I recommend burning this ISO and booting from it. It's Linux and will allow you to manager your drives and partitions. Best of all is it's free!

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Went to LCE at The Strand, and they advised me that my GX-10 plus Grip, two genuine batteries with Kit Lens, all boxed in great condition, will net me £150.

I recently joined in on the Digital Photography School's London Photowalk. Here are a few photos I took during that rainy day:

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Lloyd's Bank @ Central London


This is actually a handheld HDR composition. Decided to play around with borders/frame to get a better feel for the photo. I used the 18-55 kit lens on this one.

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Leadenhall Market


Again, playing around with the frame, this was about a third of the way through the walk. Again, used the kit lens on this one.

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The Glass Ball


Someone brought this thing out and behold, about a dozen people trying to take photos of it. Hahaha! Not me! I waited. Then I took the photo. LOL! Used my Tamron super zoom 28-300 on this one.

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Two Photographers


Times like this particular photo where a lens like the 28-300 shine. I saw two people, and just happened to catch them in a somewhat interesting pose here.

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Caught On Camera


Using the Samyang 85, it does make my ageing (in digital terms) GX-10 have more room to work with, although on the other hand, with the crop factor making it almost like a 130mm lens, it's a focal length that's challenging for me personally.

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Lloyd's Bank / Blood Red Sky


Now this is more of me going crazy on photoshop, but I thought I might as well share this with everyone. I was thinking of the film/documentary "Inside Job" while making this particular piece. Those unfamiliar with the film, I recommend clicking on that link.

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After the events of that day, I came away with this things in mind:

1. A photowalk with other photographers is fun! You can almost get away with taking photos of about almost anything without worrying about security guards. On the downside, there were about approximately 250 of them. It's going to be VERY tricky not having people in your photos.

2. It was a rainy day. I think my LBA is kicking me to get the duo WR lenses. Haven't been paranoid for a long time, but peace of mind is something you can rarely buy. There were many times how I wished I had the 50-200 WR instead of the 28-300.

3. It was a long walk! We only made it halfway before deciding to go back to the gathering where a lot of people had a drink, socialised and there were some prizes to be won (camera straps and a few bags, best prize was a £300 tripod from "that three legged thing"). I didn't win a thing.

4. There were only two people using Pentax cameras. A lady with a white K-r + kit lens, and me (which is a Samsung GX-10, not a Pentax, well, not EXACTLY). It was all Canon and Nikon for the majority.

5. A lot of people have Canon 7D's. What's funny was that at least two of 'em were using the camera in GREEN mode.

Thanks for looking everyone, and I hope the images aren't too big for your screens. Cheers!

One of the many reasons I went for Pentax was because of the very same arguments presented here. In my experience, there are fanboys, and there are arseholes. There are a lot Canon and Nikon users that fit both descriptions and I was pretty much dissuaded me from getting into their group. Borderline elitist attitude.

Well, I never was one to join in on the bandwagon.

Not bad at all! I'd sure want to try film some day too.

Cheers! Thanks for letting us know.

Crossing my fingers here!

Wait, is there a deadline? I mean, it's been a few days now...

Totally off topic post here, but I have to say it:

I'm totally in love with your photos marklj. I hope to follow in your footsteps and hope to learn from your mistakes.

Looks like its a keeper!

Can anyone point us interested in these as to where we can get some good ND filters without breaking the bank? I'd greatly appreciate it!