I used to run the Essex Group of the Pentax Club for many years when Peter and Liz Cox took over from Ron Spillman -- we had a good membership and I organised weekends away staying in Youth Hostels -- we had an Exhibition in Old House, Brentwood and hosted several Pentax Club workshops there including one on 'Glamour Photography' with models we took over to Shenfield Common Pond -- it all fell apart when my wife went off with another bloke .... then I contacted so many Pentax Club members all over the area trying to get them to attend but to no avail so I gave it up ---now I have a Filipina Wife with a NIKON ( never give a wife a PENTAX any more! )

Get someone to watch your back and camera bag !

I started in 1951 with my Mum's 1930's Brownie Hawkeye Box Camera and ex- WW II RAF film -- and I got 'Sharp Photos' by just holding the camera still !

Yes; The BIRMINGHAM Pipe Smokers WON the competition !! My pics are all in this week's 'Brentwood Gazette' two-page spread.

Don't Mention 'DIANA' !!

Ha Ha -- my 43 year old daughter HAS made me a Grand Dad with a boy and a girl ! Yes, you must try the water here all the way from the Suffolk and Essex Water Company -- there is the sewage works in Nag's Head Lane !

Many many thanks for all you 'Digital Experts' -- I HAVE tried that 'Silkypix' but just could not understaand all the 'lingo'then found the FastStone Image Viewer as mentioned on ePHOTOzine and can use that OK.
Pentaxophile : had a look at your 'Flickr' set -- lots of photos of a New Baby ! My first one is 43 and with wife No. 3 second daughter is 13 and boy 12 so no more baby pics for me !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25850987@N03/

Well, I am finally plucking up courage to try'RAW' in my K10D and have found the 'FastStone Image Viewer' free software which will process it as I have PhotoShop 7 which does not --- now a few queries please ----
1. Do you have to 'turn off' all the sliders in the Menu to'O'? I left them as I use for JPegs -- saturation and sharpness UP one click from the middle, contrast in the middle.
2. I took some tests -- boy's fish on' Flourescent Daylight'balance,outdoors in garden on 'Cloudy',wife by windowlight on ;'cloudy'a doll by 'flash' balance and the RAW lookes all OK already in FastStone Image Viewer.
3. I did a 'levels' and had to make only minor adjustments,then converted to 'Save As' JPegs and left the file size large as I was going to print some test 6x4" prints -- they came out very well but cannot see any difference from JPEGS straight away !
4. Is RAW a waste of time as I usually get the exposure and colour RIGHT in camera .
5. the Local Press told me to set camera to RGB Colour Space not sRGB so that;s how I keep it set for my Press Photos --does shooting RAW have any effect on the 'colour space' ?

wvbarnes : I used Cambridge Cameras for HUNDREDS of rolls of outdated 120 AGFA CT18 films -- I used to get a box of 100 rolls at a time -- I used to get work from a writer who coloured in etchings and I made 6x7 and 6x9 format trannies on the AGFA CT18 films -- then he moved away and I got no more work and then CT18 was discontinued !

Dont' DITCH the 800 ASA -- ditch it to me !
I tried to put a 'link' to a sample but this site does not seem to wotk with 'Flickr' to paste in links .


Trying again ! WEll the 'LINK' didn't appear in the post !