Not like that with books, though. Over the years, Mrs L's acquisitions have been taking over the house. And when I empty some shelves for decorating or some equally good reason then put the books back, there's never enough space to put them all back.

Steve

Has anyone else noticed a strange phenomenom? Several years ago I resolved not to acquire any more cameras or lenses once the cupboard they are kept in was full. A few years ago it became full. But acquisitions continued. And miraculously on every occasion it was possible to find room in the cupboard. The only explanation I can think of is that space expands in the presence of cameras and lenses . A cupboard twinned with the Tardis?

Steve

An interesting and varied set that only serves to increase my admiration for the enthusiasts who take on these huge projects. And a set that brings back holiday memories of a wet day with wet wife, wet little kids and wet dog steaming by the coal fire in a waiting room while waiting for the return train across the moors...

Did you see Piglet and his ancient Belgian steam tram?

Steve

In the UK, the 50mm macro (full frame) is 33% cheaper than the 35mm macro (crop sensor). I have no idea why!

Steve

That shows an impressive amount of foresight and planning for breakfast. Particularly if the evening has been spent enjoying a bottle or three.

Steve

The DA 35mm macro is designed for Pentax crop sensors, not full frame. However, as MikeInDevon has shown above, it will cover a full frame sensor but with light drop-off outside the area of the crop sensor. The minimum focus distance will not change, it is a property of the lens not the sensor or camera. So the alternatives with a K1 would be:
1. Use the full frame image and either put up with the drop-off or correct in post-processing.
2. Use the central, crop-sensor area of the image, either by in-camera 'crop mode' or by cropping in post-processing. The result will be the same as you would get with your current K5.
3. Acquire an FA 50mm f2.8 macro. This gives almost the same field of view with a full frame sensor as the DA 35mm gives with crop sensor (i.e. if something fills the frame on your K5 + DA 35mm at minimum focus distance, it will be close to filling the frame on a K1 + FA 50mm at minimum focus distance). The minimum focus distance will be a few cm greater, that is a consequence of the longer focal length and both lenses being designed so that minimum focus distance gives a 1:1 image.

Steve

You must like those leaning trees - so do I . And misty weather is the sort of thing that makes mono worth a try. Keep playing!

Steve

Thanks. I usually find shades of green rather challenging, so this was a step or two out of the comfort zone. Perhaps sub-consciously influenced by something I'd recently read. Just looked it up: "those greens were vivacious and varied, too many to count, hues as subtle as tweed, from the dark gloss fronds of hard fern, through the lichen-grey-greens of eared willows to the startling, lime-juice opulence of larch buds..." (from John Lister-Kaye 'At the Water's Edge').

Steve

4th and 5th are the stand-out ones for me. 4th because it's a stunning abstract (in the original sense of abstracting the attributes you want and ditching the rest). 5th because that shining gorse against the dark sky is so simple but so effective.

Steve

Since the 'I' in AI presumably stands for 'Intelligence', can anyone enlighten me as to why the denoise in Lightroom (or anything else, for that matter') should be considered to be intelligent? Or does AI just mean that the marketing people have latched on to the next trendy prefix?

Steve