smaller compact cameras. I've just paid £59 for a spare Q from SRS (ex demo) so whatever one's thoughts of the Q are that just has to be terrific value. The smaller compacts are often let down with a somewhat poorer picture quality and lack of RAW files.

John K

The hour approacheth.

Thanks David, thought you may like to see it. Certainly worthy of future visits in different lighting conditions and at a time to have a look inside the church itself. It's a place that one could easily overlook and I'm sure I would have done if it wasn't for your gallery shot.

John K

Inspired by a photograph on David Storm's website, here's my image of Old St. Stephen's Churchyard above the village of Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire taken last night while I was on my way to Whitby to take my Contre-jour competition entry. A sea fret was rolling in giving it a very mystical atmosphere.

1/30" @ f10 ; ISO250. K-5 with DA 21mm ltd.
Subtle tonemapping applied to the raw file with Photomatix.

John K

Presently on sale at eBay - a MZ6 with a DA 18-55.

Surely not a compatible combination?

John K

Oh, go on, do say.

John K

For what it's worth, I seem to remember noting the other day that the new Q7 will be without an AA filter so maybe Pentax have already decided the future for us. I'd have thought the smaller sensor would be more in need of the filter but it seems not.

It does make sense that if you put something even slightly fuzzy between the lens and the sensor it must have some affect on the image. You can't put back into an image what wasn't there in the first place, so if it is missing micro contrast, it will always be missing it. Whether it has any effect in real world images is another matter of course, but theory seems to say it should.

John K

Echoes of the Auto 110 Kit, only in a silver box instead of red!

Wonder what the cost will be.

John K

645D ?