Thanks for the advice, will stick to manufacutrers inks for now and see how much i get through.

Printer purchased and a sample pack of diffrent types of paper ordered so i can do some tests. Looking forward to printing some of my pictures which i dont do enough of. I feel Looking at a photo on paper is a lot different to looking at it on screen.

I haave had this on my phone too.

I am thinking of getting a printer so i can print some of my photos of at home, nothing to serious most likley somthing like the Epson XP760 mentioned in the thread below. I dont have experience with home printing so interested i hearing peoples thoughts on things to do/not to do.

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In the thread mentoned above ICC profiles are montioned, what are they.

There are lots of diffrent types of papers, do some of them work better for different types of printers or photography or is the choice mainly a personal one based on how you like the results.

What other things are there that people new to home printing should think about.

Looking at the specs, it does not look like it does do panoramic stitching.

You can download Microsofts Image Composite Editor which does panoramas for free, it is said to be pretty good to.

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Like the start

"we reviewed pentax before and nobody watched"

On their website they have a comparisson - shows you what features they have added.

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/photodirector-ultra/compare-phd5_en_GB.html

I have only dabled with the video function and i am glad it is there. As DSLR's are capable of video, why would i want to buy another expensive camera, from the little reaserch i have done a vide camera that allows you to change lens like a DSLR are expensive. I this way they offer an advantage over a camcorder.

If video is your sole reason for buying a camera then yes it makes sense to buy a video camera, but many people like both options.

The Reading store had K-S1 in stock the other day

I live central reading, have K-30 rather than K-5 but happy to help if i can.

Some settings such as Highlight and Shadow correction are not available when in expanded ISO.
I assume this is something to do with the reason it is not default.