Any dealer should be able to help, and a copy of Amateur Photographer will offer you a variety of alternatives.

You could also try www.calumetphoto.co.uk

There is an element of fashion in this.

White or cream were the norm many years ago, then we went to black, now white and cream are having a bit of a comeback.

You pays your money....

I thought that's too many bodies....but then I looked at my Pentax shelves and decided that perhaps I shouldn't say anything at all.

So this is me being silent on the subject.....

The 43mm is a superbly engineered lens of the highest order, so anything that's slightly loose or wiggles is not normal.

Does it feel different to how it used to?

Hi and welcome!

This section is for us to post our Pentax images, although an exception is made for Samsung DSLRs as they are of course made by Pentax.

I'm not feeling quite so dismissive about FF any more. Pentax have a knack of suddenly pulling something extraordinary out of the bag that isn't predictable at all.

Examples would be the K-x and its multi colurs (100 in Japan don't forget) or the 645D which seems to be back on the agenda.

Who's to say an affordable FF with a range of FF lenses might not suddenly swoop onto the market and take it by storm? We know Pentax has the expertise and if Hoya decided to finance it, it could happen.

This is HDR. You can merge your exposures with any intervals you want in Photomatix and probably other programs as well.

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Good question, but if we're talking about mounting board colours I think we should ask two questions. Do we want to be attracted to the image or the mount? Is there a particular colour that would enhance this particular image?

If the image is paramount, then black for me. We don't look through our viewfinders and see the world with a white, beige or purple surround. It would distract us. In the same way, a black mount is generally unobtrusive and concentrates our eyes on the picture.

However, sometimes a different colour can enhance an image. A high key portrait, almost all whites, could look best on a white mount.

Likewise, rarely, a different colour might be appropriate, but it is rare indeed that this works. A red mount would need very unusual circumstances to work, but even such an extreme is not impossible.

Jessops still sell mounting board in a variety of clours and sizes in packs of 10. See their website.

Hope that helps!