I think at this point in time SRS are keeping Pentax alive in the UK.

Mirrorless will win in the end and Pentax need to get with it.

better than any of my Goldfinch pic's!

I really miss the body from the K10D - I've had my K5ii for 5 years and it still doesn't feel as good.

You might be right though I was under the impression CC and Classic were distinct products. I can't find the link at the moment but there was an Adobe statement that said "Classic will continue for the forseeable future" which had alarm bells ringing (it's very similar to the statement they made regarding perpetual licences 2 years ago!).

I have LR6 at present and it does everything I need it to, I haven't seen any new features in CC over the last 2 years I wished I had and the biggest thing for me in that time has been discovering the Nik software when Google made it available for free.

It's not a surprise that they are forcing everyone to go subscription (though it's annoying) I'm more concerned by the new 'Lightroom CC' with the previous version being relabled 'Classic' - this suggests a product no longer in development. They are certainly going to put all their efforts into the new cloud version and that just doesn't work for me.

I have LR6 and while I have no plans to upgrade my K5-II I don't need to worry, but will be looking for a LR replacement in the future. It's sort of exciting in a way as I haven't paid any attention to the alternatives for several years.

I like the colours on these. On the 147 pic I personally would have cropped it tight portrait and removed the red light.

Steam Elephant driver looks happy

Looks impressive - I miss my K10D. Any pics with this setup?

When I started out I protected my camera every time there was any kind or rain or dust. After dunking my Sigma 17-70 in a river and then again on the beach in Tasmania I realise I was a little over protective.

I have since bought the Pentax 16-85 and am honestly thinking about selling it and going back to the Sigma.

Personally I would pick the better image quality Tamron over the Pentax, though from personal experience I would pick a similar Sigma over either of them.

edit - I'm talking about my walk around lens. I love several of my Pentax lenses, it's just that in this range I think the Sigma is the best.

I caught the original anouncement that it was free and watched some of the video's but thanks for highlighting it again. I've been playing with it for the past month but only use Viveza, I don't really see what Colour Efex can do beyond this aside from a few presets?

As always I'm happy to be educated.

Arrived safe and sound, thank you.