Quite a lot of sharpening is applied to in-camera jpegs. Very effective if you want to print directly from SD card. There are no in-camera RAW settings - you have to twiddle with the sharpening settings in your software - I find it best to be sparing with sharpening in the Raw converter software, and use a dose of USM after making all other adjustments in PS. Sometimes results aren't quite as 'crunchily' sharp as in-camera jpegs, but a lot smoother.

Re the Samsung 12-24mm... I just spotted What Digital Camera have reviewed both this lens and, more recently, the Pentax version.

Pentax score: 91%
Comment - "Real-world pictures are very sharp and do not suffer from any obvious colour fringes."

Samsung score: 84%
Comment - "Lack of critical sharpness, fringing at corners"

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Either we are all wrong and these are two different lens designs, or What Digital Camera reviews should be taken with more than a pinch of salt. To be honest, that Samsung review - the only one I could find on the net - put me off buying one in the Currys free for all last year

I would possibly wear a John Deere cap, that's an iconic brand (and I loved The Straight Story!) Although I would probably look a tw@ in it.

I wouldn't really feel comfortable wearing branded Pentax stuff - it would feel a bit geeky unless it was done in a very subtle way!

There's a sigma 12-24 which looks very nice- and it's full frame which increases its appeal (sadly no aperture ring though). Anyone tried that one?

Spectacular shots... Love the fisheye shots, makes me hanker after such a lens!

The bill is going to make copyright more onerous, and it's going to have a negative impact on sites like youtube. Dunno what is meant by 'orphaned' I guess a test case will bottom that one out. If one of the big agencies like getty come a cropper, they won't take it lying down.

Awfully expensive way to learn that the grass isn't greener on the other side.

Awesome idea!

Magnificent pair of knockers

Mono for me too.

I thnk it has. There's some footage of the exhibition, and the 645D on Youtube. link