I know what you mean Pete, that was also the problem with me.
Are you going to buy a prime lens now, i think that might be more suited for you. You already have a 28mm so maybe the DA70mm or 100mm macro?

Same thoughts as the above about quick-shift.
I've the AF only on the AF button, so i press that to focus and move the focus from macro to normal (save sore arms) if it overshoots simply stop and bring it close and focus again. most of the time it catch focus in that case.
I never really miss a limiter.
The built quality doesn't look much, the focus tube wobbles a bit but it's a strong lens though. I believe a member had dropped it from the stair once without ill effect. Also a little plus side is that the filter is 49mm, cheap filters and all (most?) limiteds from Pentax also use 49mm. This also a reason the chose Pentax for me, filtersizes. Sigma or Tamron mostly have a size bigger or smaller ending up using step up or step down rings

Wow that looks really amazing, just like a fire dragon or something in the trend.

The pentax one is just an powerfull flash then the build-in nothing more so the Metz is the winner.
I don't know what you want to do with it but it might be better to look for a bit expensive model, that one doesn't have wireless, less features and also the manual control is lacking I believe... don't know that one for sure.

So what do you want do with it?
If you really want to do more with the flash then get a Sigma 530 DG ST or the Metz48.

Here is an comparison between current P-TTL flashguns
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Too bad to hear that Pete, don't forget to say it's a B&W UV MRC... the coating makes it quite a bit more expensive!
it looks like you have enough potential buyers

on my screen it isn't blow out.... haven't calibrated with a spider or anything though.
I can see the details in the white and in the black.

Like said a sentence further that's a personal thing I rather look someone straight in the eye when I buy something expensive.
I only once bought something expensive over the net and that was from SRS since I would save €100, but if that was last I would probable get it here.
And your story is one I didn't hear about DELL what you said... I simply don't know... they just aren't my thing.

And those are extra serviceses you need to pay for btw...and also pay quite a lot for P&P.
Just click on a laptop, €499 and it ended up €665 in the end, for that price i can get a Laptop a model higher...
So yeah I don't know the service might be very good but so is it from the shop I go... so no it just isn't my thing.

Edit: did some research about Dell with the Consumer-union here in the Netherlands and you didn't get very happy about customer-service from Dell Netherlands... so I'm sorry that I stated that Dell had bad service. Well it is true but not in the UK it seems.

The biggest problem here was delivery.
-Not done in the by law required 30days
-Delivery in segments, you dont need to accept that.
-And that you need to pay the full price when ordering while by law that maxmimum you need to pay is 50%. so you can pay everything but you don't need to till after delivery.

This was from the HHC vs Dell in court... already 4 years ago. They may have change though but don't say it wasn't true link it's seemed they have change policy in December 2007

First wait 10 seconds and get an HDR in jpg that's so so, and then also shoot 3 RAW files and progress them on the PC.
It might be intersting and more useful if you could progress those 3 RAW files into a HDR JPG afterwards by the camera.

Steve you aren't in any luck even the K7 kit lenses are weather sealed so don't think they will change and we might see that more and why not?
Also SDM is really coming, the most current lenses are KAF3 so SDM only.
They already said it was to complicated and expensive to fit two types of focus sytem in a lens, so for every one with a camera older then K100D super should be getting problems with autofocus.

I'm with Andy
2ghz dual core, 2gig ram (minium of cs4!!!) and an newer Nvidia card.
Photoshop should be able to use the newer Nvidia cards to speed it up, check which cards can do that. Don't know if there is any ATI card.

Also look at the screen indeed for photo work, some dells have very good screen but I don't like DELL to be honest. The laptops are fine but what they ask for shipping cost and that, also you need to send it to them if anything goes wrong... there is simply a lot of shipping going on and I just want to be able to go to the shop, much easier but that's a personal thing.

If it's really just to store your photos and do a quick selection then you don't need much of an PC, maybe even a netbook will do with an external harddisk.
I've been playing with that tought of when going on holiday and simply use it as storage.
There are some models now that can last 8 hours on one battery.