If you look at the Trial Downloads at Adobe there is only ONE ENGLISH version made. Very often there is a US English and International English version. I can't imagine that a photographer working in the US and UK wouldn't be able to use the same version on his laptop in both countries.

The voltages are different

It's really the same a when someone puts a "for sale postcard" in a shop window, the shopkeeper takes it down as soon as he knows it's been sold. It can make it difficult for someone (as well as the OP) who's trying to find the thread to check back on details to compare with another offer etc.

The government are banning the sale of photographic gear shortly anyway

You can always shoot from within the bag

Have Pop Photo reviewed the K-5 yet? They didn't give the Nikon with
the same sensor a very good review

They do normally give Pentax a decent write up, nearly all the lenses
I've seen reviewed have been highly rated, some higher than I thought
they should be

Sorry to hear that Bob. It might be better if the OP was able remove the post when the item was no longer available. There shouldn't really be anyone else writing in that thread anyway. Alternatively move the post to a Completed Deals/No Longer Available thread for say 7 days and then delete.

Doesn't warm air hold more moisture than cold air? In which case the problem is the warm air inside hitting a cold surface and condensing in which case desicants wouldn't really help unless you can wait long enough for them to absorb the moisture which could be hours.

I've done loads of receptions etc. where I've taken my camera out of a cold car boot in winter and I always used a plastic bag and held it on a radiator inside for about 2 mins by which time it was warm enough to use without getting condensation.

They are reviewing a Spotmatic next week

It shouldn't be a problem with a weatherproofed camera as long as you don't remove the lens until the camera has warmed up. You will get a lot of condensation on the outside of the body and lens and can avoid that by wrapping the camera and lens in a sealed plastic tight fitting bag whilst outside. You want as little air as possible in the bag. Don't remove the bag until it's warmed up and you shouldn't get any condensation.

There's always and exception to any rule, a friend of mine made good part of his living from photographing kids looking through a magnifying glass for adverts for a museum. Just looked at the museum site but they've gone all text now and hardly any photos and quite frankly rubbish

Stuarts not got any of their shots on his site either, but Bob might be interested in a look at some of the shots taken in the Liverpool area... don't think he's done any as far as Chester. Not taken with Pentax cameras.

www*stuartrayner.com/index.html
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Nice shot Bob Be careful with distortion with a 30mm on portraits. 50/55mm is about the minimum for anything closer than waist up portraits.