These are just beautifully photographed and presented.

Exposure will only link to the AF point when using multi point AF. It's not relevant to centre point focusing.

The results are not great, but probably OK for web or small prints. It's a cheap and cheerful way of achieving wide or tele shots from a standard lens. A prime might be a better choice to use a front converter on, rather than a zoom.

That's a huge discrepancy though and it looks more like a fault to me than a variation. All the Pentax DSLRs I have had have produced very similar exposures, within half a stop.

Well done Tim.

Pentax make telescopes and binoculars, which we don't often see discussed on PU as these are quite specialised areas. I've often fancied having a good astronomical telescope but I really doubt I'd have the time to use it properly.

Laptops can run the software, that's not a problem. The screens are something else, and are often not up to scratch.

Just a reminder that other marques are off topic on PU....

A couple of folders of APP have come my way, Volumes 1 and 2, so I thought we might like to see the cover of the first issue. This was published by Rank Photographic and has contributions from all the "big names" of the day in its first letters page. One familiar members whose work starts to appear in the competitions is Peter Elgar, who is still very much with us here on Pentax User.


Apologies for clipping the magazine edge, but my scanner doesn't cater for Quarto format. The cover image is by Sam Haskins.

Inside, a loose leaf shows us an array of fascinating offers. It may be slightly too late to order any of these....



Interestingly, the magazine is very coy about mentioning names and all we know is that "The Editor" exists. This shadowy figure may be mentioned in a later issue, I'll let you know. As for dates, that's equally elusive, but we get a clue from the first new camera mentioned, the Pentax ES.

Don't forget the Q-S1, which can deliver amazingly good quality from its small sensor.

As for larger mirrorless, by the time we add a lens they are not that compact any more, and looking at the K-S1 I personally don't see any need for anything smaller or lighter than that. It's hardly more than a modestly sized bridge camera, much smaller than the old Fuji 9500, but a fully fledged DSLR.