Hi

I'm organising a studio session with a model for four photographers on Friday July 27 at 14:00. The venue is Wokingham in Berkshire.

It's a two hour session so each photographer will get 30 mins dedicated plus some help with lighting and composition, if required. You'll also be able to watch how other photographers work.

The model will pose up to fully nude. She is athletic and excellent for figure work but she is also very shapely.

Studio equipment is provided as are white/black/mottled blue backdrops. There will also be a laptop for viewing your pictures (from SD/CF cards) and books with lighting and posing ideas.

I have had to rearrange this session and now find I have a place spare due to other commitments.

The session will cost £50.

Please email me at: lenscape at gmail . com if you are interested or ask in the forum for more information.

This is probably not ideal for complete novices. It would be better if you had done a nude studio session before.

Thanks.

Having read this thread and done a little digging around, I'm convinced.

I've ordered an FA 50mm f1.4, too.

...oh - and a D-BG2. Well, they had one in stock so it would have been daft not to.

I always use UV filters as a final level of protection. I also use a hood but that's only when the lens is on the camera. However, people forget that it's not only when it's in use that a lens is vulnerable.

I had a lens fall out of it's case (which I hadn't done up properly) a while ago. The lens cap pinged off and the UV filter took all the punishment and was completely smashed and buckled. However, the lens behind it was untouched bar a slight graze.

There was a bit of glass dust around the lens but it was puffed away without any trouble.

I agree with ChrisA - although I'm not sure about the bathroom bit.

I read the manual as a matter of course when I buy something. There are tricks on the K10D you would only find by chance if you didn't read the manual.

Nice picture but I want to know why these shots always contain a wagon wheel.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0705/07052502pentaxhoyatakeover.asp

I'll reserve judgement on whether this is a good thing or not until I know more about Hoya's plans but I understand this went ahead following pressure from Pentax investors.

So did the investors lose confidence in the board (who will all resign) or just prefer the look of the Hoya board?

Not sure about chromatic abberation, that first sentence is definetely a grammatic abberation.

I can't see anything other than a slight loss of sharpness in the fine detail. When did you last clean your monitor? Does the affect show up in print?

Was the lens clean? In this weather, moving back and forth between cold and warm environments can put a thin film of condensation on the lens which would affect sharpness.

That is a much better approach. FTP is ideal for this.

They sound good. I'll certainly try these guys. Thanks.

That's a significant worry if you plan to sell your prints. And using remote web-based services makes it just about impossible to check or verify.

It's simply a matter of convenience. If I have to write a CD, put it in an envelope and get to a postbox, I know it's going to be another week before I get around to it.