Tried editing the last photo above, that had already gone through the quick edit in X2 but it seemed to have lost definition between the colours. Must learn how to apply mask and then boost saturation to the areas I need.

Anyway, below I just used the level curves to adjust the highlights without applying to everything, and a function called Clarify which seems to have boosted the sharpness a bit.



Got some more that Sunday on the 24mm at f2.8 out with the dog




He's very skilled at throwing the ball at you too!



Managed to catch a smaller creature with the 18-55 which isn't too bad at getting close at the long end

Seems my wife prefers the last edited shot too.

The second one seems sharper to my eyes, but possibly due to the stamen standing out.

I think the yellow a nice contrast to the red, but possibly lightening the green background is causing a distraction to the flower? Might have a tinker with it tonight, using corel x2.

Really liking this lens at the moment, certainly finding it more pleasing to the eye than what I have been getting out of the 50mm SMC-A 1.7. Plus the close focusing is great.
I feel a macro purchase coming in over the next couple of months...

Here are two shots taken in a friends garden yesterday, all at f2.8 on K-m set to spot metering.







Not sure which one I prefer, and actually if they are that sharp. In my eyes the mid focus one looks sharper?

Not sure on any editing required. Clicking on one step edit in X2 gets the below, which is brighter, more shadow, sharpened quite a bit and boost highlights. I often think it goes too far.

Bump

Can't agree that the weatherproofing should be left to higher end models. Someone such as myself with other interests emptying the wallet still desires a piece of kit which can take a decent picture, yet not worry about it with a bit of weather change.

Love my K-m, just so compact and I never really thought about the benefits of using AA's, but not having to worry about charging all the time is great. I hope this never changes for the entry level models.

K-x looks cool, but not enough for me to upgrade. I would love to see a weatherproof & af illuminated of the K-x. That would get me thinking

Those K3's look good. For the standard Pentax one its £25 so not bad at all.

Hopefully a tilt and blast will do for now.

Hopefully gonna get a shop to give it a blast with something at the weekend. If that could clear a bit of it that would be good. Oh how I could live with that small mark that was there originally!

@Dangermouse - how much did the OEM K-x cost and where from if you don't mind me asking? Maybe an option if cleaning does not do a nice enough job? The KatzEye sound good but pretty expensive. An option though.

Cheers
Greg

Cheers

I did a good job on mine - really messed it up

May stick with it, see what a local shop comes back with. Its annoying but there seems to be no effect on the picture.

Why did i not look here first before trying to clean a tiny insignificant mark on my screen!

1000x worse now, perhaps some scratches and two hairs under the finder

If it ain't broken don't try fixing it! How do I make this better, and how much will a replacement screen cost me