I've just tried it with the K-1 and it works just fine. It's not something that fits my way of working, but I can see there are possibilities.

Why are you being so tetchy Algi? You know we don't encourage personal attacks on other members. If you thought the post was misleading you could have just said so without the accusations.

This sort of response is why a lot of people decline to post in forums, for fear that they'll be torn apart if they get the slightest thing wrong.

So, perhaps chill a bit and everyone will be much happier?

Hard to say. One photographer might have a style that suits wide angles, another might go for a telephoto look. It's what we make out of it that counts.

Older lenses can be superb. The M series are beautiful to use, silky smooth in operation and very often great optics as well. Not all designs from the film era in general will look good on digital. Not all lenses will be good anyway as they are quite old now and can have been severely mishandled in their lifetimes.

Get a good one though and it might surprise you.

Yes, I do a bit of work afterwards in Photoshop, limited usually to levels and/or Curves adjustments, a bit of cropping to size for purpose and finally some output sharpening as needed.

One of the things I don't agree with is the accusation that shooting in JPEG has no merit because all the decisions are made by Ricoh engineers. Notwithstanding that all basic decisions, even for RAW capture, have already been made by Ricoh engineers, it does strike me that if anyone ought to know how to get the best out of Pentax cameras it will be those who designed them.

But the magic ingredient is how we set up the JPEG capture. From a basic style (I use Natural) we can adjust saturation, contrast and sharpness. Then we can choose how we use WB settings. It's just like deciding what sort of film to buy. After that, all the rest of the decisions lie with us and it's up to us to make a great image. We can even post process as well if desired.

You know, it isn't necessary to prolong these attacks on people. I'll just recap, please in future if you don't like a thread report it rather that casting aspersions about the motivation of posters.

There was no dissent in this thread apart from some posters doubting the sincerlty of the OP. Everybody else was prepared to enter a discussion. It is possible to be a "Devil's advocate" without being a troll.

Can we all please remember that personal attacks on other members are definitely against the rules and against the ethos of Pentax User.

If we don't like a thread, report it by PM or report and just decline to participate in it. Then things don't become personal.

Don't jump to conclusions, Stu is maybe being a bit mischievous but there's no harm in a bit of discussion around the process/don't process argument. It could be a RAW vs JPEG thread, or any other that invites us to discuss two radically different approaches.

Many years ago I was discussing some pictures with a friend and explaining how I could crop in the darkroom, change the contrast, even dodge and burn. His reaction surprised me, "That's not fair, " he declared, "We can't all do that." That would mean that nothing could be done unless everybody could do it equally, and that can't be right.

So just do what you want, process if you want, but enjoy whatever it is that you do.

Certainly ditch the filter except for situations where you really need it. Filters can affect some lenses quite noticeably.