Try the Darkroom Ltd. They even provide a mailing sticker for free mail.

K.

I blow hot and cold about the PPG partly because they always seem to reject my favourite images but accept ones I only just take a second look at. I must have odd tastes.

Congratulations Tim on your 100 (I have only just made 19!) and congrats Ralf on getting into 1x.com.

The one thing that does please me is how many of my PPG images were shot on film with 40 year old kit, especially the 3 from one roll of film taken one afternoon in Central Park.

Good luck on making 200, I shall concentrate on making 20...

K.

A really nice idea but as the others have said, slightly more at the bottom and slightly less at the top would have worked better for me. I'd only clone out the vertical cable.

K.

Interesting set of images. I think I'll go with the herd and prefer No 1 although I do like the sepia too. Do clone/crop out the bright orange buoy though.

Lovely shot, BTW, beautifully crisp and clean and a lovely composition.

K.

Congratulations on a fine camera.

Are these shop-done scans? They seem to have a bit of a green colour cast which is common to shop-scans (as they scan BW negs as colour ones). It can be got rid of in software quickly enough by converting to greyscale.

I agree with Gareth re: bokeh. The 50mm f/1.4 is a highly regarded lens.

K.

Too bling for me. Besides, although I sort of collect cameras I want to have them to use. I'm not going to spend that amount of money on something I take out of its box once a year wearing white cotton gloves.

The LX2000 Peter linked to is a much nicer prospect IMHO.

K.

As regards manual focusing, I have found that using a katzeye split screen has utterly changed how I use my K20 and hugely improved my percentage of in-focus shots. I'll readily opt for manual focusing now whereas with a standard blank screen I'd prefer to gamble with the AF. I wish I had bought one much sooner, a very worthwhile investment.

K.

It is the last lens I would part with.

Have a look here.

Lovely set which reminds me of a certain French photographer in style. They work superbly in monochrome (contra walkeja's stock pointless dig at BW photography). Hard to pick a favourite, probably the third one.

K.

I second that opinion. I spent more than that for mine and am very pleased with it.

K.