Has anybody mentioned exposure bracketing?

If not, a series of images taken at 0.5 or 1 stop apart might have saved this image, with a bit of blending or HDR that is.

So how will you feel if your lens gets a knock strong enough to break the filter, and the lens is damaged by flying shards of glass. It does happen.

The supplied hood should be all the 'protection' you'll need in 99.999% of cases.

My opinion: Modern lenses do not need cheap pieces of glass to protect them, moreover, cheap pieces of glass (in relation to the lens price) often cause more problems than they are worth. Increased flare and internal reflections being the main ones.

Just use and enjoy it, you don't need a glass condom on your lens.

If you know that you are going to be exposing your lens to potential harm, then a filter fitted temporarily may be a good idea. Otherwise, no. It will, in anything from a very small to a very big way, degrade any images you capture.

Thanks.

Where did you manage to find one?

I waited about 6 months for Warehouse Express (Wex) to get one in, and gave up.

You'll need to consult your Skyport documentation. I would think that you need a hot shoe adapter for the AF540FGZ that has the required socket to plug in your Skyport receiver.

Check the Elinchrom web site for accessories, alternatively look for a set of different triggers, try Cactus 5's.

I wonder if their future all-electric cars will offer similar performance.

OK, thanks.

karthik, what is that dark area at the bottom right of the rear screen in photo #2?

Is the rear screen cracked?

Pentax UK don't repair cameras, they sub-contract repairs to a third party, Johnsons Photopia or something similar.

A repair will take only a few days once your camera is put in front of a technician to repair it, but there could be a long delay depending on work load and availability of spare parts, or at least the right spare part.

BTW: Is that Saltford near Mantchester?

Spoilsport

I didn't even know there was a Ds model. Perhaps he means Bs.