Is it me, or is that press release particularly badly written/translated? The tone of it makes it round like they are marketing the camera to people upgrading from a p&s camera. Does look amazing though!

It's not about skill. Court artists are quite skilful. But they do not produce 'art'. It's about meaning and the fact the artist has set out to provoke a reaction in us which is out of the realm of everyday life, or show us something beautiful or profound.

[sorry i'm about two pages behind in this thread!]

I love seeing images of less well known places in the USA. When I do my American coast-coast road trip, now I can add the Ozark Mountains to the list of stop-off places.

Liking these a LOT Andrew! Great bit of light in the first one here.

Not to mention having to hit the green button every time to stop-down meter Is it really worth the expense compared to an M 1.7? Only if you're a collector I guess!

I'd save the money towards a 35*Ltd macro

I was also watching that, but impatience got the better of me and I went for a BIN listing. Still got a good price though, at £22. its's 2 quirky little thing. I was really on the lookout for a 28-80 for my P30. Someone was selling the F-version of that lens on here the other week, but when I looked on Pentax Forums, I found this lens was more highly rated.

Got one of these today - thanks Cabstar! It's a very strange looking lens, but I like the compact size. Amazingly cheap for an AF lens. The range of the zoom is quite useful despite being a bit limited. And it seems quite sharp and punchy. The faux macro works well. I think this might a keeper. I needed a walkaround zoom for my p30 anyway (shame the focus ring isn't better!)







Blown highlights!






Walkers:



Crop:



Trees at f5.6:



Centre:



Top left, showing CA - but this was shooting into the sun:

That's right. They're all far too stoned to drive Stefan.

I love that last one! Reminds me of that Scifi drama in the '80s which gave me nightmares as a kid.... 'Tripods'.

Get your hands on a second hand 16-45 and try it out... you can always sell it on ebay if you conclude the upgrade wasn't worth it. But I suspect it'll be the 18-55mm that goes on ebay cos the 16-45 is a very satisfying lens. Looking at resolution data isn't going to give the whole picture - images with this lens just have a little more 'pop' and there's a noticeably less vignetting and distortion than the kit lens.