Couldn't agree more. Trek have lots of aps for Flucard. Whilst Ricoh have adapted the card to provide a web interface etc, but they really should allow 3rd party apps as well.

J

I think that Ricoh have rather crippled the Flucard - yes you can download the images and have some degree of control over the K3 - But Trek have lots of Apps for the standard Flu card that are very appealing, for me I like the idea of their GeoTag App - this allows you to upload GPS data to the images - I guess Ricoh don't like it as it removes the need for the Pentax brand GPS accessory!!

John

Went to have another look at these - and the 70mm (this is the one I was really interested in) had gone - so its decided for me! The lenses were marked up at £349 each - I thought that this was a little high hence my questions.

at the moment I have quite a collection of the SMC-F lenses (28mm f2.8, 50mm f1.4 & most of the zooms) I think I'll work with these for a while and see if I actually need anything else.

John

Thanks guys - this is about what I was thinking- I think I'll make an offer to buy both at this sort of level and see what happens!

John

Thanks for replying, what I meant was that these are the price levels on ebay (buy it now). Most of these are from abroad so VAT will apply- I have seen some UK auctions sell at these levels. What I asking is what do you think is a reasonable price level for these lenses?


Thanks


John

I have the opportunity to purchase a couple of lenses from this series. Available to me are the 21mm and the 70mm. I've been trying to research prices for second hand examples. It looks as though the 21mm are selling for around £210 ish and the 70mm for around £250- £270. Do these prices seem realistic?


Also, can anyone using either of these with a K3 comment on IQ etc.


Thanks

John

Hi David

I see what you mean - I've been using Photogene on my iPad for PP since last summer and been pleased with the results - just changed to a MacBook with Retina display and bought Aperture, hence why I'm playing with it!

Looking at the image again I agree it is a little dark - my only excuse is that I've just got in after a 12 hour shift.

Hopefully the weather gods will be kind this weekend - I'm planning on a trip to Kirkham Priory at the weekend (your Roche Abbey images have inspired me!).

Cheers


John

This is for Smeggypants




Basically just a bit of PP with aperture.

I'm still practising with using aperture, so treat me gently.

John

Hi Smeggypants

First image was pretty much a straight conversion from RAW to jpg. I did tinker with the other one a bit - just starting to use Aperture for PP.

I'll have a look at these tonight along with the in camera jpg and see if they are any different.

These first few images were just a quick blast around the garden before the light went - I just had to take something with my new best friend:

Thanks for the feed back.


John

K5 Kit now sold pending payment.

Thanks


john