Exactly the thought process I went through!

The colour of the blossom on the tree is interesting. Seen from close up, the petals are almost white with the strong colour concentrated in the centre. But from a distance, the blossom is uniformly pink. The brain seems to average out the colours and decide that the answer is 'pink'.

Steve

Beautiful, dreamy. And a quite different feel to my recent attempt at soft cherry blossom with a conventional lens link.

Keep 'em coming!

Steve

Price gone up to £19,000 already?? Must be due to the increasing cost of shipping containers, blockage in Suez canal, post-Brexit tariffs, Covid restrictions and demand from Pentax enthusiasts outstripping supply...

Now a serious question: With an O-ME53 magnifier attached to the K3 and wearing my usual glasses, I can just about see the full image through the viewfinder. What would be the advantage (if any) of the new, bigger viewfinder in the K3III?

Steve

Thanks folks.

So Pentax people prefer soft and dreamy to hard and spiky. I wonder what users of other brands prefer?

Steve

Depends whether the shops have got what you want. An increasing number of things are no longer in local shops, or the choice isn't very good.

As far as delivery times go, Amazon has been getting things to me a day before their original quoted date, and that's with standard free delivery. Don't know whether it's to make us feel happy when it arrives before expected, or they add a day just in case, or their logistics is just a lot better than when they originally decided what the standard free delivery time should be.

Steve

Looks a bit short to me. Should be OK for what you want, though, if you attach a 1.4TC.

Why do you need an extra large backpack or HGV? Surely it comes with its own transportation operative, as shown in the picture. Or is Pentax penny piching by only making that available as a costly accessory?

Steve

Two contrasting flowers, two contrasting lenses, two contrasting pictures. First, miniature cherry taken with Irix 150mm macro. Second, berberis darwinii taken with Pentax 10-17mm fisheye. Both with K3. I'm beginning to understand how versatile the fisheye can be once you stop thinking that every picture must look fishy.

Thoughts, comments etc. welcome as usual.

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Steve

Yes to the 2nd and 3rd. No to the 1st - I'm not keen on the glowing halo around each flower.

The softness is rather special, I can see why you're rather fond of it.

Steve

Trade agreements affect things like tarriffs and quotas. As far as I understand it, there's no change for cameras etc. The price that Ricoh will charge retailers for a K3III is a commercial decision for Ricoh. The price that UK retailers will charge their customers is a commercial decision for the retailer. As always, market pressures will prevail and early adopters of new technical products can expect to pay for the privilege of being at the front of the queue.

So please, folks, buy early so Ricoh recovers their R&D costs for the K3III as quickly as possible, then the price can drop for the rest of us!

Steve

+0.5 !

For me, the background should reflect the type of bird. So sky as background for this kestrel is OK for me because I think of kestrels as birds of the sky. Similarly for swifts and skylarks. Woodland birds, water birds etc. benefit from other backgrounds. That's just the way I think of things, though, others may think differently. And, of course, there are always exceptions.

Steve