Agreed. You can also buy the wrong size, like I did.

I thought a 67mm version would be big enough for my needs. I soon discovered it wasn't. As soon as I bought the 12-24mm DA that is, with it's 77mm filter thread.

That said, it fits most of my other lenses. I just put my 16-45mm DA on, set white balance with Expodisc, then change lenses. Not ideal I know, but I've not had any issues so far.

The shot of the white paper is your 'reference white'. That is, when you are editing, you make the white balance adjustment to show the paper as being white. Then you apply that setting to your other shots taken in exactly the same lighting conditions.

Alternatively, you take a pic of the white paper to make a manual white balance setting in-camera for all the remaining shots in any given lighting situation. Then take another shot of the white paper and keep it. When you are editing, if the paper shot doesn't look white, you know you have a monitor calibration issue.

If the lighting conditions change, repeat this process.

If you were to invest in an Expodisc, all your white balance issues disappear. It is an excellent tool and can be used for incident (as opposed to reflected) light readings as well.

I guess that's a 'no comment'.

Hmmmm, curious.

Predictable

Have your customers/clients/employers had any comments, positive, neutral, or negative regarding your switch to Pentax?

Matt,

I've switched to Lightroom and I like it . . . a lot. I didn't want to shell out even more money on SilkyPix and I'm just waiting for the C1LE 3.7.7 . For the moment, I'm more than happy with Lightroom. It has rescued a few shots of mine already that had overexposed skies etc.

You should maybe give it an airing.

Cheers,

Ben,

Your images give me a boost of inspiration to improve my own efforts. I've got a long way to go I fear.

Which is your preferred post-processing editor?

Regards,

I'm sure somebody can make good use of them in their unaltered state. I actually doubt that they would be thrown away if you returned them to the NHS anyway.

You need a SMC Pentax-F, SMC Pentax-FA, SMC Pentax-DA, SMC Pentax-D-FA lens if you need auto-focus.

2 year guarantee with most everything from spain too.

Pete,

You have a PM.

Regards,