Well done indeed! Very dramatic and getting blue sky helps a lot. Thanks for the technical info ... Bulb mode seems to be the way to go, I guess similar in principle as for fireworks.

Marat, I'm glad you have stuck around, there's certainly things of interest on this forum. If you can wait until next week I'll be posting a few series of my latest images from two gorgeous gardens in my area, one set will showcase the qualities of the 18-55 al wr kit lens. I hope you will check them out and contribute to the feedback, people always indicate that the constructive criticism received is very helpful generally.

I can't agree that there's nothing, 'at all' happening here, I have found plenty of interest lately. It do agree with you that having the Pentax uk community split is not helpful, just for practicalities it is difficult checking different sites. I hope soon more of us can come together here again here on PU.

Its a bright and nicely varied set. The image quality from your k3 & lenses looks excellent. That first shot is very effective, a most dramatic viewpoint, and a good balanced exposure.

I also like the panorama shaped one from Greenwich Park, which is nicely composed with plenty for the eye to follow. Did you manage to get one when the sun was shining on the docklands buildings? Also I get the feeling that its tilting a little to the right.

The balloon man is also really good, nice timing and beautiful soft light. The rocket is perhaps weakest here with too much dark space around. But overall a great set ... Lets hope you get back to London again very soon

That would be great to try ... I was impressed with the new specs it boasts now, bringing a number of the latest dslr innovations to the larger format also. It makes it more usable and flexible. Strange, I don't recall seeing images from it or the earlier model on here. Are there any members using one?

And another question is, what would we actually see here on the website, that is special and different with digital 645 images. At web resolution is there anything else for to see and identify clearly and consistently that would elevate those images above those we currently see from dslrs?

You planning on staying with aps-c then Stan?

I've always thought it rather false thinking when I read this idea that aps-c is better for wildlife - this theory is based on the crop factor - ie you need a longer telephoto on FF to get the same sized subject from the same distance. But really it misses the point surely? - you're not increasing the magnification on aps-c, so you still need the same focal length to get the same sized subject with the same perspective from where you're standing with both cameras.

Now, the wide-angle argument I can buy - we need to go to increasingly more extreme short focal lengths on aps-c (such as 10mm) and this involves bigger glass elements, more expensive to make with wide apertures, and more complex designs with more distortions to deal with.

I assume we won't need to be buying massive f1.8 lenses though - we'd get plenty of OOF bokeh with f2.8 on FF wouldn't we? (I mean on a telephoto or long standard zoom).

Its got very realistic detail and just the perfect amount of sharpening I find. The very narrow DOF works well as the branch goes out of focus along its length, which if very effective. A great capture!

I would probably try and do something with the bright patch in the top left corner ... I'll admit it, I'd probably use the clone tool and replace it completely with texture from the middle and right background, and then keep quiet about it!

Or if that's just too unbearable and morally corrupt, then some gentle dodging over it just to pull it down would be enough probably.

It would make sense, allowing some people to keep any special DA lenses they might value, or indeed might want to use on another aps-c body. Or if that's not implemented then we could just crop manually on the computer I assume? Although to an extent it does defeat some of the purpose ....

Probably not that far apart. ... My own feeling is that we cannot just ignore the possibilities of the future in our current planning and lens collecting. I have avoided buying a DA or other aps-c only lens and am now considering a new Tamron zoom that will serve my purpose now, but also be there for a future FF body.

I do believe Pentax will try and make it affordable, but for enthusiast photographers there's always limits. I know for myself the limit , at least initially, is likely to be just the body. So if my lenses are already in place it in fact makes it more likely that I'll actually move to FF.