Ahhh, its been emotional Jeff ...

Very nice indeed with the subject beautifully bathed in superb light at just the right angle. Great one again!

Everyone's still there and here David, there's just a period of confusion and some positioning going on. We're all still the same people, Pentax shooters. There's no point in the uk community being fractured and split along these sort of lines. Lets hope that the work in progress referred to here will go towards helping people to come back.

Thanks, the Neewel brand ones I also have are in 5 parts, and the fit onto the camera and lens is not so precise and they are thinner and cheaper in feel. They do have the advantage though of allowing the aperture to be set !

I suppose the atmosphere is what we make it. I find my allegiances' rather challenged at present, but I've always offered up my comments with complete goodwill. I haven't always had much in return, and some people who have taken up camp in the .eu have frankly been bl...y rude at times, so at present its hard to feel much personal empathy. So it comes down to practicality then.

I look forward to the powers that be here taking notice and making some changes and I hope they can appeal to all uk Pentax people as I don't think it does any good to have us all fractured in this way.

I saw those ... Full of the most awful noise! He should have used a K5!

We all have to decide what we value most, then put the time in where it works best. I follow the main Pentax sites but I don't have time to get involved and generate 'content' across multiple sites. The .eu one has gained attention because of what happened here and the new batch of familiar names.

But they're not helping our fractured community ... those of us who have stayed here have been described as 'sycophants' over there! Gee, thanks a lot!

It is a shame, absolutely. I was surprized that so many people have had such strong feelings. But we all want different things from a forum, and I have remained active here because I don't have the time to split my activities between sites and I find this site comfortable and easy to navigate around. The great support and helpful advice still amazes me ... I was stunned at how concerned people were recently in helping me get some closer focussing capability, plus good encouragement with the first results.

Of course I am aware of the .eu site and have looked with interest because a number of members from here have joined, and like most I like a bit of gossip! But really there's not enough depth there I find ... It is funny really isn't it, that the admin of that site is now being hounded by some 'ex' members here to make the .eu site work more like Pentax User!!

I don't see much point in our little UK Pentax community being split like this. I will watch with interest, but I wish also that more of us can get back to posting, supporting each other and getting the good word out about Pentax cameras and system. This still seems to me to be the best place for that.

Lovely MX! - looks brand new, what a beautiful camera. I'm sure you'll feel and look the business out there on the street.

I like the other shots, nicely composed and exposed. I'm not convinced by the mono here at all though - I'm sure the lighting in the mall makes interesting colour tones.

Excitement! Great opportunity Carl - the only thing I know about aerial photography, and helicopters in particular, is vibrations and movement. So the 'priority' (good word) is shutter speed. If you go for P mode, then make sure your 'program line' setting is on 'fast' (it has a running man icon). This should push things in the right direction.

But these program algorithms are never aggressive enough IMO, usually choosing a middling course, so I'd take control I were you and keep a highish ISO - 800 or 1600 on that camera should be fine, choose a wide aperture lens (maybe f2.8 maximum would be OK?), then use Tav and set ... I don't know, what does everyone think?.... around 1/1000th sec or so to keep sharp shots?