Matt,

Thanks, works for me now, but I think I'll probably be sticking with SILKYPIX for a while.

My nice suprise was ruined when their webite didn't display the promised Serial Number! I emailed them back, but haven't had a response.

There goes the Internet signal-to-noise ratio again!

Just had the following response to the online petition:-

Thank you for signing the petition on the Downing Street website calling for the Prime Minister to stop proposed restrictions on photography in public places.

This petition has already attracted over 60,000 signatures from people who obviously share your concern. Not surprisingly, the idea that the Government might be poised to restrict your ability to take photos has caused some puzzlement and even alarm.

We have therefore decided to respond to this petition before its closing date of August, in order to reassure people.

The Government appreciates that millions of people in this country enjoy photography. So we have checked carefully to see if any Government department was considering any proposal that might possibly lead to the sort of restrictions suggested by this petition. We have been assured this is not the case.

There may be cases where individual schools or other bodies believe it is necessary to have some restrictions on photography, for instance to protect children, but that would be a matter for local decisions.

In fact, Simon Taylor, who started the petition, has since made clear that he was not really referring to Government action or legislation. His main concern appears to be that photographic societies and other organisations may introduce voluntary ID cards for members to help them explain why they are taking photographs. Again, any such scheme would not involve the Government.

We hope this re-assures you and clears up the confusion.


So it looks like the whole thing was a "non event".

Trying to ban all photography in public places would be pretty futile. Many people carry phones with cameras, so how can you tell if someone is taking a photo and not reading a text message?

If someone really wanted to take pictures of schools or military installations covertly, you can find all manner of suitable eqipment with a quick bit of googling.

The chances of any widespread ban working is as unlikely as banning people from using mobile phones in cars. (I counted 10 people doing that in one hour, today)

Just bought a Sandisk Extreme III 2Gb for £17.99 from mymemory.co.uk!

I guess the prices are tumbling as the 4GB and 8GB cards come on stream.

Well if it was exactly the same it'd be the same price? AFAIK the operating system software of the Samsung is their own.

I've just downloaded the samsung manual, and when I have nothing better to do I'll read through and see if I can find any significant differences.

EDIT:-

They seem functionally the same, but the Menu/Trash/Info/Playback buttons are square on the samsung. There also seems to be a lack of in-depth technical material about the GX-10 on the samsung website.

Oh - and it occurs to me that the "official" Samsung battery should be cheaper than the pentax and safe to use in the K10D; they also mention that the pentax mains unit can be used with the GX-10, so I'd assume the reverse is true, too.

Do we know if the samsung uses DDR memory? Does it save to the SD card as quickly as the K10D? I suspect (without evidence!), not!.

Thank you gentlemen. It wasn't until I updated ACR and imported my K10D pefs to the Adobe browser that I use to organise and catalogue my pictures that I realised just how many shots I have taken with the K10D already!

Well you could do worse than get some uPVC tubing and some T and L connectors and build some stands...