This may help sophie

http://www.dslrtips.com/workshops/How_to_use_polarizing_filters/reduce_haze_deep...

Are they using the same batteries as I only have one for my K20d? Do I need to get one quickly?

I do think that Pentax's best chance of competing is at the entry level, certainly not at the top end where turnover is less.
Take the Japanese Motorcycle Industries rise in the 1970's as an example, it came from mass producing reliable and cheap commuter motorcycles and mopeds and creeping up on the British Motorcycle manufacturers who though they were untouchable, not from building Superbikes. That came later.

Likewise Pentax need to appeal to the mass entry level market and win over peoples minds and hearts who may later buy the higher level Cameras.

I dont understand why the K20d is being dis-continued as i dont see the K7 as a replacement, once again its in a different price bracket.

Good news Indeed

Well Andy Rouse has a book: Understanding RAW photography

which is quite good but to be honest I am with Anvh on this. I learnt more from Martin Evenings Photoshop book and Lightroom 2 book.

Well I was wondering the same with the pidgeons

Your right dr Mhuni, very careless of me I hadnt noticed it was not straight and it seems nobody else had unless they were being polite.

Note to self: Straighten image

I put the first one up first because it was already 800px wide jpg so didnt require any time.

Thanks

George, yes you are right, the second wider image suffers from it particularly which I put up in a hurry and hadnt noticed.

The first image has been processed, i dont think the second has, or very little.

I use Lee filters, currently I only have a 0.3, 0.6 and a 0.9 ND grads (hard edge). One good thing is they are large enough to be able to use them as normal ND's which the soft edge probably wouldn't. The softs are next on my list to order.

Yes I a sure he is right, though he is only one professional and I am sure there are other professional views, it depends on what type of photographer you are.

Most of the Landscape guys I read seem to shoot in RAW but then they are probably going to be happy to spend hours PP one good shot, whereas a stock photographer has to upload thousands of photos so JPEG is the only way forward.

I have just ordered This monitor so hope its not a bad one, certainly tons better than my current model