I found this message at Dpreview, and followed the links to a set of very nice travelog/vacation photos taken with Pentax gear by Dominique Schreckling. Many with shot the *istD and 16-45. Have a look, if you like pics of far away lands and want to see some DA 16-45 samples.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1028&message=7976163 direct links: Mainly 18-35 photos: http://www.pbase.com/tcom/thassos Mainly 16-45 photos: http://www.pbase.com/tcom/egypt http://www.pbase.com/tcom/srilanka If you have Photoshop CS or the trial version, open http://www.pbase.com/image/26689625 or something similar and apply the Shadow/Highlight adjustment. It makes a great improvement. The Shadow/Highlight adjustment alone may be reason enough for me to pay the $169 upgrade fee. I am beginning to believe the *istD could use a custom curve to boost the midtones as a default setting. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com
