I like the composition. Has the HDR made it look a bit 'grey'? I'm not sure about that; sometimes I quite like the low contrast look in B&W. I would probably want to tweak the contrast in 'curves' though.

The 16 year old was wrong, but you can understand how people get that impression. It's a shame that people see these multicoloured bodies, and don't see what good cameras they are underneath.

It's Reggie Perrin!

Oh, wow that does look an interesting lens. Well done to Sigma for doing something different!

You can buy a little optical viewfinder paired with the 01 lens... oh, but it won't be matched to that focal length any more!

The Velbon 51 arrived. It's pretty wobbly, nowhere near as good as the old Quantaray tripod it replaced....

But it'll do me for now, although I'll be look out for a bargain on a better tripod. At least it's lightweight so I'll be able to take it on holiday...

Is Bid-Up TV one of those channels where they flog tat for an ever decreasing price?

The K30 is simply the best bang-per-buck enthusiast camera, in terms of 'traditional features'. It ought to be flying off the shelves. Unfortunately enthusiast photographers are a bit conservative, so the do-over makes sense to me.

In terms of low end gimmicky features, I am glad Pentax are being different and getting the traditional photography stuff right instead. The only thing I do sometimes wish for, would be a well implemented flippy flappy screen.

Put it this way, when I saw the K30 I went wow and reached for my credit card. But something held me back - the styling. Some aspects of it I liked, like the grip, but some didn't quite work for me. I know styling is a stupid reason to not buy a camera, but then again, this is a piece of kit that you are going to be using for several years!

The K50 addresses this with a more conservative shape. They may have gone a bit too far the other way, but I think the design is at least more understated.

Wonderful sunset Deryn. You should keep this in case you ever need to replace a sky in PP.