Please keep the classified ads for buying/selling only. If you want to make an offer Bruce that's fine and then negotiations can start between buyer and seller.

Doing that only validates the original statement though, which perhaps was made with winding people up in mind. Fortunately, it will have no impact on the wider world and just become part of the general internet noise.....

No problem, I think from time to time a particular advert might be slow loading and that seems to make things "sticky" for a while. Chrome and Firefox seem OK generally, but IE was a constant problem.

I don't think deck chairs will be a problem Dave. I presume you're thinking of the pattern in the cloth, but I suspect it will take more than that to show any moire effects.

We paid more for the K-5 IIs presumably because it was a variant that was expected to have a smaller production run. No doubt it was an experiment to see how it was taken up.

IIRC all the subsequent cameras where there is just the one model have the AA simulator, so the choice is built in and we pay nothing extra for either option.

The question is, how often do we get moire? When I reviewed the K-3 models I found it quite difficult to find a subject that would induce moire.

The AA filter is used in digital cameras to slightly blur the image. This means that the chance of intereference patterns (moire) being seen in fine detail is reduced. A simple example of moire is the shimmering of a herringbone jacket on a TV screen.

However, many cameras are much higher resolution than they used to be and therefore the AA filter is being ditched in favour of sharper images. If you have a suspect subject then it can be switched on to reduce the moire patterns.

Moire is quite difficult to induce though, so I'd keep it switched off in almost all situations.

Maybe not, but it just reminded me.

I've been meaning to mention the convention we have over comments on the competitions.

It was agreed by the members that no comments should be put in the competitions thread itself until after the judge has judged. After that, away we go!

In the case of this discussion thread, after the first images are posted in the competition we can continue to comment but the judge withdraws and gives no further guidance. This is because any clarification would be intrinsically unfair to anyone who had already posted an entry.

Now and again the odd comment does appear early in the competitions, but it's removed when that happens.

Hope that helps!

Great set. The last time we walked up the locks they were still derelict, so it's nice to see them looking so well.