Hello there! You've got quite the "limited brigade" going on there! Looking forward to seeing your photos!

A friend of mine who used to shoot mainly Olympus on film said that the biggest change for him was getting used to not smelling the chemicals when processing photos.

Thank you very much for posting these photos. Looking at them is a humbling experience... We tend to forget that all that separates us from the harshness of space is 100km. In that 100km, we have wars, people being born, fights over custody of children, and photos like these that show how small we are.

Beautiful photos, simply superb. I hope you give these ones a deserving A3 print at least somewhere!

I believe that this "flatness" you speak of has always been a "feature" for Pentax DSLRs. I'm not sure how long ago, but I'm sure from the K10D at least.

You'd think of it as a drawback, but it actually is preferable considering there's much that you can do in post processing!

I second jeeess' recommendation, never trust the LCD screen. If need be, you can always go "vibrant" mode, and update the settings for saturation and contrast if you want popping JPEGS.

Beautiful photos! It gives off the vibe that this is what we'll be seeing during astral projection! May I ask how the process was, and how much it cost you? Cheers!

I'm sorry, it seems like your lens is too sharp.

Just kidding! LOL Damn those are great photos! Love the last one. Can't afford it at the moment unfortunately.

marklj has the habit of underpromising (hence the title holiday snaps) and overdelivering, certainly a good practice most of the time!

Very beautiful photos. I would not be surprised if you had a gallery somewhere selling large prints of your photos! If not, you should seriously think about it.

Now in regards to distortion, I have to ask, what lens should I keep in mind if I wanted to go widest as possible, with as little distortion as possible?

I think I read somewhere that the 16-45 was the widest you could get without having distortion.

Cheers in advance for anyone who can answer that, and I am so looking forward to more photos!

In a word: "DREAMY"

Bang on the framing!

Very harsh, considering what he was doing. Tsk!

Wow, that is an eye opener. So far, it's running good for me, albeit a bit slow considering the limitations of the virtual machine I have it running off from.

But with that historical timeline, and the fact that they are going to be doing a first with this OS (that is to set the desktop to background status and the default is the Metro interface) then it may fail.

There maybe a shed of hope though. Windows 7 was a success because they did one thing well that they didn't do on previous versions of Windows, and that was to release a Developer Build, all the way to the Release Candidate. It was very usable, and I even replaced my Vista installation with it.

This Developer Build for Windows 8 is following the same path of Windows 7, release it to eager developers/fans, and get the feedback of the people. So far Metro is a mixed bag. On a tablet, it's sweet! On a desktop, it varies.

One thing's for sure, using a tablet with Photoshop (without breaking the bank for a Cintiq) is going to be groundbreaking! Let's see what iOS will have up it sleeve to counter this!

The Samyang is built like a tank, although the same could not be said with the lens hood (built like a toy plastic choo choo train, or worse, hey ho rubber lens hood here we go).

The cinema has long since gone apparently and the 207 bus drivers still close the bus doors at you when you just about catch them. Speaking of Ealing, I might trek down to Walpole Park to see what I can do there.