These were taken this afternoon (17/03/19) beside the River Thames, during a gentle stroll at Cookham. They were captured using my Pentax MX-1 compact camera.

1 The north end of the road bridge:
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2 New homes, a boathouse, and a little boat:
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3 This is like a narrowboat but wide!:
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4 Boats and the road bridge:
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5 A lovely house by the Thames:
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[ JPEGs from the camera, captured in the Bright Custom Image setting, Auto White Balance, and Aperture Priority - all at f/2.8; images tweaked in PaintShop Pro. Click the image for a much larger version.]

Philip

People in Chiswick will probably understand a food analogy: Pentax gives M&S quality at Aldi prices.

Philip

A most enjoyable set. Good compositions and lovely colours in all, with some great shapes particularly in 1 and 4.

Philip

Your description, "To get anything usable I have to compensate at least -4 and that produces a miserable, grubby looking image," would seem to suggest that the camera is stuck at a high ISO value. If so, it might be worth trying a reset.

Philip

You might have a good point there, John. However, as you ask how I feel about it, I would feel much better if Pentax concentrated on making a new APS-C camera body that is the best available behind any lens, rather than re-hashing old stuff to create something that supposedly looks good as the subject in front of a lens. I would hope the former would generate more sales and hence more revenue. But I'm not an economist, so I don't know and my comments could be rubbish.

Philip

It would be good to see the best photography and videography features from e.g. the K-5, K-3, K-70 and KP, along with advancements in technology, combined in the next APS-C body. Such things as woodwork and shape of prism cover are an unnecessary irrelevance.

Philip

This is a personal view (though no less valid for that):- the KP grip was and still is an unnecessary gimmick and the wooden version looks even more ridiculous. It is a great camera and from its inception it should have been designed with a proper built-in grip to house the D-Li90 battery.

Philip

Definitely no green. Everywhere you look R=G=B, i.e. greyscale.

Philip

Milky water does nothing for me, but I like your shot of the K-1 - it just needs a K-1 in the shot on the screen of the K-1!

Philip

Numbers 3 and 6 are very good but number1 is special.

Philip