Stevan's posts are getting increasingly extreme in the lengths they go to flout the forum rules. But I actually enjoyed these images, despite them obviously not belonging to Stevan or having been taken with a Pentax.

Don't listen to them! Sell it to me!

If you do decide to sell, please let me know.

Yep the running costs are higher over the course of a couple of years, but month by month, they're pretty negligible. Depending of course on how many rolls of film you get through. But knowing the cost tends to make you conservative about how much you use... which potentially has a positive effect on your photography.

On the other hand, the temptation to be mean with the number of frames you shoot is sometimes something you need to actively fight against - occasionally it's worth sacrificing the best part of a roll of film to get 'that shot' IMO.

To be honest, I find rants like that a bit tedious. Obviously as an established pro with a decent reputation he's not going to give away his images for nothing, and I understand it's insulting for people to even ask him (although I think charities are entitled to ask for freebies). But I don't agree with his rant against the hobbyists who he claims are selfishly destroying the sustainability of photography as a profession. Maybe the more complacent pros will be crowded out of the market. But really it's up to them to see where things are going and differentiate themselves enough to be able to charge for their services.

I think the shallow dof is beautiful in no.3, but less so in no.4 which is more of a 'pattern' shot than the sort of shot which has an obvious focal point which benefits from isolation.

I never believed the 'linear polarizers don't work on digital' line, and have been using them all along with no problems. Even if they did cause AF and metering issues, it wouldn't matter for what I use them for, as there's plenty of time for manual adjustments in landscape photography.

Something very nice about the colour and texture contrasts in the first one.

Fascinating place, thanks for sharing.

The gadget show review video is here: http://fwd.channel5.com/gadget-show/videos/jon-test/waterproof-cameras

The presenter said the Olympus was much slower between shots than the Pentax.