No, that's reading too much into it - none of us here are making such specific personal recommendations. We're all talking about cameras in general in relation to a 'type' of photographer (be that a 'newbie' or 'the likes of' Alan & co). Michael above also referred to such things as lightness and range of colours ... is that not second guessing the needs of someone we don't know as well?

The viewfinder focus indicators are a feature that I believe are important in assessing focus, making focus choices and understanding how the camera is seeing a scene, for any photographer really, but a learning aid for sure.

So could you set centre-focus point on the K500?

I do wonder though if a camera without viewfinder focus indicators is really ideal for someone new and keen to learn about good photography? It seems to me that without this feature it would be fairly difficult to develop any autofocus skills.

I'm sure the camera is excellent for what it offers - how does the sensor compare to a k50?

Was that not a long exposure? Very good shot, it works well in fact as mono, and the black surrounds offsets the lit buildings beautifully.

A very good collection - 1, 2 & 5 are the best I think. They convey the peaceful atmosphere and beauty of the place, and there's great detail and depth in the those scenes (my favourites as above).

Have you changed camera or lenses Philip ?- I'm seeing more clarity in these shots than I remember from yours previously.


I don't personally get much from those 'middle of a tree trunk' shots (did you put another up recently?), but the rest all give an insight into the location.

It depends on the subject matter to an extent also I think - presumably more densely detailed scenes would require more data to be stored? This variation is only small though.

Interestingly, looking through some recent files, I see that on the K7 most DNGs are coming about at about 13-14mb ..... and the same shots camera JPEGs are 10mb - not a big difference really in terms of file management and storage.

Love the detail in the sand dunes on the first, and here the mono works well - I very rarely think that myself, but you've made it work brilliantly.

No2 has an otherworldly feel - it makes me think of those weird films, Silent Hill - very effective.

Thanks Will, I hope there's no permanent damage now I know the value of Photographers Liability Insurance I'm glad to have an impact. I'll certainly tone down the vibrance intensity a bit and post some into the gallery. No 5, looks like it slipped through the strict quality control measures - its a case of a 'masking mishap' I think

Thanks Tom, much appreciated, yes that was a great little bunch of them nicely tucked in between the trees, couldn't go wrong with that.

Thanks also to Steve, Donovan & Gajan for your input, always appreciated. I'm busy now working on preparing some more from what was a great couple of days shooting these flowers.

Absolutely John, I had more like minutes in between keeping an eye on little McG's running around but there's endless potential for composition and framing choices, and the bright colours just draw you in. There's plenty more to come too, so I promise to contain my excitement with the saturation!

They can achieve similar things, but are worlds apart in their interface and intention I suspect. I specifically suggested PDCU for the OP to consider, as something that anyone who has used the camera custom controls will find familiar and logical. I doubt very much that RawTharapee falls into the same category.