Sun? What's a sun?

Personally I think the mirrorless camera section of the market a la the Olympus PEN is going to grow and become a significant sector of the market. Not only does it attract newbies, and people who want better than a compact but not a dSLR, it is also gaining many fans from people who like to use older lenses on a digital body.

If Pentax enter this section of the market I think they should:

a) have a new mount and some slick pancake lenses for it but
b) have a really good new mount -> PK adaptor (SDM support maybe?)
c) make sure it is possible to have new mount to whatever adaptors
d) make sure it has a distinctive style and doesn't just look like another compact. Retro is "in" at the moment, perhaps something that does hark back to the M series cameras in design (as the K-7 harks back to the LX).
e) It needs all the usual Pentax advantages such as in-body SR.

I am not sure I would want one, but I think the PEN has started a new trend which isn't going to go away. It would be good if Pentax got in there with an excellent design from the start.

Just my tuppence worth.

K.

On the tripod I always use the 2 sec mirror up feature. It might not always help but it certainly won't ever harm!

K.

Not bad for a 40 year old lens is it?

Or this... (as for the original BW conversion but contrast increased via a curves adjustment).




Best wishes, Kris.

How about this?




K.

Great set all round and very nice conversions indeed.

K.

I definitely think the first one would work best with a square crop.

I like the second one too, but it might look better converted to BW?

Best wishes, Kris.

Mine about 50:50 BW and colour if you look in my Pentax Gallery.

What I personally consider my best photographs are all BW. Anyway, Paul's thread is not the place to debate this, we'll have John after us for going off topic!

K.

I couldn't disagree more.

Great shot Paul, I have some I shot on film somewhere in the archives, but not as good as this.

K.