Anyone know whether the UK-Japan trade deal includes zero tariff on cameras and lenses??

Steve

Obvious when you think about it - just another use for the in-body SR mechanism.

Still in 'final development'? Of course. It's got Bluetooth, so they'll be adding an app that lets you know if you're in an area where there's a high risk of encountering a user of a rival brand of camera and whether you've spent more than 15 minutes in close proximity to one of them

More seriously, the name sort of gives away what it is - an evolutionary development of the K3. No big increase in number of pixels - good. Wifi and Bluetooth - excellent, if it works well. Touch screen - OK for those who like poking small screens. Tweaks and improvements in other areas - good if they make a difference in the real world rather than just the world of specs and marketing. 4K video - it's not 99gazillionK so Pentax is doomed.

Would I buy it? Not at the launch price (whatever that might be). And not unless I can convince myself that there's something I really, really want to do that the KIII can and the original K can't. That isn't obvious at the moment.

Steve

And to really, really mess things up, let's move the International Date Line to Greenwich. It makes much more sense to have it at zero longitude. Everything to the right is tomorrow, everything to the left is yesterday. As for today, that always seems to go very quickly, so it won't be missed.

Steve

I scrolled down, saw the sky and rock, stopped and thought "That's good - light, texture of rock and sky, what's not to like?". Then scolled further and found that there was more to come.The child (yours?) engrossed in what's going on among the rocks takes the picture in a different direction and turns a good picture into an even better one. The solidity of the rock, which is nevertheless being worn away, contrasts with the fragility of the child, who is nevertheless in the process of growing. Questions are asked - what is the child looking at? why is a massive rock and sky so impressive to a grown up but a child turns their back on it, prefering to look at little things?

Yes, you've got a really good one there.

Steve

There's a voice in the corner issuing instructions...

Steve

Thank you for your kind words, folks. I'm pleased to report that Mrs L's op took place today without mishap . We are both extremely relieved, as a first attempt early last year had gone seriously wrong. She is now back home with strict instructions not to do anything for a couple of days then take it easy for a week.

It's quite remarkable that you can enter a hospital in the morning, have a heart op with general anaesthetic by lunchtime, then come home in the evening.

Steve

I liked them at first glance a week ago, they've got even better since then! Great use of light from a seemingly unpromising sky.

Is that lone tree one of Womble's trees gone wandering (link and similar)??

Steve

No chance of doing anything like that in the Lubbyman household. We're in total isolation pending Mrs L having an operation in a couple of days time. Any breach of isolation and the op is off. Surprisingly, it's close to the estimated date she was given back in January. Not bad with what has been going on in between - well done local NHS.

Steve

"Holiday"? What's that??

Steve

Right place, right time, right light, right person.

Keep grovelling in around in the mud, you'll remember how to use a camera eventually ...

Steve