I remember the big scramble to buy these when they were being sold off at 90 quid. I'm suprised they had any left and you both got an absolute bargain. They're worth well over a hundred quid.

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Love this site.... check it out! To me this is the genius of photography - timing and composition is all.

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Stefan I was also thinking that the print design was actually OK, especially the white swoosh on the left side of the camera.

One of my friends would love the Hello Kitty Pentax.... he's obsessed with Hello Kitty to a very unhealthy degree for a man in his 30s, and a bearded weed-smoking man at that!

It is a bit tight at the bottom.

I reckon that's a good price, and it's a great little camera. For family use, it would be ideal - but would the video mode in the k-x be worth paying a bit more for?

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- No it's my colostomy bag.

In the uk cars only need MOT after 3 years. Perhaps this could be extended a bit if you are having it serviced in accordance with the warranty? After that I reckon yearly tests are sensible, given the risks.

I prefer the angle of shot 1, and the inclusion of the background context, which makes it more than just a picture of a discarded rose. However I think there's too much space around the rose, zooming in (or, ech, cropping) would tighten things up a bit.

Another approach would have been to get very close to the rose, and use it as a foreground detail in a sweeping wide angle panorama.

I think the lighting is softer in no. 2 which shows up detail in the rose a bit better, but I am not as keen on the shooting angle.

That's quite right, and there's also that famous shot of the returning sailor and the girl on the New York street which was discussed here on the forum last week in Stefan's thread (yes I know that doesn't narrow it down that much!)

By the way I meant visually great, not vitally great, in my post above, if you didn't work it out...