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Pentax only I'm afraid David.

#4 I think, where a little warmth is just spreading into the distance.

The DOF is greater than you'd get with an APS-C camera because the format is smaller. On APS-C 12mm would be very wide, on the MX-1 it's a slightly long standard lens.

Subject movement and camera shake can be found at all shutter speeds and what you have here is an effect which seems worse when you extended the focal length and used a longer speed. That in itself doesn't seem too surprising?

What is it we are actually looking at?

I think there are two different requirements here. Firstly the choice we make when there's a job to be done and that dictates the kit. Then there's the choice when we just want to play, and then anything we fancy goes, for whatever reason.

Yes Nigel I use 7 shots and do it manually. The camera is set to Av and I alter the exposure compensation to change the exposure.

I can't speculate what we are going to be told, but I was there and I don't fancy any camera having a chance at recording it all....

However, the camera has an auto align feature and also when we look through the peep hole it's possible to wedge the camera and lens quite securely. There are lots of techniques for stabilising a camera when shutter speeds are slower. It's where a bit of lateral thinking comes in very handy.

So for in-camera HDR, provided we are realistic in our expectations, we don't necessarily need a tripod. For the conventional 7 exposure HDR that I often use, then we do need a tripod.

Hope that helps!

The DSLR is my camera of choice when heading off for photography, the compact is something to carry always as photo opportunities are always around. It's not always appropriate to carry the Hadley Pro.

However, I don't carry a mass of lenses and I think many people actually carry far too much, which may be why they sometimes yearn for smaller kit.

This might fulfil all your queries in one shot....MX-1, f/2.5, ISO 3200, 12mm (equiv 56mm)