Fascinating and thought provoking. It is often too easy to forget how recently this all happened.

Thank you.

Offerton +2.

Although a well known building I really like the palm house shot: lovely sky and a good BW conversion.

K.

Much more interesting than plain old beach... nice conversion too.

K.

As far as I can tell from these pictures it looks pretty good! The first shot is lovely and the abstracts are nice. Something not quite right about the composition of the second one.

K.

With the ES you cannot meter in manual mode. I guess the ESII is the same? I love my ES -- dunno why as it isn't the easiest camera to use but there is just 'something' about it I love -- and have been half-heartedly looking for an ESII.

K.

Some lovely shots there. The odd horizon in No 1 I think is in fact the barrel distortion that the 16-50 suffers from

Best wishes, Kris.

If Pentax could produce a FF camera without bankrupting themselves and if it was an affordable price I would be happy. Those are, however, two very big "ifs" and I do not think that not having a FF camera is the deal breaker some people would argue it is, especially as they now have the 645D as their top-of-the-line model. They are probably much better off continuing to develop their series of APS-C models and producing new lenses (especially ultra wides) for the 645D.

This topic has been done to death a thousand times and every time descends into unpleasantness. On this occasion, I'll admit, the opening post appears to have been deliberately provocative.

Best wishes, Kris. (PS I'll be shooting FF today using my LX with a very nice analogue sensor.)

Yup, exact same stuff. I am very impressed with it and pretty cheap too compared to Ilford XP2.

K.

Sadly far too long a focal length to be any use to me. For APS-C I need something about 18mm not 50mm or 90mm. I probably would be prepared to pay those sort of prices (after a lot of saving) for 18mm. After all, second hand SMC 28mm shift lenses go for over £600 usually. The Canon TS lenses are at least as expensive as these.

K.