A few more APS-C images from Maidenhead:

6. The road bridge at 40mm:



7. Riverside path under the bridge at 28mm:



8. Brunel's railway bridge at 28mm:



9. Private road but public footpath at 34mm:



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Philip

Hello Nigel. The K-S2 is a great camera but the K-70 appears to have many of the good features of both the K-S2 and the K-3 series bodies and at a good value price. So I decided to trade in the K-S2 for the K-70. I suppose its all part of the gear addiction syndrome really, and probably an Everest type thing (no, not about double-glazing) - I went for it because it's there and I had some spare cash!

The lens is as pleasing as I thought it might be. For me it covers the focal lengths that I like on APS-C, and I have no plans or intention of getting the K-1. It is similar in size and action to the DA 18-135 and that can give pleasing results, although it can tend to fall off at the edges and corners. I'm hoping I'm correct to expect that the 28-105, being a 135 format lens, will always be presenting the best quality part of the image circle over the smaller rectangle of the APS-C sensor?

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Philip

These are from a stroll yesterday alongside the River Thames at Maidenhead, taken with the 28-105 on the APS-C K-70:

1. The A4 road bridge at 28mm:



2. The A4 road bridge at 68mm:



3. The railway bridge at 48mm:



4. The Brunel plaque on the rail bridge at 105mm - (this is a centre crop of the image, but not quite 100%):



5. Riverside houses between the two bridges at 45mm:



The images were JPEGs from the camera, with some adjustments in PaintShop Pro X8.

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Philip

It seems that the Emperor regularly gets a new set of clothes.

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Philip

Wonderful colours, Nigel. My choice of these is number 4.

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Philip

An interesting set. Number 1 for me - good composition, colour and detail. Perhaps too much sky in number 6?

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Philip

A very nice selection of images, Nigel.

I'm no expert on this (or anything!) but the amount and character of the depth-of-field blur look quite impressive to me. Is that natural or enhanced during PP?

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Philip

It is an interesting set and my favourite is number 7 for its composition, colours, contrast and clarity. Perhaps clone out the bit of leaf in the bottom left corner?

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Philip

Although I haven't been to a live event, I have been watching some of the repeats of them on the Dave Freeview channel. These images indicate what great fun these races are and my favourites are 3, 4 and 5. They show not only the cars off the ground but also the interest of the crowd in the background. The expression of the driver in 4 is just great, as is the Stig's flat cap in 5!

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Philip

Nigel, as Alan has written, people will have differing views and mine agree with David's. The bright object on the right of 1 and 2 draws me away from the rest of the scene, plus I'm not keen on the blurred foreground of 1 and the baseless bush of 2. It might be breaking the conventional rules but it doesn't bother me if there is no centre of interest in a photo, if the scene itself is appealing. So 3 and 4 for me (but I would clone out the bright object from 4!).

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Philip