Just look at the pictures at the end of the post Don. A picture speaks a thousand words.

I'm not opposed to the idea of 'enhanced membership' for paying members... e.g. allowing larger images to be uploaded or more frequently, better discount deals with SRS etc, if that allows the site to be improved for everyone and minimises advertising.

As said before, a video section and Youtube links embedded in posts would be very good.

Above all, avoid the visual mess that EPZ has become, with ads and features splurged all over the page. This forum is successful for it's simplicity and clean interface.

When hand holding in AV mode, I found it easier (on my K200d) to select 'Auto' in the ISO settings, and let the camera bump up the ISO whenever shutter speeds became too low. I did this because camera shake was a more likely cause of bad images than noise!

The camera was very conservative, avoiding raising the ISO unless absolutely necessary (say at shutter speeds under 1/25), and if the ISO became too high for my taste, I could open up the aperture a bit and make it drop down again. However I limited the Auto ISO to 640 so this was rarely a problem!

On the K-r I would certainly do the same, but I'd limit the Auto ISO to 1600 or something like that.

When you must have the lowest ISO setting, e.g. for long exposures or tripod shots, you can flip back to ISO 200 as described above.

Yes, that made my mind up about this lens too! As I said on that thread

It looks like the lens is essentially an FA 35 f2 which has been stripped down a bit and slightly pre-stopped to get top performance wide open. To my eyes the bokeh is just as nice as the FA 35, but there is less CA. Interesting that he thought it was actually faster than f2.4, a bit closer to f2....

By the way... here's the lens used - successfully! - on full-frame (film):
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There's something else I might be tempted to experiment with in one of those chairs, but there's no wedge for it on the diagram

Good for Pentax for being ambitious. You have to aim high or you get nowhere. I don't see why they shouldn't dramatically increase their market share, after all they're coming from a low base!

I haven't got either but I like Archie's thinking... the DA14mm seems big, not much smaller than many WA zooms. And I have seen some lovely images with the DA15mm, the 'starbursts' you get shooting into the sun are exquisite and it looks a very undistorted lens. Shame it's so expensive! The DA21mm is cheaper but doean't seem as desirable as a pocketable UWA supplement to the kit lens.

I want a DA15mm... so frickin' bad

Excellent!

Well, this one does!

That sketch was wonderful, especially Charlie Higson's bit! Patoweyo, understand the point Harry's making, but can't see the humour beyond the Postman Pat pun, and it's been done before - much more cruelly and humorously.
Seem's like he's just using the sketch to air a personal grievance to me, maybe he got a ticket!

It's the best sketch show on (maybe apart from School of Comedy) but it's not the Fast Show