If this is a free-for-all on sunsets...

Waaay too much lipstick.

Good sharp picture, though. Very nice.

Yes - sorry. I forgot and then I was busy.

The total number of votes is a bit of a disappointment but the proportions were pretty much as I expected with Pentax's own pef format dominating.

The concern that prompted my question is that pef format is proprietary to Pentax. As far as I know, the format isn't published so support by software publishers other than Pentax depends on reverse engineering efforts.

We have to rely on Pentax, one or two other companies with a commercial interest or enthusiasts to maintain software to decode the file format.

Right now, that doesn't seem like a problem. The format is popular, fresh and there seems to be a useful level of support.

But where will we stand in ten years. The format could be dropped by Pentax in five years in favour of new formats with support for new features.

Five years after that, it could be seen as an irrelevance to many who we currently depend on. A paragraph in some release notes would read: "Support has been dropped for some obsolete RAW file formats: pef, mrw, x3f"

In years to come, we could find ourselves hunting around trying to find someone with a working one of those old Intel PCs or Macs that can still run a converter that we have on a CD that looks a bit flakey.

I'm interested in what format people store their images for archive. When the poll has been running a week, I'll explain why.

You could try and add some spice to the occasion by availing yourself of one of the T-shirts mentioned in this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_Filth or hand out copies of this: (amazon.co.uk) http://tinyurl.com/yurbna

Hmm...one has stopped working completely since I last used it. The one that is still working is a Vivitar SL-2.

It just so happens...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vivitar-SL-2-Remote-Flash-Trigger_W0QQitemZ160145848205QQihZ006QQcategoryZ64354QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(Nothing to do with me, I might add.)

I can't be sure, generally, but the two (different makes) I have do.

The trouble with radio units is you'll need both transmitter and receiver.

I use something similar to this:

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=102740

Most flash heads have a slave mode and pick up this IR signal without messing about with receivers.

This is a simple job on Linux. I'll knock you up a script, if you think you'll use it.

It wouldn't work well with my battery grip and I suspect it wouldn't fit with the neck strap either. It's similar to the strap on my camcorder but I never use that.