John, yes, I agree, never thought of cropping sun out, just been too long since we last saw it
Will bear that in mind for future shots, it def stops the eye wandering north out of the pic.
So, do you save ALL your jpegs as .tiffs?

Do you know of a link anywhere that gives guidelines about how to save images for the archive that maybe used to submit for sale or comps? As I would like to get it right from the start

I am very very much liking my K10D took this on Sunday......best of the days shoot......honest opinion please?
: Also, whats the view on 'sharpening' in camera - do you all tend to leave it on all the time and if so what level.
Or is it best to sharpen post processing?

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Much the same with me too, been cloudy cloudy cloudy - very frustrating when you have a new K10D body in your hands - perhaps I sd capture a few ANTS

Took this on Sat with the kit lens, quite pleased with results and I am beginning to enjoy the pleasures of PS CS2 now. Thank you for the comments on my swan I have improved the exposure/highlight/shadow on it now, all a learning curve eh?

: Need to buy a spare battery now, next priority feel quite undressed without a spare one in my bag, anyone got a recc for cheap source?

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One of my first images - so be kind
Used my FA SMC 135mm 2.8 which as MattMatic said does fly on the K10.
It has been well cropped down by at least 60%, so I am well pleased with the resolution, did do a bit in CS2, tried the highlights/shadows and sharpen.


So relieved all my existing SMC FA lenses work perfectly with K10, without all your advice @ the forum I wd have been reticent to go ahead and buy it.
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thanx, I agree and have come to the very same conclusion, will leave it out for now, I have more than enough to get to grips with and don't want to run before the walk...it's just you want to know it all NOW!!!

On a steep learning curve with RAW, quite ignorant in fact, I came across this article and wondered if you agree with this article in general:

http://www.outdooreyes.com/photo172.php3

Oh., how did Joshua Hakin from Cananda do his on " A couple of pics" then?

Scuse me for being a bit simple but have difficulty in pasting an image up on the forum.
Have done the usual right click 'copy' then try to paste and paste is disabled on my mouse and does not allow me to do it. Is it me, pc or am I missing a step, HELP...need to expose some of my K10D pics [/img]

Joshua, very grateful after a bit of phaffing around Adobe site I got the updated raw/dng plug-in and installed all OK thank you.

May I also say what wonderful mono images you have on your website - richly processed with such tonal range (how do you do it?) exactly the type of atmospheric shots I aspire to.

: Were they taken with a K10D?

Thanks, I have just shot a few RAW (DNG) and as you say need the Camera RAW Plug-In for CS2, : is how do I obtain it, I'm new to plug-ins

I will however download SilkyPix as everyone seems to rave about it and looks like it will user friendly for me at fist, new to RAW etc...
But wd like to try and use CS2 also as I have it, beginning to wonder why tho'!

Thank u again folks!