Apologies, Steve - the response giving an explanation to my query was yours, thank you.

Cheers.
Philip

Did I suggest that they were? I merely posed an observational query, to which Nigel gave a reasonable explanation - thank you Nigel.

I am grateful to be given the choice and my response is, "No I don't, thank you."

As always, to each his own.

Cheers.
Philip

So the recent trend in Pentax pricing is for APS-C gear to be significantly more expensive than the FF equivalents?

Philip

At £1499.99 it certainly should be!

Philip

Thank you, John, Gareth and Geoff. I enjoyed your review, John - it's excellent. Perhaps you should get a backup soon. if you see a good bargain - I did, a couple of years ago, as it seems Pentax aren't intent on following it with an upgrade.

Geoff - all the MX-1 shooting details are in the image EXIF data, but regarding the ISOs you request, the camera was set to Auto ISO and gave these values: 8, 100; 1, 2, 7, 200; 5, 250; 3, 400; 6, 640; 4, 1250 (the gravestones were among trees). The verticals were adjusted using the Perspective tool in PaintShop Pro. General - all taken hand-held with Sensor Shift SR on, default Bright picture style, Auto white balance, and in Av mode with compensation when needed.

Cheers.
Philip

Prompted by reading John's new review of the Pentax MX-1 (on the right of these pages), today I took mine along to a nearby church. It was quite a dull day but these images were all taken using the available light.
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[ Camera JPEGs tweaked in PaintShop Pro. Mono conversion in Nik Silver Efex Pro.]

Philip

The river and overhanging trees make a pleasant tranquil scene, John. Perhaps consider cropping away the top 10-15% to remove some of the featureless sky, to leave only its central V-shape?

Philip

Number 3 is wonderful.

Philip

I agree with all the previous comments.

Perhaps also clone out the bright distraction bottom right of the last image?

Philip

Very perceptive, Nigel!

Great to see you again.

All the best.
Philip