Have you seen the price of barges?

Ah, but some of us don't live like that. We live and breath what we do and there's for me no real difference bwteeen in and out of hours. Except that these days I please myself what jobs I take on.

Of course, it's also my downfall, because I never switch off and am available, theoretically at least, all the time. Try phoning me at 3am and I'll answer, but give me a moment or two to wake up.....

But going back to Jessops, and any camera shop, wouldn't it be better if everyone there was really interested? If they were then reading up at home, chatting photography in the pub, doing a free talk for a local camera club, would not be a chore, but a pleasure.

Not for me, that's for sure. It would be more economical to go for the 645D.

The thread you've linked to Algi seems to be full of lots of photographers who are not sure what they are doing.

If anyone has a problem with resizing, here's a simple article to help:

https://www.pentaxuser.com/article/photoshop-cropping-and-resizing-254

We staray from the point really. This was just meant to point out that there are some lower prices. We don't all constantly check so if anyone is looking to buy a lens this could be a moment to check if that lens (whatever it is) is looking good.

There's no point wanting top quality gear but complaining that it costs too much. Good products cost money and that's life. Cheap products are available from other companies if required.

The optimum downsizing option in Photoshop is Bicubic Sharper, which is designed to retain quality as we down-size.

In practice, the standard Bicubic resampling works very well anyway.

A lot of the problem may well be that people don't adjust their sharpening regime to reflect that they are using a smaller image than for print. Print and web need distinctly different amounts of sharpening.

The 31mm price is exceptionally low, not "pre-pice hike" at all. It depends what we are looking for, so worth a look to see what the current price is for anything that we want.

Individuals can dissect the detail for themselves, but I like the look of the 40mm XS and the 50mm f/1.4 has come down quite a bit as well. It's interesting how that lens lingers on when it was reputed to be discontinued many years ago.

Product knowledge relies less on training and more on the curiosity and willingness to learn of the individual. My local Jessops centre of Excellence did not know the K-01 was available in yellow. The sales person clearly did not read any photo magazines or explore the web once he went home. It was a job, however many hours per week and pay me please, off to the pub....

A3 makes for some very nice prints, and even allows a modest amount of cropping. I'm glad to say that these days I don't seem to be cropping as much as I did, so I must be seeing the images better in the first place. Cropping is usually more about changing the shape of a picture to suit its contents.

So to get back on subject, I'd be tempted by the K-5 IIs but I am curious as to how the wider market will view these variants from Pentax and Nikon in the longer term.

As the 645D and Q already have no AA filter then it seems there must be a point to it. It just needs market acceptance to make it mainstream.

I've just been having a browse through the lenses on the SRS website and it struck me that prices are currently quite a bit reduced.

This downward trend makes this a very good time to be looking at buying.