Perhaps those who are more computer savvy than me (most I would suspect) could answer this question.

If i have my screen resolution set to 1024x768, and i place a picture on the desktop that is 3008x2008, what happens to the "excess" pixels. Does the screen "compress" the pixels or actually discard some pixels ?

Sorry if this is a silly question ?

Just posting a couple of pictures from my first outing with 43mm f1.9.

These were from Wisley gardens. The leaves are a bit grubby but they are in their natural environment. i just liked the colours.

The A 50mm 1.7 is an excelent lens, i have one too.

if you want to use the aperture ring off the "A" setting you will have to change a menu setting to "apperture ring permitted"...have a look in the manual.

If you have not manually focussed before do a lot of practice. You can also use the green hexagon in the viewfinder for focus confirmation.

Thanks George

I know it was an impossible question to get an accurate answer to. As someone else pointed out, the dilemma is how to calibrate your screen when you have not a clue how it will look on the majority of viewers screens. As I have just discovered, colour calibration is perhaps the least problematic compared with the brightness setting.

I am dreading getting round to actually printing some pictures ! A whole new set of variables.

Can I just say what a pleasure it is to post on this forum. Knowledgeable and polite responses from everybody...thank you.

I think I have got to the bottom of this. On my pantone Huey I had the setting for room light adjustment turned on. if i turn it off, my screen goes darker.

As i was processing my pictures with the "lighter" screen, the images looked darker when viewed on a screen at work or neighbours screen.

Thank you all for the replies. I will try and find one of those graduated grey strips and experiment with that.

When I first got my Huey calibrator it didnt suggest how to set the screen's default brightness/contrast, i dont know if that has something to do with it.

Our screens at work are not colour calibrated, maybe I should call in at all the neighbours in the street and do a poll of how the pictures look !

I have my home computer screen (Dell lcd) calibrated with a Pantone Huey. I use Elements 4.0 to pp my photos.

When I upload a picture to my Flickr page it looks the same exposure-wise as I see in Elements.

However when I view the Flickr pictures on any of my screens at work the pictures look much darker.

I know this is a very unscientific test but can you please comment on this picture. I did deliberately darken the shadows in the rocks behind the yellow flower, but whereas they looked dark grey on my home computer there is plenty of detail. On my work computer (and others in my office) the area looks almost black with little detail.

Tyr

If you use 2 sec timer when on a tripod the camera will automatically turn off SR.

It is not a Pentax lens up for auction.

If you are going to get a manual focus/exposure lens , then I would second the advice to get a pentax M 50mm 1.7 (or any other M 50 mm for that matter)

I have no experience of the lens for sale but have used the M 50 1.7 for 27 years and it is still going strong. Very well made, excellent optics and you will love the feel of the focus ring.