CSCs and compacts are great, but DSLRs just have so much more flexibility, speed, better ergonomics IMHO, and importantly an OVF. I am always puzzled why people ditch their full frame DSLR to go for a Sony NEX7 (or whatever). Why not a smaller crop-sensor DSLR, and get best of both worlds. Or maybe a high-end compact, for 'travel light' days when the functionality of a DSLR isn't needed....

Yeah I know! I must have been feeling a bit menstrual...

Looks good! Thanks for including the lighting details.

Thanks Kev, lovely lens!

I don't really see the point in being 'annoyed' by someone else's idea of what constitutes a 'landmark camera'; in most cases it's always going to be a bit of a subjective choice.

Good for debate though, as you say. No Spotmatic? No LX? What heresy... get the stake and the kindling ready....

It didn't have a true video mode, but you could shoot video with the k20d in 21fps bust mode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuXlEp2QVT8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

You're right, we can get so obsessed with gear we forget just to go out and make the best of what we have. Any shortcomings can usually be overcome with a bit of ingenuity... I haven't tried the k30 video yet but even the old k7 could produce nice results with the right lens.

I have some kood filters for sale, only been used a few times. ND4 hard and soft. Say fifteen quid the pair plus postage and I'll throw in various stepping rings? No holder at present, it's somewhere at my ex's flat (if you can wait a week or two I might be able to dig it out, for say five quid?

Edit - sorry wasn't paying attention, mine are Cokin P! I have used them with the sigma 10-20 though, but by holding it to the front of the lens with my fingers lol... To be honest I hate using these filters...

I wonder how many of these are owned by forum members?

This thread go me thinking, and got me looking online. My PC is actually OK for editing pics, but seems to struggle when I am doing large rendered drawings for work, or running too many hungry applications simultaneously.

I ended up looking at similar laptops to yours. Couple of questions (sorry to hijack the thread!) When you say it runs LR4 no problem, is it actually fast - no slowing down and excessive fan noise etc?