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Mike-P wrote:
The only reason I can see for Pentax being knocked down on their interface is lack of familiarity due to reviewers using Canikon a lot more than Pentax because between the two I prefer the Pentax menus.

Probably due to a lot more use.
Zactly. If a Pentax User had done the test, the results would have been a lot different! Actually a lot of comments I've seen online from people coming to Pentax from another brand suggest they prefer the button placement when they get used to it... having the ISO button on top within finger's reach when holding the camera, for example!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on digital photo review at 25/01/2012 - 10:13

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Generally in the past my printers have ended up becoming defective / temperamental / possessed by evil spirits after a relatively short while so it was always a pleasure to throw them out and get a new model. The Kodak one seems to have them licked on reliability and user-friendliness, so I hope ink will be available for a good while yet! And compatible stuff will be fine for everyday printing...

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Kodak Hero at 25/01/2012 - 09:58

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Sounds wonderful Tony. I've only had it once, in Barcelona. I didn't order it - my fussy eater friend did, and we ended up swapping meals (she was too embarrassed to send it back!)

On subsequent evenings I ate at the local restaurant, she ate at Pizza Hut!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Another pointless thread at 24/01/2012 - 13:38

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I'm very satisfied with the results from http://www.snapsphotoservices.com/filmprocessingandscanning.html

Some high street developers will fob you off with low resolution, heavily compressed scans (thinking of Snappy Snaps here...)

Snappy-snaps scan example, 1545 x 1024

Snaps Photo Services example, 2075 x 3130

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Film developing and scanning to CD at 24/01/2012 - 11:00

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I would hope that while people still have these printers, there'll at least be someone out there making compatible ink cartridges even if Kodak cease to trade. I would have thought that printers would be part of the Kodak business more likely to survive though.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Kodak Hero at 24/01/2012 - 10:52

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I guess it must be the da15mm but of the ones I don't own, the fa77 has the most allure from what I've seen!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on What is your favourite Pentax Lens at 23/01/2012 - 22:56

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fatspider wrote:
ChrisA wrote:
Dodge69 wrote:
How, when and by who they were caught should be respected.
What is disrespectful about colouring them in?
I agree, I don't think there is anything disrespectful per se, what the photographer has done here is no different to a composer re-arranging a piece of music.
Drawing moustaches and eyepatches and putting devil horns on them may have been construed as being disrespectful but not simply colouring them in.
I agree... For me, it's possible to appreciate the original, while finding the recoloured version interesting. (No-one's suggesting they should replace the originals)... The B&W originals are set within their historical context. Colouring them makes them look like they could have been taken yesterday, and it also makes us look again at these iconic images, some of which we have seen so often they have begun to lose their impact.

Some of them I prefer in the original B&W though... such as this one... and the one with the girl & poodle by a lake is pretty bad!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on The stupidest thing I've seen today. at 23/01/2012 - 10:54

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johnriley wrote:
However, I may revisit them at some point and they may be in better viewing condition than my archived digital files on CD.
How would that be, John?

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Viewing 35mm Slides at 23/01/2012 - 08:45

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As God is everywhere, Don, you're going to need a pretty wide angle lens...

Since Jesus is already taken, Prophet Muhammed perhaps - but unfortunately I wouldn't be able to show anyone his photo!

In terms of 'sensible' choices, I reckon Bob Marley would be a great subject.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Perfect Portrait at 21/01/2012 - 20:57

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Apparently 'the Scunthorpe two' have resigned from that security company...

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on More security hassling photographers at 21/01/2012 - 20:11

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