Bump. More entries please!

I think next time maybe 1 week for entries, 1 week for votes? 2 days voting doesn't seem long.

There is actually a petition here: link

Can't hurt!

Maybe paraphrase the letter and send an email to Bunnell as well?

I think it is noticeably better, but it's not night and day. It's sharper wide open, and there's significantly less vignetting and distortion than the kit.

The extra 2mm also gives a nice perspective. It's a quality lens.

Nor the zoom, although zooming mid shot is v amateurish and not nice for the viewer.

I would have thought anything with at least a 28mm w/a lens would be fine at the sort of sizes you generally see in online brochures... the key things being ensuring the rooms are nicely lit, using natural light rather than flash, avoiding under exposure, composing them nicely, and sharpening the shots adepquately after resizing.

Don't see why you'd buy a camera especially for this job. Couldn't you offer to do some shots with your 12-24 in return for a night's stay, Dave? ;P

What a shame... RIP PentaxUser mag.

Just needs some fava beans and a nice chianti f-ff-f-ff-f-ff-f-ff-ff.

I can't make out noise as such, although the shot looks washed out and soft. What ISO were you actually using? If on auto-ISO, using a smaller aperture in the twilight might have made the camera select ISO 6400 or even 12800. These highest ISO settings, even on the k-x, are best left as the 'last resort'. Most digital compacts don't go this high!

If you're an auto guy, set your auto ISO limits to 100-1600 and you'll probably see a vast improvement.

Could be Gareth's next project (Getting the beauty dish up there would make your eyes water though)....

Gosh you'd think they were taken by the same person, in the same place, on the same day! 2 nice images, well done both.