I think it's a shame that it ends up with arguments, it really shouldn't.

Part of the problem is that some seem to feel they need to keep repeating their opinions, and it isn't necessary. We understand your point of view, it's not a problem.

So just perhaps be a little more laid back and the heat should dissipate....

Asfor testing cameras, I'm afraid they become available for short periods when they become available. And that's it, they go immediately back from whence they came. I was darned lucky to be able to do anything with the IIs - if you check the weather for the date of shots (EXIF!) you'll find the prospects were pretty dismal. This was action photography - I had a two hour slot on one day that gave me anything like the original lighting.

The price of the case may shock you. I think they are USA only?

Thank you Charlotte, very helpful!

I would buy Eddie, from the Three Legged Thing range. Stable and solid, but fairly light being carbon fibre. It's also capable of being set almost at ground level and has one leg doubling as a monopod when required.

There are so many mundane subjects out there that we take for granted. Things that we think will always be there, and then suddenly the demolishers move in and it's all gone. Or a business closes and one day is no longer there. I remember the newsagent who worked under the railway arches in Greengate, Manchester. Bought something there routinely while I waited for the 26 bus. Gone, as are the buses.

I was thinking about this when I was in St Ann's Square today, and this flower stall has been in this corner of the church for the 50 years I've been visitng the city centre. I was about 11 years old when I was first allowed to take a bus into Manchester on my own.


As you look around you, what is there that you take for granted? Will it always be there, or will it be gone sooner than you think?

I thought it might be interesting if you could post some examples in this thread of things you are so used to seeing that you hardly give them a thought. Tomorrow they may not be there.

I see some new waterproof/shockproof/cold resistant Optios are on the way.

My W90 is starting to look quite tame now.

I'll refer you back a few pages to Pentaxophile's images, which show what I expect them to show. Hope that helps.

Obviously, they are there to allow people to judge for themselves. It's nothing to get excited about other than it all being rather interesting. If you read the whole review, plus the comparison review, you will find the caveats in the text, as I see them.

Other writers may or may not produce reviews with the same outcome or the same conclusions, that's life. However, I take doing these very seriously and dedicate a lot of concentrated work into them, so as far as my judgement goes the reviews are excatly what I thought. No more, no less, and not interfered with in any way by editing.

One of the advantages of an on-line review as opposed to a magazine is that nothing has to be trimmed to fit exactly. Even there though, all my Pentax User articles were left as I wrote them and the space was adjusted by changing the size or number of images used.

Now look at some of the magazine printed reviews and there are very few pictures by comparison and often the images shown don't reflect the text. This is no doubt caused by the limitations of the printing process. For example, the AP resolution images just look a mush most of the time as they can't be reproduced properly. It's just the way it is, so we have to accept the figures they give.

I don't agree though that the observations, not claims, would be seen on any monitor. I've seen people working on some pretty dire monitors. It doesn't give them a proper chance with their own images. Our new monitors were staggeringly better than our old ones, which over time had gently defocused and drifted.

Anyway, it doesn't change S's opinion, nor do I want to, and I suspect he won't be buying a new camera just at the moment.

Then nothing more needs to be said. Choice made, photographer happy, all is well. Exactly how it should be.

You can synch a folder on your computer with your iPad. Alternatively, you can buy the camera connection kit, basically an SD card reader. That's only happy accepting images straight from the camera. It doesn't seem to like adjusted JPEGs images that have been put on a card.

Hope that helps!