You missed it by about 10 years - the link you provided is to a story from 2001.

The picture illustrates perfectly what I fine useless about these new cameras...you have a very compact body with fiddly and easily nudged controls onto which you place a whopping big lens.

It still needs to be carried in the same way as a DSLR and Pentax DSLRs are so compact anyway we might as well stick with them.

We all enjoyed the session a lot and that's great, even better if something comes out of it that people like. Hiring models for fun shoots is a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon - no client to please and lots of chance to experiment. Some things work, some don't.

Becky and Jade were the models and Tracey, Pammie, Gill and myself were the photographers. I'll be interested to see some results from the others soon.

I prefer loaction shoots to studio. Here's a selection from this afternoon's shoot:
[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/johnriley1uk/027Becky4.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/johnriley1uk/028Trapped1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/johnriley1uk/029BeckyandJade1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/johnriley1uk/030Trapped2.jpg[/IMG]

The different 50/55mm lenses do have different characters, but they are all good lenses. The AF ones do not have QuickShift focusing though, but only the new and very expensive SDM 55mm does.

Not seen Llanelli or Washington yet, but they are on our "to do" list.

We recently called it at the Battle of Britain Museum in kent and were astonished to see a sign saying "No Photography" - fortunately the museum was still closed and only the shop was open. Apparently someone broke in and stole a Meschersmitt control panel and it's suspected they took photos of it first before the heist.

However, the idea that we could arrive at a museum celebrating a british victory for freedom from oppression and face notices saying "No Photography, No Bags in the Museum, No Mobile Phones, No notebooks..." seems to me to be totally ludicrous. No notebooks?

Sorry, but that's just untenable and for me they can happily keep their museum and there will be No Viewing of the Exhibits either...

We're WWT members and are frequently at Martin Mere. I prefer it to Slimbridge, which I find too busy. Other great WWT sites, albeit with a different character to Martin Mere, are Caerlaverock and Arundel.

Agreed.

I did a test for EPZ and subsequently bought the W90. The one I bought is actually better quality than the one I tested, so maybe that was an early review sample. I've posted a few W90 images already here and there, but here's another one:

https://www.pentaxuser.com/photo/w90-test-shot-27210