I don't see what the problem is. PRIC was an embarrassing acronym, and Ricoh is the parent company which has 'subsumed' Pentax into itself, so this all makes sense. Perhaps Ricoh feel they don't need to use the Pentax name to broaden their appeal anymore, since they have a hit on their hands with the new GR.

Drat.

The F35-105 will have to do me for a while longer!

Congrats, John. I like the 'Man and His Dog' shot - the processing works there. (For me).


Agree!

I must admit, I shoot Sony as well as Pentax. But I use Pentax lenses on it (it's a NEX) so I don't think of myself as 'unfaithful'.

There's nothing to stop you doing a 'test strip' with the image size set to whatever you want... you can do this without, or with, resampling, to get a preview of what the print will look like. I would suggest it's not necessary to resample unless you are going 'huge', but this way you can find out for sure without wasting an expensive print.

Of course disable the 'fit to print' feature in your printer, and print off an 8x4 print or something.

I find that the screen doesn't perfectly reflect what comes out of the printer, even if viewed at a 'representative size'.

6 months on, and I'm still loving the K10d. The only flaw is the metering, but I find I prefer the slightly bigger body to the K7 - which I found the controls fiddly on although it felt nice in the hand. It's worse than the K7 at high ISOs, but takes shadow levels adjustment a lot better, I find....

There'll come a time when I upgrade, but I'm thinking I might prefer the more rounded shape of the K50/500 than one of the K5 variants. A K10 style camera would be even better!

Great spot Stephen, I love this sort of shot!

He got one thing wrong though - not all Pentax users have $1500 bodies... we are lucky that Pentax entry models are suprisingly highly specified. I wonder what he'll think about the new K50?

Yves, one of my best friends (if not bestest) was sectioned with pychosis three months ago. To say she was not herself was an understatement - there were persistent strongly held delusions as well as the side effects of the meds. Obviously it varies from person to person, but she has now been discharged, and has a more positive outlook than before. In her case many years of depression appeared to have culminated in a breakdown which although terrifying, saw her emerge with renewed strength. I hope your wife recovers soon, but she *will* recover.

Congrats on managing to get the whole thing without overheating. I agree with some of the comments above - I would see video on a DSLR as a creative tool (where shot length isn't an issue), rather than a dependable camcorder for doing long locked-down shots of plays etc.