John the file is the same, srgb, 1000pixels ht file for both sites. The PU 'large version' view (the third image) is the image exactly as prepared for upload.

Both PU and EPZ have created smaller gallery views from this image (image 1 and 2). EPZ has retained the vibrancy whereas PU has produced an (admittedly slightly) duller image.

Try scrolling from image 1 (PU) to image 2 (EPZ) very quickly and you should see what I mean. Look at the dress and the sheen on the black paintwork.

Again I'm noticing images uploaded to the PU gallery are having the colour and detail sucked out of them.

I uploaded this shot to the PU gallery, and EPZ.

PU Gallery:




EPZ:




And the large version on the PU gallery:




(Probably oversharpened, that last one, but I was taking account of the smaller 'default' gallery view being softer).

12MP > 16MP. I could be wrong, but I got the impression the OP was wondering about his own camera (the K30) which is a cheaper body, but certainly worthy of some serious glass. Incidentally I wouldn't balk at using a kick-ass lens on the old 10MP sensors either. You're still going to get a big boost in quality compared to mediocre kit lenses, as well as faster apertures, better sharpness, SDM etc.

I stumbled across the Image Processor (File>Scripts>Image Processor) when I wanted to process a large number of Raw files into Jpegs very quickly with minimal/no editing.

You just select the folder where the files are, select an output folder, choose your output file type and jpeg quality, and away it romps. Very useful.

Even more useful, you can get it to apply an 'Action' to each image. I recorded an Action to resize the image to 2000 pixels high, apply a Topaz Labs adjustment, and then sharpen. I then selected this action in the Image Processor, and voila, all the files were edited to that size, had the Topaz filter applied, and sharpened, automatically. Perfect for emailing a large number of shots quickly.

Then I thought why not create a watermark, and save that as an Action? So I opened an image, started recording a new Action, created my text layer and aligned it to the bottom and the right of the background layer, then flattened the image.

Now I can add the same watermark to a whole folder of images without needing to use additional software.

I'm sure this has probably been covered before on the forum, but i thought it was so useful, and I was so blissfully unaware, that I thought I would share.

Oh, wow yes you can!

Terry, look no further!

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/3689-adobe-photoshop-cs2.html

Click this link to download it: LINK

Windows Serial number: 1045-1412-5685-1654-6343-1431
Mac OS X Serial number: 1045-0410-5403-3188-5429-0639

Can you really get it free? That's awesome!

K30 arrived today, item just as described. Thanks very much, Sue!

Of course the sensor plays a role. But compared to the glass, it's pretty negligible - certainly if you're using one of the newer bodies from the Kx onwards.

Love it Brian! Very 'Katy Perry'. Rather than explain in words I've done a quick mod, hope this helps.

I suppose if you plan shooting a lot of Sport/Action, maybe not...