+1 for keeping the 16-45, unless there is something wrong with the one that you have.

If size and handling bother you, then how about a Limited prime, such as the DA21 ?

The UK restrictions appear to allow cameras as carry on. Basically, no-one knows.

https://www.gov.uk/hand-luggage-restrictions/electronic-devices-and-electrical-i...

To me it looks as if all that was needed was a bit of fine AF adjust tweak - in the first frame it was front focusing. Also with that lens f5.6 is just about wide open at 50mm, the extra stop in the second shot will make a difference.

My DA18-55WR still gets used

It looks pretty miserable up there now though.

You could always nip up to Castlerigg for a bit of mysterious foreground. Best of luck with actually being able to see the sun this time of the year though ...

I got one of these a while ago but I can't say that I've actually ever used it in anger. It will fit all the DA Ltds (15/21/35macro/40/70) but it is a bit of a struggle with lens hoods and end caps attached and the case dividers fitted. Also, the prospect of dropping all my Limiteds into the mud somewhere or someone walking off with them scares me ...

The highlight correction is basically a digital fiddle - the camera underexposes by one stop (shoots at ISO one stop lower than set) and then does a 'histogram shift' so that the highlights are just under the clip limits. When I'd looked at the RAW histograms with RawDigger it seemed to be a straight linear multiply (on a K-5ii) - I suspect that the DPR K-30 curves are plotted from JPEGs after gamma mapping.

The shadow correction did not appear to do anything to the RAW values, again on a K-5ii.

I keep the highlight correction on all the time - it does what it is supposed to do - as long as you realise that it has only one stop range, any highlights brighter that that will still get clipped.

Actually, the highlight correction does affect RAW files. The shadow correction doesn't.

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Lucky you. I don't think that I've ever been there when it wasn't raining


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