Ciaran - it's in the Ukrainian Church in the Oratory of Holy Cross College in Clonliffe. They are a very very welcoming Community there.

John I don't use Photoshop - will look for a filter in Aperture

I did try the various WB settings and they just didn't work at all It was in AWB

The sparkly thing was a Christmas tree Had both blue and white lights - we managed to stop the flashing since it was not in sync with the tree on the other side

I could have put on some very very red pictures - they have been deleted as I could do nothing at all with them .

I always shoot in RAW and PP in Aperture - I'm by no means an expert with that but can usually manage to deal with most problems I have found - these Halogens really beat me - they were really strong.

Was in Dublin recently - had horrific problems with the light from overhead Halogen [ ? they glowed red !! ] heaters.

Am going back this weekend with the K-30 and could do with advice as to how I can avoid these problems. Am , for speed, proposing to shoot entirely in P . Yes turning off these darn heaters is the answer but as there are 6 of them , folk keep turning them back on !

Here is one I shot on the K-x


There are others which are far worse I found that if I bumped up the ISO it helped - but so far I'm not finding that too easy on the K-30 [ can't see why not - but so far I've not had much success doing that,

This is straight out of the camera Shot in RAW and exported as jpeg ISO 800 f3.5 shutter1/13 21mm, no flash

mine didn't look like that in the K-30 box and the Innov8 battery was in plastic packaging that would cut through stuff if you weren't careful

Placcy bag and a little leather purse should work nicely for this trip

Well - there were certainly some very interesting ideas there

I do like MikeP's Marzipan

Think this trip it will be a small plastic bag and then in a little leather purse and I'll cogitate thereafter .

Steven - my camera comes in the cabin with me - chargers and an extension block go in my hold case . NO-ONE but no-one handles my beloved camera Well not folk in the airport that is

Never had to do this before ! I always used AAs and had a spare set with me in a small plastic case bought from 7 day shop.link

Now , and certainly till I know how my Li-On batteries will last I must carry the spare , charged of course , with me

How do I carry it in my bag ? After all the terminals are exposed all the time - so they should be protected to stop accidental shorting.

Ideas please

I used Energiser Lithiums in my K-x - and they lasted and lasted and lasted. Big advantage is they can be purchased virtually everywhere

I always get it - but I phone my order and the receipt comes marked with PUFM and my username .

Tried it last night in my sitting room -and I knew that flash would be needed.

Popped the flash up , focused - waited for confirmation of focus , heard another noise pressed the button , flash fired - decent pic when seen in camera

Did it again from a different angle and at a different aperture - again it worked well.

Have to say I'm looking forward to using the K-30 for real this weekend - I've taken a few shots now [ 6 !!] just so my fingers will drop onto the correct spots [ still not used to having a front dial which seems very very near to the lever for the on/off switch ] but hey that should settle down after a bit.

Oh - I always microwaved Haggis for Raymond - he loved it ,I do NOT