Website links in signatures aren't encouraged anyway, generally we look for website links in members' profiles.

I'm sure you're right, but it's Ok to explore an issue and a consensus in the end isn't necessary as such.

These are interesting thoughts to explore and debate and there are many ways of looking at art. Unfortunately there are "artists" who we suspect are trying to deceive us as well as genuine ones. The Emperor's New Clothes is always a cautionary tale.

It's an interesting discussion.

Congratulations on the new arrival.

Has anyone any thoughts about Ben's original post?

Please keep posts in Classifieds to the buying/selling process and relevant questions - some removed here that strayed from the point.

The colour reproduction is almost identical.

The lenses are not quite the same - the I-10 I have is probably slightly better then the W90 I tested. There's not a lot in it though and these cameras both excel at close and medium distances. They are weaker at infinity, but considering their use it probably isn't too much of a problem.

Compacts do some things much more easily that DSLRs - extreme close ups and fill-in flash are two things that spring to mind. The biggest enemy is camera shake and here the I-10 clearly scores because of its sensor-shift SR.

Thinking of selling some of the finest Pentax lenses and replacing them with other manufacturer's zooms?

I would lie down in a darkened room until these strange notions go away...

If you really want a zoom, at least make it a Pentax one.

Are you sure about that? Is a photogram made on a scanner photography? Is a photogram made on a piece of conventional photograhic paper photography? Do you need a camera to make a photograph? When does photography become graphic art?

At the limits, it could be quite difficult to make a definitive definition, even though in our own minds we're probably quite clear as to what we think photography is.

Moved to digital forum.