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Steve

Just checked my silver K3iii. Nope, definitely not platicky. Or at least no more plasticky than the black K3 which is close to it on the camera shelf. And it has the advantage of making it easy to distinguish it from the K3 (original) when reaching for a camera. Mind you, I wasn't keen on silver before I bought one. But having got one, I now realise that it was pure, blind, unreasonable, irrational prejudice. Which I have now overcome and have resolved never again to judge a camera by the colour of its skin.

Steve

Nope, not for me. The originals hit the nail on the head as far as I'm concerned. They shout dull, cold, grey weather. Lightening the snow takes some of that away to my eyes. But I do prefer Barrie's crops, in particular the traffic light in the original 2nd photo is a huge distraction.

Steve

At the same time?? Rather your stomach than mine!

Helped a friend entertain at an old folk's home yesterday - carols, Rudolf the Rednosed Reindeer, that sort of thing, him on guitar, me on keyboard, both adorned with Santa hat and excessive tinsel. With their decorations, mince pies, sherry etc. etc., it looks like they're having a jollier time than me at the moment!

Steve

While the application by LennyBloke of his Final Rule is clearly necessary for the efficient functioning of the PentaxUser market place, for the rest of us Lubbyman's Corollary should also be applied: All lenses must be field tested at least once per year. The logical implication for the application of LennyBloke's Final Rule by anyone other then LennyBloke is obvious.

Steve

Really, really good . Love the lighting - natural or unnatural?

Steve

You've got that flower spot on . I find it difficult to get flowers of that colour looking right with a K3. Lighting? Camera? Sensor? The brain behind the viewfinder? I've no idea**. But I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have been able to get the flower looking so good.

Steve
** Please don't tell me I need to get a K1...

This thread clearly shows the value of having a 'lens buyers anonymous' group. Plenty of good advice and mutual support already...
I now feel absolutely glowingly positive about having 7 macro lenses plus extension tubes plus macro thingies that clip onto lenses (not all of them bought from LennyBloke...) when most people can live quite happily with only one.

Steve

So there I was, expecting to see an embarrassing faux pas by the best man ...

I think I can see what you're going for, so a couple of hopefully constructive comments.
- My eye is drawn to the knot/top of the bow but sharpest focus seems to be at the bottom of the bow and foliage. I'd prefer the knot/top to be in focus so the eye isn't drawn in two directions.
- The light patch at top left with microphone (?) stands is rather distracting. Perhaps crop just below the brightest part?

Steve

I obviously can't speak for anyone else, but a hard fact of life for me is that there is often not enough time to make intelligent comment on photos. And when there is time, my brain is often too fried to make worthwhile comment. And if my brain isn't too fried, time has gone by and others have made the comments I would make so no need to say anything more. By and large, I now tend to comment on photos only if I've returned to the thread 2 or 3 times and have then thought about why. That was the case with these stained glass windows. I did look at the River Colne, Wivenhoe, thread, thought 'nice', then moved on.

FWIW, some of my photos have received no comment, others have received a lot more than I expected. I'm just grateful when someone makes a constructive comment that makes me think. It's all a bit random and lack of comments is definitely not a comment on either the photos or the photographer. It's also worth noting that Pentax User is a lot more than the forum - some people who contribute to the gallery and competitions don't seem to post much (if at all) on the forum and vice versa.

Steve