Thanks Stuey & Sebas (for the "like" too!!)

Looking at shot is the green seaweed a tad too luminous/saturated, not sure if the direct sunlight has made it look slightly HDR-ish?

Thanks for the feedback Alan... shot 2 is the only one which had the foreground lit by the quite strong sunlight, it's the 1st shot I took before the cloud thickened

Just to throw something else into the mix, how about a mono too?

Thanks for the feedback everyone, the 2nd image is the one I spent most time on and gave most thought to so nice to know it paid off...the other shots I'd scouted before hand having arrived nice and early but it was a quick dash around/setup/shoot to get them all in time

I have to sing the praises of the K5 again here too, these are all from a single image, no HDR etc, simply the data captured by the excellent sensor with a little processing to get the most from them

Simon

After seeing a very promising weather forecast I set off for Perch Rock Lighthouse at New Brighton on the Wirral last night. As seems ever the case though the forecast forgot to mention the increasing cloud, fortunately I still managed to catch a few glimpses of sun and as a bonus the cloud actually added a little more drama to the sky.

Be interesting to know your favourite (if any) and why?

thanks

Simon

Both very good questions,

As you say FF is a personal decision dependant upon your own requirements and although forums are useful for digging out information, as conflicting as it can be sometimes,ultimately no-one will find the answer to the FF question on here or elsewhere as everyone has different needs.

To sort of answer the 1st question though FF isn't only about image detail/IQ, it has advantages for portrait photographers with its ability to achieve shallower DOF than crop sensors..reduced noise/additional cropping ability etc etc are some of the advantages, although it also has downside too...less reach for telephoto, bulkier, more expensive and that brings us to question 2, the need for high quality glass


This 2nd question is one which does have me slightly concerned with any new Pentax FF which might appear..there's little to no "user data" out there so early adopters might find that some of the old full frame lenses aren't quite up to the job. The advantage other marques have here is that FF for them has been around for a good while so the lenses to use or to avoid are quite well known, potentially moving to another brand has less inherent risk, albeit probably more expense

Simon

Nice set of images David, really enjoy using my 12-24 lens too, capable of producing very high quality images just a shame it doesn't quite have those pentax colours/contrast like the DA17-70 etc

Simon

I'm currently having a similiar dilemma and have read through quite a few revies of various alternatives...unfortunately I can't go too deeply into them on here as this forum doesn't really permit major discussion of other marques...I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions as to why that is

What I am sure of, despite comments suggesting otherwise, is that full frame sensors offer an improvement in both image quality and captured detail over APS-C sensors, certainly far more than moving from a K5 to a K5IIs...the advantages of full frame are very well documented across the web in reviews etc but the best way to judge is seeing large prints, there's a significant difference.

Having said the above the K5 in any of its forms is capable of producing high quality prints up to 36x24 inch, IMHO you would see a difference in detail if compared to a full frame print at these sizes but bear in mind that prints of this size generally aren't viewed at "pixel-peeping" distances so it does need some thinking about, especially considering the cost difference.

I've already decided that full frame will be my next move, it's not an urgent one as I'm not 100% happy with either the Canon 6D or Nikon D600, both of which seem to have some issues...the Nikon D800 is without doubt excellent but at £2000 just for a body it's a very expensive option bearing in mind you need also to buy good glass to use it's very high resolution sensor. Sony are also making interesting developments in Full frame, the A99 replacement could be very interesting indeed with its EVF technology which Sony seems to be doing a very good job of.

Personally I'm waiting to see if Pentax makes it's mind up regarding full frame in the next 4/5 months, if it doesn't I'll be heading elsewhere, most probably Nikon as I think they currently have the edge with Full frame cameras.

Simon

Hi Philip,

To give you an idea why...it's not particuarly about hackers, the coming changes to UK Copyright law are becoming the driving force.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22337406

I must admit, that whilst watermarks do prove a little annoying sometimes, personally I can see past them and still fully appreciate an excellent image...very small highly compressed images are not the way to go for me, people are using increasingly large monitors which makes such small images almost unviewable

Simon

Unfortunately the more subtle and out of the way it is the less point there is in having one..you'll soon see everyone watermarking on websites etc so if you're adding it for "image protection" you'll have to compromise in that it will, to some, affect the image

Simon