Stitching is good, but it can fail to work where you have foreground detail very close to the camera (unless you do a vertical pano), and it's very much as case of planning a shot and then cropping your composition afterwards... it's not very immediate.

This was composed from vertical 24mm shots, using ICE:




But sometimes a shot would be hard to achieve in this way, and the perspective distortion of a UWA works in the images' favour. For example when you are taking a picture of an interior, or within a confined space and want to include it all in shot.

I wonder which lens you mean? Surely not the 17-50, which is so sharp it's almost unbelievable?

I think AG did the right thing, and $500 was a reasonable amount he might actually end up getting paid. Sticking 2 fingers up by asking for a ridiculous fee is all very well, but personally I'd rather get paid.

It'd be a while before I can discuss it with her so please go ahead Steve.

I wonder if there will ever be a big sell-off of the affected K5s at a knock down price? I'd probably fork out £200 for a mildly affected one and just become adept at cloning

Lovely quirky shot, well done!

Trying to bring the subject back on topic, despite my earlier efforts, another huge value lens is the 135mm f3.5. It's good stopped down, bit 'blah' wide open but ridiculously small and cheap. For £35 you can't go wrong (not sure why they always seem to cost £35, I think it's just for completeness - 135mm, f3.5, £35... )

I wonder if my sister would like it - she asked me for my K200d but I had already sold it. I'll ask!

Yes, it's held underneath the Hockley flyover, reclaiming a rather intimidating neglected space for the community. The graffiti is a vast improvement on the brainless tagging that normally decorates the walls of the underpasses.

Yes, (failing medium format), 35mm film or full frame are the way forward for shallow DOF stuff. Where did I put that Ektar?

Why - have Pentax brought out a DSLR with a 135 format sensor? Used on a K5 the same lenses will be cropped, turning it from a normal lens to a short tele, and reducing the effect of narrow dof. Annoying.

A lot of those shots are flattered by being taken on full frame. You won't get shots looking like that on a Pentax (unless you get a Sigma 30mm f1.4)