So Bonnie Pink is some Japanese pop starlet?! Pentax are really going for the teeny boppers lol.

What about this! Just what your K-x has been missing - a tiny version of itself to mount on the hotshoe! Apparently these are sold inside little plastic eggs in vending machines. Now when Canikon owners liken Pentax cameras to something out of a Kinder Surprise, they're at least a little bit right

What is the point in upgrading from K10 to K20D? The IQ is a step up, but you aren't getting any performance improvement to speak of. May as well just hang on for a K5, or get a 2nd hand K7 as a stop gap which might actually be 'good enough' in the end.

I don't think the argument is over whether the dof is different with under f1.4 apertures, but whether it makes an actual difference to exposure. You're always going to get shallower DOF.

I think you're on the right lines but bear in mind that the K7 sensor is showing it's age pitted against the K5, even the Kr. It's not just high ISO noise, there's also the issue of pushing exposures in post processing - you are more limited by the shadow noise levels with the K7, even at the lowest ISOs.

That said, I use a K-7 and love it, and find the IQ is a step up from the 10mp sensor, especially at moderately high ISO.

1 and 3 for me - smashing set throughout though!

I thought low light shooting was impossible on a lowly K-7?

I have briefly had a DA21mm which I think was a very promising lens - I tried some covert shots just walking along with it hanging around my neck, one hand ready on the shutter. Need to be close to the subject as it's a wide lens but that makes it more likely you'll capture what you're intending to capture.

However to be honest I prefer looking through the viewfinder - capturing people covertly feels a bit creepy to me!

My trusty 24mm MF lens will probably be good enough and there's the DA35mm too. Both nice focal lengths for recording people within a street scene, which I prefer to going in for close ups.

Personally I prefer shooting at large apertures to provide a sense of depth - this also reduces camera shake of course. But you need to adapt your behaviour when taking photographs as you will need to work more slowly. Take pictures all around you and pretend you're taking pictures of buildings etc in between the candids!

With a wide angle lens, people sometimes don't seem to realise they are in shot!

I'll have to try that tomorrow Ian, thanks. I thought the options for shadow/highlight correction were 'greyed out' in the menu when shooting RAW, like the in-camera HDR function. (I have checked, but perhaps I didn't check well enough!)

Thanks John, I didn't think about camera movement. I'll try some tripod mounted shots at various settings and see what's up.

Cheers Ken. Yes, chromatic aberration is what it looks like, and not the crisp purple type which you normally get with this lens.

The lens was second hand (from the forum) so I can't know that it hasn't received a knock at some point. I am suspicious of the slight wobble the lens barrel is subject to when extended at 16mm. Perhaps when the camera is held a certain way - in this case portrait format - the lens elements aren't aligned quite right. I don't get the same result in landscape format.

Another large size portrait image - look at the tops of the TV aerials: link

Well the Kenko one doesn't seem to have video.

Maybe they should stick to making coffee

If Pentax follow that line - fine, it's an interesting novelty item. Maybe with sensor development the IQ might improve a few years down the line (looking at Pentax compacts, it's not quite there yet) and it would be a more serious proposition.... But I hope they look at conventional mirrorless cameras as well - or at least make them interesting and different in a useful way!

It's a good job he wears a crash helmet. He could do himself an injury otherwise