Lovely work!
They have such a strong feel of the 1970`s about them. It is almost like stepping back in time. Wonderful!!!

Regards - Pete.

Thanks for that, I had not been aware of the availability of double sided paper until i read the article,A cheaper one could be useful to me. Yes i agree about focus on imaging, I have only attended it once and was surprised at the absence of a Pentax stand so did not go a second time!

Regards - Pete

I only got 53!

Regards - Pete.

Actually i switched my Camera to "Natural"after reading the Amateur Photographer review. Angela Nicholson had changed the settings on her test Camera for this very reason and i have done so ever since. I don`t use independent software as i have always used the supplied Camera Raw Utility, V3 became pretty good after the upgrade but i am still waiting for Pentax to do something with V4 as it is really awful to use!!!Especially if you don`t want JPEG in sRGB ! I regard RAW images as a digital negative and so i would prefer to view them in their natural state each time i open an image. I tried opening my RAW files in CS-3 Raw converter for a while, but i could not achieve the same degree of control that i could with Pentax V3 software so i went back to using it, I also tried Silkypix but could not see much difference other than a fancier interface . There have been reviewers and K7 users complaining about the level of noise straight from the Camera. Of course with the level of control available, Any of us can easily create the type of image that we want. But straight from the Camera Pentax seem to buck the general trend and go for more detail rather than less noise.
I had not read this Particular review when i first posted a reply,FALK was one of the original K7 testers and has a long and respected reputation for his work. However i was directing my comment more towards Mike P`s Post re- Kx/K7.Personally i am pleased to see the Kx sensor performing so well in this review,But the K7 is still worth every penny of the price difference between the two.

Best Regards - Pete

Regards - Pete

Absolutely right, But unlike earlier Pentax Digital Camera Utility Software, The Latest v4 software the image is displayed with all of the Camera settings and corrections added, (Lens Distortion,Colour Balance, Chromatic aberration Highlight Compensation,etc) So if you were to leave the Camera set to "Bright" then you would see quite a noisy image when you first view the RAW File. It is only when you begin to make any additional adjustments to the Photo that all of these corrections disappear from the viewed image. The unaltered image in "Natural" is much more acceptable regarding noise, I have read many complaints about the amount of noise in K7 Raw images and this default "Bright" setting is often the culprit as one would naturally expect to see a RAW image displayed in its unadulterated state.

Regards - Pete

It appears that it applies to music too- #
# To educate the population on the consequences of infringement both on consumers and rights holders.
# To allow an organisation to act as a collective licensing agency, which will license all works in a particular category (music, film, photography, etc.)
I guess that many people are already downloading images and music for their own use and it is impossible to police it. But lifting the restrictions will only serve to make things less clear in future when it comes to Copyright Law. As it stands at the moment it is much more Black and White even if it cannot be rigorously enforced.

Regards - Pete

I have`nt read the review yet, But when i first opened RAW images from my K7 i thought that they were very noisy. I soon spotted that the Pentax software displays RAW images with the in Camera adjustments applied.
And that as the default colour setting is BRIGHT which applies sharpening and therefore increases noise straight from the Camera. At first i applied just 2 clicks of NR post capture which did not make any obvious difference to the amount of detail but removed all of the noise. But later following a review in Amateur Photographer i put the Camera in Natural colour setting and found the images straight from the Camera much less noisy. So i would`nt let Noise put you off a great Camera. I have over 7,500 shots on mine and i am happy with the results that i am obtaining, Even straight from the Camera.

Best Regards Pete

Just came accross this relating to poential change to Copyright law...link

Regards - Pete.

Agreed, Also the AF would need to be improved dramatically to work at the kind of light levels the is optimised for. Manual focus would be difficult in the extreme.
But as the article stated they would not go ahead unless the noise was at least within acceptable limits.

Regards - Pete.

I clean mine with a sensor cleaning swab, Not a new one just one that has already been used for cleaning a sensor but otherwise usable for jobs like that.
I also have a home made vacuum, I use a small compressor but a cheap electric tyre inflator will do. I bought a piece of 1/4 in bore plastic tubing and a plastic T piece connector, Cut about 1 mtr to attach to the compressor/inflator outlet to the T piece, one 50mm piece is attached to the T directly in line with the first and finally a 200mm piece to the bottom of the T which becomes the suction part of the vacuum.

Regards = Pete.