The second one for me please.

Agreed John

I can understand a dedicated sports/wildlife photographer going with another brand because of the autofocus. But they will not have waited until 2018 to make that decision.

I can understand the attraction of mirrorless if you really want a lighter and smaller camera.

But for the kind of pictures I take I could fish my K10D out of retirement and still be more than happy with the results. Chasing the latest release for it's own sake is pointless.

So if 80% of their total sales are in Japan they should listen more to the 20% that are not ? I don't think so.

I thought you had stopped using Pentax gear because you wanted to go down the mirrorless route ?

Pentax is a small camera manufacturer who's main market is Japan. They certainly engaged with customers there when deciding what was to be the next prime lens The 50mm 1.4 was decided on following that consultation.

I have owned three Pentax DSLRs, a DS; a K10; and now a K1. My longest gap between changing cameras was 8 years.
Now my K1 has a lot more features and can do many things my K10 cannot. But if I had to spend a day taking photos with the K10 I can still produce excellent images.
What exactly can your Current Pentax not do ?

+1

Keep them coming Don. It is past the shortest day here, but still a long drag until spring. We need some colour from your part of the world.

Thank you Gwyn and John. Merry Christmas and happy new year to all.

You have started me off now. I was in London last week for lunch, and thought I would get a cab from Waterloo to Farringdon. Only a couple of miles and should take 10 minutes in a cab at midday.

Not any more. The cycle highways have taken over in London. It was a crawl for the whole of the 30 minutes it took. The frustrating trip did allow me to get a good view of the cycle lane on Blackfriars bridge, which has cut the width of the road in half. I saw one cycle use it while buses, taxis, delivery vans and cars were in a never ending jam.

it used to be that cycles and taxis could use bus lanes, but now these wide swathes of cycle lanes are empty outside of rush hour. i am all for restricting personal car use in central London, but penalising buses and taxis is madness.

Super set. The first wins for me.