It really depends on the user what program they like.

I'm now using Ligthroom 2.4 and CS4 and that's a very powerful and smooth combo together.

You can download a trial version of any Raw Converter I believe so try them all out and see what you like is my advice.

To add to the list above.
- lightroom 2 (can we list that separately?)
- Capture One
- Bibble Pro
- SilverFast
- Photoline

Never used most of them so correct me if wrong okay

Have no idea I don't use flickr but simply right click and say save image mostly work.

I can get the small version of your flickr photos on my pc without a problem or link it to another site.

To go a bit further, do you think it's hard to hack your flickr account?

This might help you Mike.
Both cameras with the grip on are almost the same.

Thanks now at least we can compare them

About the size of the K-7 the grip on the camera itself isn't less beefy right, it's not as long so your pink and ring-finger aren't on the camera. Is that what you mean that the K-7 is too small Mike?

ps. you're indeed right it looks more noisy maybe a firmware update to 1.01 and what Pete suggest might help.

This version does link

Substitute do you have something against shipping to the Netherlands, since you have your prices in euro's I think not.

My uncle is looking for a camera and the katzeye has my interest so please let me know what you can do.

Mike do you've a bigger photo, it's too small to make any sense of it, maybe I need to take my glasses off?

What mode did you used with the K-7 shot, quite interesting in the light metering of the thing.

When you look at the SLR-zoom version you see that the tripod-mount is directly connected to the 3 legs.
With the SLR version you have 2 joints between the tripod-mount and the legs, hopefully that tells you enough since I can't say anything for certain.

Seems my video in the first one doesn't work.
Click on DEMO on the left side link

George I'm going to quote what they say in the video okay.

- shutter button is pressed
- controller flash emits "control flash burst"
- Wireless unit flash emits "Preflash" so that the camera can determine the amount of flash needed
- Controller flash emits "control flash burst"
- Wireless unit "fires"

and you're quite right they don't talk about IR so quite amazing they can sent all the info needed in such a small time.

Well not fully true because JPG is a small package and you need to throw information away to make the photo fit inside.

Colour information with RAW is 12bit where as with JPG it's not large as 8bit so you lose some colour information.
The funny thing there is a 12bit support in the JPG but it's hardly supported by the software so almost never used.
It also throws out pixel information that's to dark or to light, with RAW this information is still there so you can recover that.
and there are probable more things.

CS3 and silkypix aren't really comparable because CS3 is a broader creative software then a RAW converter.
Silkypix is comparable with the program that comes up when you open raw with CS3, it's the program called Adobe Raw Converter (ARC).

Both have their good and bad sides, you can download a demo of Silkypix and try for yourself and see if you like it.

JPG2000 is also an ISO standard so it will be supported for a while also but you're quite right that it isn't new the JPEG XR is quite newer and better. JPG200 can be opened directly by most programs but writing is a problem also no web-browser support it.

JPG is a great format but 14 years is a lot for something digital and maybe it's time to move to something better with more potential and room to grow.