Just look at the response in this thread. It is echoed around the world as far as Pentax user go. On a personal note, I'm well pleased with CES as I use other "kit" as well as Pentax and that opens up choices.

As a Pentax user of long standing, am I too upset? No. My existing kit is fine and produces the results. Oddly enough, if things don't improve soon, I may buy a K5 as it may possibly be the last Pentax DSLR? I'd hate to say farewell without owning their best DSLR to date (never had issues with film bodies).

If Ricoh have a secret, good for them. It's my birthday today and along with others, I don't get younger, and don't worry about if and when any more.

Maybe by April they let loose a new body or two and instil confidence with their market faithful.

Meanwhile, I continue to invest (odd term as I don't sell) in FF glass and other brands.

Stiff upper lip etc etc.

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Any one else following this event? There seems to be plenty going on yet decidedly quiet from the Pentax (a Ricoh Company) stand.

The new Sigma 180 Macro (1:1) looks nice but no price yet.

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They need to get you over to James Cook at Middlesbrough. Mild is better than worse and it will probably mean that you won't be allowed the full English breaky at the next Goth meet!

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K7 & 77mm.

Looking for the odd shots.




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Thanks Steve.

Its a bouganvilla. Huge one actually with plenty of Golden Orb weavers living on the outside.

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A crop of a Golden Orb thread weaver at 100%




I tried to get the colour of the thread to show as the spider takes its name from this.

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I kicked off in the 70's in the order of K1000, ME, ME Super and an MX. All but the K1000 were bought from Jessops corner shop in Leicester when they just started.

Some of my mates were Canonites arguing that the AE1 was the way to go....

We live and learn

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Assumptions?

"an amateur would only dream of a 400mm or 500mm lens on film" assumes amateurs could not afford those lenses, why? Those in good jobs that didn't have any other vices had plenty of cash available and I knew several amateurs that covered motorcycle racing using 400mm and 500mm lenses. They also used two bodies with different film loaded,one with a 135mm lens.

For the sake of not misleading readers, maybe we should say "that's equivalent to 450mm at the longest end when we consider the crop factor, WRT FOV, but lacks the same magnification factor as a 450mm".

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Apart from any sensor resolution differences, he could crop to give the same FOV since there would be no difference of subject size. Are you sure he was a pro? Then again, maybe it's the result of weak school curriculum nowadays. Why bother teaching basic physics etc.

Pentax users of course are all aware that cropping an image does not affect the magnification factor of a lens.

The Sigma is a good lens but unfortunately is a bit hit and miss when it comes to quality. A good example is very good and others can disappoint.

The Pentax will be well ahead in terms of quality.

I only use Nikon lenses on my Nikon's. What's the point of buying into a system that does produce the lenses you want only to buy a third party offering that may be a good example or a dog?

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Brilliant!

How on earth did you manage to find a clip on YT of a man from the street explaining trading to two Pentax-Ricoh executives?

It just goes to show that one can't assume that the people at the top know what their doing.

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