Just placed my pre-order with SRS

I can see this being and almost permanent fixture on my 60-250

There's that 1.4 TC again

In another thread there was a discussion about certain things being a cliche e.g.
- Milky waterfalls
- single tree in a field
- mirror flat seas with groynes

So, assuming you want to be 'original and 'creative' and 'stand out from the crowd' it follows that you should avoid the cliches.

I thought it would be fun to list all the so called 'done to death' images so we could then try and create a list of the things that you CAN actually take a picture of.

My started for ten is "Black and White homeless person in a doorway"

I shall now add numerous smilies to emphasise the fact that I am not being serious and not attacking any individuals style of photography

Did I notice a few HDR and milky waterfall images in that lot::

I'm not certain that that was the case. I seem to remember the silver 'wearing' away at the edges on my OM2 and K1000 giving that lovely 'used' look. Wasn't there a brassy, bronze material showing through?

I understand that it's a paint finish and there seems to be a mixed view of how 'plasticky' it looks. I would love to actually see one before I commit but I doubt that will be possible. Of course there might not be any around when I eventually 'flash the plastic'.

I am 'convinced' and I do hope to go professional.

But I simply don't have that kind of money to spend on a camera system at the moment. Even pros have to justify that kind of money.

When I, hopefully, reach the limits of the kit that I have, then I will have to consider it (just as Gary has done).

In the meantime I plan to get a 2nd body (a K3, preferably silver), a longer telephoto option (bigma or, preferably, a TC) and continue to produce substandard images to the limits of the wholly inadequate APSC equipment that I have

It reminds me of the bloke that was into necrophilia, sadism and beastiality.

Personally I think he was flogging a dead horse

That wasn't meant as a criticism of anyone who has chosen FF. Sorry if it came across that way.

In a few years I may well be extolling the virtues of FF and telling everyone how I can't live without it. At the moment though, the Bank Manager (SWMBO) won't let me

Going back to the FF point, I just created a virtual shopping basket at Wex with all the Nikon FX kit required to replace my current Pentax setup. I stopped adding when the basket went over £2500 (D610, lenses, flashes, spare batteries, etc. etc.). I'm sure if I did the same thing with Canon it wouldn't be much different.

I certainly wouldn't want to run 2 systems and I want a backup camera that will use the same lenses etc.

Even taking into account any trade-in 2nd hand value of my current kit, I just couldn't justify that for the minimal IQ differences that it would afford

Wow is there a forum record for thread resurrection? That's nearly four and a half years

I travel to deserts and other weird places, I wanted dust and weather sealing along with good IQ and at a reasonable price.

Pentax fitted the bill

Although TBH I really like not following the crowd

I'm glad I'm not alone