Have you adjusted the flash compensation on the camera maybe?

Have a lot of fun Whelmed.
I see the flash simply use the hotshoe as the trigger and the cord is pretty long, you could and should do off camera work with it.
Just take the camera in one hand and the flash in the other and shoot like that, it might be hard to manual focus though but your light wouldn't be so dull or killing at least.

Oh no that's a great price, enjoy!

I did forgot you've a lot of manual lenses and the problem is that P-TTL won't even work if the lens doesn't have an Auto-aperture.
Your only automatic option would be Auto-mode from the flash with those lenses.

My knowledge is limited with Hammer flashes, I ain't sure if you can mount them on a stands and things like that. That's why I said they might be limiting in a creative way since you can't do strobist work with them but I could be wrong.

I already have a good flash with all the advance functions that I almost never use so my second and third flash are going to be manual flashes because that's all you really need.
Most likely I will get two of those if money allow it. link

I have seen these photo several times now Andrew and I like them but I always wander why you didn't do the first photo in B&W as well?

Okay then the prices are basicly the same because we got 2% more BTW
I had hoped it would have dropped a bit in price more

I know that the K20D had a very good price after a year or so, many bought a K20D then, they almost go for the same price second-hand now.

Not fully of topic but what is the best price you can get the K7?
I've already seen that SRS is 10% cheaper then any shop here

Aren't we going a bit off topic now again ^^

I believe on of the dell laptop had a 3 coloured led display, they came good out of reviews but I don't like the way Dell do business, I just want to go to a shop.

How about Samsung & Sony, they use PVA screens a lot and those types of screens are known to be better than the common TN screens, but I've no idea if they use them in laptops...

ps. What about the Sony VPCF11M1E/H :
Does look good to my eyes. but don't know if that was the budget you had in mind.

Under the Technical Specifications TAB, under the highlight Input and output.
- Dock connector port (you've adapters for this port)
- 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
- Built-in speaker
- Microphone
- Micro SIM card tray (Wi-Fi + 3G model only)

No it doesn't have a card reader but it does have an USB adapter...
So you could use an external card reader so I'm more worried about RAW now. But well 8gb SD-Cards aren't that expensive any more and my uncle just bought an 16GB Sandisk ultra for €30 so if I must shoot in JPG I rather buy one of those cards and go shooting for a 2 or 3 months straight and watch the photos at home.
Brings back that nostalgic feeling of hope that a shot worked out great, I'm sure most members remember that feeling.

If it can be used to store photos then it might be handy, does it have support for PEF or DNG?
The screen is large enough to make a decent guess if the photo is good or not.