It appears that as far as K mount lenses are concerned (some 645 lenses are there), only the Limited and DA* series are currently included, the other DA and FA lenses and Macro's are not (as yet?), not that a macro needs much correction! It's a pity really, as I have many thousands of shots from the DA 12-24, 16-45, 17-70 and 55-300 plus many FA and FA* lenses which would all benefit from auto correction.

The challenge would seem to be that there are so many different Pentax lenses out there that the list would end up to be enormous!

John is maintaining the Silkypix UK website for 2011 to help direct users to the Japanese site.

I don't know the reasoning behind the return of all international sales to ISL in Japan, but I do know that John has had a very good year with his Feisol business, they are excellent products.

I suspect that the recent major upgrades with Lightroom 3 and Capture One 6 must have had an impact on Silkypix sales.

Although I have migrated to using Lightroom more, I still tend to revert to using Silkypix for almost all my shots apart from very high ISO shots where both Lightroom and Capture One seem to do a better job.

I know there are several avid Silkypix users on this forum (true SP, not the Pentax DCU which utilises the Silkypix engine).

This new "User to User" forum may be of some interest to you and hopefully your participation! link

John Nevill (Silkypix UK) was a founder moderator on the original forum and is the author of the Silkypix e-book posted this about the reasoning behind the forum. link

Also consider "Frog Juice" from Fotospeed - LINK

Works well.

Will is currently Assistant Editor at ePHOTOzine and uses all sorts of cameras and has a high regard for Pentax as well as other makes. When I met up with him during a quick lunch at Focus this year, he was shooting Nikon FF (a D3s I believe) and judging by his comments, was well impressed by it.

Being a strong young lad, he was happily lugging it all around in the large Nat Geo Explorer shoulder bag!

My mistake. Sorry!

I just ass-u-me'd (:roll it was a SIPS like the 20.1" which I have, & the 24" which I've used.

Hi John

I can recommend the HP 2475 24" wide-screen (1920 x 1200). link

The 22" version is slightly lower resolution (1680 x 1050) but cheaper link

Both are SIPS panels, both need calibration, the default settings are inaccurate (as with almost anything!).

I've used the LP2075 (20.1" 4x3 ratio, 1600 x 1200) for 3 years now and it's been faultless and the calibration accuracy hold over time has been very accurate.

PM sent.

Canon lenses vary in focus throw depending on lens model, just like Pentax. The major difference is that their USM lenses, especially the L ring type are much faster than Pentax SDM.

Nikon, like Canon, also use different types of ultrasonic motors, from cheap micro motor ones in the kit lenses, better micro-motors in the smaller mid-price lenses and ring type in most of their telephoto lenses. I would say that SDM is similar to the mid level types.

Like Nikon, many of the Canon ultrasonic motors feature full time manual focus over-ride, exactly like Pentax quick shift, and many have a reduction gear on the manual focus ring to give a much greater control when manual focussing which is not done on any Pentax lens.

The other factor is the AF processing power employed in the bodies, slow in the intro bodies, faster in the mid range and very fast in the pro range, Pentax don't have very fast (yet! :roll.

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