Very nice, Nigel. I prefer 1 and 5 and, of those, would choose 1 for its subdued background. I also like 6, but only its top half!

Cheers.
Philip

I prefer those shots that have a bit less blur, and number 11 is my overall favourite.

Cheers.
Philip

Simon, this might be obvious to you but I'll write it anyway - remember to include in your calculations the future ongoing costs of replacing all the ink cartridges.

Cheers.
Philip

Hello Simon. I recently bought one of these -
http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=CR768A&opt=A81&sel=DEF
- to replace the previous model 7000, which I used for photo printing since 2010. After six years of regular use, the paper feed mechanism broke, hence the new one. Doubtless some here will be hyper-critical of print quality and, although not the finest, it is very good when being realistic about what can be expected at that price. All I would add by way of review is that I enter all the club's print competitions and no visiting judge has ever made negative comments about the print quality - the prints seem to compete quite well with those from other members (whenever I manage to get some of the artistic elements right!).

Cheers.
Philip

Sometimes I carry two different bodies and their different ways of operating and different positioning of controls can be quite irritating. Therefore for consistency and ease of use, if funds will stretch that far, it might be worth considering getting another K-1. As for the crop factor - isn't that the same as cropping into a K-1 image?

Cheers.
Philip

A chicken and egg problem?

Sorry the Pentax lens has failed, Jules, but why has SRS incurred your displeasure?

The 24 megapixels of the K-70 can be useful sometimes for a bit of extra magnification - even a half-size crop gives effectively a 2X zoom but is still a 6 megapixel image, suitable for making a good quality A4 size print.

Cheers.
Philip

I expect those of us who are regular customers of SRS would consider this quoted comment to be disappointing, and its implied negative criticism of SRS to be unfounded.

Philip