I think these could use an increase in exposure, also, if the main subject is the fly, it's not in focus.

Is this a good thing? I'm not sure. It means that if your hobby or job requires you to have two cameras, you'll need two identical models. At least I can get by with a K20D and a K10D because exposure wise, especially flash exposure, they both behave the same way. A K-7 with a K20D backup, for example, would be a nightmare at a wedding reception shoot. You'd need different camera/flash settings depending which camera you were using.

CaptureOne, Lightroom et al can deal with older Pentax PEF's. What you may not understand is that all PEF's are not equal. Each new model of Pentax camera so far has needed an update to RAW converters to be able to read the 'PEF files. I suspect the same is true of most, if not all, other makers files.

Lightroom has been updated to be able to use .PEF's from the K-7, CaptureOne has not, so far. The same is probably true of the software you recommend.

Thanks Mike. This next image illustrates the difficulty of getting a good background and some of the lighting.

This bronze ( El Pensado - The thinker) is lit by natural light from its left side and both tungsten and fluorescent lights from above. It's also mounted on a tall rostrum, the base is about chest height. Without a set of steps I couldn't really get high enough to eliminate the naff ceiling.

This pic is uncropped. Fortunately all the walls are painted white so adjusting WB in PP was a breeze. Slight exposure adjustment was needed and a bit of sharpening.

So there we were, eating 'al fresco' in Cartagena yesterday and enjoying a cold beer and paella.

Paella finished, eyes start wandering to see what I can take a pic of from where I'm sitting, which is usually other diners.

I look up to see the name of the street where we are dining is :-




I said almost ruined because this word is actually pronounced canyon in Spanish.

To me they look a bit flat, lacking contrast, a bit under exposed, some noise evident, generally poor to be honest.

Are you happy with them when compared to the results you were getting with the K20D?

Cartagena in Murcia, Spain is holding an exhibition of Auguste Rodin's work at it's MURAM museum (Museum of modern art) at the moment and my wife and I went along to take a look yesterday.

These are some of the images. Flash/tripod/monopod was not allowed and the light was challenging to say the least. Some work still to be done to eliminate bits of background. C&C welcome.

All taken with the K20D and DA* 16-50mm 1:2.8 lens, hand held.

Check that you have the latest firmware loaded in your camera. If not, update it to enable SDM lens use.

Just a tad more needed. If you scroll the image up so that the round bar on top of the radiator cap is close to the horizontal top border of this window, you'll see what I mean. I'm being a bit picky I guess.

Yes . . . they will, probably very soon if Pentax UK have any sense. Hmmm, maybe not then.