Eurgh! I would have snapped this up, but just got a Nikon 5000 because I didn't think I'd be able to find a good deal on this. I'd say that's a very good price indeed! Is this the model I (the one that's better with BW), or the model II?

Who owns this place anyway?

Gwyn that is stunning!

LOL

Never mind photography, I find that a really interesting statement and will watch out for it at the next wedding I go to

My dream digital would be the Konica Hexar AF. It would have to be full frame or at least APS for control of DOF.

I'd love you to elaborate

I've been using Capture One Pro since I got into RAW way back when. I frequently try to switch to other converters (I own PS CS3 and Lightroom). I love it for its sharpening, for its noise reduction, and for the ability to use the JFI profiles (e.g. TriX simulation). It's also very fast indeed at generating previews. I can get what I want in about 3 clicks, usually.

I've tried Silkypix recently, but the preview generation was so slow that I've given up on it. Similarly, Lightroom seems to do decent conversions, but is very slow on my PC.

I seem to recall there's usually a difference between the file sizes of smooth low iso JPGs and noisy high iso JPGs.

I bought CS just before CS2 was released and swore never to upgrade to CS2. I waited for CS3, and compared with CS it's much faster, so I'm pretty happy. Never tried 7 though.