Thanks chaps! I must get out more in Doha with my camera. There's quite a lot of interesting buildings, and more going up all the time. In a month or so it will be too hot to go out though...

Thanks for the suggetions; I have found two solutions, an allen key and some rivets. The rivets are exactly the right size, but the allen key is now attached to my camera bag with a carbiner! Vey annoying, I will ahve to send the camera back to the UK when I get back from holiday.

I have tried various objects withou success, don't want to rty a mtach in case it snaps off! Will give it another go.

The lens release button had disappeared from my K5, so at the moment I am stuck using just my DA 16-45mm, which is on the camera. I am going on holiday tomorrow, to Morocco and then Sri lanka, so the timing is not very good! Anyone any ideas how I can release the lens so I can use more than the one lens? I will have to send the camera back when to the UK when I get back from holiday, but if anyone has any ideas for a temporary fix I'd appreciate it.

1 and 5 for me too, lovely shots, nice light too.

Thanks for the comments!

After K10D's post of images from Doha I thought I'd post a few myself since I live there...and I haven't posted any images on here for ages. Doha is a very strange place, with quite a few disadvantages, but we have had a good social life there and I much prefer it to Dubai. There's virtually no chance of me finding employment in the UK in the present economic climate, and with China the only other realistic option, I'll stick with Qatar for a while. The firsst 3 and the last two are recent, the others not quite so recent.

Doha from the air





West Bay (panorama from 5 shots)





Museum of Islamic Art





Bling





Daily Wreck




Migrant Worker





These last two were taken on the IR converted K20D I have just sold to Puma.

Doha IR panorama (8 shots)





Al Zubarah Fort

That's my home you are talking about!

Not the most exciting place on earth..... you forgot to mention it also has the world's highest fatality rate from car accidents (18.5% of total deaths). How long you here for? Off to Bangkok tonight, back on Wednesday, drop me a PM if you still here then.

Sitting on a rolling 95 hours in 28 days at the moment....doesn't help that we only log half the time flown as relief crew.

Looks like his finger g0t stuck on the 9 key when he wrote the ad.....