Yes the colour cast thing on B&W prints can be annoying. Would the colour profile help to avoid this?

If the point of posting such an image is to discuss the lens (rather than using the lens as an excuse to discuss a Canon camera), there surely isn't a problem? For example, if someone starts a thread extolling the virtues of the FA43LTD, it would be great to see images from that lens from any source. FF digital images in particular would be of interest, giving us an insight into what would be possible, should Pentax-Ricoh go down the 35mm digital route.

I seem to remember on the US forum, someone had a very interesting thread about mutilating his FF DSLR to take Pentax lenses, and posted the results with the SMC M 50mm f1.2. That sort of thing should be of interest to any Pentax lens fan.

You can look at it like this - BMW bought Land Rover. Land Rover is enough of an iconic name that it isn't subsumed into the BMW brand, and Land Rover forums and fan groups still exist, and do not feel they have to start talking about BMW 1 Series or whatever.

Prefer crop 2. I don't find the background too distracting, but a wider aperture would have helped blur it. To be honest all the elements are there for a nice image, but the overall softness ruins it for me. Were they heavily cropped?

You say there's very little difference to the Epson paper, and you've gone for a real budget brand, which to me begs the question, just how accurate do your colours need to be? I must admit though, I'm a bit of a colour Philistine... If it looks good, its good enough for me!

He shouldn't need to be asked. As a father, how would it make you feel to be asked, as if every adult male accompanying a child is up to no good? They probably quite quickly realised he was the father, hence why they fell back on the 'terrorism' line as theb reason they were harassing him.

Hmm.

Well whether its because of reduced profits, or just because they were being made to look a fool, I'm glad at the eventual outcome!

I think the real problem here and elsewhere, is this 'rulebook' attitude to life, where the use of discretion or common sense are over-ridden by a love of petty, misapplied, poorly understood 'rules'.

Look at how we love to moan about EU regulations while enforcing them twice as officiously as anywhere else in Europe. Exactly the same thing.

Nice use of reflections in these shots. The first is intriguing; perhaps crop the shot to remove the buttresses at the top?

Looking for the A on the aperture ring is the quickest way of telling if it's an A lens or not.

Someone needs to teach him the 'Christine Hamilton' trick