Perhaps there is a paedophile sub-fetish where people are titillated by the disembodied heads of children?

Your story just shows that the fear of paedophiles is far from rational.

That's what I do. Or John's method where you just focus a third of the way in to the scene, select a small aperture, and hope for the best!

But what if Pentax provided the following facility - focus on the nearest point that you want in focus, then on the furthest. The camera then automatically adjusts the aperture and focus point to ensure both points are in focus. I believe this system has been implemented on some Canon SLR's...

You could even have the camera analyse the scene using the different AF points on a half-press of the shutter, and then come up with an optimal focus/DOF setting.

Yes it's about twice the price (at least). It's bigger too.

Hopefully the debate will at least have stirred up some interest in the competition!

That's a really beautiful shot. Makes great use of the narrow DOF.
I think I may have made a slight error going for the 35/f2.4

I would hope that the Great British Public in general have more sense than we give them credit for, and can distinguish between a photographer taking shots where a child is not the dominant part of the scene, and actively pursuing children with the camera (or lurking in the shadows with a telephoto lens).




I would hope that if a concerned parent were allowed to check through the shots on the LCD monitor, they would be able to tell whether a photographer's intentions were sinister or not.

Unlike in the case of this poor guy: link
(Reminds me of that famous case in the USA where someone was arrested for taking images of his OWN kids in the bath :shock

Personally I would give in to a request for an image to be deleted, if my attempts to defend what I was doing fell on deaf ears. It's not worth my time explaining the situation to the police, although obviously as I would blatantly not be up to anything 'wrong' or 'indecent' I have nothing to fear regarding anyone pressing charges. Plus it's kind of the polite thing to do!

I agree with you Gillbod. The K-7 gets the job done... while I would prefer to have the DR of the K-5, as a lowly amateur there's no way I could justify the expense of upgrading at the moment. If I was a wedding shooter, I'd have upgraded by now! I'll just continue enjoying how nice the K-7 feels to use, and all the control and speed it offers over my previous camera (the difference between my k200D and the K-7 is definitely night and day performance-wise, and the K-7 is also better at high ISO), and put in a bit of effort to maximise its dynamic range when necessary.

That said, it is great to know that when the time to upgrade eventually comes, the K-5 or it's successor is going to offer some significant advantages. I'm delighted the new sensor is so good.

Darlene, stick to your guns.

If people don't like the topic, they don't have to enter! I will be.

If it was the fortnightly comp, fair enough. But the weekly comp isn't time restricted, and I'm sure most of us have taken shots including children at some point.

Great timing / composition. Like it very much.

Probably around f8 to f16, to get a reasonable depth of field. Hyperfocal technique would probably help - I don't truly understand hyperfocal distance but I think on the shot above I focussed in front of the rock in the middle distance in order to get the background and the foreground rock in focus. Perhaps someone can explain hyperfocal technique a bit more scientifically lol!