Thanks Mike. Yeah, more contrast does pick out those zig zags a bit better.

Thanks Mike. Well if you ever fancy making a Pentax Mini-meet of it!

Had a try at a black and white conversion. I think the building has potential, perhaps I need to return to it and have another go.

Very nice indeed Pauly. I do think that it's harder to make a shot of someone else's work completely your own. Making a shot out of something people would not look twice at is somehow more impressive than photographing something someone else has carefully designed to look a certain way. But as a study in light and tone, it's excellent.

I had a few hours to kill, so took a walk around Birmingham city centre with no preconceived idea of what to shoot. There's always something going on. Here's the best of what I came back with. Comments very welcome... especially suggestion for improvement.

Last week, at my Grandma's 80th, the battery indicator on my K200d showed no charge and the camera would not turn on. Very embarrassing. However the next day, on the same set of batteries, the camera turned on - and showed FULL CHARGE! I have been using this set of batteries for a fortnight since!

I just think the battery management is a bit cockeyed on the K200D. 95% of the time its fine, but I now intend to carry an emergency set of lithium batteries just in case...

No... and the end of the world's been rescheduled for 2012 now, do keep up...

(Those people who've been training for the Olympics are going to be furious when they realise it's all been in vain).

I think this is a bit of a 'what if' thread... Pentax isn't the only Japanese camera brand to be in choppy waters at present, and remember they have just undergone a costly restructuring with the merger with Hoya.

The Japanese economy is now apparently rallying, the K7 appears to be doing well, and that expensive restructuring will have streamlined the business for the future. And even if the worst did happen, the qualities, ethos and expertise of Pentax would be transferred along with the brand name, I am sure.

Its because I bounced the flash off the ceiling JudithAnn... you need an external flash to do it.

Thanks Darlene.

Woah Darlene! You're EVERYWHERE this afternoon! Guess you're doing a bit of catching up with the site!

Nice how you've captured how penned in by more recent buildings this church is, G.

I like that idea too Richard. In fact, didn't Ricoh used to use the K-mount on their own SLRs?

Ricoh compacts have always been interesting too, and recently they've been working hard on their 'high end' models, and brought in some pretty cutting edge technology.