I blew my new lens and K3 budget on Saturday. Last Wednesday Mrs Cedric and I decided to buy new cars then MAK joined in. What a decision! still, no MOTs for 3 years.

Always good to welcome new members and especially any from the bulgy bit sticking out into the north Sea.

Glad you have it sorted now. Go and enjoy Christmas and I really hope your health continues to improve.

Thank you Shaun, hope you and yours enjoy this time too. May your clicky finger never cramp even under the most arduous situations.

Frozen sprout fired from a catapult. Now that`s some idea.

Seasonal Reminder

Remember to put the Spouts on, they need 10 days fast boiling.

Had to start asking `cos I have no idea where to begin. I chose that particular lens as it`s the largest I have but could quite easily use a 135 or 200 or 300. I just don`t know. I guess I should look for an idiots guide to........

Dave, there is a micro switch actuator which is now located in a cavity in the battery case. Do not use force to try and extract the battery or this actuator might well break. It`s only about 3mm across so something very thin and narrow might just sort it. As someone mentioned a while back you will have to push the battery down a bit to take the spring pressure off the actuator in order for it to retract. Maybe try a locksmith, just be careful not to short the terminals but these are easily seen.

Rather curious as I`ve never tried Astro with a DSLR. Thinking about buying a telescope and sticking a K5 on it. Would welcome any ideas, I don`t want to spend much but would like to try it out. Would I be better off with the GPS unit and say a 500 F8 mirror lens and 2 times converter?

HG at 00:02 what are you up to on the forum? Your`e using valuable drinking time on pointless stuff.