Surely Pentax users could never be accused of behaving like that!

By the time you've resized a shot for the web, it'll need sharpening anyway... the 'resizing' resamples the whole image. Better to compare 1:1 crops.

...OTOH the small size of something like the DA35 would be a benefit in a market scenario, as it might attract less attention than a big zoom which 'looks more serious' and 'expensive'. Even more importantly you'd be able to shoot in low light, and have creative control of dof, areas where a superzoom might be 'limiting'.

So how does this lens compare to the AF alternatives (DA 50-200mm, or F 70-210mm)?

If it's reasonably good at f4 I might get one... seen one for a similar price 2nd hand!

Good idea using the mirror to look up into the hellebore - doubly good idea using it as a framing device.

The title 'Dull but Nice' put me off looking at this thread Mark... but these shots are far from dull! Superb... and your Flickr images are simply stunning too.

His abuse had absolutely nothing, nada, zilch, to do with photography!

I've had a play with the levels as I thought the original looked a little dim - I figured that the clouds are obviously burned in the highlight areas, so they may as well look white... I also rotated the horizon slightly

When I was taking this shot the building owner sent a security guard out to question me... (they must have been watching me on CCTV as I faffed around for ages trying to get the 'right angle')... He said 'why are you taking pictures?' I just said 'It's a hobby' and he seemed reasonably content with that.

To be honest Smutje your story just shows that photographers ARE allowed to take pictures in public places... all's well that ends well, and the police reacted properly.

I don't have a K-5 but I'm sure I will do at some stage, so I'm glad I've stuck with Pentax. Wouldn't like to have been stuck with Canon, as the 60D singularly does not float my boat.