Or is it a "photographer's hunchback"? LOL!

Need a much bigger bag
Matt

You definitely won't be disappointed
I have the SMC-F version and it's probably my all time favourite. The bokeh and "rendition" are just simply sublime. And yes, the 24-90 is lovely as a single lens.
It's soooo hard to decide what to take in the camera bag!
Matt

It's here: https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4452&highlight=meeting+pent...

(Locked this thread)

Appreciate the comments. So sorry that you're battling depression

I'd agree with George Just get the K10D You'll have a riot of a time with it
(If funds are an issue, then the *ist-Ds is a fine alternative)
The beauty of digital is you can just try and retry - even a 50mm/f1.4 is a superb single lens on the digital format (and one of my favourites). Using this it's taught me a few things about composition too...

Hope to have you back soon
Matt

Dan,
I wish you hadn't showed these links
That buttery smooth bokeh has made me all a-quiver
(Is it just me or is the Canon's out-of-focus rendition terribly "busy"?)

That's now two lenses that I must make a point not to try (77 & 31 Limited) 'cause there's no way I can afford them! LOL!
Matt

Dan,
I agree with you 100%.

Just didn't have time to put it so eloquently Even the title "Just a loss leader" is asking for an argument (That said, I heard the Canon 5D was such - and rightly so because of the lenses)

"Noobs" are most welcome

But I'm getting a bit worn out by this "mindless complexity", "don't like the sound of it leave it alone", "can't get a decent prime for no money" business

Matt

And let's not forget that the 31mm is expensive for a reason - it has been reviewed as one of the finest lenses made... ever.

The Limiteds are the Lexus of the Pentax range. Technicians who have aimed for ultimate image quality and spared no expense in design and manufacture. No, I don't own any of them - can't justify the expense - but the images I've seen have a quality that's beautiful (and difficult to quite define - so you'll see phrases like "Excellent 3D rendition" etc).

But, I think we're all getting a bit bored of this "debate".

Matt

All these lenses were readily available before the K10D was released.
In fact, when I got the *ist-D originally I could have bought anything I wanted.

Since the K10D it seems people have actually been buying the stock rather than talking about it on the 'net

Matt

Why don't you go and invest in it then?

(Without being rude, this is getting tedious)
Matt

Daniel,
Here's the link:
http://www.littlecms.com/newutils.htm#jpegicc

Source is available, as is a precompled Windows executable

You need to do something like this (I haven't actually tried this for a while, but this is roughly how to do it):

From memory, you need to point to the full patch of the icc or icm file. And I can't remember if the JPG has an embedded profile whether the converter will pick that by default (in which case the -i option isn't needed).

If you work in sRGB, then you can dispense with the "-i" option. It defaults to sRGB.
The "-t0" is the rendering intent, in this case "Perceptual" which is what you'll want most of the time.
The "-b" is black point compression enabled.
The "-c2" is to precalc the transform in hires detail. You're probably ok with -c1 which is the default.
The "-q95" is the output quality of the JPG.

Have fun
Matt