I took this thread as a new one to remove it from the MX-1 discussion. It was intended to be stand-alone and I thought the discussion of flash or no-flash for low light work was interesting in its own right. So no hidden agenda I'm afraid.

So as far as I was intending it's got nothing to do with what the MX-1 has or hasn't got, that will sort itself out elsewhere!

I was hoping some interesting examples of both techniques might be posted, so there's still the opportunity to do that....please let's see some.

What you see on screen should be what you see on screen when you have saved it and then reopened it. There's no reason why it shouldn't be.

What you see on the print depends upon how everything is set up. I suggest going back to basic principles, making sure the whole process is using the sRGB colour space and that the monitor is roughly right at least.

Very difficult to suggest anything else without being sat in front of the computer and having a play.

They look incredibly small compared to the grass.

Was it not extended to 31st january?

It might help someone else though, so why not leave it for them to view.

I think there was a Pentax Museum once but it closed. There also used to be a Pentax Gallery in London.

I visited the latter once but was very disappointed at the actual quality of the originals produced by some very famous names. I wasn't impressewd and the rather snotty lady in the gallery wasn't impressed that I wasn't impressed. We got on really well....

I also saw a David Bailey show in Aberystwyth and was disappointed at the quality of the prints.

I'm looking for some available light examples where flash could have been used:
Pentax I-10


K-5 and 70mm f/2.4

There's no point anyone ordering one of these as they are not compatible with our Pentax cameras.

It would be a very long way down on my list of things to buy, so low down it wouldn't even be on the list!

A camera fair will yield lots of options from the days when Cokin was the thing to buy, maybe from 50p upwards.

It's interesting how negative posters can be on the forums, and DPR is no exception. Where's the joy in new things gone?

If indeed the lens is the same, it's an excellent lens and add SMC coatings and Pentax processing we could have something really good. From what DPR actually say, it's different in almost every respect to the XZ-2 apart from perhaps that lens.