Life's too short Algi. You could be enjoying a K-5 right now, just as we are, and it would no doubt be fine.

If one develops a fault then it gets fixed, but that's true of all manufactured items.

The only fault I've had is with the K10D and we had it fixed and now it happily resides with my brother-in-law, who is thoroughly enjoying it.

That's a different statistic altogether and is the whole point. Only those who felt motivated to answer the poll contributed to the result, therefore the result is not particularly meaningful.

Yes, there was a problem. It's been dealt with fairly quickly. If it had been 50% of cameras issued it would have taken rather longer to deal with that....it would have been logistically horrendous.

We need to be very careful with statistics.

That's not an accurate statistic, and we've been there before....

It's already been reported a few times over recent months but it's a tough one to fix - it's on the list.

I beg to differ on this one. Within the camera settings you can select image styles such as natural, vivid, etc., and each of these styles can be adjusted in terms of sharpness, colour saturation and contrast. Custome settings can be created via the USER mode if desired.

I have created the style I want from within these settings.

Then how we process in Photoshop will clinch the appearance. How much sharpening, the stype of sharpening, what other adjustments are made.

It's only a one size fits all situation when the user does nothing but accept how the camera arrives from the supplier.

Learning to use JPEG capture is no different than learning to use RAW capture settings.

One problem I have with that is that the speed analogy isn't valid, it's nothing to do with speed.

Another problem I have is that done properly there is very little if any advantage to RAW capture, especially if batch processed. I don't see the point of arguing greater versatility in correcting errors unless the adjustments are done on an individual image basis.

This could equally apply to volunteering. If people will work for nothing, then nobody will want to pay anyone.

There has to be a balance, be it a charity like the National Trust or a wedding photography business.

Unfortunately the balance is under severe pressure these days as cash is short.

Make sure it's sRGB and not AdobeRGB. Preferably a JPEG. Perferably not a huge image as there's no advantage and it slows loading down considerably. I use the same size I use for EPZ - 1000pixels on the longest side.

Now things seem to have settled down please stop prodding or we may find they start up again....

The subject is set and would have been earlier but for the forum being so slow I thought it had died....then I went out for the day.

Here's a real chance to get low down and dirty as we crawl on the woodland floor or find some other dark recess where these are found. In all their multitude of varieties!